---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Endorsement Special Education Teaching"
description: "Under current law, a person seeking a teaching endorsement in special education or early childhood special education (endorsement) must complete an approved program and a student teaching practicum through an institution of higher education and pass one or more appropriate content-based exams. The act requires the department of education to issue an endorsement. Under current law, to receive the endorsement, the educator must hold a valid teaching license other than an initial license and complete coursework and assessments, as specified by rule of the state board of education (board), in a program in special education offered by an accepted institution of higher education. The act adds applicants who complete an alternative teacher preparation program (program) for special education offered by a designated agency as eligible for the endorsement. The act authorizes a person with a professional teacher license to continue in the person's current position while participating in an alternative teacher preparation program for the purpose of receiving an endorsement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1087"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1087 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Janice Marchman", "Karen McCormick", "Ryan Armagost"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/982fe71b-2907-41a9-b84d-947af757f193"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1087"
source_hash: "196faf9ac4374ca67c7ceb2ef51c6394a86996ce7e11d60ad2cd6c1ca2fa4778"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 24-1087 (2024A) — Professional Endorsement Special Education Teaching

Under current law, a person seeking a teaching endorsement in special education or early childhood special education (endorsement) must complete an approved program and a student teaching practicum through an institution of higher education and pass one or more appropriate content-based exams. The act requires the department of education to issue an endorsement. Under current law, to receive the endorsement, the educator must hold a valid teaching license other than an initial license and complete coursework and assessments, as specified by rule of the state board of education (board), in a program in special education offered by an accepted institution of higher education. The act adds applicants who complete an alternative teacher preparation program (program) for special education offered by a designated agency as eligible for the endorsement. The act authorizes a person with a professional teacher license to continue in the person's current position while participating in an alternative teacher preparation program for the purpose of receiving an endorsement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1087_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1087_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1087_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/982fe71b-2907-41a9-b84d-947af757f193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).