---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Education"
description: "Current law permits a community college or local district college to develop and implement minimum graduation requirements for a high school diploma. The act gives that authority to the state board of community colleges and occupational education and a local district college board of trustees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-051"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-051 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Cathy Kipp", "Marc Catlin", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e156a8-af97-45df-bf3d-073ba88b102d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-051"
source_hash: "6348049cfb0bdf8406b9bb7d17c92c202fb04f16045cfb7d71b1596434d3a3ee"
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 SB 24-051 (2024A) — Adult Education

Current law permits a community college or local district college to develop and implement minimum graduation requirements for a high school diploma. The act gives that authority to the state board of community colleges and occupational education and a local district college board of trustees.

## 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_sb051_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_051_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_051_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/86e156a8-af97-45df-bf3d-073ba88b102d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).