---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Finance Act"
description: "Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools. Absent the satisfaction of a statutorily specified condition, the first formula is scheduled to stop determining total program after the 2024-25 budget year (expiring formula), and the second formula is scheduled to determine total program beginning in the 2030-31 budget year (new formula). For the 2025-26 budget year through the 2029-30 budget year (transition period), total program is scheduled to be determined by using figures that were calculated under both the expiring formula and the new formula."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1320"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1320 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Julie McCluskie", "Meghan Lukens", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c4e6ec3-5824-478b-91fb-e58bccafde71"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1320"
source_hash: "5d4ce3d2080adb27926097b839181f89098f2dd8b7a1e68b65b1c07fc3ffc922"
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 25-1320 (2025A) — School Finance Act

Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools. Absent the satisfaction of a statutorily specified condition, the first formula is scheduled to stop determining total program after the 2024-25 budget year (expiring formula), and the second formula is scheduled to determine total program beginning in the 2030-31 budget year (new formula). For the 2025-26 budget year through the 2029-30 budget year (transition period), total program is scheduled to be determined by using figures that were calculated under both the expiring formula and the new formula.

## 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/2025a_hb1320_s_app_007.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_s_ed_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_s_ed_app_02.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1320_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1320_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- PERM — **51–11** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **57–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+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/1c4e6ec3-5824-478b-91fb-e58bccafde71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).