---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Finance Mid-Year Adjustments"
description: "Compared to what was anticipated when appropriations were established in the 2025 regular legislative session for the 2025-26 budget year, the general assembly finds that for the 2025-26 budget year the actual funded pupil count and the at-risk pupil count are lower than anticipated; the local share of total program funding is higher than anticipated; and therefore, the general assembly intends to decrease the state share of districts' total program funding by $103,472,508 for the 2025-26 budget year. Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools, commonly referred to as the old formula and the new formula. For the 2025-26 budget year, a district's total program is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula plus an amount equal to 15% of the difference between the amounts calculated between the old formula and the new formula. The act clarifies that for the 2025-26 budget year, if the calculation under the new formula is less than the calculation under the old formula, then that district's total program for the 2025-26 budget year is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula. The act reduces appropriations to the department of education for the 2025-26 budget year by $103,472,508.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1174"
citation: "Colorado HB 1174 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8301fbca-d6c3-48d5-8c84-bdd5c83ffa6e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1174"
source_hash: "f020aeade9f1bffe2e5bda0116aae224c290760706a0f604e68b4b845a0de328"
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 1174 (2026A) — School Finance Mid-Year Adjustments

Compared to what was anticipated when appropriations were established in the 2025 regular legislative session for the 2025-26 budget year, the general assembly finds that for the 2025-26 budget year the actual funded pupil count and the at-risk pupil count are lower than anticipated; the local share of total program funding is higher than anticipated; and therefore, the general assembly intends to decrease the state share of districts' total program funding by $103,472,508 for the 2025-26 budget year. Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools, commonly referred to as the old formula and the new formula. For the 2025-26 budget year, a district's total program is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula plus an amount equal to 15% of the difference between the amounts calculated between the old formula and the new formula. The act clarifies that for the 2025-26 budget year, if the calculation under the new formula is less than the calculation under the old formula, then that district's total program for the 2025-26 budget year is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula. The act reduces appropriations to the department of education for the 2025-26 budget year by $103,472,508.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111450/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111776/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113177/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111870/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112376/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112220/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113783/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1174 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1174 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-02-18** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-02-10** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8301fbca-d6c3-48d5-8c84-bdd5c83ffa6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).