---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authority To Spend Money For School Awards"
description: "Under existing law, the department of education may accept gifts, grants, and donations to use in making monetary awards to certain high-performing public schools and in purchasing tangible items of recognition for the schools. The bill specifies that the department may expend any amount received as a gift, grant, or donation for this purpose without further appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-076"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-076 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1043f87-142a-4df4-86cc-2cb083d00588"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-076"
source_hash: "2a85787d96ebd93fb6b1f4620c2329d35c495f929c2050a5a0a559375534792c"
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 17-076 (2017A) — Authority To Spend Money For School Awards

Under existing law, the department of education may accept gifts, grants, and donations to use in making monetary awards to certain high-performing public schools and in purchasing tangible items of recognition for the schools. The bill specifies that the department may expend any amount received as a gift, grant, or donation for this purpose without further appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_sb076_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_076_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-076 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0, with one member excused. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-076 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+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/b1043f87-142a-4df4-86cc-2cb083d00588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).