republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1003.md

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Bill	Strategic Plan To Address Teacher Shortages	The bill requires the department of higher education in partnership with the department of education to examine recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers and to prepare a strategic plan to address teacher shortages in school districts and public schools within the state. The departments must collaborate with institutions of higher education, school districts, and other education interest groups in preparing the plan. The department of higher education must submit the plan to the Colorado commission on higher education, the state board of education, and the education committees of the general assembly by December 1, 2017.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1003	Colorado HB 17-1003 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Don Coram	10	15	3	2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/54ccd2aa-21ba-4e63-bac6-fff2b78e8923	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1003	f3c88f4f56d44c7d8be989f66aad7d6965f7d2b12e94faf21fb731d79bc4a1aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1003 (2017A) — Strategic Plan To Address Teacher Shortages

The bill requires the department of higher education in partnership with the department of education to examine recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers and to prepare a strategic plan to address teacher shortages in school districts and public schools within the state. The departments must collaborate with institutions of higher education, school districts, and other education interest groups in preparing the plan. The department of higher education must submit the plan to the Colorado commission on higher education, the state board of education, and the education committees of the general assembly by December 1, 2017.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (03/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1003, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — 5–2 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1003 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-5. — 7–5 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. — 4–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54ccd2aa-21ba-4e63-bac6-fff2b78e8923. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).