republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1211.md

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Bill	Educators Professional Development Discipline Strategies	The bill creates the discipline strategies pilot program (pilot program) to provide money to school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools for professional development for educators in the use of culturally responsive methods of student discipline for students enrolled in preschool through third grade and developmentally appropriate responses to the behavioral issues of students enrolled in preschool through third grade. The department of education (department) and the state board of education (state board) must implement the pilot program by reviewing applications, awarding grants, and preparing a report concerning implementation of the pilot program, including its success in reducing the use of exclusionary discipline practices. The department must submit the report to the state board, the joint budget committee, and the education committees of the general assembly.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1211	Colorado HB 17-1211 (2017A)	bill		enacted	James Coleman Kevin Priola	8	15	4	2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2253feab-2e52-47da-9eb9-0dcfd7bb2d12	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1211	af9f2969eafd3b7177430654ca9b54112aa2ec67149337acb65949aa292a9c57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1211 (2017A) — Educators Professional Development Discipline Strategies

The bill creates the discipline strategies pilot program (pilot program) to provide money to school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools for professional development for educators in the use of culturally responsive methods of student discipline for students enrolled in preschool through third grade and developmentally appropriate responses to the behavioral issues of students enrolled in preschool through third grade. The department of education (department) and the state board of education (state board) must implement the pilot program by reviewing applications, awarding grants, and preparing a report concerning implementation of the pilot program, including its success in reducing the use of exclusionary discipline practices. The department must submit the report to the state board, the joint budget committee, and the education committees of the general assembly.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a 3-3 vote, with one member excused. — 3–3 (fail) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee on Education. The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. — 3–2 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee of the Whole. — 4–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+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
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Education referral-committee
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/22/2017 - No Amendments
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2017 - No Amendments
• 2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2253feab-2e52-47da-9eb9-0dcfd7bb2d12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).