republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1294.md

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Bill	Special Education Services In Charter Schools	The act allows a district charter school or an institute charter school, upon approval of the authorizing school district board of education or the state charter school institute (CSI), respectively, to develop and administer an enrollment preference plan to give enrollment preference to children with disabilities. In exercising the enrollment preference plan for children with disabilities, a district charter school and an institute charter school shall ensure compliance with the obligation to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment pursuant to the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". A district charter school or an institute charter school may allow parents to voluntarily provide information regarding the existence of a child's disability.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2022A	HB 22-1294	Colorado HB 22-1294 (2022A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Dafna Michaelson Jenet Mary Young Rachel Zenzinger	11	19	4	2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00	2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d38e2e86-aafe-4ed8-829d-3a68be4e5130	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1294	7aa54836c925a1bff8b26d349613efdd0ed7a40beb4a8693f8cc4b8bb948c34a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 22-1294 (2022A) — Special Education Services In Charter Schools

The act allows a district charter school or an institute charter school, upon approval of the authorizing school district board of education or the state charter school institute (CSI), respectively, to develop and administer an enrollment preference plan to give enrollment preference to children with disabilities. In exercising the enrollment preference plan for children with disabilities, a district charter school and an institute charter school shall ensure compliance with the obligation to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment pursuant to the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". A district charter school or an institute charter school may allow parents to voluntarily provide information regarding the existence of a child's disability.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/28/2022) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2022) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/10/2022) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/28/2022) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/08/2022) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/21/2022) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (03/29/2022) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/22/2022) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/21/2022) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/26/2022) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 56–7 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 62–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 64–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Mary Young — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Referred to Appropriations - No Amendments
• 2022-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d38e2e86-aafe-4ed8-829d-3a68be4e5130. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).