republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-087.md

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Bill	Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program	As an alternative route to teacher licensure, the act creates a teacher degree apprenticeship program (apprenticeship program). The apprenticeship program builds on elements of current alternative teacher licensure programs, including a bachelor's degree requirement, training programs approved by the state department of education (CDE), and structured on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is run collaboratively with the United States department of labor office of apprenticeship (DOL office) and the state apprenticeship office (state office) and utilizes apprentice mentor teachers and teacher apprenticeship program sponsors (sponsor).	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-087	Colorado SB 23-087 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Cathy Kipp Don Wilson Janice Marchman Mark Baisley	10	17	2	2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/66d6697b-441c-4e65-9cb9-f861168123de	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-087	062b9a4eabafc06604612d7df38c1ccede6c4cd8a9e35a489b02f2173ae25d67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-087 (2023A) — Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program

As an alternative route to teacher licensure, the act creates a teacher degree apprenticeship program (apprenticeship program). The apprenticeship program builds on elements of current alternative teacher licensure programs, including a bachelor's degree requirement, training programs approved by the state department of education (CDE), and structured on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is run collaboratively with the United States department of labor office of apprenticeship (DOL office) and the state apprenticeship office (state office) and utilizes apprentice mentor teachers and teacher apprenticeship program sponsors (sponsor).

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/19/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 60–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
• Don Wilson — primary (person)
• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Mark Baisley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66d6697b-441c-4e65-9cb9-f861168123de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).