republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1087.md

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Bill	Professional Endorsement Special Education Teaching	Under current law, a person seeking a teaching endorsement in special education or early childhood special education (endorsement) must complete an approved program and a student teaching practicum through an institution of higher education and pass one or more appropriate content-based exams. The act requires the department of education to issue an endorsement. Under current law, to receive the endorsement, the educator must hold a valid teaching license other than an initial license and complete coursework and assessments, as specified by rule of the state board of education (board), in a program in special education offered by an accepted institution of higher education. The act adds applicants who complete an alternative teacher preparation program (program) for special education offered by a designated agency as eligible for the endorsement. The act authorizes a person with a professional teacher license to continue in the person's current position while participating in an alternative teacher preparation program for the purpose of receiving an endorsement.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1087	Colorado HB 24-1087 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Barbara Kirkmeyer Janice Marchman Karen McCormick Ryan Armagost	9	13	2	2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00	2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/982fe71b-2907-41a9-b84d-947af757f193	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1087	196faf9ac4374ca67c7ceb2ef51c6394a86996ce7e11d60ad2cd6c1ca2fa4778	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1087 (2024A) — Professional Endorsement Special Education Teaching

Under current law, a person seeking a teaching endorsement in special education or early childhood special education (endorsement) must complete an approved program and a student teaching practicum through an institution of higher education and pass one or more appropriate content-based exams. The act requires the department of education to issue an endorsement. Under current law, to receive the endorsement, the educator must hold a valid teaching license other than an initial license and complete coursework and assessments, as specified by rule of the state board of education (board), in a program in special education offered by an accepted institution of higher education. The act adds applicants who complete an alternative teacher preparation program (program) for special education offered by a designated agency as eligible for the endorsement. The act authorizes a person with a professional teacher license to continue in the person's current position while participating in an alternative teacher preparation program for the purpose of receiving an endorsement.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/16/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/04/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/02/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (04/19/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 62–2 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Karen McCormick — primary (person)
• Ryan Armagost — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/982fe71b-2907-41a9-b84d-947af757f193. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).