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Bill	School Finance Mid-Year Adjustments	Compared to what was anticipated when appropriations were established in the 2025 regular legislative session for the 2025-26 budget year, the general assembly finds that for the 2025-26 budget year the actual funded pupil count and the at-risk pupil count are lower than anticipated; the local share of total program funding is higher than anticipated; and therefore, the general assembly intends to decrease the state share of districts' total program funding by $103,472,508 for the 2025-26 budget year. Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools, commonly referred to as the old formula and the new formula. For the 2025-26 budget year, a district's total program is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula plus an amount equal to 15% of the difference between the amounts calculated between the old formula and the new formula. The act clarifies that for the 2025-26 budget year, if the calculation under the new formula is less than the calculation under the old formula, then that district's total program for the 2025-26 budget year is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula. The act reduces appropriations to the department of education for the 2025-26 budget year by $103,472,508.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1174	Colorado HB 1174 (2026A)	bill	Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	12	3	2026-02-06	2026-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8301fbca-d6c3-48d5-8c84-bdd5c83ffa6e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1174	f020aeade9f1bffe2e5bda0116aae224c290760706a0f604e68b4b845a0de328	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1174 (2026A) — School Finance Mid-Year Adjustments

Compared to what was anticipated when appropriations were established in the 2025 regular legislative session for the 2025-26 budget year, the general assembly finds that for the 2025-26 budget year the actual funded pupil count and the at-risk pupil count are lower than anticipated; the local share of total program funding is higher than anticipated; and therefore, the general assembly intends to decrease the state share of districts' total program funding by $103,472,508 for the 2025-26 budget year. Under current law, there are 2 total program formulas to finance public schools, commonly referred to as the old formula and the new formula. For the 2025-26 budget year, a district's total program is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula plus an amount equal to 15% of the difference between the amounts calculated between the old formula and the new formula. The act clarifies that for the 2025-26 budget year, if the calculation under the new formula is less than the calculation under the old formula, then that district's total program for the 2025-26 budget year is the greater of:The district's total program amount for the 2024-25 budget year; orThe amount calculated for the 2025-26 budget year under the old formula. The act reduces appropriations to the department of education for the 2025-26 budget year by $103,472,508.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1174 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1174 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-26 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-03-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-16 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-18 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-02-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-10 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8301fbca-d6c3-48d5-8c84-bdd5c83ffa6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).