The act changes the higher education funding provisions, effective for the 2027-28 state fiscal year. Under current law, a state institution of higher education's governing board's annual fee-for-service contract includes funding calculated based on 3 components: Ongoing additional funding, performance funding, and temporary additional funding. The act:Changes the name of the funding from 'performance funding' to 'results-informed funding';Redefines terms and metrics that are used to determine results-informed funding; andReorders the components and eliminates current statutory language that requires sequential calculation of the components. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act prohibits the commission on higher education from allocating money to nonpublic institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, or proprietary institutions of higher education for it students under a financial assistance program or a work-study program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act changes the higher education funding provisions, effective for the 2027-28 state fiscal year. Under current law, a state institution of higher education's governing board's annual fee-for-service contract includes funding calculated based on 3 components: Ongoing additional funding, performance funding, and temporary additional funding. The act:Changes the name of the funding from 'performance funding' to 'results-informed funding';Redefines terms and metrics that are used to determine results-informed funding; andReorders the components and eliminates current statutory language that requires sequential calculation of the components. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act prohibits the commission on higher education from allocating money to nonpublic institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, or proprietary institutions of higher education for it students under a financial assistance program or a work-study program.(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.
Refer House Bill 26-1345, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
Refer House Bill 26-1345 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
C. Simpson — primary (person)
E. Hamrick — primary (person)
J. Coleman — primary (person)
J. McCluskie — primary (person)
A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
R. English — cosponsor (person)
S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-06-04 Governor Signed executive-signature
2026-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
2026-06-03 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
2026-06-03 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
2026-05-12 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-05-11 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-05-08 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-05-06 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
2026-05-01 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
2026-04-30 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-04-29 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-28 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-23 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
2026-03-31 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/378d65e5-a78f-4ea0-81df-60372e70ef28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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