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type: "Bill"
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title: "Counting ASCENT Program Students In Graduation Rate"
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description: "The bill clarifies that a student who participates in the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program, which allows the student to remain enrolled as a high school student while concurrently enrolling in postsecondary courses during the school year immediately following the student's twelfth-grade year, is counted in the enrolling school district's or institute charter school's graduation rate in the year in which the student completes the high school graduation requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2017A"
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identifier: "HB 17-1294"
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citation: "Colorado HB 17-1294 (2017A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Weissman", "Nancy Todd"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/751787a9-2d77-4989-8827-8c5f3a129e0d"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1294"
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source_hash: "b0140223889aa933e135ce4c8e271788b00675b3ccefdd2d096700677463fe34"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 17-1294 (2017A) — Counting ASCENT Program Students In Graduation Rate
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The bill clarifies that a student who participates in the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program, which allows the student to remain enrolled as a high school student while concurrently enrolling in postsecondary courses during the school year immediately following the student's twelfth-grade year, is counted in the enrolling school district's or institute charter school's graduation rate in the year in which the student completes the high school graduation requirements.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1294_H_ED_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1294_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 17-1294 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0, with one member excused. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Refer House Bill 17-1294 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
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- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/751787a9-2d77-4989-8827-8c5f3a129e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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