republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1002.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural School District Teaching Fellowship Programs"
description: "The bill directs the department of education to identify geographic areas within the state and specific subjects for which there is a teacher shortage. Under the bill, a rural school district, rural charter school, or rural board of cooperative services (rural local education provider) and a public or private institution of higher education (institution) may enter into an agreement to provide a teaching fellowship program for students enrolled in the fourth year of the approved educator preparation program. The rural local education provider must be located within an identified area or need a teacher for one of the identified subjects and demonstrate chronic hiring difficulty and financial need; the institution must offer an approved educator preparation program. The agreement must include the commitments of both the rural local education provider and the institution, including the commitments of both the rural local education provider and the institution to jointly design an individualized fellowship plan for each teaching fellow that addresses necessary competencies, the rural local education provider's commitment to extend an offer of employment to the teaching fellow when he or she successfully completes the fellowship year, and the institution's commitment to pay a percentage of a stipend to the teaching fellow during the fellowship year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1002"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1002 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Don Coram", "Millie Hamner", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58524cfc-4d29-4b35-bdf7-2f36a45fdb3e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1002"
source_hash: "2f60410923f4ff835b4313138fc49eed48c86e423d6005d50613ab4b84e94685"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 18-1002 (2018A) — Rural School District Teaching Fellowship Programs

The bill directs the department of education to identify geographic areas within the state and specific subjects for which there is a teacher shortage. Under the bill, a rural school district, rural charter school, or rural board of cooperative services (rural local education provider) and a public or private institution of higher education (institution) may enter into an agreement to provide a teaching fellowship program for students enrolled in the fourth year of the approved educator preparation program. The rural local education provider must be located within an identified area or need a teacher for one of the identified subjects and demonstrate chronic hiring difficulty and financial need; the institution must offer an approved educator preparation program. The agreement must include the commitments of both the rural local education provider and the institution, including the commitments of both the rural local education provider and the institution to jointly design an individualized fellowship plan for each teaching fellow that addresses necessary competencies, the rural local education provider's commitment to extend an offer of employment to the teaching fellow when he or she successfully completes the fellowship year, and the institution's commitment to pay a percentage of a stipend to the teaching fellow during the fellowship year.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1002_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1002_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/16/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58524cfc-4d29-4b35-bdf7-2f36a45fdb3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).