republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1332.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collaborative Educator Preparation Program Grants"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates in the department of higher education (department) the collaborative educator preparation grant program (grant program) to support joint initiatives among educator preparation programs, alternative teacher programs, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and public schools for preparing and placing educators. The department, working with the rural education coordinator, is directed to convene meetings of educator preparation programs, alternative teacher programs, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and public schools to assist them in jointly preparing grant initiatives. The department must review the grant initiatives that are submitted and, taking into account specified criteria, select initiatives to receive one-time grants. Each grant recipient must report specified information to the department concerning the use of the grant money. The department must submit a report to the joint budget committee and the education committees of the general assembly concerning implementation of the grant program and whether it was successful in addressing the teacher shortage in the state. The grant program repeals July 1, 2021.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1332"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1332 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dominick Moreno", "Millie Hamner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527df12e-034d-4aff-8781-d21e5924d2eb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1332"
source_hash: "d793e6c624507fb66220c014933e1e261ccc4559a1659e295ee319baf0f6ef19"
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 18-1332 (2018A) — Collaborative Educator Preparation Program Grants

Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates in the department of higher education (department) the collaborative educator preparation grant program (grant program) to support joint initiatives among educator preparation programs, alternative teacher programs, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and public schools for preparing and placing educators. The department, working with the rural education coordinator, is directed to convene meetings of educator preparation programs, alternative teacher programs, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and public schools to assist them in jointly preparing grant initiatives. The department must review the grant initiatives that are submitted and, taking into account specified criteria, select initiatives to receive one-time grants. Each grant recipient must report specified information to the department concerning the use of the grant money. The department must submit a report to the joint budget committee and the education committees of the general assembly concerning implementation of the grant program and whether it was successful in addressing the teacher shortage in the state. The grant program repeals July 1, 2021.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_hb1332_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332pp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1332_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527df12e-034d-4aff-8781-d21e5924d2eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).