republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1355.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education Accountability System"
description: "The bill changes the criteria that the department of education (department) must consider in assigning an accreditation category to a school district or the state charter school institute (institute) or in recommending the type of performance plan that a public school must implement. The bill clarifies that a school district or the institute, on its own behalf or on behalf of one of its public schools, may request reconsideration of the initial accreditation category or performance plan assignment. The bill specifies criteria the department may apply as part of the reconsideration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1355"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1355 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Brittany Pettersen", "Dominick Moreno", "Lang Sias"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e37c79ee-43b7-484b-81ec-04b212a88bf0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1355"
source_hash: "142ab14515d627a442116cf30b636e35a429be2491457fc64db5833c37c1d064"
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 18-1355 (2018A) — Public Education Accountability System

The bill changes the criteria that the department of education (department) must consider in assigning an accreditation category to a school district or the state charter school institute (institute) or in recommending the type of performance plan that a public school must implement. The bill clarifies that a school district or the institute, on its own behalf or on behalf of one of its public schools, may request reconsideration of the initial accreditation category or performance plan assignment. The bill specifies criteria the department may apply as part of the reconsideration.

## 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_hb1355_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355sedu_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1355_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Lang Sias — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+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/e37c79ee-43b7-484b-81ec-04b212a88bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).