republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Local Accountability Systems"
description: "Accountability - local accountability system grant program - supplemental performance report - alternative format - evaluation - reporting - appropriation. The act creates the local accountability system grant program (grant program) in the department of education (department) to provide grant money to local education providers that adopt local accountability systems to supplement the state accountability system. A local accountability system may include additional measures for determining achievement of the state performance indicators and additional indicators of student success, but the measures do not affect the accreditation rating assigned to a school district or the type of plan that a school must adopt. A local education provider may use grant money to work with one or more accountability system partners, which may be public or private institutions of higher education or private nonprofit entities. The department shall review applications and recommend to the state board of education (state board) the applicants that may receive a grant and the amount of the grant. The state board shall award the grants subject to available appropriations. The department may also accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the grant program and the summary evaluation report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-204"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-204 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Shannon Bird", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2ec282-26fa-4eda-8af3-a8853ad59324"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-204"
source_hash: "8d509076ae6e4d32f2422be5fa4bc0b66ed029c11a7fe6860ebfe930c6e3c7d7"
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 SB 19-204 (2019A) — Public School Local Accountability Systems

Accountability - local accountability system grant program - supplemental performance report - alternative format - evaluation - reporting - appropriation. The act creates the local accountability system grant program (grant program) in the department of education (department) to provide grant money to local education providers that adopt local accountability systems to supplement the state accountability system. A local accountability system may include additional measures for determining achievement of the state performance indicators and additional indicators of student success, but the measures do not affect the accreditation rating assigned to a school district or the type of plan that a school must adopt. A local education provider may use grant money to work with one or more accountability system partners, which may be public or private institutions of higher education or private nonprofit entities. The department shall review applications and recommend to the state board of education (state board) the applicants that may receive a grant and the amount of the grant. The state board shall award the grants subject to available appropriations. The department may also accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the grant program and the summary evaluation report.

## 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/2019a_sb204_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204seduapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_204_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_204_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **54–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/ba2ec282-26fa-4eda-8af3-a8853ad59324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).