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| Bill | Military Family Open Enrollment In Public Schools | The act requires a school district, district charter school, and institute charter school (public school) to accept the school liaison address for the military installation for purposes of demonstrating residency for inbound active duty military members (inbound military member) participating in open enrollment. Further, the act requires a public school that enrolls the child of an inbound military member through open enrollment to grant guaranteed automatic matriculation, as specified in the act, in the same manner guaranteed automatic matriculation is provided to resident students, and shall grant priority preference for younger siblings of the child for enrolling in subsequent school years.The act defines "inbound active duty military member" as an active duty military member who receives new orders, or a command letter issued in lieu of orders, for a permanent change of station to a department of defense military installation in Colorado.The act requires a public school to allow an inbound military member to submit applications for enrollment or open enrollment by electronic means and to register a child remotely, without requiring the child, parent, legal guardian, or another person to appear physically within the state for registration. If required, the inbound military member must also be allowed to provide proof of residency and other records within 10 days after the child's attendance in public school. Further, a public school shall allow the child of an inbound military member the same opportunity to request school assignments, register for courses, or apply for the same courses offered to students who are already present in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2021A | HB 21-1217 | Colorado HB 21-1217 (2021A) |
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Colorado HB 21-1217 (2021A) — Military Family Open Enrollment In Public Schools
The act requires a school district, district charter school, and institute charter school (public school) to accept the school liaison address for the military installation for purposes of demonstrating residency for inbound active duty military members (inbound military member) participating in open enrollment. Further, the act requires a public school that enrolls the child of an inbound military member through open enrollment to grant guaranteed automatic matriculation, as specified in the act, in the same manner guaranteed automatic matriculation is provided to resident students, and shall grant priority preference for younger siblings of the child for enrolling in subsequent school years.The act defines "inbound active duty military member" as an active duty military member who receives new orders, or a command letter issued in lieu of orders, for a permanent change of station to a department of defense military installation in Colorado.The act requires a public school to allow an inbound military member to submit applications for enrollment or open enrollment by electronic means and to register a child remotely, without requiring the child, parent, legal guardian, or another person to appear physically within the state for registration. If required, the inbound military member must also be allowed to provide proof of residency and other records within 10 days after the child's attendance in public school. Further, a public school shall allow the child of an inbound military member the same opportunity to request school assignments, register for courses, or apply for the same courses offered to students who are already present in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced (03/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- PA1 (04/09/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- PA2 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (04/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONCUR — 62–0 (pass) · lower
- BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
- BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
- REPASS — 62–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
- 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
reading-2 - 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
introduction - 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8f13531-d12e-463d-9f3a-9412430ad4e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).