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| Bill | Extended Learning Opportunities | To the extent possible, the department of education (department) is directed to streamline the application process and other requirements relating to the award of money to local education providers, including school districts, charter schools, and other authorized local education providers (local education providers), as defined in the act, to implement one or more extended learning opportunities to address COVID-19 learning impacts. The department is authorized to administer the programs as part of a single combined application, reporting, and evaluation process created by the department.Extended learning opportunities are defined in the act to include, in part, summer school programming, extended school days or extended school weeks, high-impact tutoring, creative enrichment tied to academic gains, social-emotional supports, and additional mental health supports tied to academic success.The combined application allows a needs-based approach to identify the programs and services that meet the needs of the eligible local education provider and allows the department to help match the local education provider with funding sources. In addition to a combined application, the department is authorized to streamline local-education-provider reporting to the department and department reporting to the general assembly and align reporting deadlines.The local education provider shall establish an internal progress-monitoring system to monitor progress using family- and community-informed practices to measure extended learning opportunities program effectiveness through student educational gains.The department shall ensure that eligibility requirements, application provisions, allowable uses of funding, data collection and reporting, and any other requirements specific to the program or funding source are met for all programs or services administered pursuant to this section.If required by law and subject to available funding, the department shall evaluate one or more extended learning opportunities implemented across local education providers using a common set of evaluation criteria and metrics.The state board may adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of the combined application, reporting, and evaluation process.The general assembly may appropriate money to the department for use by local education providers to implement extended learning opportunities.The act repeals the statute, effective July 1, 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2021A | HB 21-1259 | Colorado HB 21-1259 (2021A) |
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Colorado HB 21-1259 (2021A) — Extended Learning Opportunities
To the extent possible, the department of education (department) is directed to streamline the application process and other requirements relating to the award of money to local education providers, including school districts, charter schools, and other authorized local education providers (local education providers), as defined in the act, to implement one or more extended learning opportunities to address COVID-19 learning impacts. The department is authorized to administer the programs as part of a single combined application, reporting, and evaluation process created by the department.Extended learning opportunities are defined in the act to include, in part, summer school programming, extended school days or extended school weeks, high-impact tutoring, creative enrichment tied to academic gains, social-emotional supports, and additional mental health supports tied to academic success.The combined application allows a needs-based approach to identify the programs and services that meet the needs of the eligible local education provider and allows the department to help match the local education provider with funding sources. In addition to a combined application, the department is authorized to streamline local-education-provider reporting to the department and department reporting to the general assembly and align reporting deadlines.The local education provider shall establish an internal progress-monitoring system to monitor progress using family- and community-informed practices to measure extended learning opportunities program effectiveness through student educational gains.The department shall ensure that eligibility requirements, application provisions, allowable uses of funding, data collection and reporting, and any other requirements specific to the program or funding source are met for all programs or services administered pursuant to this section.If required by law and subject to available funding, the department shall evaluate one or more extended learning opportunities implemented across local education providers using a common set of evaluation criteria and metrics.The state board may adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of the combined application, reporting, and evaluation process.The general assembly may appropriate money to the department for use by local education providers to implement extended learning opportunities.The act repeals the statute, effective July 1, 2026.(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 (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced (04/06/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- PA1 (04/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (04/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (05/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PERM — 56–7 (pass) · lower
- BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
- AMD — 53–10 (pass) · lower
- BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
- 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
introduction - 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abea10e9-bda4-491f-8424-f297e7de37cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).