republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding Public Schools Formula"
description: "The act creates the legislative interim committee on school finance (interim committee). The interim committee will meet during the 2021 and 2022 legislative interims and during the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions to approve legislation. The committee consists of 4 senators and 4 representatives with equal representation from each party. The act specifies the issues the interim committee must consider. The interim committee may introduce up to a total of 5 bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions in each of the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions. The interim committee will contract with a qualified third-party vendor to study approaches to better measure student economic disadvantage in Colorado in addition to or in lieu of using eligibility for the federal school lunch program as a proxy for at-risk students.The act appropriates $100,153 from the general fund to the legislative department to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1325"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1325 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Julie McCluskie", "Leslie Herod", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f39494b9-23e4-4300-b944-f5a71f5cd852"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1325"
source_hash: "234829952afcd45388c365d9b5566705481a2b19af3c0a7f0cc0e16607023cf1"
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 21-1325 (2021A) — Funding Public Schools Formula

The act creates the legislative interim committee on school finance (interim committee). The interim committee will meet during the 2021 and 2022 legislative interims and during the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions to approve legislation. The committee consists of 4 senators and 4 representatives with equal representation from each party. The act specifies the issues the interim committee must consider. The interim committee may introduce up to a total of 5 bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions in each of the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions. The interim committee will contract with a qualified third-party vendor to study approaches to better measure student economic disadvantage in Colorado in addition to or in lieu of using eligibility for the federal school lunch program as a proxy for at-risk students.The act appropriates $100,153 from the general fund to the legislative department to implement the act.(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.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1325_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1325_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1325_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+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/f39494b9-23e4-4300-b944-f5a71f5cd852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).