republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-058.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approval Of Alternative Principal Programs"
description: "The act authorizes a school district, a board of cooperative services, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, a charter school, the state charter school institute, a nonpublic school, or any combination of these entities to create an alternative principal program (program). The program must meet statutory requirements and is subject to approval and periodic reapproval by the state board of education. A person who completes an approved program while employed by a school district, board of cooperative services, or charter school may qualify for an initial or professional principal license.For the 2021-22 fiscal year, the act appropriates $16,692 from the educator licensure cash fund to the department of education for the office of professional services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-058"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-058 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "Don Coram", "Steven Woodrow", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f66e8c-778f-4cbb-a7e0-9d44ff985062"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-058"
source_hash: "3818397a799cab53313f853d39c81f8e1770cf49a3c287aebd54ae13fe200f15"
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 21-058 (2021A) — Approval Of Alternative Principal Programs

The act authorizes a school district, a board of cooperative services, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, a charter school, the state charter school institute, a nonpublic school, or any combination of these entities to create an alternative principal program (program). The program must meet statutory requirements and is subject to approval and periodic reapproval by the state board of education. A person who completes an approved program while employed by a school district, board of cooperative services, or charter school may qualify for an initial or professional principal license.For the 2021-22 fiscal year, the act appropriates $16,692 from the educator licensure cash fund to the department of education for the office of professional services.(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_sb058_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058sedusapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_058_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_058_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+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/b5f66e8c-778f-4cbb-a7e0-9d44ff985062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).