republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1294.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Education Services In Charter Schools"
description: "The act allows a district charter school or an institute charter school, upon approval of the authorizing school district board of education or the state charter school institute (CSI), respectively, to develop and administer an enrollment preference plan to give enrollment preference to children with disabilities. In exercising the enrollment preference plan for children with disabilities, a district charter school and an institute charter school shall ensure compliance with the obligation to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment pursuant to the federal \"Individuals with Disabilities Education Act\". A district charter school or an institute charter school may allow parents to voluntarily provide information regarding the existence of a child's disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1294"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1294 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Mary Young", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d38e2e86-aafe-4ed8-829d-3a68be4e5130"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1294"
source_hash: "7aa54836c925a1bff8b26d349613efdd0ed7a40beb4a8693f8cc4b8bb948c34a"
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 22-1294 (2022A) — Special Education Services In Charter Schools

The act allows a district charter school or an institute charter school, upon approval of the authorizing school district board of education or the state charter school institute (CSI), respectively, to develop and administer an enrollment preference plan to give enrollment preference to children with disabilities. In exercising the enrollment preference plan for children with disabilities, a district charter school and an institute charter school shall ensure compliance with the obligation to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment pursuant to the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". A district charter school or an institute charter school may allow parents to voluntarily provide information regarding the existence of a child's disability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1294_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_s_ed_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1294_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1294_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Referred to Appropriations - No Amendments
- **2022-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+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/d38e2e86-aafe-4ed8-829d-3a68be4e5130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).