republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-087.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program"
description: "As an alternative route to teacher licensure, the act creates a teacher degree apprenticeship program (apprenticeship program). The apprenticeship program builds on elements of current alternative teacher licensure programs, including a bachelor's degree requirement, training programs approved by the state department of education (CDE), and structured on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is run collaboratively with the United States department of labor office of apprenticeship (DOL office) and the state apprenticeship office (state office) and utilizes apprentice mentor teachers and teacher apprenticeship program sponsors (sponsor)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-087"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-087 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Don Wilson", "Janice Marchman", "Mark Baisley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d6697b-441c-4e65-9cb9-f861168123de"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-087"
source_hash: "062b9a4eabafc06604612d7df38c1ccede6c4cd8a9e35a489b02f2173ae25d67"
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 23-087 (2023A) — Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program

As an alternative route to teacher licensure, the act creates a teacher degree apprenticeship program (apprenticeship program). The apprenticeship program builds on elements of current alternative teacher licensure programs, including a bachelor's degree requirement, training programs approved by the state department of education (CDE), and structured on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is run collaboratively with the United States department of labor office of apprenticeship (DOL office) and the state apprenticeship office (state office) and utilizes apprentice mentor teachers and teacher apprenticeship program sponsors (sponsor).

## 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/2023a_sb087_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_087_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_087_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Don Wilson — primary (person)
- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+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/66d6697b-441c-4e65-9cb9-f861168123de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).