republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1364.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education-Based Workforce Readiness"
description: "The act authorizes the department of education (department) to commission a financial study (study) with an independent contractor to analyze the costs to the state and school districts, district charter schools, institute charter schools, and boards of cooperative services (local education providers) and potential cost savings to provide students the opportunity to obtain college credits, industry credentials, and work-based learning experiences. The study must also include an analysis of the effects of consolidating certain postsecondary and workforce readiness programs. The department shall submit the report by December 1, 2024, including recommendations for implementation in the 2025-26 state budget year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1364"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1364 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Jennifer Bacon", "Julie McCluskie", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9129064-5730-425f-b103-0aa4a2cc4317"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1364"
source_hash: "d3dcfaf25db7a212ce709e4184fe6159f6d0683fd20cddea5c344a8a3e33a7d0"
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 24-1364 (2024A) — Education-Based Workforce Readiness

The act authorizes the department of education (department) to commission a financial study (study) with an independent contractor to analyze the costs to the state and school districts, district charter schools, institute charter schools, and boards of cooperative services (local education providers) and potential cost savings to provide students the opportunity to obtain college credits, industry credentials, and work-based learning experiences. The study must also include an analysis of the effects of consolidating certain postsecondary and workforce readiness programs. The department shall submit the report by December 1, 2024, including recommendations for implementation in the 2025-26 state budget year.

## 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/2024a_hb1364_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1364_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1364_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **51–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+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/d9129064-5730-425f-b103-0aa4a2cc4317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).