republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Phase-Out of Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program"
description: "The act repeals the teacher recruitment education and preparation program (TREP) after the 2026-27 budget year. The act repeals the teacher recruitment and preparation program and pathways in early technology early college high schools working group on July 1, 2027. On July 1, 2026, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $799,200 from the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund to the state education fund. The general assembly declares that TREP may receive funding from the state education fund. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act caps the amount that a district receives for a student participating in TREP under the school finance formulas at $7,104. The act increases the cash fund appropriation to the department of education for state share of districts' total program funding and decreases the cash fund appropriation for extended high school in the 2026-27 long bill in order to fund TREP for the 2026-27 state fiscal year. The amount of the changes is contingent on whether House Bill 26-1364, concerning the calculation of the consumer price index for the 2025 calendar year, becomes law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1357"
citation: "Colorado HB 1357 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f084da9-5169-4754-9deb-942cd9dcd658"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1357"
source_hash: "0efdadf6b8465f8a2624ae015f485dbcf77ed8aafc347db2b1f13ac6ff02b1a5"
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 1357 (2026A) — Phase-Out of Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program

The act repeals the teacher recruitment education and preparation program (TREP) after the 2026-27 budget year. The act repeals the teacher recruitment and preparation program and pathways in early technology early college high schools working group on July 1, 2027. On July 1, 2026, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $799,200 from the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund to the state education fund. The general assembly declares that TREP may receive funding from the state education fund. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act caps the amount that a district receives for a student participating in TREP under the school finance formulas at $7,104. The act increases the cash fund appropriation to the department of education for state share of districts' total program funding and decreases the cash fund appropriation for extended high school in the 2026-27 long bill in order to fund TREP for the 2026-27 state fiscal year. The amount of the changes is contingent on whether House Bill 26-1364, concerning the calculation of the consumer price index for the 2025 calendar year, becomes law.(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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114001/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114305/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117022/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114396/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114767/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114700/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117166/download)

## Votes

- NOT CNCR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1357 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Approve the first draft conference committee report of the first conference committee on H.B. 26-1357. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1357, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-04-27** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-04-17** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f084da9-5169-4754-9deb-942cd9dcd658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).