republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1412.md

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Bill	Retaining Teachers Grant Program	The bill creates the retaining teachers grant program (grant program) to assist school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools (local education providers) in implementing initiatives to improve retention of teachers. The department of education (department) is directed to implement the grant program by reviewing applications and recommending grant recipients and grant amounts to the state board of education (state board), which awards the grants. The department is also directed to provide information to local education providers concerning the grant program and provide assistance in writing grant applications if requested. Each grant is awarded for 3 years, subject to annual review by the department and renewal by the state board. The grants are paid from the retaining teachers fund created in the bill. The department must submit annual reports to the state board and to the joint budget committee and the education committees of the general assembly concerning implementation of the grant program, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant program in reducing the teacher shortage in Colorado, any recommendations for changes to improve the effectiveness of the grant program, and a recommendation concerning continuation of the grant program. The grant program is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1412	Colorado HB 18-1412 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Janet Buckner Owen Hill Paul Lundeen	8	14	2	2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00	2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d34e9dbe-378e-4dc5-8031-3555ca0529ad	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1412	a86e05590a60474ba22c456a8d03a1371b8a12c898f719c1d9ec7e951f885957	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1412 (2018A) — Retaining Teachers Grant Program

The bill creates the retaining teachers grant program (grant program) to assist school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools (local education providers) in implementing initiatives to improve retention of teachers. The department of education (department) is directed to implement the grant program by reviewing applications and recommending grant recipients and grant amounts to the state board of education (state board), which awards the grants. The department is also directed to provide information to local education providers concerning the grant program and provide assistance in writing grant applications if requested. Each grant is awarded for 3 years, subject to annual review by the department and renewal by the state board. The grants are paid from the retaining teachers fund created in the bill. The department must submit annual reports to the state board and to the joint budget committee and the education committees of the general assembly concerning implementation of the grant program, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grant program in reducing the teacher shortage in Colorado, any recommendations for changes to improve the effectiveness of the grant program, and a recommendation concerning continuation of the grant program. The grant program is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/24/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/18/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/25/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/24/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 50–14 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Owen Hill — primary (person)
• Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d34e9dbe-378e-4dc5-8031-3555ca0529ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).