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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
SB18-228

Improving School Choice In Traditional Schools

Type Bill
Session 2018 Regular Session
Subjects
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Concerning improving school choice in traditional schools of a school district.

Bill Summary:

Under current law, a school district (district) can only transport students from an adjacent district to its schools or reimburse a parent for transporting such students to its schools if the adjacent district consents to the transportation. The bill allows a school district to transport a student to its district even if the student does not reside in an adjacent district and without seeking the consent of the student's resident district.

Under current law, a district shall adopt policies and procedures to implement school of choice enrollment for students that allow a student to attend a school within the student's resident district other than his or her assigned school or to attend school in another school district. The bill requires that the school of choice enrollment application policies and procedures include:

  • An enrollment application period of at least 4 weeks;
  • An enrollment application period that does not close before February 15 of each year;
  • The ability to apply to at least 5 schools within the district using a standardized application for each school; and
  • In-person or online submission of the applications.
The bill requires the district to notify students each year of the school of choice enrollment policies and procedures, including the relevant deadlines, and to post the policies and procedures on the district's website. In addition, the department of education shall include on its website an outline of the laws relating to school of choice enrollment and a link to each district's school of choice website provisions.

For a student attending school in a district other than the student's resident district, the bill allows the student to remain in the nonresident district school through the highest grade level served in the school.


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Owen Hill

Senator

Owen Hill

Senator Kevin Van Winkle

Representative

Kevin Van Winkle

Committees

Senate

Education

House

State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Status

Lost

Introduced

Lost

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
04/19/2018 Reengrossed PDF
04/17/2018 Engrossed PDF
04/02/2018 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
08/06/2018 FN2 PDF
04/11/2018 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.002 [Attachment B]. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 18-228, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a vote of 3-6. Vote summary
Postpone Senate Bill 18-228 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 6-3. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 18-228 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/19/2018 Third Reading BILL
19
AYE
16
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
05/02/2018 House House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
04/23/2018 House Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
04/19/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/18/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/17/2018 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/12/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/02/2018 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

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