ColoradoNuclear Workforce Development & Education Program
What it does
The bill creates the Colorado nuclear workforce development and education council (council) in the Colorado school of mines to help meet growing workforce demand in the nuclear energy sector. The bill establishes a related grant program (grant program) to provide grants to institutions of higher education for the development or expansion of nuclear engineering degree or certificate programs or course offerings. The council shall convene advisory sessions with stakeholders from the nuclear, educational, and workforce development sectors; implement the grant program; and contract with one or more third-party entities for staffing and operational assistance.
More detail
The council may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for council-related purposes. The state treasurer shall credit the gifts, grants, and donations to the Colorado nuclear workforce development and education cash fund (cash fund), which is created in the bill. The general assembly shall not appropriate general fund money to implement or maintain council operations or grant awards. The council shall convene and begin awarding grants only after the balance of the cash fund reaches or exceeds $500,000 (threshold). The bill imposes requirements to report to the Colorado commission on higher education and the general assembly about the council's funding sources, grant program implementation, and other uses of the grant program money. If the cash fund balance does not reach the threshold on or before September 1, 2027, the council is repealed and the money in the cash fund is refunded to the grantors or donors. Otherwise, the bill repeals the council, effective September 1, 2033, unless the council is extended following a sunset review.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- May 12House Committee on Appropriations Postpone IndefinitelyLatest
- Vote recorded Postpone Senate Bill 26-045 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. Result: pass.Lower
- May 9House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-045 to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6House Committee on Education Refer Amended to FinanceMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-045, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 29Introduced In House - Assigned to EducationMinor
- Apr 28Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-045, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 28Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Feb 9Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-045, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Introduced In Senate - Assigned to EducationIntroduced
- May 12House Committee on Appropriations Postpone IndefinitelyLatest