ColoradoColorado would phase out the teacher preparation program
The signed act would stop new TREP student designations after the 2026-27 state fiscal year while providing limited funding for participants during that year.
What it does
The education department would stop adding students to the teacher preparation program beginning in the 2027-28 state fiscal year.
For the 2026-27 budget year, TREP participants would be funded at $7,104 per full-time equivalent student, subject to the listed appropriation and transfer conditions.
Related provisions would revise TREP references in school funding, student planning, oversight, and public information rules as the program is phased out.
Argument forKeeping limited 2026-27 funding could let some students complete planned teacher-preparation coursework before new participant designations stop.
Argument againstStopping new designations after 2026-27 could reduce students’ access to a state-supported path into teaching and lower related school funding.
More detail
The education department would stop designating qualified students as participants in the Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation (TREP) program. This applies to students who would otherwise qualify for TREP participation. The department could not designate a TREP participant for any state fiscal year covered by the provision. The restriction applies beginning with the 2027-28 state fiscal year and continues afterward.
The state would provide funding for TREP participants at a rate of $7,104 for each full-time equivalent student in the 2026-27 budget year. The funding applies to TREP participants counted in a district’s high school enrollment for extended high school funding. The state treasurer would transfer $799,200 from the electrifying school buses grant fund to the State Education Fund. The education department could use up to $1,776,000 of the listed extended high school appropriation for an estimated 250 full-time equivalent TREP participants. The funding rate applies to the 2026-27 budget year. The fund transfer would occur July 1, 2026.
State education laws would remove or revise several references to TREP in school funding, student planning, program administration, and public information rules. The provisions cover charter-school aid, career plans, concurrent enrollment information, program oversight, reimbursement, and department publicity. The act would remove TREP participants from certain calculations for at-risk supplemental aid. Schools would continue to provide information about the teaching career pathway and TREP where the listed provisions require it. The act would remove the TREP-specific duty for the concurrent enrollment advisory board and repeal a related statutory section. These provisions would take effect July 1, 2027, unless another provision states otherwise.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 4Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Jun 3Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Jun 3Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Jun 3Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 28House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded ADOPT. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 27Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CCR. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23
- Vote recorded Approve the first draft conference committee report of the first conference committee on H.B. 26-1357. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- Vote recorded NOT CNCR. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded NOT CNCR. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 16Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- Apr 14Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1357 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- Apr 11House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 10House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 9House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Apr 8House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 7House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1357, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment J.001. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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