ColoradoColorado law directs repeal of local school accountability provisions
Effective July 1, 2026, Colorado law directs repeal of local school accountability provisions and sets the state school accountability task force at 25 members.
What it does
Colorado law directs repeal of the state’s local school accountability provisions. This repeal took effect on July 1, 2026.
The state school accountability task force has 25 members. Its membership rules no longer reserve a seat for a rural superintendent from a district participating in the local accountability grant program.
The task force’s review list omits local school accountability systems and grant results. The law does not itself ban discussion of those subjects.
Argument forDropping local systems and grant results from the review list could help the school accountability task force focus on its remaining topics.
Argument againstRemoving the reserved rural superintendent seat could reduce direct input from districts that participated in the local accountability grant program.
More detail
The law directs repeal of the state law covering the local school accountability system. The repeal covers part 7 of article 11 of title 22 of Colorado’s statutes.
The law sets the state school accountability task force at 25 members. The repealed seat was reserved for an experienced Colorado public school superintendent from a rural district participating in the local accountability grant program. The membership provisions took effect on July 1, 2026.
The law directs removal of two items from the task force’s list of topics it may review. The two items concern local school accountability systems and results from the local accountability grant program. Removing these listed topics does not itself prohibit discussion of them. The review-list provisions took effect on July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 28Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 26Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 26Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 26Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 16Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 14Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1356 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. 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 9House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 8House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 6House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1356 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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