ColoradoColorado schedules reading evaluations every two years
Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, an independent evaluator reviews reading growth tied to local providers’ use of intervention and early literacy grant money every two years.
What it does
Starting in the 2026-27 school year, an independent evaluator reviews reading growth from local providers’ use of intervention and early literacy grant money every two years.
The 2026-27 budget reduces money for an outside review of the early literacy program by $750,000 if the budget includes at least that much for the review.
Local education providers continue sending required information each year, and the department posts a yearly summary of provider data and its input on proposed program changes.
Argument forEvaluations every two years could give local providers and the state a regular way to review reading growth while requiring fewer evaluations.
Argument againstReviewing reading growth every two years could make it take longer to spot changes in local providers’ literacy programs.
More detail
The independent evaluator evaluates reading growth every two years. The evaluations cover local education providers’ use of per-pupil intervention money and early literacy grant money. The every-two-year schedule begins in the 2026-27 school year.
The 2026-27 budget reduces the evaluation appropriation by $750,000 when the stated conditions are met. The adjustment concerns state education fund money for the Department of Education’s outside evaluation of the early literacy program. No decrease is required if the appropriation is less than $750,000 or if the annual budget does not include this funding. This adjustment takes effect only if the 2026-27 annual budget becomes law, and then on the later effective date of that budget or this act.
Local providers submit required information each year, and the department posts a yearly summary report. The department’s report summarizes provider data and includes its input on proposed program changes. The provider submissions and the department’s website report are annual.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 1Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 22Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 22Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 22Sent 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 26-1352 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 26-1352 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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