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ColoradoHB25-11672025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Alternative Education Campuses

Sponsored By: Alex Valdez (Democratic), Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Matthew Martinez (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Alternative campuses can count older students

Colorado expands part of its high-risk student definition to include parents and pregnant students through age 21. They must be enrolled in a Colorado public school; the previous age limit was under 20. Alternative education campuses can also count high-risk students who are 21 or younger on the official enrollment count day. Those students must have enough credits to qualify for a diploma by the end of that school year.

Alternative campuses gain grant priority and tracking

Colorado's education department must give alternative campuses priority points for state education grants they qualify for and whose requirements they meet. The points do not guarantee an award. Beginning September 2025, the department must prepare and post annual reports covering enrollment beyond the October count and transfers into and out of campuses. Reports must also break down students by age, race and ethnicity, multilingual learner status, and special education status. For fiscal year 2025–26, the law provides $9,613 from the General Fund for School Quality and Support, based on an added 0.1 full-time-equivalent position; the money may support accountability and improvement planning to carry out the law.

Small alternative campuses keep their status

Colorado alternative education campuses with fewer than 250 students gain protection against losing their designation. A campus must meet the required 90% threshold in one school year. It can miss that threshold by no more than three students the next year. It must meet the threshold again the following year to keep this protection.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Alex Valdez

    Democratic • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Matthew Martinez

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Jacque Phillips

    Democratic • House

  • Katie Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Rep. S. Bird

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Steven Woodrow

    Democratic • House

  • Dafna Michaelson Jenet

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sen. F. Winter

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • John Carson

    Republican • Senate

  • Janice Marchman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katie Wallace

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Nick Hinrichsen

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 5

Senate vote • 4/30/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/29/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1167 to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 5 • No: 2

Senate vote • 4/23/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1167 to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote • 4/16/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 64 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1167, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 9 • No: 2

House vote • 3/5/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1167, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 12 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    5/24/2025House

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    5/13/2025House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    5/13/2025Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor

    5/13/2025House

  5. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/30/2025Senate

  6. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

    4/29/2025Senate

  7. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

    4/29/2025Senate

  8. Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations

    4/23/2025Senate

  9. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

    4/17/2025Senate

  10. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/16/2025House

  11. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

    4/15/2025House

  12. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

    4/15/2025House

  13. House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations

    3/5/2025House

  14. Introduced In House - Assigned to Education

    2/3/2025House

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