Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 22-0852.01 Julie Pelegrin x2700
HOUSE BILL 22-1248
House Committees Senate Committees
Education Appropriations
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING CONTINUATION OF THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PILOT101
PROGRAM, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN102
APPROPRIATION.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill repeals the repeal date for the existing school leadership
pilot program and removes the word "pilot" from the name of the
program.
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
May 10, 2022
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
May 6, 2022
HOUSE
SPONSORSHIP
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
McLachlan and Ortiz, Amabile, Bacon, Bernett, Bird, Boesenecker, Caraveo, Cutter,
Esgar, Exum, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hooton, Jodeh, Kipp, Lindsay, McCluskie, Michaelson
Jenet, Ricks, Titone, Valdez D., Woodrow, Young
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Simpson and Zenzinger,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-202, amend2
(3) as follows:3
22-13-202. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context4
otherwise requires:5
(3) "Program" means the school leadership pilot program created6
in section 22-13-203.7
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-203, amend8
(1) and (6); and repeal (5) as follows:9
22-13-203. School leadership program - created - participation10
- rules. (1) There is created in the department of education the school11
leadership pilot program to provide embedded, experiential professional12
development to improve the quality of school principals and empower13
them to exercise distributive and collaborative leadership that supports14
collaboration among the professional educators in the school building.15
The purpose of the program is to increase educator retention, improve16
school climate and culture, and improve student academic outcomes by17
improving the quality of leadership in public schools. The program must18
include identification of high-quality school principals and the19
opportunity for other school principals from school districts throughout20
the state to observe and interact with the identified high-quality school21
principals and to receive professional development in leadership skills to22
learn the critical practices of the high-quality school principals in23
successful public schools.24
(5) Subject to available appropriations, the state board shall award25
a grant to the employer of each school principal who is selected to26
participate in the program either as an exemplary high-quality school27
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school principal who is selected to receive professional development. The2
state board shall determine the amount of each grant based on the costs3
that the employer is expected to incur as a result of the school principal's4
participation in the program.5
(6) The general assembly shall annually appropriate money UP TO6
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS to the department for the7
implementation of this part 2, including money to pay the costs of8
designing and implementing the program, which may include the cost of9
contracting with an entity as authorized in subsection (2) of this section.10
and awarding grants as provided in subsection (5) of this section.11
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 22-13-205 as12
follows:13
22-13-205. Repeal of part. This part 2 is repealed, effective July14
1, 2022.15
SECTION 4. Appropriation. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year,16
$250,000 is appropriated to the department of education. This17
appropriation is from the general fund and is based on an assumption that18
the department will require an additional 1.2 FTE. To implement this act,19
the department may use this appropriation for the school leadership20
program.21
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,22
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate23
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.24
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