HOUSE BILL 22-1248
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) 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;
also SENATOR(S) Simpson and Zenzinger, Bridges, Buckner, Ginal, Lee,
Moreno, Priola, Story, Winter.
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ONCERNING CONTINUATION OF THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ,
AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-202, amend (3)
as follows:
22-13-202. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(3) "Program" means the school leadership pilot
program created in
section 22-13-203.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-203, amend (1)
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
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Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. and (6); and repeal (5) as follows:
22-13-203. School leadership program - created - participation
- rules. (1) There is created in the department of education the school
leadership pilot program to provide embedded, experiential professional
development to improve the quality of school principals and empower them
to exercise distributive and collaborative leadership that supports
collaboration among the professional educators in the school building. The
purpose of the program is to increase educator retention, improve school
climate and culture, and improve student academic outcomes by improving
the quality of leadership in public schools. The program must include
identification of high-quality school principals and the opportunity for other
school principals from school districts throughout the state to observe and
interact with the identified high-quality school principals and to receive
professional development in leadership skills to learn the critical practices
of the high-quality school principals in successful public schools.
(5) Subject to available appropriations, the state board shall award
a grant to the employer of each school principal who is selected to
participate in the program either as an exemplary high-quality school
principal who assists in providing professional development or as a school
principal who is selected to receive professional development. The state
board shall determine the amount of each grant based on the costs that the
employer is expected to incur as a result of the school principal's
participation in the program.
(6) The general assembly shall annually appropriate money UP TO
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
to the department for the
implementation of this part 2, including money to pay the costs of designing
and implementing the program, which may include the cost of contracting
with an entity as authorized in subsection (2) of this section. and awarding
grants as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 22-13-205 as
follows:
22-13-205. Repeal of part. This part 2 is repealed, effective July 1,
2022.
SECTION 4. Appropriation. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year,
PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 22-1248 $250,000 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation
is from the general fund and is based on an assumption that the department
will require an additional 1.2 FTE. To implement this act, the department
may use this appropriation for the school leadership program.
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.
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Alec Garnett Steve Fenberg
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Robin Jones Cindi L. Markwell
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
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Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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