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March 9, 2022 HB 22-1248
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0852
Rep. McLachlan; Ortiz
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
March 9, 2022
House Education
Josh Abram | 303-866-3561
Josh.Abram@state.co.us
Bill Topic: EXTEND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☒ School Districts
The bill extends The School Leadership Pilot Program in the Colorado Department of
Education indefinitely. The bill increases state expenditures beginning FY 2022-23.
Appropriation
Summary:
For FY 2022-23, the bill requires an appropriation $425,948 to the Colorado
Department of Education.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB 22-1248
Budget Year
FY 2022-23
Out Year
FY 2023-24
Revenue
- -
Expenditures General Fund $425,948 $431,814
Centrally Appropriated $25,939 $28,024
Total Expenditures $451,887 $459,838
Total FTE 1.4 FTE 1.5 FTE
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve $63,892 $64,772
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Summary of Legislation
Under current law, the School Leadership Pilot Program in the Colorado Department of Education
(CDE) is set to repeal on July 1, 2022. This bill continues the program indefinitely.
Background
The School Leadership Program provides embedded, experiential-based professional development to
school principals to improve leadership skills that support professional collaboration among
educators in the school building. The program identifies high-quality school principals as mentors
and provides the opportunity for other principals to learn, observe and interact with those mentors to
improve leadership skills. The intent of the program is to increase teacher collective efficacy and
improve school culture and climate to improve student academic outcomes. The pilot program was
implemented for 2 cohorts serving principals in over 50 school districts.
State Expenditures
Based on the cost to implement the pilot program in FY 2019-20 through FY 2021-22, the CDE will
have expenditures of $451,887 in FY 2022-23, and $459,838 in FY 2023-24. Department expenditures
include 1.5 FTE for administration, evaluation, and accounting, as well as costs to contract with mentor
principals and other providers of professional development, provide reimbursements to districts, and
cover travel and conference expenses to convene cohort principals for leadership institutes. These
expenditures are shown in Table 2.
Table 2
Expenditures Under HB 22-1248
FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24
Colorado Department of Education
Personal Services $132,723 $144,789
Operating Expenses $2,025 $2,025
Capital Outlay Costs $6,200 -
Professional Development Contracts $90,000 $90,000
District Reimbursement $60,000 $60,000
Conference Expenses $15,000 $15,000
Cohort Travel & Lodging $120,000 $120,000
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
$25,939 $28,024
Total Cost $451,887 $459,838
Total FTE 1.4 FTE 1.5 FTE
1
Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation.
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Centrally appropriated costs. Pursuant to a Joint Budget Committee policy, certain costs associated
with this bill are addressed through the annual budget process and centrally appropriated in the Long
Bill or supplemental appropriations bills, rather than in this bill. These costs, which include employee
insurance and supplemental employee retirement payments, are shown in Table 2.
Other Budget Impacts
General Fund reserve. Under current law, an amount equal to 15 percent of General Fund
appropriations must be set aside in the General Fund statutory reserve beginning in FY 2022-23. Based
on this fiscal note, the bill is expected to increase the amount of General Fund held in reserve by
$63,892 in FY 2022-23 and $64,772 in FY 2023-24, which will decrease the amount of General Fund
available for other purposes.
School District
Participating school districts receive professional development for public school principals and
support grants to cover other administrative expenses of enrolling a school principal in the leadership
institute. This will increase workload for principals to attend professional development sessions, and
to share best practices with peers, and will increase district revenue to reimburse administrative
expenses.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature.
State Appropriations
For FY 2022-23, the bill requires a General Fund appropriation of $425,948 to the Colorado Department
of Education, and 1.4 FTE.
State and Local Government Contacts
Education
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.