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May 6, 2022 HB 22-1248
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Revised Fiscal Note
(replaces fiscal note dated March 9, 2022)
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0852
Rep. McLachlan; Ortiz
Sen. Simpson
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
May 6, 2022
Senate Appropriations
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 includes an appropriation of $250,000 to the Colorado
Department of Education.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the reengrossed bill. The fiscal note is preliminary and will be
revised when additional detail becomes available.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB 22-1248
Budget Year
FY 2022-23
Out Year
FY 2023-24
Revenue
- -
Expenditures General Fund $250,000 $250,000
Centrally Appropriated $25,939 $28,024
Total Expenditures $275,939 $278,024
Total FTE 1.2 FTE 1.2 FTE
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve $37,500 $37,500
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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. The bill removes
the requirement in current law that employers receive grants for their cost of a school principal’s
participation in the program. The bill requires that the General Assembly annually appropriate up to
$250,000 to the CDE for the program.
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
The bill increases state expenditures in the CDE by up to $250,000 and 1.2 FTE annually beginning in
FY 2022-23. Department expenditures include staff for administration, evaluation, and accounting, as
well as costs to contract with mentor principals and other providers of professional development, and
for travel and conference expenses to convene cohort principals for leadership institutes.
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 1.
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 the
amounts shown in Table 1, which will decrease the amount of General Fund available for other
purposes.
School District
Participating school districts receive professional development for public school principals. This will
increase workload for principals to attend professional development sessions, and to share best
practices with peers, and will increase district administrative expenses. Page 3
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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 includes a General Fund appropriation of $250,000 to the Colorado Department
of Education, and 1.2 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.