Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 22-0852.01 Julie Pelegrin x2700
HOUSE BILL 22-1248
House Committees Senate Committees
Education
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING CONTINUATION OF THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PILOT101
PROGRAM.102
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.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
McLachlan and Ortiz,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
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. SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-202, amend1
(3) as follows:2
22-13-202. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context3
otherwise requires:4
(3) "Program" means the school leadership pilot program created5
in section 22-13-203.6
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-13-203, amend7
(1) as follows:8
22-13-203. School leadership program - created - participation9
- rules. (1) There is created in the department of education the school10
leadership pilot program to provide embedded, experiential professional11
development to improve the quality of school principals and empower12
them to exercise distributive and collaborative leadership that supports13
collaboration among the professional educators in the school building.14
The purpose of the program is to increase educator retention, improve15
school climate and culture, and improve student academic outcomes by16
improving the quality of leadership in public schools. The program must17
include identification of high-quality school principals and the18
opportunity for other school principals from school districts throughout19
the state to observe and interact with the identified high-quality school20
principals and to receive professional development in leadership skills to21
learn the critical practices of the high-quality school principals in22
successful public schools.23
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 22-13-205 as24
follows:25
22-13-205. Repeal of part. This part 2 is repealed, effective July26
1, 2022.27
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-2- SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,1
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate2
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.3
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