HOUSE BILL 24-1393
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird and Taggart, Sirota, Amabile, Bradley,
Brown, Frizell, Herod, Joseph, Pugliese, Snyder, Young, McCluskie;
also SENATOR(S) Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Cutter, Exum,
Hinrichsen, Michaelson Jenet, Priola
.
C
ONCERNING MEASURES TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE ACCELERATING
STUDENTS THROUGH CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM
, AND, IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
, MAKING AND REDUCING AN
APPROPRIATION
.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-35-108, amend
(1)(a) introductory portion, (1)(b), (2)(a)(III), (3), and (4); and add
(2)(a)(V), (2)(a)(VI), (2)(c), and (7) as follows:
22-35-108. Accelerating students through concurrent enrollment
program - objectives - non-tuition expenses - rules. (1) (a) There is
established the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment
program, which is available to all
qualified students who are designated by
their enrolling local education providers pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this
section. The objectives of the ASCENT program are to:
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
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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. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 35 to the contrary,
a qualified student who is designated by a THE STUDENT'S local education
provider to be an ASCENT program participant pursuant to subsection (2)
of this section may concurrently enroll in postsecondary courses, including
academic courses and career and technical education courses, in the year
directly following the year in which the qualified student was enrolled in the
twelfth grade of the local education provider.
(2) (a) A local education provider may designate a qualified student
as an ASCENT program participant if the qualified student:
(III) Has been accepted into a postsecondary degree program at an
institution of higher education; and
(V) HAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED A FREE APPLICATION FOR
FEDERAL STUDENT AID OR A
COLORADO APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL
AID
; AND
(VI) HAS SATISFIED ANY OTHER SELECTION CRITERIA ESTABLISHED
BY THE BOARD
'S GUIDELINES, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (4) OF THIS
SECTION
.
(c) F
OR THE 2025-26 STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND EACH STATE FISCAL
YEAR THEREAFTER
, THE LOCAL EDUCATION PROVIDER SHALL NOT DESIGNATE
A TOTAL NUMBER OF
ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THAT IS GREATER
THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THAT IT
DESIGNATED IN THE
2024-25 STATE FISCAL YEAR.
(3) A local education provider may include each qualified student
whom the local education provider designates to participate in the ASCENT
program pursuant to this section THE LOCAL EDUCATION PROVIDER OF A
QUALIFIED STUDENT WHO IS DESIGNATED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION
PROVIDER AS AN
ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT MAY INCLUDE THE
STUDENT
in the district's funded pupil count, or, in the case of a qualified
student enrolled in an institute charter school, in the funded pupil count of
the school's accounting district, as provided in section 22-54-103 (7).
(4) The board shall establish guidelines as necessary for the
administration of the ASCENT program,
INCLUDING SELECTION CRITERIA
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STUDENTS AS
ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
(7) O
N OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2024, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE
, OR THEIR SUCCESSOR COMMITTEES ,
AND THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE , CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS TO
IMPROVE THE
ASCENT PROGRAM. AT A MINIMUM, THE REPORT MUST
INCLUDE
:
(a) A
SAMPLE-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE EXPENDITURES REQUIRED OF
LOCAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS TO OFFER THE
ASCENT PROGRAM,
INCLUDING INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMOUNT PAID FOR STUDENT
TUITION
; FEES; TEXTBOOKS; TRANSPORTATION; STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES,
INCLUDING COUNSELING; AND ANY OTHER EXPENDITURES REQUIRED OF
LOCAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS FOR GENERAL OVERHEAD
. THE REPORT MUST
INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM A SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT DESIGNATED
ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DURING THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DATA COLLECTIONS REGARDING
ASCENT
PROGRAM EXPENDITURES .
(b) I
NFORMATION PROVIDED BY DISTRICTS TO THE DEPARTMENT
REGARDING
ASCENT PROGRAM SERVICES AND EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE
THE GREATEST EFFECT
; AND
(c) RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE ASCENT PROGRAM,
INCLUDING AN ESTIMATE OF HOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD IMPROVE
OUTCOMES BASED ON THE OBJECTIVES STATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-54-104, amend
(4.7)(b); repeal (4.7)(c); and add (4.7)(d) as follows:
22-54-104. District total program - definitions - repeal.
(4.7) (b) (I) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection
(4.7), for FOR the 2010-11 budget year and budget years thereafter
THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, the dollar amount set forth in
paragraph (a) of this subsection (4.7) shall SUBSECTION (4.7)(a) OF THIS
SECTION MUST
be increased by the percentage by which the statewide base
per pupil funding for that budget year, as specified in paragraph (a) of
PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 24-1393 subsection (5) SUBSECTION (5)(a) of this section, is increased over the
statewide base per pupil funding for the 2007-08 budget year, as specified
in subparagraph (XIV) of paragraph (a) of subsection (5)
SUBSECTION
(5)(a)(XIV) of this section. The amount shall MUST be rounded to the
nearest dollar.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4.7)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
(c) In any budget year in which the provisions of subsection (5)(g)
of this section apply, the department of education shall calculate a district's
reduction amount for extended high school funding by multiplying the
budget stabilization factor calculated for the applicable budget year
pursuant to subsection (5)(g)(II)(A) of this section by the amount of the
district's extended high school funding calculated pursuant to subsection
(4.7)(b) of this section for the applicable budget year. A district's extended
high school funding for the applicable budget year shall be the greater of:
(I) The district's extended high school funding calculated for the
applicable budget year pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (4.7)
minus the district's reduction amount calculated for the applicable budget
year pursuant to this paragraph (c) for extended high school funding; or
(II) An amount equal to the base per pupil funding amount specified
in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of this section for the applicable budget
year multiplied by the district's extended high school pupil enrollment for
the applicable budget year.
(d) FOR THE 2024-25 BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET YEAR
THEREAFTER
, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (4.7)(a) OF
THIS SECTION MUST BE INCREASED BY THE PERCENTAGE BY WHICH THE
STATEWIDE BASE PER PUPIL FUNDING FOR THAT BUDGET YEAR
, AS SPECIFIED
IN SUBSECTION
(5)(a) OF THIS SECTION, IS INCREASED OVER THE STATEWIDE
BASE PER PUPIL FUNDING FOR THE
2007-08 BUDGET YEAR, AS SPECIFIED IN
SUBSECTION
(5)(a)(XIV) OF THIS SECTION; EXCEPT THAT THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT THAT IS MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF FULL
-TIME EQUIVALENT
STUDENTS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT
'S EXTENDED HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL
ENROLLMENT WHO ARE THE DISTRICT
'S ASCENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
MUST NOT INCREASE OR EXCEED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT DURING THE
2023-24
BUDGET YEAR. THE AMOUNT MUST BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST DOLLAR .
PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 24-1393 SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-54-104, amend
(4.7)(a) as follows:
22-54-104. District total program - definitions - repeal.
(4.7) (a) For the 2009-10 2024-25 budget year and budget years thereafter,
a district's extended high school funding shall be determined in accordance
with the following formula:
(District extended high school pupil enrollment x $6,135, or
an amount determined pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
subsection (4.7) SUBSECTION (4)(d) OF THIS SECTION).
SECTION 4. Appropriation - adjustments to 2024 long bill. (1)
To implement this act, the cash funds appropriation from the state education
fund created in section 17 (4)(a) of article IX of the state constitution made
in the annual general appropriation act for the 2024-25 fiscal year to the
department of education for extended high school is decreased by
$1,081,762.
(2) For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, $45,600 is appropriated to the
department of education. This appropriation is from the general fund. To
implement this act, the department may use this appropriation for an
ASCENT program study.
SECTION 5. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;
except that section 3 of this act takes effect July 1, 2024.
SECTION 6. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
PAGE 5-HOUSE BILL 24-1393 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
institutions.
____________________________ ____________________________
Julie McCluskie Steve Fenberg
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Robin Jones Cindi L. Markwell
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
_________________________________________
Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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