First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-0686.01 Jacob Baus x2173
HOUSE BILL 25-1152
House Committees Senate Committees
Education
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS REGARDING101
TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES102
WHEN THE NONCOMPLIANCE IS CAUSED BY A CONTRACTOR . 103
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
.)
Under current law, certain provisions are required in a public
school contract (contract), and if the provisions are omitted from a
contract, the law deems that the provisions are automatically included in
the contract. The bill clarifies that the list includes that a contractor is
required to comply with accessibility standards for an individual with a
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
February 7, 2025
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Garcia Sander and Lukens,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Marchman and Kirkmeyer,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. disability adopted by the office of information technology. The bill adds
a provision to the list to require a contractor to indemnify, hold harmless,
and assume liability on behalf of a public school contracting entity, the
public school, and the public school's employees and agents, for all
remedies for noncompliance with standards that ensure technology
accessibility to persons with disabilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-1-135, amend2
(2)(d) introductory portion and (2)(d)(III); and add (2)(d)(II)(C),3
(2)(d)(IV), and (2)(e) as follows:4
22-1-135. Terms and conditions in public school contracts -5
definitions. (2) (d) A public school contract must include provisions, and6
if such provisions are nonetheless inadvertently or otherwise
omitted,7
shall be THE CONTRACT IS deemed to include provisions that:8
(II) Require the contractor to comply with all applicable federal,9
state, and local laws, rules, and regulations in effect when the contract is10
executed or thereafter established, including, without limitation:11
(C) A
CCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A12
DISABILITY ADOPTED BY THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY13
PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-85-103.14
(III) Require the contractor to perform its duties as an independent15
contractor, to pay when due all applicable employment taxes and income16
taxes for its employees incurred in the performance of the contract, and17
to provide and keep in force workers' compensation and unemployment18
compensation insurance in the amounts required by law;
AND19
(IV) R
EQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO INDEMNIFY , HOLD HARMLESS,20
AND ASSUME LIABILITY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACTING21
ENTITY, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S EMPLOYEES AND22
1152-2- AGENTS, FOR ALL COSTS, EXPENSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES,1
COURT AWARDS, ATTORNEY FEES AND RELATED COSTS , AND ANY OTHER2
AMOUNTS INCURRED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN RELATION TO A3
CONTRACTOR'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR AN4
INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY ADOPTED BY THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION5
TECHNOLOGY PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-85-103.6
(e) A
PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACTING ENTITY MAY REQUIRE THAT7
THE CONTRACTOR'S COMPLIANCE WITH ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR AN8
INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY ADOPTED BY THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION9
TECHNOLOGY PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-85-103 IS DETERMINED AND10
ATTESTED TO BY A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY SELECTED BY THE PUBLIC11
SCHOOL CONTRACTING ENTITY .12
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act13
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the14
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except15
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V16
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this17
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take18
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in19
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the20
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.21
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