| 1 | 1 | | First Regular Session |
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| 2 | 2 | | Seventy-fifth General Assembly |
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| 3 | 3 | | STATE OF COLORADO |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCED |
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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. 25-0784.01 Alana Rosen x2606 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HOUSE BILL 25-1218 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | Education |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONCERNING ALLOWING INSTITUT IONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT101 |
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| 14 | 14 | | OFFER COURSES WITH DIRECT PATHWAYS TO CERTAIN HIGHER102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE "CONCURRENT103 |
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| 16 | 16 | | E |
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| 17 | 17 | | NROLLMENT PROGRAMS ACT".104 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Bill Summary |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does |
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| 20 | 20 | | not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill |
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| 21 | 21 | | passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that |
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| 22 | 22 | | applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at |
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| 23 | 23 | | http://leg.colorado.gov |
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| 24 | 24 | | .) |
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| 25 | 25 | | The bill allows courses offered by institutions of higher education |
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| 26 | 26 | | as part of a direct admission pathway program into a science, technology, |
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| 27 | 27 | | engineering, and math degree or credential program to be included in the |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 29 | 29 | | Valdez, |
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| 30 | 30 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 31 | 31 | | (None), |
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| 32 | 32 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. "Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act". |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-35-110, amend2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) as follows:3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 22-35-110. Exclusions. (1) The provisions of EXCEPT FOR4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | COURSES OFFERED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS PART OF A5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | DIRECT ADMISSION PATHWAY PROGRAM INTO A SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY,6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ENGINEERING, AND MATH DEGREE OR CREDENTIAL PROGRAM , this article7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 35 shall DOES not apply to any course that is offered as part of a program8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of off-campus instruction established pursuant to section 23-1-109 (1) to9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (5).10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | HB25-1218-2- |
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