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	1	+	First Regular Session
	2	+	Seventy-fifth General Assembly
	3	+	STATE OF COLORADO
	4	+	REVISED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the Second House
	7	+	LLS NO. 25-0935.01 Alana Rosen x2606
1	8		SENATE BILL 25-215
2		-	BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile;
3		-	also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird and Taggart, Sirota.
	9	+	Senate Committees House Committees
	10	+	Appropriations Appropriations
	11	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT
4	12		C
5		-	ONCERNING REPEALING THE COLORADO STUDENT LEADERS INSTITUTE .
6		-
7		-	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
8		-	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-106-103, amend (1)
9		-	as follows:
10		-	22-106-103. Colorado student leaders institute - applications.
11		-	(1) There is in the department of education the Colorado student leaders
12		-	institute. The year-long institute shall operate a competitive residential
13		-	summer academic program for students who are entering tenth or eleventh
14		-	grade in the coming fall semester. The program operated by the institute
15		-	must be for four weeks each summer during which time students who are
16		-	accepted to the institute attend college-level classes, lectures, and seminars
17		-	as well as enrichment activities, including concerts and theatrical
18		-	productions. Each student who is accepted to the institute is encouraged to
19		-	donate up to four hundred dollars to the institute to assist in meeting
20		-	operational costs. Subject to available appropriations, up to one hundred
21		-	students may annually participate in the institute. T
22		-	HE HOST INSTITUTION
23		-	NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
24		-	officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
25		-	or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
26		-	history, or the Session Laws.
27		-	________
28		-	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
29		-	through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
30		-	the act. AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT OPERATE THE COLORADO STUDENT
31		-	LEADERS INSTITUTE IN THE
32		-	2025-26 STATE FISCAL YEAR.
33		-	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 22-106-105 as
34		-	follows:
35		-	22-106-105. Colorado student leaders institute - funding - cash
36		-	fund created. (1) (a) The general assembly shall annually appropriatemoney to the department of education for the institute to pay the direct and
37		-	indirect costs that the state board of education incurs in operating the
38		-	institute, including costs relating to the host institution and stipends for the
39		-	institute faculty members.
40		-	(b) If the department of education does not spend the total amount
41		-	appropriated pursuant to this subsection (1) by the end of the fiscal year for
42		-	which it is appropriated, any amount not expended up to fifty percent of the
43		-	total amount appropriated is further appropriated to the department for the
44		-	subsequent state fiscal year for the same purpose;
45		-	EXCEPT THAT MONEY
46		-	APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
47		-	(1) FOR THE 2024-25 STATE
48		-	FISCAL YEAR IS NOT FURTHER APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
49		-	SUBSEQUENT STATE FISCAL YEAR
50		-	. ANY UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED
51		-	FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PURPOSES
52		-	OF THIS ARTICLE
53		-	106 MUST REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND ON JUNE 30,
54		-	2025.
55		-	(2) (a) In addition to the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection
56		-	(1) of this section, the state board of education may solicit, accept, and
57		-	expend public or private gifts, grants, or donations to implement the
58		-	institute. The state board of education shall transmit any money that it
59		-	receives pursuant to this subsection (2)(a) and any money it receives from
60		-	participating students to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit
61		-	the money in the Colorado student leaders institute cash fund, referred to in
62		-	this section as the "cash fund", which is created in the state treasury. Annual
63		-	operation of the institute is conditional upon receiving at least forty
64		-	thousand dollars in gifts, grants, or donations by June 1 of each year. IF ON
65		-	JULY 1, 2025, GIFTS, GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
66		-	REMAIN IN THE CASH FUND
67		-	, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
68		-	HOST INSTITUTE AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED IN SECTION
69		-	22-106-104 (1)(c), SHALL RETURN, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 30, 2025, TO
70		-	THE EXTENT POSSIBLE
71		-	, MONEY REMAINING IN THE FUND TO EACH GRANTOR ,
72		-	PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 25-215 DONOR, OR STUDENT IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE
73		-	GRANTOR
74		-	'S, DONOR'S, OR STUDENT'S SHARE OF THE AMOUNT OF GIFTS ,
75		-	GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS DEPOSITED IN THE CASH
76		-	FUND
77		-	.
78		-	(b) The money in the cash fund is continuously appropriated to the
79		-	state board of education for the direct and indirect costs incurred in
80		-	implementing the institute TO CARRY OUT THIS ARTICLE 106. The state
81		-	treasurer may invest as provided by law any money in the cash fund that is
82		-	not expended for the purposes of this article 106. The state treasurer shall
83		-	credit to the cash fund all interest and income derived from the investment
84		-	and deposit of money in the cash fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered
85		-	money remaining in the cash fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the
86		-	cash fund and is not credited to another fund. I
87		-	F ANY MONEY REMAINS IN
88		-	THE CASH FUND ON
89		-	AUGUST 31, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL, PRIOR
90		-	TO THE REPEAL OF THE CASH FUND
91		-	, TRANSFER ALL UNEXPENDED AND
92		-	UNENCUMBERED MONEY IN THE CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
93		-	.
94		-	(3) Repealed.
95		-	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-106-106 as
96		-	follows:
	13	+	ONCERNING REPEALING THE COLORADO STUDENT LEADERS101
	14	+	INSTITUTE.102
	15	+	Bill Summary
	16	+	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
	17	+	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
	18	+	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
	19	+	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
	20	+	http://leg.colorado.gov/
	21	+	.)
	22	+	Joint Budget Committee. The bill repeals the Colorado student
	23	+	leaders institute (institute), created in the department of education
	24	+	(department), on September 1, 2026.
	25	+	Before the repeal of the institute, the bill requires the department,
	26	+	in collaboration with the host institution of higher education that operates
	27	+	the institute and the advisory committee, to return, to the extent possible,
	28	+	HOUSE
	29	+	2nd Reading Unamended
	30	+	April 9, 2025
	31	+	SENATE
	32	+	3rd Reading Unamended
	33	+	April 3, 2025
	34	+	SENATE
	35	+	2nd Reading Unamended
	36	+	April 2, 2025
	37	+	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
	38	+	Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
	39	+	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
	40	+	Bird and Taggart, Sirota
	41	+	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
	42	+	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
	43	+	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. money remaining in the Colorado student leaders institute cash fund (cash
	44	+	fund) to each grantor, donor, or student in an amount that is proportional
	45	+	to the grantor's, donor's, or student's share of the total amount of gifts,
	46	+	grants, donations, or student contributions deposited in the cash fund. If
	47	+	any money remains in the cash fund on August 31, 2025, the state
	48	+	treasurer shall, prior to the repeal of the cash fund, transfer all
	49	+	unexpended and unencumbered money in the cash fund to the general
	50	+	fund.
	51	+	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
	52	+	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-106-103, amend2
	53	+	(1) as follows:3
	54	+	22-106-103. Colorado student leaders institute - applications.4
	55	+	(1) There is in the department of education the Colorado student leaders5
	56	+	institute. The year-long institute shall operate a competitive residential6
	57	+	summer academic program for students who are entering tenth or7
	58	+	eleventh grade in the coming fall semester. The program operated by the8
	59	+	institute must be for four weeks each summer during which time students9
	60	+	who are accepted to the institute attend college-level classes, lectures, and10
	61	+	seminars as well as enrichment activities, including concerts and11
	62	+	theatrical productions. Each student who is accepted to the institute is12
	63	+	encouraged to donate up to four hundred dollars to the institute to assist13
	64	+	in meeting operational costs. Subject to available appropriations, up to14
	65	+	one hundred students may annually participate in the institute. T
	66	+	HE HOST15
	67	+	INSTITUTION AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT OPERATE THE COLORADO16
	68	+	STUDENT LEADERS INSTITUTE IN THE 2025-26 STATE FISCAL YEAR.17
	69	+	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 22-106-10518
	70	+	as follows:19
	71	+	22-106-105. Colorado student leaders institute - funding - cash20
	72	+	fund created. (1) (a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate
	73	+	21
	74	+	215-2- money to the department of education for the institute to pay the direct1
	75	+	and indirect costs that the state board of education incurs in operating the2
	76	+	institute, including costs relating to the host institution and stipends for3
	77	+	the institute faculty members.4
	78	+	(b) If the department of education does not spend the total amount5
	79	+	appropriated pursuant to this subsection (1) by the end of the fiscal year6
	80	+	for which it is appropriated, any amount not expended up to fifty percent7
	81	+	of the total amount appropriated is further appropriated to the department8
	82	+	for the subsequent state fiscal year for the same purpose;
	83	+	EXCEPT THAT9
	84	+	MONEY APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (1) FOR THE10
	85	+	2024-25
	86	+	STATE FISCAL YEAR IS NOT FURTHER APPROPRIATED TO THE11
	87	+	DEPARTMENT FOR THE SUBSEQUENT STATE FISCAL YEAR . ANY12
	88	+	UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE13
	89	+	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 106 MUST14
	90	+	REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND ON JUNE 30, 2025.15
	91	+	(2) (a) In addition to the amount appropriated pursuant to16
	92	+	subsection (1) of this section, the state board of education may solicit,17
	93	+	accept, and expend public or private gifts, grants, or donations to18
	94	+	implement the institute. The state board of education shall transmit any19
	95	+	money that it receives pursuant to this subsection (2)(a) and any money20
	96	+	it receives from participating students to the state treasurer. The state21
	97	+	treasurer shall deposit the money in the Colorado student leaders institute22
	98	+	cash fund, referred to in this section as the "cash fund", which is created23
	99	+	in the state treasury. Annual operation of the institute is conditional upon
	100	+	24
	101	+	receiving at least forty thousand dollars in gifts, grants, or donations by25
	102	+	June 1 of each year. IF ON JULY 1, 2025, GIFTS, GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR26
	103	+	STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS REMAIN IN THE CASH FUND , THE DEPARTMENT,27
	104	+	215
	105	+	-3- IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HOST INSTITUTE AND THE ADVISORY1
	106	+	COMMITTEE CREATED IN SECTION 22-106-104 (1)(c), SHALL RETURN, NO2
	107	+	LATER THAN AUGUST 30, 2025, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE , MONEY3
	108	+	REMAINING IN THE FUND TO EACH GRANTOR , DONOR, OR STUDENT IN AN4
	109	+	AMOUNT THAT IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE GRANTOR 'S, DONOR'S, OR5
	110	+	STUDENT'S SHARE OF THE AMOUNT OF GIFTS , GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR6
	111	+	STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS DEPOSITED IN THE CASH FUND .7
	112	+	(b) The money in the cash fund is continuously appropriated to the8
	113	+	state board of education for the direct and indirect costs incurred in9
	114	+	implementing the institute TO CARRY OUT THIS ARTICLE 106. The state10
	115	+	treasurer may invest as provided by law any money in the cash fund that11
	116	+	is not expended for the purposes of this article 106. The state treasurer12
	117	+	shall credit to the cash fund all interest and income derived from the13
	118	+	investment and deposit of money in the cash fund. Any unexpended and14
	119	+	unencumbered money remaining in the cash fund at the end of a fiscal15
	120	+	year remains in the cash fund and is not credited to another fund. I
	121	+	F ANY16
	122	+	MONEY REMAINS IN THE CASH FUND ON AUGUST 31, 2025, THE STATE17
	123	+	TREASURER SHALL, PRIOR TO THE REPEAL OF THE CASH FUND, TRANSFER18
	124	+	ALL UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED MONEY IN THE CASH FUND TO THE19
	125	+	GENERAL FUND.20
	126	+	(3) Repealed.21
	127	+	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-106-106 as22
	128	+	follows:23
97	129		22-106-106. Repeal of article. T
98		-	HIS ARTICLE 106 IS REPEALED,
99		-	EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026.
100		-	SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
101		-	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
102		-	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
103		-	PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 25-215 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
104		-	institutions.
105		-	____________________________ ____________________________
106		-	James Rashad Coleman, Sr. Julie McCluskie
107		-	PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
108		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
109		-	____________________________ ____________________________
110		-	Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
111		-	SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
112		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
113		-	APPROVED________________________________________
114		-	(Date and Time)
115		-	_________________________________________
116		-	Jared S. Polis
117		-	GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
118		-	PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 25-215
	130	+	HIS ARTICLE 106 IS REPEALED,24
	131	+	EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026.25
	132	+	SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,26
	133	+	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate27
	134	+	215
	135	+	-4- preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for1
	136	+	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state2
	137	+	institutions.3
	138	+	215
	139	+	-5-