SENATE BILL 25-222
BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Amabile, Kirkmeyer;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Bird, Phillips.
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ONCERNING REPEALING PROFICIENCY TESTS ADMINISTERED BY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , REDUCING AN
APPROPRIATION
.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 22-32-109.5.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-2-112, amend (4)(a)
as follows:
22-2-112. Commissioner - duties - report - legislative
declaration. (4) (a) The commissioner shall ensure that the department,
subject to available appropriations, annually allocates money to school
districts, district charter schools and institute charter schools to reimburse
them for the costs of administering developmental education placement or
assessment tests pursuant to sections 22-32-109.5,
SECTIONS 22-30.5-117
and 22-30.5-526 respectively, to students enrolled in grades nine through
twelve. The department shall allocate money to offset the costs incurred in
administering each of the test units only once per student while the student
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. is enrolled in grades nine through twelve.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-2-136, amend
(2)(a)(III) as follows:
22-2-136. Additional duty - state board - individual career and
academic plans - standards - rules. (2) In establishing the standards for
individual career and academic plans, the state board shall ensure, at a
minimum, that:
(a) Each individual career and academic plan includes a career
planning and guidance component and a portfolio that reflects, at a
minimum:
(III) For school districts and
DISTRICT charter schools AND
INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOLS
that choose to administer the developmental
education placement or assessment tests, the student's scores on the
developmental education placement or assessment tests administered
pursuant to section 22-30.5-117
OR 22-30.5-526, or 22-32-109.5 (4), any
intervention plan created for the student pursuant to those sections, and the
student's progress in meeting the intervention plan;
SECTION 4. Appropriation - adjustments to 2025 long bill. 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 2025-26 state fiscal year to
the department of education for use by career pathways for basic skills
placement or assessment tests is decreased by $50,000.
SECTION 5. 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 2-SENATE BILL 25-222 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
institutions.
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James Rashad Coleman, Sr. Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
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Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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