SB19-176 Summary

• Requires each Colorado school district to provide qualified students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to concurrently enroll in postsecondary courses at no tuition cost, beginning in the 2020-21 school year.

• Establishes that concurrent enrollment credits must be transferable and applicable toward high school graduation, developmental education completion, career and technical education certificates/degrees, or statewide transfer agreements.

• Creates the Concurrent Enrollment Expansion and Innovation Grant Program to provide grants to partnerships of school districts and higher education institutions seeking to expand concurrent enrollment capacity, with priority given to partnerships serving low-income and first-generation students.

• Requires development of a public concurrent enrollment website by July 1, 2020, explaining concurrent enrollment options, costs, credit transferability, and how it compares to dual enrollment, early college, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate programs.

• Appropriates $44,916 from the general fund, $1,500,000 from the marijuana tax cash fund for grants, and $105,000 to the department of higher education for implementation.