HB 20-1407 Summary

• Amends Colorado higher education admission standards to make national assessment test scores optional rather than required for first-time freshman students graduating from high school in 2021.

• Allows each governing board of state-supported institutions of higher education to determine independently whether to require a national assessment test score as an eligibility criterion for admission.

• Maintains existing requirements that admission standards use a combination of high school academic performance indicators, which may include grade point average, class rank, and content standard performance assessments.

• Preserves institutional flexibility to use additional criteria for up to twenty percent of freshman students admitted annually.