CO SB067

Modifies the prosecution fellowship program to provide funding directly to rural district attorney's offices (in 12 specified judicial districts) to recruit, hire, and retain new deputy district attorneys, rather than matching individual fellows with offices

Expands eligibility from graduates of only CU and DU law schools to graduates of any regionally accredited Colorado law school, and removes the requirement for law schools to contribute 20% of fellowship salary costs

Reduces the fellowship committee from seven members to five by removing the deans of CU and DU law schools, leaving the Colorado District Attorneys' Council executive director and four rural district attorneys

Requires recipient offices to return unused fellowship funding if a fellow leaves during the award period, with the committee able to reallocate returned funds to the same or another district attorney's office

Updates reporting requirements to January 1, 2028, requiring information on fellowship amounts awarded, recipient offices, and post-fellowship employment status of fellows