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CO HB1299

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2026

Primary Sponsor

Lori Garcia Sander

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Colorado Bureau of Investigation must transmit missing children lists to the Colorado Department of Education instead of individual school districts; CDE will cross-reference against statewide student enrollment records

  • Repeals requirement for local education providers to adopt written policies on pencil-and-paper versus computer-based state assessments

  • School districts, charter school networks, or charter school collaboratives with 1,200 or fewer students may submit a single plan to satisfy both district-level and school-level planning requirements

  • Schools or districts that have received waivers from licensed personnel evaluation requirements are exempt from reporting those evaluations to the state

  • Prohibits the Department of Education from representing voluntary data collection requests as mandatory or conditioning non-grant-related benefits on completion of voluntary data requests

Legislative Description

Reducing Regulatory Burden on Education Providers

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Last Action

House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee of the Whole3/11/2026
Education2/25/2026

Full Bill Text

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