The career development success program provides financial incentives for participating school districts and participating charter schools to encourage pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to enroll in and successfully complete qualified industry-credential programs; qualified internship, residency, or construction industry pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs; and qualified advanced placement courses (programs and courses). The act amends the list of qualified programs by removing residency programs and expanding pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs to include any industry program, not just construction industry programs.The act expands the definition of a qualified industry-credential program to include a career and technical education program that, upon completion, results in an industry-recognized credential with labor market value aligned with a high-skill, high-wage, in-demand job.Current law requires the work force development council (council) to identify the qualified programs and courses by identifying the jobs included in the Colorado talent report with the greatest regional and state demand, including jobs in in-demand industries. The act requires the council to consult with relevant industries to identify the programs and courses by identifying high-skill, high-wage jobs in in-demand industries that have labor market value. Any programs and courses the council determines do not demonstrate labor market value may be removed from the council's website.Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, and each school year thereafter, the department of education (department), in coordination with the department of labor and employment, the department of higher education, the Colorado community college system, and employers from in-demand industries, shall identify the top 10 industry-recognized credentials that may be awarded to high school students. For each identified credential, the department shall specify how the courses taken to earn the credential align with the state academic standards.The act requires each participating school district, each nonparticipating school district on behalf of its participating charter schools, and the state charter school institute on behalf of each participating institute charter school to report to the department the total number of pupils who successfully complete a program or course, disaggregated by each student's race, ethnicity, and gender, and whether each student is a student with a disability, an English language learner, or eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.Current law requires each participating school district and each participating charter school to regularly communicate to all high school students the availability of programs and courses and the benefits a student receives as a result of successfully completing one of the programs or courses. The act expands this requirement to all middle school students and the students' families.The act requires each participating school district and each participating charter school to communicate how industry-recognized credentials and guaranteed-transfer pathways courses that are included in such credentials are aligned with postsecondary degrees and high-skill, high-wage, in-demand jobs, and the top 10 industry-recognized credentials identified by the department. The communications must be provided in a language that the students and the students' families understand.The act updates the department's annual reporting requirements to the general assembly to include:Whether the students participating in the programs and courses enlisted in the military or entered the workforce after graduation; How money received under the career development success program was used to promote the availability of programs and courses; and How the participating school district or participating charter school determined which programs and courses to offer, including how the programs and courses are aligned with local workforce needs. No later than July 1, 2022, the department, in collaboration with the Colorado community college system, shall publish and disseminate materials through existing and relevant platforms used to engage with districts that include, at a minimum, the top 10 industry-recognized credentials and a sample communications plan for how a participating school district or participating charter school may communicate the value of credentials and experiences to students and families.The act requires participating school districts and participating charter schools to utilize program funding to promote access to programs and courses.The act requires the return on investment report to include information specifically identifying the number of high school students enrolled and the number of degrees and certificates awarded through the career development success program.The act appropriates $20,000 from the general fund to the department of education to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes a number of modifications to the "Outdoor Advertising Act", including the following:Removing distinctions in the "Outdoor Advertising Act" based on the information on an advertising device, in order to create a content-neutral test for applying the "Outdoor Advertising Act"; Modifying the regulation by the "Outdoor Advertising Act" of advertising devices with a message center display, so that such devices may not be placed within 1,000 feet of each other on the same side of a highway and facing the same direction of travel; Revising the permitting system under the "Outdoor Advertising Act" to establish a timeline for the issuance of a permit or the rejection of a permit application and to create a process to appeal the denial of a permit application; Allowing a property owner to maintain a potential advertising device on their property without a permit, if the property owner executes an affidavit attesting that the potential advertising device is not an advertising device as defined under the "Outdoor Advertising Act"; Modifying the enforcement provisions in the "Outdoor Advertising Act" to remove the current misdemeanor penalty for violations of the act and to ensure that the Colorado department of transportation has the authority to seek a court order enjoining violations of the "Outdoor Advertising Act"; Removing exceptions from the "Outdoor Advertising Act" that allow the erection of new advertising devices along state highways designated as scenic byways by the transportation commission; and No longer allowing on-premise advertising devices to extend over the existing and future right-of-ways of any state highway.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates an option for a person with a disability that interfere's with the person' ability to effectively communicate with a peace officer to request that the department of revenue (department) place a discreet disability identifier symbol on the person's driver's license or identification card. The symbol must represent all types of disabilities, such as cognitive disabilities, neurological diversities, mental health disorders, sensory needs, chronic illness, chronic pain, and physical disabilities. The person may also choose to have the disability information removed from the driver's license or identification card and the department will issue a new driver's license or identification card. There is no fee to either place the symbol on or remove the symbol from a driver's license or identification card.The act also requires the department to collect information that the owner of a vehicle voluntarily discloses about the disability of a person who is either authorized to drive, or a regular passenger of, the registered vehicle. The department shall make this information immediately available to a peace officer who queries information about the registered vehicle. The vehicle owner may also choose to have the disability information removed from the vehicle registration information.The department is required to notify peace officers about the creation of the disability identifier symbol and the availability of information regarding the disability of a driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.By January 15, 2023, and each year thereafter, the department is required to report to legislative committees the percentage of persons who register a vehicle and have disclosed disability information.To implement the act, $89,298 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of revenue.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the fifth-day academic enrichment and support grant program (program) to award grants on a 3-year cycle to one or more eligible community-based nonprofit organizations (organizations) and to eligible rural school districts to provide supplemental enrichment programming to preschool through high school-aged children on the fifth day of the week for children in schools that have a 4-day school week.To be eligible for a grant, organizations must, in part, have experience providing before- and after-school programs, serve a majority of children from low-income families, and serve students who attend a school district that operates on a 4-day week. To be eligible for a grant, a rural school district must be rural, as determined by the department of education (department), have no eligible organization operating within the rural school district's boundaries, and serve a majority of children from low-income families.The state board of education (state board) awards program grants in a 3-year grant cycle, with an initial grant and automatic renewal of the grant for 2 years as set forth in the act. The amount of the initial and renewal grants is determined by the state board based on the number of children served in the program and other criteria specified in the act. The state board shall promulgate rules to establish the program, including the application process and deadlines.Grants must be used for one or more of the purposes specified in the act, including to provide supplemental educational programming to support students' academic, social, and emotional development on the fifth day of a 4-day school week, to provide meals and transportation for students attending the program, and to acquire educational materials and necessary technology to provide supplemental educational programming. Grantees are required to report annually to the department on the use of the grant money, with the department reporting to certain committees of the general assembly.The act creates the fifth-day academic enrichment and support grant program fund for program grants, consisting of money appropriated or transferred to the fund by the general assembly. The department shall not implement or administer the program unless the general assembly appropriates sufficient money to the fund for the program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the chief information officer to convene an advisory group to study where personally identifiable information is stored by state agencies throughout Colorado, to study entities that have access to personally identifiable information stored by state agencies, and to determine the costs and processes necessary to centralize the storage and protection of personally identifiable information.The advisory group consists of the members of the government data advisory board, a member who represents the attorney general's office, and members selected and appointed by the chief information officer who are personally identifiable information experts.The advisory group shall report to the general assembly on or before January 1, 2023, with its findings and recommendations for legislation, if any. The advisory group is subject to repeal January 1, 2024.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review and report on the employment first advisory partnership by continuing the partnership indefinitely.The act also creates a hiring preference pilot program for people with disabilities. Each department of state government may participate in the pilot program, but a participating department must submit a report on its implementation of the pilot program to the state personnel director, who will submit a report to the house business affairs and labor committee and the senate business, labor, and technology committee. A candidate qualifies for the pilot program when the candidate:Meets the minimum qualifications for the position; Is a person with a disability, as defined in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", and who has requested to participate in the pilot program; and Submits proof of a disability in a form and manner specified under the pilot program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to develop a spending plan (spending plan) for using enhanced, one-time federal matching money received pursuant to the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (federal act) to enhance, expand, and strengthen medicaid-eligible home- and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities.The department shall develop a proposed spending plan considering feedback from providers, medical assistance recipients, and advocates consistent with federal guidance on allowable uses of the federal act funding. Money from the federal act may be used for home- and community-based services, as defined in the federal act, including home health-care services, personal care services, PACE services, waiver services, case management services, and rehabilitative services. The act specifies possible components of the spending plan. The department shall submit the proposed spending plan to the joint budget committee of the general assembly for approval. The joint budget committee may reject or approve the spending plan and may make recommendations for modifications to the spending plan. If the spending plan is rejected, the department shall submit a new spending plan as soon as possible. The department shall not implement the spending plan unless the spending plan is approved by the joint budget committee.The act authorizes the department to make expenditures identified in the spending plan approved by the joint budget committee; except that the spending authority expires if a supplemental appropriation bill is enacted. During the next legislative session, the joint budget committee shall introduce a supplemental appropriation bill for the amount of the expenditures authorized. For fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2021, the general assembly may also appropriate money for purposes authorized under the federal act. The act repeals the statutory provisions effective July 1, 2025. Commencing November 1, 2021, and quarterly thereafter, the act requires the department to submit expenditure reports with additional information specified in the act concerning the use of the money received pursuant to the federal act.The act transfers $260,730,099 from the general fund to the home- and community-based services improvement fund, created in the act, and $19,830,918 from the ARPA home- and community-based services account, created in the act, in the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund to implement the spending plan.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act clarifies that it is unlawful for a person who is licensed as a retailer, display retailer, wholesaler, or exporter of fireworks to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, deliver, consign, give, or otherwise furnish fireworks outside the scope of what the license permits.The act amends requirements for an exporter to sell certain fireworks for transport in the purchaser's vehicle so that it is unlawful unless the purchaser displays to the exporter a valid motor vehicle driver's license and a valid wholesale, retail, or resale license number issued by a state or local authority located outside of Colorado. The exporter is required to record the motor vehicle driver's license number and the wholesale, retail, or resale license number.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The complementary or alternative medicine pilot program (pilot program) currently applies to persons with a spinal cord injury. The act expands the pilot program to include persons with a primary condition of multiple sclerosis, a brain injury, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, or cerebral palsy, with the total inability for independent ambulation directly resulting from one of these diagnoses. The act expands the pilot program to all eligible individuals in Colorado.The act appropriates $37,984 to the department of health care policy and financing for use by the executive director's office to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
By enacting House Bill 19-1240 in 2019, concerning sales and use tax administration, the state codified the department of revenue's destination sourcing rule for state sales and use tax collection for sales and use taxes imposed by any statutory incorporated town, city, or county and for special districts. That bill allowed small retailers to source their sales to the business' location regardless of where the purchaser receives the tangible personal property or service until 90 days after a geographic information system provided by the state is online and available for the retailer to determine the taxing jurisdiction in which an address resides. On April 1, 2021, the department of revenue issued a notice that the geographic information system is online and meets the requirements. Therefore, under current law, the small retailer exception to the sales tax destination sourcing rules will repeal on June 30, 2021.This act allows small retailers to source their sales to the business' location regardless of where the purchaser receives the tangible personal property or service until February 1, 2022.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act eliminates the advisory committee that advised the state department of human services on the licensing of child care facilities prior to the creation of the early childhood leadership commission.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates a regulatory framework for individuals practicing as radon measurement professionals or radon mitigation professionals. On and after July 1, 2022, an individual is prohibited from practicing as a radon measurement professional or radon mitigation professional unless the individual is licensed by the director of the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies. The act establishes the requirements to qualify for a license, exemptions to the licensure requirements, and the grounds upon which disciplinary action may be taken against a licensee.The regulation of radon professionals is scheduled to repeal on September 1, 2027. Before the repeal, the regulatory provisions are scheduled for sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies.The act appropriates $63,134 from the division of professions and occupations cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies to implement the act. Of this total amount, $40,308 is allocated to personal services, $6,875 is allocated to operating expenses, and $15,951 is allocated and reappropriated to the department of law for the provision of legal services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
