The bill requires the department of education (department) to give preference to grant applicants that articulate a strong, comprehensive approach to significantly reduce the use of school policing, school resource officers, and invasive security technologies and practices, and implement evidence-based or promising practices designed to promote school safety and healthy learning environments. The department shall also give preference to grant applicants that demonstrate the applicant's current use of evidence-based or promising practices designed to promote school safety and healthy learning environments. The preference criteria only applies to the student re-engagement grant program, the expelled and at-risk student services grant program, the school bullying prevention and education grant program, and the behavioral health care professional matching grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
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In 2019, the general assembly authorized the division of youth services to expand a pilot program to implement therapeutic group treatment by adding an additional pilot program. Rather than expanding to 2 separate programs, the bill extends the term of the existing program and requires a final evaluation of the pilot program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
To be eligible for U nonimmigrant status (U visa) from the federal government, a requestor must receive a certification form from a certifying official attesting that the person has been the victim of certain criminal activity and has been, is being, or is likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of the criminal activity. The bill sets a required time frame for completion or denial of the certification request and sets forth the factors that may and may not be considered in the certification process. If a certifying official denies a certification request, the bill requires the certifying official to give the requestor a written statement containing the reasons for the denial. The bill also prohibits certain disclosures to immigration authorities and requires law enforcement certifying agencies to provide crime victims with information about the U visa. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Under existing law, offenders sentenced to the youthful offender system are housed and serve their sentences in a facility separate from, and are not brought into daily physical contact with, inmates older than 24 years of age who are sentenced to the department of corrections who have not been sentenced to the youthful offender system. The bill adds an exemption that permits youthful offenders to be housed in a youthful offender facility with inmates who are participating in a mentoring program; except that youthful offenders may not be housed with inmates who have been convicted of a sex offense. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill prohibits a landlord of a mobile home park or a residential premises (landlord) from: Charging a tenant or mobile home owner a late fee for late payment of rent unless the rent payment is late by at least 14 calendar days; Charging a tenant or mobile home owner a late fee in an amount that exceeds the greater of: $20; or The lesser of 3% of the tenant's or home owner's monthly rent obligation or 3% of the amount of the rent obligation that remains due; Removing, excluding, or initiating eviction procedures against a tenant or mobile home owner solely as a result of the tenant's or mobile home owner's failure to pay late fees; Imposing a late fee on a tenant for the late payment or nonpayment of any portion of the rent for which a rent subsidy provider, rather than the tenant, is responsible for paying; Imposing a late fee more than once for each late payment; Requiring a tenant or mobile home owner to pay interest on late fees; or Recouping any amount of a late fee from a rent payment made by a tenant or mobile home owner. A landlord may recoup one or more late fees from a tenant or mobile home owner's security deposit if the payment of each late fee is no more than 180 days overdue and the landlord provides written notice to the tenant or mobile home owner that the landlord has recouped each late fee from the tenant or mobile home owner's security deposit. A landlord shall not require a tenant or mobile home owner to pay any fee or other charge other than the rent; except that a landlord may require a tenant or mobile home owner to pay a use-based fee that is described in the rental agreement. If a landlord provides to a tenant or mobile home owner a utility service that is not individually metered, the landlord shall include the cost of the utility service in the tenant's or mobile home owner's rent and charge the actual cost of the utility service on a uniform basis to all tenants or mobile home owners who receive the service. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Use of campaign contributions received for reasonable and necessary expenses - care of children or other dependents. The act permits a candidate committee established in the name of a candidate to expend contributions received and accepted during any particular election cycle to reimburse the candidate for reasonable and necessary expenses for the care of children or other dependents the candidate incurs directly in connection with his or her campaign activities during the election cycle. The candidate committee is required to disclose these expenditures in the same manner as any other expenditures the committee is required to disclose.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
History and civil government - history, culture, social contributions, and civil government in education commission - appropriation. The act mandates funding instruction in public schools of history and civil government of the United States and Colorado, including but not limited to the history, culture, and social contributions of American Indians, Latinos, African Americans, and Asian Americans; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals within these minority groups; the intersectionality of significant social and cultural features within these communities; and the contributions and persecution of religious minorities. Current law requires school districts to convene community forums to discuss the content standards in history and civil government at least once every 10 years. The act requires the forums to be held at least every 6 years. The history, culture, social contributions, and civil government in education commission is established to make recommendations to the state board of education when the state board performs its scheduled 6-year review of education standards so that those standards and programs accurately reflect the history, culture, social contributions, and civil government of the United States and Colorado, including the contributions and influence of American Indians, Latinos, African Americans, and Asian Americans; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals within these minority groups; the intersectionality of significant social and cultural features within these communities; and the contributions and persecution of religious minorities. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act makes an appropriation of $37,495 from the state education fund to the department of education for content specialists. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Restitution - interest - accrual - lower to 8% - appropriation. The act provides that interest on an order of restitution does not accrue while the defendant is: Serving a sentence in a correctional facility within the state operated by or under contract with the department of corrections; or In a juvenile case and under 21 years of age. The act also lowers the interest rate on certain restitution amounts from 12% to 8% as of January 1, 2020. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $220,480 from the judicial collection enhancement cash fund to the judicial department to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Juvenile record expungement - clarifications - expunge diversion without filing a case - when expungement is triggered - class 2 and 3 misdemeanor sex offenses expungement - decide continued sex offender registration with expungement - who receives notice of expungement - municipal expungement. The act makes changes and clarifications to the juvenile record expungement provisions. The act clarifies which dismissals and alternative dispositions are eligible for automatic expungement. The act allows expungement of a diversion record without filing a case and allows a victim an opportunity to object. The act clarifies when a sentence is complete, which triggers the expungement process. Under current law, a class 1 misdemeanor sex offense can be expunged. The act allows class 2 and class 3 misdemeanor sex offenses to be expunged. The act requires the juvenile court to determine whether a juvenile who has his or her record expunged for a sex offense should have a continuing duty to register as a sex offender. The act clarifies to whom the notice of expungement needs to be sent so that only the agencies with the records receive the notice. The act makes clear that juvenile record expungement applies in municipal court by creating a new section for municipal court expungement. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More