The bill authorizes the parents of children enrolled in a low-performing school, or the parents of children enrolled in schools that matriculate to a low-performing school, (petitioner) to petition the school district board of education for the low-performing school, or the state charter school institute board if the low-performing school is an institute charter school, (oversight board) to implement specified reforms. A school is considered low-performing if it is required to adopt a priority improvement or turnaround plan for 2 consecutive school years. The bill specifies the types of reforms that a petitioner may request and the requirements for petitions. A petition must be signed by at least 50% of the parents of students enrolled in the low-performing school or in schools that matriculate to the low-performing school. If an oversight board receives a valid petition, the oversight board must hold a meeting at which the petitioner may present the requested reforms. The oversight board may propose alternative reforms, and the petitioner may amend the requested reforms or withdraw the petition. At the conclusion of the meeting, if the petitioner has not withdrawn the petition, the oversight board must vote whether to implement the reforms, as originally presented or as amended, and, if applicable, adopt a plan to implement the reforms by the following school year. If the oversight board chooses not to approve and adopt a plan to implement the reforms, the petitioner may submit the petition to the state board of education (state board) and may consider recall procedures against the oversight board if it is a school district board of education. If the state board receives a petition, it must hold a public hearing at which it takes testimony from the petitioners, other eligible parents, and the oversight board concerning the requested reforms. At the conclusion of the hearing, the state board must decide whether to require the school district or state charter school institute, whichever is applicable, to implement the reforms or to require other specified actions. If the state board requires the school district or the institute to take actions, the low-performing school is subject to the same oversight and requirements that apply to public schools that have been on priority improvement or turnaround plans for 5 school years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
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In 2020, the general assembly enacted, and the governor subsequently signed into law, Senate Bill 20-205 (SB20-205), which required that employers offer sick leave to their employees. SB20-205 included an exception for employers with fewer than 16 employees, but the exception repealed January 1, 2022. The bill recreates this exception to apply in perpetuity.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act requires a school district, district charter school, and institute charter school (public school) to accept the school liaison address for the military installation for purposes of demonstrating residency for inbound active duty military members (inbound military member) participating in open enrollment. Further, the act requires a public school that enrolls the child of an inbound military member through open enrollment to grant guaranteed automatic matriculation, as specified in the act, in the same manner guaranteed automatic matriculation is provided to resident students, and shall grant priority preference for younger siblings of the child for enrolling in subsequent school years.The act defines "inbound active duty military member" as an active duty military member who receives new orders, or a command letter issued in lieu of orders, for a permanent change of station to a department of defense military installation in Colorado.The act requires a public school to allow an inbound military member to submit applications for enrollment or open enrollment by electronic means and to register a child remotely, without requiring the child, parent, legal guardian, or another person to appear physically within the state for registration. If required, the inbound military member must also be allowed to provide proof of residency and other records within 10 days after the child's attendance in public school. Further, a public school shall allow the child of an inbound military member the same opportunity to request school assignments, register for courses, or apply for the same courses offered to students who are already present in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals a requirement that the state auditor annually report uses of state education fund money for school capital construction to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the legislative audit committee, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, the Colorado state fair authority (authority) and its board of commissioners are required to publish an annual report each year by October 31 and to distribute the report to the governor and the members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agricultural matters. The act changes the annual reporting deadline to January 31 or 10 days after the legislative audit committee releases the authority's financial audit, whichever is later, and requires that the report be submitted to all members of the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act modifies monthly financial reporting requirements for the department of transportation to:Require the department to include in the monthly report that it submits to the state controller: Sufficient financial information for the controller to complete a review of legal overexpenditures, any deficit fund balances, and a budget to actual report for all budget lines within the annual general appropriations act; and Any additional information that is deemed reasonable and necessary by the controller; and Require the department to submit a monthly budget report to the transportation commission of the expenditures made from each budget category and the unexpended and unencumbered balance of each budget subcategory and to make each report publicly available on the department's website.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
With regard to the Colorado professional fire fighters special license plate, the act:Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the length of time an organization must be in existence to qualify to issue the license plate; and Specifies the evidence an organization is to submit to demonstrate compliance with the requirement that an organization have at least 3,000 members residing in Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act defines and exempts a financial organization loyalty card from the property that is subject to the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act". The act also repeals the presumption of abandonment in the act that took effect on July 1, 2020, for demand, savings, or time deposits with a financial organization, and replaces it by reenacting the similar version that was in effect prior to July 1, 2020, which has the same 5-year period for property to be presumed abandoned but has different owner activities that rebut the presumption of abandonment. The act also delays the time that a financial organization is required to deliver this property to the administrator if a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from the delivery of the property. With respect to the administrator's reporting of information about an apparent owner, the act:Repeals the requirement that the administrator's record of persons, which includes the apparent owner's name and last-known address, be available for inspection; and Repeals the administrator's authority to identify the physical address of an apparent owner in published notices and on the website.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill expands and extends the provisions of the food pantry assistance grant program (grant program) that is currently in law. Current law states that all grants from the grant program must be made on or before December 30, 2020, and allows for grants to food banks and food pantries, including faith-based organizations (eligible entities) . The bill extends this date to February 28, 2021. and also allows food delivery organizations to apply for a grant . The bill states that it is the intent of the general assembly that food purchased through an award from the grant program be purchased and distributed all money awarded by the grant program is expended on or before June 30, 2021. Currently, grant awards through the grant program range from $2,500 to $35,000. The bill no longer caps the grant awards at $35,000. The amount a grant recipient may use for direct and indirect costs expenses is increased from 10% to 50% 20%. Allowable expenses are expanded to include food delivery. In awarding grants to eligible entities, the department of human services shall in no case determine the amount of a grant award on the risk level of the county in which the eligible entity is located, based upon the risk level dial framework established by the department of public health and environment. The repeal date is extended one year, to June 30, 2023. The bill makes an appropriation. (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.)