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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 26-0842.01 Yelana Love x2295 HOUSE BILL 26-1294
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE CORRECTION OF A CITATION WITHIN THE101
DEFINITION OF "ACTIVE DUTY " FOR PURPOSES OF THE102
"INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR103
MILITARY CHILDREN".104
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
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Statutory Revision Committee. The bill corrects a citation within
the definition of "active duty" in the "Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children".
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 7, 2026
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 6, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 9, 2026
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 6, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Espenoza and Luck, Bacon, Boesenecker, Duran, Hamrick, Keltie, Phillips
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Ball and Exum, Coleman
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-60-3402, amend2
Articles II and III as follows:3
24-60-3402. Compact approved and ratified.4
The general assembly hereby approves and ratifies and the5
governor shall enter into a compact on behalf of the state of Colorado6
with any of the United States or other jurisdictions legally joining therein7
in the form substantially as follows:8
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL9
OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN10
ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS11
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a12
different construction:13
A. "Active duty" means: full-time duty status in the active14
uniformed service of the United States, including members of the15
National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C.16
Section CHAPTERS 1209 and 1211.17
B. "Children of military families" means: a school-aged child(ren),18
enrolled in Kindergarten through Twelfth (12th) grade, in the household19
of an active duty member.20
C. "Compact commissioner" means: the voting representative of21
each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article VIII of this compact.22
D. "Deployment" means: the period one (1) month prior to the23
service members' departure from their home station on military orders24
through six (6) months after return to their home station.25
E. "Education(al) records" means: those official records, files, and26
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data directly related to a student and maintained by the school or local1
education agency, including but not limited to records encompassing all2
the material kept in the student's cumulative folder such as general3
identifying data, records of attendance and of academic work completed,4
records of achievement and results of evaluative tests, health data,5
disciplinary status, test protocols, and individualized education programs.6
F. "Extracurricular activities" means: a voluntary activity7
sponsored by th e school or local education agency or an organization8
sanctioned by the local education agency. Extracurricular activities9
include, but are not limited to, preparation for and involvement in public10
performances, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays,11
and club activities.12
G. "Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for13
Military Children" means: the commission that is created under Article14
IX of this compact, which is generally referred to as Interstate15
Commission.16
H. "Local education agency" means: a public authority legally17
constituted by the state as an administrative agency to provide control of18
and direction for Kindergarten through Twelfth (12th) grade public19
educational institutions.20
I. "Member state" means: a state that has enacted this compact.21
J. "Military installation" means: a base, camp, post, station, yard,22
center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the23
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility,24
which is located within any of the several States, the District of25
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,26
Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other27
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U.S. Territory. Such term does not include any facility used primarily for1
civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects.2
K. "Non-member state" means: a state that has not enacted this3
compact.4
L. "Receiving state" means: the state to which a child of a military5
family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.6
M. "Rule" means: a written statement by the Interstate7
Commission promulgated pursuant to Article XII of this compact that is8
of general applicability, implements, interprets or prescribes a policy or9
provision of the Compact, or an organizational, procedural, or practice10
requirement of the Interstate Commission, and has the force and effect of11
statutory law in a member state, and includes the amendment, repeal, or12
suspension of an existing rule.13
N. "Sending state" means: the state from which a child of a14
military family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.15
O. "State" means: a state of the United States, the District of16
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,17
Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other18
U.S. Territory.19
P. "Student" means: the child of a military family for whom the20
local education agency receives public funding and who is formally21
enrolled in Kindergarten through Twelfth (12th) grade.22
Q. "Transition" means: 1) the formal and physical process of23
transferring from school to school or 2) the period of time in which a24
student moves from one school in the sending state to another school in25
the receiving state.26
R. "Uniformed service(s)" means: the Army, Navy, Air Force,27
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Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as the Commissioned Corps of the1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health2
Services.3
S. "Veteran" means: a person who served in the uniformed services4
and who was discharged or released from there under conditions other5
than dishonorable.6
ARTICLE III - APPLICABILITY7
A. Except as otherwise provided in Section C, this compact shall8
apply to the children of:9
1. active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this10
compact, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active11
duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Section CHAPTERS 1209 and 1211;12
2. members or veterans of the uniformed services who are severely13
injured and medically discharged or retired for a period of one (1) year14
after medical discharge or retirement; and15
3. members of the uniformed services who die on active duty or as16
a result of injuries sustained on active duty for a period of one (1) year17
after death.18
B. The provisions of this interstate compact shall only apply to19
local education agencies as defined in this compact.20
C. The provisions of this compact shall not apply to the children21
of:22
1. inactive members of the national guard and military reserves;23
2. members of the uniformed services now retired, except as24
provided in Section A;25
3. veterans of the uniformed services, except as provided in26
Section A; and27
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4. other U.S. Dept. of Defense personnel and other federal agency1
civilian and contract employees not defined as active duty members of the2
uniformed services.3
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act4
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the5
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August6
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); ex cept that, if a7
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the8
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act9
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect10
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in11
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the12
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.13
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