HB26-1356 • 2026

Repeal Local Accountability System

Under current law, as a supplement to the state accountability system in the department of education, a local accountability system may be established by a local education provider to measure the perf

Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rep. K. Brown, Rep. R. Taggart, Sen. J. Amabile, Sen. B. Kirkmeyer, Rep. E. Sirota, Sen. J. Bridges
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Repeal of the Local Accountability System

This law removes the rules allowing local school accountability systems, ends a related grant program, and reduces the size of a state task force by one member.

What This Bill Does

Removes the laws that allow schools to create their own local accountability system.
Ends the grant program that gave money to support these local systems.
Reduces the number of members on the Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force from 26 to 25.
Removes one specific seat on the task force held by a superintendent from a rural school district that used the grant program.

Who It Names or Affects

Local education providers in Colorado
Public schools and school districts
The Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force

Terms To Know

Accountability system: A set of rules used to measure how well schools are doing.
Task force: A group of people appointed to study or handle a specific issue for the state.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not explain how schools will measure student success without this local system.
The text does not say if other funding sources exist to replace the ended grant program.

Bill History

2026-05-28 Governor
Governor Signed
2026-05-26 Governor
Sent to the Governor
2026-05-26 Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
2026-05-26 House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
2026-04-16 Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-15 Senate
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-14 Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-04-13 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
2026-04-11 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-09 House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-08 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-06 House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-04-02 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Under current law, as a supplement to the state accountability system in the department of education, a local accountability system may be established by a local education provider to measure the performance of public schools and school districts in achieving student success and system effectiveness. The act repeals the local accountability system law, which includes the local accountability system grant program.
The act reduces the members of the accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force from 26 to 25 by removing the task force member who is a superintendent who represents a rural school district that participates in the repealed local accountability system grant program.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 26-1356
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Brown and Taggart, Sirota;
also SENATOR(S) Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges.
CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal part 7 of article
11 of title 22.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2102, amend (2)
introductory portion and (2)(d)(II); and repeal (2)(d)(III) as follows:
2-2-2102. Accountability, accreditation, student performance,
and resource inequity task force -appointments -meetings.
(2) The task force members must be appointed on or before July 1,
2023. Following the appointment of the task force members pursuant to this
subsection (2), the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the
chairperson, and the president of the senate shall appoint the
vice-chairperson. The task force consists of twenty-six TWENTY-FIVE
members, and task force members are appointed as follows:
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
( d) The senate minority leader shall appoint the following members:
(11) One teacher who teaches in a rural school district; AND
(III) One supetintendent who teptesents a tutal school disttict that
participates in the local accountability system gt ant pt ogt am established in
section 22-11-703 and who has expetience as a school disttict
supeiintendent in Colorndo public schools, and
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2103, repeal
( 1 )(b )(II) and ( 1 )(b )(III) as follows:
2-2-2103. Accountability, accreditation, student performance,
and resource inequity task force -duties - report.
( 1) (b) To support the considerations of the task force set forth in
subsection (l)(a) of this section, the task force may review:
(11) The local accountability systems des ct ibed in part 7 of article 11
of title 22,
(Ill) The results of the local accountability system grant prngram
created in section 22-11-703,
SECTION 4. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2026.
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
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preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
institutions.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
O F REPRESENTATIVES
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Vanessa Reilly
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
arnes Rashad Coleman, Sr.
PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE
Esther van Mourik
SECRETARY OF
THE SENATE
APPROVED c-n To~ Yha~ 2..-8-l\-. 202..(p 0\,--" 12:co,on--..
(Dat and Ti e)
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