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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. 26-0885.02 Veronica Parish x2606 HOUSE BILL 26-1356
House Committees Senate Committees
Appropriations Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.101
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
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Joint Budget Committee. The bill repeals the local accountability
system, which includes a grant program. The local accountability system
supplements the state accountability system.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 16, 2026
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 15, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 11, 2026
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 8, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Brown and Taggart, Sirota,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges
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.
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal part 7 of1
article 11 of title 22.2
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2102, amend (2)3
introductory portion and (2)(d)(II); and repeal (2)(d)(III) as follows:4
2-2-2102. Accountability, accreditation, student performance,5
and resource inequity task force - appointments - meetings.6
(2) The task force members must be appointed on or before July7
1, 2023. Following the appointment of the task force members pursuant8
to this subsection (2), the speaker of the house of representatives shall9
appoint the chairperson, and the president of the senate shall appoint the10
vice-chairperson. The task force consists of twenty-six TWENTY-FIVE11
members, and task force members are appointed as follows:12
(d) The senate minority leader shall appoint the following13
members:14
(II) One teacher who teaches in a rural school district; AND15
(III) One superintendent who represents a rural school district that16
participates in the local accountability system grant program established17
in section 22-11-703 and who has experience as a school district18
superintendent in Colorado public schools; and19
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2103, repeal20
(1)(b)(II) and (1)(b)(III) as follows:21
2-2-2103. Accountability, accreditation, student performance,22
and resource inequity task force - duties - report.23
(1) (b) To support the considerations of the task force set forth in24
subsection (1)(a) of this section, the task force may review:25
(II) The local accountability systems described in part 7 of article26
11 of title 22;27
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(III) The results of the local accountability system grant program1
created in section 22-11-703;2
SECTION 4. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2026.3
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,4
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate5
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for6
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state7
institutions.8
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