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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 26-0588.01 Veronica Parish x2606 SENATE BILL 26-055
Senate Committees House Committees
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING A REGISTRY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR101
THE DISCIPLINARY HISTORY OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL.102
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.)
The bill creates a registry in the department of education for school
personnel who have been found to violate the school district's conduct
and discipline code or their employee contract.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Baisley,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
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, add part 5 to article1
63 of title 22 as follows:2
PART 53
SCHOOL PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY RECORDS REGISTRY4
22-63-501. Creation of centralized registry - definitions.5
(1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE6
REQUIRES:7
(a) "ADMINISTRATOR" HAS THE MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION8
22-63-103.9
(b) "MISCONDUCT" MEANS ANY ACTION THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE10
SCHOOL DISTRICT 'S CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE CODE APPLICABLE TO11
SCHOOL PERSONNEL OR AN EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACT.12
(c) "PUBLIC SCHOOL" HAS THE MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION13
22-1-101.14
(d) "REGISTRY" MEANS THE COMPUTERIZED CENTRAL REGISTRY OF15
SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH DISCIPLINARY RECORDS, AS16
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION.17
(e) "SCHOOL DISTRICT" HAS THE MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION18
22-55.5-102.19
(f) "S CHOOL PERSONNEL" MEANS TEACHERS , ADMINISTRATORS,20
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF A SCHOOL.21
(2) (a) T HE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL CREATE AND22
MAINTAIN A COMPUTERIZED CENTRAL REGISTRY OF EACH DISCIPLINARY23
RECORD OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL'S FOUND MISCONDUCT.24
(b) A SCHOOL SHALL REGISTER ANY SCHOOL PERSONNEL ,25
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION , WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER DISCIPLINING26
THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOR CONDUCT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2)(a)27
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OF THIS SECTION. TO REGISTER SCHOOL PERSONNEL, THE SCHOOL SHALL1
SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE INFORMATION ABOUT2
THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2)(c) OF THIS3
SECTION.4
(c) THE REGISTRY MUST INCLUDE, AT MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING5
INFORMATION:6
(I) THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL;7
(II) THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL'S DATE OF BIRTH;8
(III) THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL WAS9
OR REMAINS EMPLOYED; AND10
(IV) ANY PERTINENT DISCIPLINARY RECORD.11
(d) THE REGISTRY IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO ADMINISTRATORS, AND12
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PROHIBIT A PERSON WHO IS NOT13
AN ADMINISTRATOR FROM ACCESSING THE INFORMATION IN THE REGISTRY.14
(e) THE REGISTRY MUST INCLUDE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION15
FROM EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE.16
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act17
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the18
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August19
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a20
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the21
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act22
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect23
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in24
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the25
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.26
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