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SB 213: Colorados Commitment

Building a World-Class Education System_______________________________________________________

House Education Committee: Adopted Amendments

L.079 (Young)

Modifies the ADM structure so that increases in enrollment for growing districts andnew/growing charter schools are not left unrealized due to using past years counts for

budgeting purposes

Amended by L.110 (Young): Technical cleanup Severed to exclude language amending parts of bill removed by L.108. Severed by ruling of chair.

Piece 1 passed as L.079. Piece 2 withdrawn.

L.081 (Hamner)

Reduce some of the focus on expanded learning time, inviting projects that show an equal orgreater impact on student achievement

Add the following as potential project goals: improving student retention, reducing dropoutrates, and/or increasing graduation rates

Allow appointments to the board of individuals who are not representatives of statewideorganizations

Open up the project consulting role to a wider group of individuals and organizations Limit funding of projects to a five year maximum Amended by L.114 (Hamner): Removed innovation schools from the list of eligible applicants

because they are already eligible under the definition oflocal education provider

Amended by L.117 (Buckner): Adds closing the achievement gap to list of potential objectivesof innovation grants

L.083 (Pettersen)

Adds hold harmless funding into the calculation of statewide average per pupil revenues, for thepurpose of supplemental (floor) payments

L.084 (Hamner)

Allows supplemental payment districts to go for additional mill levy override dollars beforefulfilling their local contribution to total program

L.090 (Everett)

Reduces amount that can be expended on CDE administration and consulting grants via theinnovation fund

L.091 (Buckner)

Increases focus on achievement gap in legislative declaration Amended by L.116 (Buckner): Strengthens wording

L.094 (Peniston)

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Requires ROI reporting on GT programsL.096 (Wilson)

Repeals SB 213 if a ballot initiative is not passed by the end of 2017L.105 (Hamner)

Includes supplemental payments in districts override capacity, and makes a number ofclarifications as to the calculation and administration of mill levy overrides

L.106 (Hamner)

Changes CSI mill levy equalization so that factor is equal to the district mill levy override/pupilL.107 (Hamner)

Aligns SB 213 with ballot titles that have been filedL.108 (Hamner)

Requires districts to negotiate sharing of future mill levy overrides with charters Tasks CDE with developing an in depth report around current sharing arrangements Enables districts and charters to request from each other additional information around sharing Converts the $18 million line item in the bill for charter equity to charter facilities\ Amended by L.118 (Hamner):

o Specifies that report addenda should be requested before publication of the reporto Specifies that districts in which a charter converts to CSI does not lose exclusive

chartering authority

o Removes a portion of language from the legislative declarationL.109 (Hamner)

Drafter cleanup amendment, which includes removing some language remaining around holdharmless districts and overrides, and clarifies points regarding specific ownership tax and theirrelation to mill levy overrides

L.113 (Peniston)

Increases additional GT funding to $7 million from $5 million Specifies that $1 million should be used for testing and identification of GT students

L.119 (Hamner)

Clarifies that ELL backpack funding does not apply where a school or a district is under a federalELL court order