Legislation

Bills Impacting Concurrent Enrollment

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HB22-1390 – Public School Finance:

LEPs can no longer require repayment from a student who does not complete concurrent enrollment courses or earns a failing grade.

• The language in 22-35-105(4)(a-c) detailing repayment is now removed.
• LEPs cannot charge a student for failed, withdrawn, or incomplete courses.
• This includes courses taken in concurrent enrollment, ASCENT, and TREP programs.

SB19-176 – Expanding Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities:

A qualified student and student’s parent are not required to pay tuition for concurrent enrollment.

• A local education provider (LEP) cannot pay partial concurrent enrollment tuition on behalf of a student, and the student pays the remaining tuition.
• A student cannot pay for concurrent enrollment courses.
• A school district can have a policy that the student pays for books and fees.

A LEP cannot “unreasonably deny” a student’s request for CE or limit the number of courses a student takes.

• A LEP cannot limit the number of courses that a student takes. However, the LEP determines the manner in which it provides concurrent enrollment opportunities.
  • A LEP can have a concurrent enrollment policy that outlines how concurrent enrollment is offered in that district. For example, a school district’s policy may say that if the concurrent enrollment course is offered on the high school campus, they will not allow the student to take that course at the college campus.

HB18-1005 

• Notice of postsecondary course enrollment options available to high school students
• C.R.S. 22-35-104

HB16-1144 

• Transparency in postsecondary courses offered to high school students
• C.R.S. 22-35-104

HB09-285 - CTE Courses

• Inclusion of Career and Technical Education postsecondary courses in the CE Program

HB09-1319 - Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act

• Creation of the Concurrent Enrollment Program
• C.R.S. 22-35-101 through 114

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To review Colorado revised statutes, please visit: Colorado Legal Resources - LexisNexis

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Contact

Michelle Romero
Phone: 303-877-4155
E-mail: romero_m@cde.state.co.us