State Education Fund Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act & Colorado Teacher of the Year Program
Concerning spending from the state education fund for specified educational purposes, and, in connection therewith, permitting appropriations from the state education fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and requiring appropriations from the state education fund for specified purposes in support of the "Colorado READ Act", discontinuing annual transfers to cash funds from the state education fund for the same, and repealing the cash funds.
Official status: Became Law
Prime sponsors
- Kyle Brown (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Emily Sirota (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Jeff Bridges (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
- Barbara Kirkmeyer (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
Progress (from the official record)
Official summary
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The act discontinues the annual transfers from the state education fund to the Colorado teacher of the year fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and to the early literacy fund for specified purposes in support of the 'Colorado READ Act'. The Colorado teacher of the year fund and the early literacy fund are repealed, effective September 1, 2027. The act permits the general assembly to appropriate money from the state education fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and requires the general assembly to annually appropriate at least $34 million from the state education fund for the same specified purposes in support of the 'Colorado READ Act'. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status timeline
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 02/06/2026 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations |
| 02/10/2026 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 02/11/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 02/12/2026 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 02/17/2026 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations |
| 02/18/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 02/19/2026 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 02/20/2026 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/16/2026 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 03/17/2026 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 03/17/2026 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 03/26/2026 | Governor | Governor Signed |
Recorded votes
- 02/18/2026 — Senate Appropriations: “Refer House Bill 26-1175 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.” — the motion passed on a vote of 7–0.
- 02/10/2026 — House Appropriations: “Refer House Bill 26-1175 to the Committee of the Whole.” — the motion passed on a vote of 10–1.
Full text
- Signed Act version (official PDF), 03/27/2026
- Final Act version (official PDF), 03/11/2026
- Rerevised version (official PDF), 02/20/2026
- Revised version (official PDF), 02/19/2026
- Reengrossed version (official PDF), 02/12/2026
- Engrossed (2) version (official PDF), 02/12/2026
- Engrossed version (official PDF), 02/11/2026
- Introduced version (official PDF), 02/06/2026
Official record
View HB26-1175 on leg.colorado.gov
Source: Colorado General Assembly (leg.colorado.gov) · Data as of
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