Repeal Local Accountability System
Concerning the repeal of the local accountability system.
Official status: Became Law
Prime sponsors
- Kyle Brown (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Rick Taggart (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Judy Amabile (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
- Barbara Kirkmeyer (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
Progress (from the official record)
Official summary
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Under current law, as a supplement to the state accountability system in the department of education, a local accountability system may be established by a local education provider to measure the performance of public schools and school districts in achieving student success and system effectiveness. The act repeals the local accountability system law, which includes the local accountability system grant program. The act reduces the members of the accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force from 26 to 25 by removing the task force member who is a superintendent who represents a rural school district that participates in the repealed local accountability system grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status timeline
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/02/2026 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations |
| 04/06/2026 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 04/08/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/09/2026 | House | House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 04/11/2026 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/13/2026 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations |
| 04/14/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 04/15/2026 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/16/2026 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 05/26/2026 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 05/26/2026 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 05/26/2026 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 05/28/2026 | Governor | Governor Signed |
Recorded votes
- 04/14/2026 — Senate Appropriations: “Refer House Bill 26-1356 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.
- 04/06/2026 — House Appropriations: “Refer House Bill 26-1356 to the Committee of the Whole.” — the motion passed on a vote of 10–1.
Full text
- Signed Act version (official PDF), 05/29/2026
- Final Act version (official PDF), 05/22/2026
- Rerevised version (official PDF), 04/16/2026
- Revised version (official PDF), 04/15/2026
- Reengrossed version (official PDF), 04/11/2026
- Engrossed version (official PDF), 04/08/2026
- Introduced version (official PDF), 04/02/2026
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HOUSE BILL 26-1356
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Brown and Taggart, Sirota; also SENATOR(S) Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges.
CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal part 7 of article 11 of title 22.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2102, amend (2) introductory portion and (2)(d)(II); and repeal (2)(d)(III) as follows: 2-2-2102. Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force - appointments - meetings. (2) The task force members must be appointed on or before July 1, 2023. Following the appointment of the task force members pursuant to this subsection (2), the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the chairperson, and the president of the senate shall appoint the vice-chairperson. The task force consists of twenty-six TWENTY-FIVE members, and task force members are appointed as follows:
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.
(d) The senate minority leader shall appoint the following members: (11) One teacher who teaches in a rural school district; AND (III) One supetintendent who teptesents a tutal school disttict that participates in the local accountability system gt ant pt ogt am established in section 22-11-703 and who has expetience as a school disttict supeiintendent in Colorndo public schools, and
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-2103, repeal ( 1)(b )(II) and ( 1)(b )(III) as follows: 2-2-2103. Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force - duties - report. ( 1) (b) To support the considerations of the task force set forth in subsection (l)(a) of this section, the task force may review: (11) The local accountability systems des ct ibed in part 7 of article 11 of title 22, (Ill) The results of the local accountability system grant prngram created in section 22-11-703,
SECTION 4. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2026. SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.
Julie McCluskie SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
James Rashad Coleman, Sr. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Vanessa Reilly CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Esther van Mourik SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
APPROVED on Thursday May 28th 2026 at 12:00pm (Date and Time)
Jared S. Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
Official record
View HB26-1356 on leg.colorado.gov
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