Colorado 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 19-009 — Financial Incentives For Rural Educators

Last action — Governor Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2019. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    3 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

Educators in rural areas - financial incentives. Before passage of the act, the department of higher education (department) annually awarded up to 40 stipends of not more than $2,800 to students enrolled in teacher preparation programs who agreed to teach in a rural school or rural school district. The act removes the limit on the number of stipends and increases the stipend amount to $4,000. Before the act, the department also annually awarded up to 60 stipends to educators in rural schools and rural school districts who were seeking certain certifications. The act removes the limit on the number of stipends. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 23 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment changes the number of stipends awarded by the department to educators and increases the amount of each stipend to $4,000. This means that now more educators may receive financial support, and the amount they receive will be greater.

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First Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
19-0478.01 Julie Pelegrin x2700 SENATE BILL 19-009 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Todd, Coram, Bridges, Court, Crowder, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, Foote, Garcia, Ginal, Gonzales, Hisey, Lee, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Sonnenberg, Story, Tate, Williams A., Winter, Zenzinger HOUSE SPONSORSHIP McLachlan and Wilson, Senate Committees House Committees Education A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING PROVIDING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR EDUCATORS TO WORK IN RURAL AREAS .
19-0478.01 Julie Pelegrin x2700 SENATE BILL 19-009 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Todd, Coram HOUSE SPONSORSHIP McLachlan and Wilson, Senate Committees House Committees Education A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING PROVIDING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR EDUCATORS TO WORK IN RURAL AREAS .
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  8. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  9. House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations

  10. Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations

  11. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  12. Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

  13. Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  14. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 98 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (98)

98 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

BILL

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 25004
Republican 1000
Total 31004
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Cooke — Yea
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Foote — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hill — Yea
Holbert — Not Voting
Lee — Yea
Lundeen — Yea
Marble — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pettersen — Yea
Priola — Yea
Rankin — Yea
Scott — Not Voting
Smallwood — Not Voting
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Yea
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Court — Yea
Gardner — Not Voting
Hisey — Yea
Williams A. — Yea
Woodward — Yea
President — Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Ty Winter Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 19-009 do?
Educators in rural areas - financial incentives. Before passage of the act, the department of higher education (department) annually awarded up to 40 stipends of not more than $2,800 to students enrolled in teacher preparation programs who agreed to teach in a rural school or rural school district. The act removes the limit on the number of stipends and increases the stipend amount to $4,000. Before the act, the department also annually awarded up to 60 stipends to educators in rural schools and rural school districts who were seeking certain certifications. The act removes the limit on the number of stipends. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Who sponsors SB 19-009?
SB 19-009 is sponsored by Nancy Todd, Barbara McLachlan, and Lynda Zamora Wilson (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 19-009?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2019. Enacted.
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