Colorado 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 23-219 — Supports To Students And Facility Schools

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on April 20, 2023.

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Likely to advance 94% · high confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    4 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Current law allows approved facility schools (approved schools) to include day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, facilities licensed by the department of human services, or hospitals licensed by the department of public health and environment. The act creates the specialized day school as a type of approved school. The facility schools board (board) shall promulgate rules for a facility to become authorized to operate as a specialized day school. Current law requires the board to adopt accountability measures. The act requires the board to adopt accountability and accreditation measures for approved schools. Beginning December 1, 2026, the state board of education shall begin accrediting approved schools based on recommendations of the board. The act requires the board to create an accreditation outcome report for each approved school. The office of facility schools (office) must publish the reports annually. The act requires the department of education (department), department of human services, the department of health care policy and financing, and the department of public health and environment to collaborate and create an interagency resource guide to provide assistance to facilities that are pursuing licensing or authorization to operate as an approved school. The act requires the state agencies to identify and recommend legislation and changes to each department's respective rules and administrative processes to facilitate licensing, authorization, and approval processes for facilities seeking to operate as approved schools. The act creates the shared operational services grant program (grant program) to award grants to eligible applicants to contract for 2 years with an organization that coordinates shared operational services. An approved school in conjunction with one or more schools may apply to the grant program for a grant to procure shared operational services that support schools, such as food services, janitorial services, shared office spaces, billing, technical assistance on medicaid services, technology, security, transportation, or purchasing. An organization that provides or coordinates services for approved schools or an agency that oversees approved schools may also apply to the grant program. The act creates the technical assistance center (center) in the office to provide technical assistance support to school districts and related administrative units, with a priority to serve rural and remote school districts and related administrative units. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, the center is required to assess the needs of school districts and related administrative units. Beginning in the 2024-25 budget year, the center shall provide technical assistance support to school districts and related administrative units and prioritize service to rural and remote school districts. The act creates additional responsibilities for the facility school work group (work group). The work group shall monitor the implementation of changes to the facility school system and educational services for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs. The act expands work group participation to include parents, guardians, and legal custodians of students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs and therapeutic facilities for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs that are not approved schools. The act requires the office to contract with a qualified third-party evaluator (evaluator) to evaluate and report whether the work group recommendations resulted in more effective services and better access to those services for students with exceptionally severe and specialized needs. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing to recommend a plan to provide guidance to approved schools on the eligibility standards required to request and receive medicaid reimbursement funding for therapeutic services to the maximum extent feasible. The act creates a new baseline funding model for approved schools. The act requires reporting on the new baseline funding model for approved schools. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $18,780,654 is appropriated to the department from the state education fund to implement this act. APPROVED by Governor April 20, 2023 EFFECTIVE April 20, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

21 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended version of the bill SB 23-219 adds a statement to the legislative declaration, noting the decline in the number of approved facility schools and placements for students in those schools in Colorado. It specifies that this decline is partially due to efforts by county departments of human or social services and other agencies to reduce the use of congregate care placements. This addition aims to acknowledge the context of facility school placements and the needs of students requiring specialized services.

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First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
23-0418.01 Alana Rosen x2606 SENATE BILL 23-219 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer, Bridges HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Bird and Sirota, Bockenfeld Senate Committees House Committees Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING SERVICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN FACILITY SCHOOLS , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AND REDUCING AN APPROPRIATION .
23-0418.01 Alana Rosen x2606 SENATE BILL 23-219 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Exum, Fenberg, Fields, Ginal, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker, Marchman, Moreno, Priola, Will HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Bird and Sirota, Bockenfeld Senate Committees House Committees Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING SERVICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN FACILITY SCHOOLS , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AND REDUCING AN APPROPRIATION .
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the President of the Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

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

  9. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  10. Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations

  11. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  12. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  13. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations

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

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (98)

98 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

BILL

Passed 62 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 31002
Unaffiliated 19001
Republican 12000
Total 62003
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Yea
Bird — Yea
Bockenfeld — Yea
Dickson — Yea
Epps — Yea
Evans — Yea
Gonzales-Gutierrez — Yea
Herod — Not Voting
Holtorf — Yea
Lynch — Yea
McLachlan — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Parenti — Yea
Pugliese — Yea
Sharbini — Yea
Vigil — Yea
Winter T. — Yea
Young — Yea
Michaelson Jenet — Yea
deGruy Kennedy — Yea
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Yea
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Not Voting
Regina English Democrat Not Voting
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Yea
Brandi Bradley Republican Yea
Ken DeGraaf Republican Yea
Lisa Frizell Republican Yea
Lynda Zamora Wilson Republican Yea
Marc Catlin Republican Yea
Mary Bradfield Republican Yea
Matt Soper Republican Yea
Rick Taggart Republican Yea
Ron Weinberg Republican Yea
Scott Bottoms Republican Yea
Stephanie Luck Republican Yea

BILL

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 5000
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 17000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Buckner — Yea
Fields — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Lundeen — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pelton B. — Yea
Pelton R. — Yea
Priola — Yea
Smallwood — Yea
Will — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
President — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Van Winkle — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Yea
Cleave Simpson Republican Yea
Janice Rich Republican Yea
Larry Liston Republican Yea
Mark Baisley Republican Yea

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 23-219 do?
Current law allows approved facility schools (approved schools) to include day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, facilities licensed by the department of human services, or hospitals licensed by the department of public health and environment. The act creates the specialized day school as a type of approved school. The facility schools board (board) shall promulgate rules for a facility to become authorized to operate as a specialized day school. Current law requires the board to adopt accountability measures. The act requires the board to adopt accountability and accreditation measures for approved schools. Beginning December 1, 2026, the state board of education shall begin accrediting approved schools based on recommendations of the board. The act requires the board to create an accreditation outcome report for each approved school. The office of facility schools (office) must publish the reports annually. The act requires the department of education (department), department of human services, the department of health care policy and financing, and the department of public health and environment to collaborate and create an interagency resource guide to provide assistance to facilities that are pursuing licensing or authorization to operate as an approved school. The act requires the state agencies to identify and recommend legislation and changes to each department's respective rules and administrative processes to facilitate licensing, authorization, and approval processes for facilities seeking to operate as approved schools. The act creates the shared operational services grant program (grant program) to award grants to eligible applicants to contract for 2 years with an organization that coordinates shared operational services. An approved school in conjunction with one or more schools may apply to the grant program for a grant to procure shared operational services that support schools, such as food services, janitorial services, shared office spaces, billing, technical assistance on medicaid services, technology, security, transportation, or purchasing. An organization that provides or coordinates services for approved schools or an agency that oversees approved schools may also apply to the grant program. The act creates the technical assistance center (center) in the office to provide technical assistance support to school districts and related administrative units, with a priority to serve rural and remote school districts and related administrative units. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, the center is required to assess the needs of school districts and related administrative units. Beginning in the 2024-25 budget year, the center shall provide technical assistance support to school districts and related administrative units and prioritize service to rural and remote school districts. The act creates additional responsibilities for the facility school work group (work group). The work group shall monitor the implementation of changes to the facility school system and educational services for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs. The act expands work group participation to include parents, guardians, and legal custodians of students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs and therapeutic facilities for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs that are not approved schools. The act requires the office to contract with a qualified third-party evaluator (evaluator) to evaluate and report whether the work group recommendations resulted in more effective services and better access to those services for students with exceptionally severe and specialized needs. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing to recommend a plan to provide guidance to approved schools on the eligibility standards required to request and receive medicaid reimbursement funding for therapeutic services to the maximum extent feasible. The act creates a new baseline funding model for approved schools. The act requires reporting on the new baseline funding model for approved schools. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $18,780,654 is appropriated to the department from the state education fund to implement this act. APPROVED by Governor April 20, 2023 EFFECTIVE April 20, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors SB 23-219?
SB 23-219 is sponsored by Emily Sirota (Democrat), Shannon Bird, Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), and Rachel Zenzinger.
What is the current status of SB 23-219?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.
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