HB 1027: Board of Cooperative Services Definition & Executive Director - Colorado

Rerevised → Final Act · 5 edits · Mar 6, 2026

MODERATE

This bill expands the ability for retired educators and BOCES executive directors to work without losing their retirement benefits, while clarifying which organizations can receive specific state funding. It adds BOCES executive directors to the list of eligible retirees and updates funding rules to explicitly include BOCES entities that do not operate traditional schools.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include BOCES executive directors as eligible for benefit-protected employment and to include BOCES without schools as eligible recipients of postsecondary and workforce readiness funding.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'BOCES executive director' to the list of retired education professionals who can work without a reduction in retirement benefits.

Added a new definition clarifying that 'BOCES executive director' refers to an individual with executive authority for the administration of a board of cooperative services.

Extended the two-year employment restriction period to also apply to BOCES executive directors who retire before meeting full service requirements.

ADDED

Amended funding statutes to allow local education providers to distribute funds directly to Boards of Cooperative Services.

SCOPE

Clarified that Boards of Cooperative Services that do not operate schools are eligible to receive postsecondary and workforce readiness funding.

Revised → Rerevised · 3 edits · Feb 19, 2026

MINOR

The bill was rerevised to include additional Senate sponsors and update the reading status to reflect amendments adopted in the second house. The substantive text regarding the employment of retired BOCES executive directors appears to have been removed or significantly altered in this version, as lines defining the two-year employment restriction and the definition of 'BOCES executive director' are missing from the rerevised text.

Scope change

The bill's scope may have been narrowed or the specific restrictions on retired BOCES executive directors may have been removed entirely, as the detailed provisions defining the two-year employment ban and the role definition are absent in the rerevised version.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the specific two-year restriction preventing retired BOCES executive directors from being re-employed by their former school division.

DEFINITION

Removed the definition of 'BOCES executive director' which previously specified an individual with executive authority for BOCES administration.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header to reflect 'REREVISED' status and added new Senate sponsors (Cutter, Exum, Kipp, Marchman, Wallace) while removing the original sponsor Kolker from the list context.

Reengrossed → Revised · 4 edits · Feb 18, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reclassified from 'Reengrossed' to 'Revised' to reflect that amendments were adopted during the second reading in the Senate rather than the House. The text of the bill itself shows significant formatting reorganization, including the insertion of a Senate reading date and the removal of a specific section regarding start-up funding rules. These changes indicate the bill is in a different legislative stage and has been structurally adjusted, though the specific policy text for the funding section was deleted in this version.

Scope change

The bill's scope appears to have narrowed or been altered because a section detailing start-up funding rules for local education providers was removed from the text.

FISCAL

Deleted a specific provision (Section 2) that allowed local education providers to elect to have some or all of their distribution made directly to a Board of Cooperative Services.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill status header from 'Reengrossed' to 'Revised' to accurately reflect that amendments were adopted in the Senate during the second reading.

Inserted a '2nd Reading Unamended' stamp and a Senate reading date (February 18, 2026) to track the bill's legislative progress.

Reorganized the layout of the bill title and reading dates, adding extra spacing and splitting the title across multiple lines.

Engrossed → Reengrossed · 5 edits · Feb 4, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reengrossed to include additional sponsors and to formally mark it as unamended at the 3rd Reading. The substantive text of the bill, which concerns funding for cooperative services, remains unchanged from the previous version.

TECHNICAL

Added five new sponsors to the House sponsorship list.

Added a header indicating the bill is 'Reengrossed' and includes all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction.

Added a stamp indicating the bill was passed at the 3rd Reading unamended on February 4, 2026.

Removed the 'Engrossed' header and the specific date of the Second Reading.

Removed the footer page number and section markers from the end of the document.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Feb 2, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reengrossed to include amendments that update the bill number and add new sponsors. Substantively, the bill now directs funds to a new section regarding start-up funding and a new section regarding sustain funding, allowing local education providers to elect to have some or all of their distribution made directly to a Board of Cooperative Services (BOCES). The safety clause was also moved to a new section.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include specific funding mechanisms for BOCES by adding new provisions for start-up and sustain funding distributions.

FISCAL

Added a new provision allowing local education providers to elect to have start-up funding distributed directly to a Board of Cooperative Services.

Added a new provision allowing local education providers to elect to have sustain funding distributed directly to a Board of Cooperative Services.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number format from HB26-1027 to 1027 in the page headers.

Added a new co-sponsor, Stewart K., to the House sponsorship list.

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