The bill requires each school district and institute charter school that is closed to in-person instruction for a total of 30 or more school days during a school year (education provider) to establish and operate a student equity education funding program (program) for the next school year, which provides money to parents of eligible students for the purchase of educational services and supplies for the eligible student. An eligible student who participates in a program is deemed to be enrolled by the education provider that operates the program, although the eligible student may not receive educational services from the education provider. The eligible student's participation in educational services purchased using money from the program is deemed to meet the compulsory education requirements. The education provider must provide information to the public concerning the program it operates, including the manner in which a parent may apply to participate in the program. The bill establishes eligibility requirements that a student must meet to participate in a program and requirements for program applications. For each eligible student who participates in a program, the student's parent receives an amount equal to the state share of the education provider's per pupil revenue for the applicable school year. The parent must report to the education provider how the parent spends the money received and provide receipts. The education provider is required to audit a representative sample of the parents of eligible students who participate in the education provider's program to ensure that the eligible students met the eligibility requirements and the parents used the money for authorized purposes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill prohibits a health benefit plan that provides coverage for cancer treatment from applying a higher standard of clinical evidence for coverage of proton beam therapy than the health benefit plan applies for other radiation therapy treatment. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires the court, when determining the type of bond and conditions of release for a person arrested for violating a protection order, if it sets a bond with a monetary condition, to set the amount not less than: $10,000 for the person's first arrest for violating a protection order; and $25,000 for the person's second or subsequent arrest for violating a protection order. The bill does not prohibit the court from determining the type of bond or non-monetary conditions of release to a person's bond. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
At the 2020 general election, the voters approved proposition 114, which requires the reintroduction and management of gray wolves. The bill requires all costs for this program to be paid exclusively from the general fund, and this includes any losses of livestock caused by gray wolves. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
An entity is not liable for any damages that result from exposure, loss, damage, injury, or death arising out of COVID-19 unless: A claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the exposure, loss, damage, injury, or death was caused by the entity's failure to comply with public health guidelines; or The exposure, loss, damage, injury, or death was caused by gross negligence or a willful and wanton act or omission of the entity. The bill is repealed 2 years after the date the governor terminates the state of disaster emergency declared on March 11, 2020. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill specifies that a health order issued by a county, district, or municipal public health agency, public health director, or board of health takes effect within the territory of a county, city and county, or municipality, unless the governing body of the county, city and county, or municipality rejects the order by a majority vote. The bill also allows the governing body of a county, city and county, or municipality to modify a health order issued by a county, district, or municipal public health agency, public health director, or board of health. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill suspends the administration of state assessments, contingent on a change to federal law or a waiver of federal law from the federal department of education, for the following instructional areas for the 2020-21 school year: Science administered to students enrolled in grades 5, 8, and 11; Math administered to students enrolled in grades 3 through 8; English language arts administered to students enrolled in grades 3 through 8; and Social studies administered to students enrolled in grades 4 and 7. The bill prohibits a school district from using student academic growth measures or student performance measures when evaluating teachers and principals for the 2020-21 school year. The bill requires a school or a school district to implement the school plan type that was assigned in the preceding school year. The bill requires the department of education, in determining the number of school years that a school or school district is on performance watch, to exclude the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, and count the 2021-22 school year as if it were consecutive to the 2018-19 school year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill permits the majority of the governing body of any county or municipality by adoption of a resolution, ordinance, law, or rule to abrogate all or any portion of a disaster emergency order applying to the county or municipality that has been issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers when the disaster emergency lasts longer than 30 days. Upon the enactment by the governing body of such a resolution, ordinance, law, or rule the order, or any portion of the order, has no legal force and effect within, as applicable, the municipality or within the unincorporated portions of the county where the resolution, ordinance, law, or rule has been approved by the governing body of a county. The bill prohibits the state and any state department, institution, or agency from taking any action against a county or municipality, including without limitation any action resulting in denial of a monetary payment or the provision of any other form of financial assistance in retaliation for action by the governing body of the county or municipality to abrogate the governor's order. The bill requires the governing body of the county or municipality to notify the governor and any affected state departments, institutions, or agencies of the adoption of such resolution, ordinance, law, or rule. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The Colorado constitution allows a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability to claim a property tax exemption for 50% of the first $200,000 of actual value of the veteran's owner-occupied primary residence. The concurrent resolution expands eligibility for the exemption to allow veterans with a disability that has been rated as at least a 50% permanent disability to claim the exemption. (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)
The Colorado constitution allows a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability to claim a property tax exemption for 50% of the first $200,000 of actual value of the veteran's owner-occupied primary residence. The general assembly may enact legislation to raise or lower the $200,000 actual value limit but the 100% permanent disability requirement can only be changed through a constitutional amendment. For property tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2021, the bill increases from $200,000 to $300,000 the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied primary residence of an eligible veteran with a disability of which 50% is exempt from property taxation. If at the 2022 general election the voters of the state approve a proposed constitutional amendment to make more veterans eligible for the exemption by allowing veterans who have a service-connected disability rated as a 50% or greater to claim the exemption, the bill makes a conforming statutory amendment to reflect the expansion of the exemption for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill invalidates any statute, rule, or local ordinance or resolution that limits or prohibits, except as required for safety purposes, the installation in a new or existing home or business any system or appliance that uses natural gas or propane for cooking, hot water, space heating, or electrical generation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill clarifies that, whenever the state board of health or the Colorado department of public health and environment promulgates a rule, it shall do so by complying with the "State Administrative Procedure Act". The bill also prohibits the state board of health and the Colorado department of public health and environment from issuing an order that has the general applicability of a rule unless the state board of health or the Colorado department of public health and environment issues the order in accordance with the requirements for promulgating a rule, as set forth in the "State Administrative Procedure Act". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
