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Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1357: Phase-Out of Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1357 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on April 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Phase-Out of Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program. Primary sponsor: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Rick Taggart (Republican), Emily Sirota (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): Governor Signed.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The act repeals the teacher recruitment education and preparation program (TREP) after the 2026-27 budget year. The act repeals the teacher recruitment and preparation program and pathways in early technology early college high schools working group on July 1, 2027.     On July 1, 2026, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $799,200 from the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund to the state education fund. The general assembly declares that TREP may receive funding from the state education fund.     For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act caps the amount that a district receives for a student participating in TREP under the school finance formulas at $7,104.     The act increases the cash fund appropriation to the department of education for state share of districts' total program funding and decreases the cash fund appropriation for extended high school in the 2026-27 long bill in order to fund TREP for the 2026-27 state fiscal year. The amount of the changes is contingent on whether House Bill 26-1364, concerning the calculation of the consumer price index for the 2025 calendar year, becomes law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara KirkmeyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Kyle BrownPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Jeff BridgesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Judy AmabilePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Rick TaggartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Emily SirotaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Lori GoldsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Eliza HamrickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Janice MarchmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Bob MarshallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Julie McCluskieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Amy PaschalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Jacque PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Gretchen RydinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Katie StewartCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse59

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor Signed
  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Sent to the Governor
  5. House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
  6. Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
  7. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
  8. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  9. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
  10. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
  11. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
  12. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source