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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 25-153: Public School Financial Reporting Requirements

In committee 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

SB 25-153 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public School Financial Reporting Requirements. Primary sponsor: Lorena García (Democratic), Chris Kolker (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Senate Second Reading Lost - No Amendments.

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Official summary

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

Under current law, the state charter school institute and each school district, board of cooperative services, and charter school is required to publicly report certain financial information online. The bill requires a school district to report all information for itself and for each of its traditional public schools beginning July 1, 2027. Each report must include additional information concerning actual marketing, student recruitment, lobbying, contractor, and education management provider expenditures and all sources of revenue.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lorena GarcíaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Chris KolkerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16

“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. Senate Second Reading Lost - No Amendments
  2. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
  3. Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
  4. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

Sources

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