House Committee of Reference Report
Committee on Appropriations
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April 7, 2026
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
HB26-1364 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:
Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 3, strike lines 4 through 6 and substitute:
Page 1, Line 2"(I) Section 10-16-104; and".
Page 1, Line 3Renumber the succeeding subparagraph accordingly.
Page 1, Line 4Page 3, strike lines 25 and 26 and substitute:
Page 1, Line 5"(I) Section 15-1-1106;".
Page 1, Line 6Page 5, strike lines 6 through 8.
Page 1, Line 7Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
Page 1, Line 8Page 5, strike lines 18 and 19 and substitute:
Page 1, Line 9"(I) Section 31-16-101;".
Page 1, Line 10Page 7, after line 20 insert:
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Page 2, Line 1"SECTION 2. Appropriation to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Amend as added by House Bill 26-1410 section 2, Part IV (3)(A),
Page 2, Line 2the affected totals, and footnote 13 as follows:
Page 2, Line 3Section 2. Appropriation.
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Page 2, Line 4PART IV | ||||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 5DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | ||||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 7(3) SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 8(A) Public School Finance | ||||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 9Administration |
2,645,074 |
2,380,153 |
264,921 |
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(17.1 FTE) |
(1.5 FTE) | |||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 11Financial Transparency System Page 2, Line 12Maintenance |
97,731 |
97,731 |
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(1.0 FTE) | ||||||||||||
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Page 2, Line 14School Finance Audit Payments |
3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
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Page 2, Line 15State Share of Districts' Total Page 3, Line 1Program Funding |
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4,318,686,861 |
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5,576,489,047 |
1,257,802,186 |
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Page 3, Line 3Extended High School13 |
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4,088,892 |
4,088,892 |
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Page 3, Line 5District Per Pupil Page 3, Line 6Reimbursements for Juveniles Page 3, Line 7Held in Jail |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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Page 3, Line 8At-risk Supplemental Aid |
3,504,995 |
3,504,995 |
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Page 3, Line 9Contingency Reserve Fund |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
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5,590,835,739 | ||||||||||||
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Page 3, Line 13a These amounts shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4)(a) of Article IX of the State Constitution. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the State Page 3, Line 14Constitution, appropriations from the State Education Fund are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the State Constitution. | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 1b These amounts shall be from the State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S., from federal mineral leasing revenues transferred to the State Public School Fund Page 4, Line 2pursuant to Sections 22-54-114 (1) and 34-63-102 (5.4)(a)(II), C.R.S. | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 3c Of this amount, $1,334,183,145 shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S. | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 4d Of this amount, Page 4, Line 5from the State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S. Of the amount appropriated from the State Education Fund, an estimated $213,273,564 is from the Kids Page 4, Line 6Matter Account created in the State Education Fund pursuant to Section 22-55-103 (6)(b), C.R.S. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the State Constitution, appropriations from Page 4, Line 7the portion of the State Education Fund that is not the Kids Matter Account are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the State Page 4, Line 8Constitution. | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 9e This amount shall be from the Contingency Reserve Fund created in Section 22-54-117 (1)(a), C.R.S. | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 12TOTALS PART IV | ||||||||||||
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Page 4, Line 13(EDUCATION) |
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$4,587,560,682 |
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$56,340,311 |
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$850,034,768 |
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$7,874,454,514 |
$2,380,518,753 |
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Page 4, Line 16a Of this amount, $1,334,181,145 shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S. | ||||||||||||
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Page 5, Line 1b Of this amount, $10,123,822 contains an (I) notation. | ||||||||||||
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Page 5, Line 2c Of this amount, $43,900,000 contains an (I) notation. | ||||||||||||
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Page 5, Line 3d This amount contains an (I) notation. | ||||||||||||
Page 5, Line 4FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.
Page 5, Line 513Department of Education, School District Operations, Public School Finance, Extended High School -- Pursuant to Section 22-35-108.5 (2)(b)(III), C.R.S.,
Page 5, Line 6the purpose of this footnote is to specify what portion of this appropriation is intended to be available for the Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation
Page 5, Line 7(TREP) Program for FY 2026-27. It is the General Assembly's intent that the Department of Education be authorized to utilize up to $2,680,250 $2,683,000
Page 5, Line 8of this appropriation to fund qualified students identified as TREP Program participants. This amount is calculated based on an estimated 250 FTE TREP
Page 5, Line 9Program participants funded at a rate of $10,721 $10,732 per FTE pursuant to Section 22-54-103.5 (8), C.R.S., and Section 22-54-104 (4.7), C.R.S.
Page 6, Line 1SECTION 3. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;
Page 6, Line 2except that section 2 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 26-1410
Page 6, Line 3becomes law, in which case section 2 takes effect upon the effective date
Page 6, Line 4of this act or House Bill 26-1410, whichever is later.".
Page 6, Line 5Renumber succeeding section accordingly.
Page 6, Line 6Page 1, line 102, strike "year." and substitute "year, and, in
Page 6, Line 7connection therewith, making an appropriation.".