State Education Fund Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act & Colorado Teacher of the Year Program
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2026 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning spending from the state education fund for specified educational purposes, and, in connection therewith, permitting appropriations from the state education fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and requiring appropriations from the state education fund for specified purposes in support of the "Colorado READ Act", discontinuing annual transfers to cash funds from the state education fund for the same, and repealing the cash funds.
Bill Summary:
Joint Budget Committee. Under existing law, money is annually transferred from the state education fund to the Colorado teacher of the year fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and to the early literacy fund to fund specified purposes in support of the "Colorado READ Act".
The bill discontinues the annual transfers and instead permits the general assembly to appropriate money from the state education fund for the Colorado teacher of the year program and requires the general assembly to appropriate at least $34 million from the state education fund for the same specified purposes in support of the "Colorado READ Act". The bill repeals the Colorado teacher of the year fund and the early literacy fund, effective September 1, 2027.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Prime Sponsors
Representative
Kyle Brown
Representative
Emily Sirota
Senator
Jeff Bridges
Senator
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Committees
House
Appropriations
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