HB 18-1052

House Bill 18-1052 changes Colorado’s rules about where community colleges can offer classes for high school students. Currently, these colleges are only allowed to provide special high school classes called "concurrent enrollment programs" within their designated service areas. The bill allows a college to offer these classes outside its area if another college in the area isn’t providing them. This means more high schools could get access to advanced courses even if they’re far from their local community college. Since the bill has been signed, it is now law and colleges can start offering these programs according to the new rules.

Official Summary

Under current law, a 2-year institution of higher education may provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to local education providers that are located within the institution's college service area approved by the Colorado commission on higher education (commission). The bill requires the commission to establish a policy that allows a 2-year institution of higher education to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to a local education provider that is not within its college service area if the designated 2-year institution of higher education chooses not to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course requested by the local education provider. The bill specifies how concurrent enrollment programs or courses provided by a 2-year institution outside of its service area will be funded and clarifies that the bill does not affect provisions in article 35 of title 22, Colorado Revised Statutes, relating to the tuition rate paid for concurrent enrollment programs or courses. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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