HB 24-1305

House Bill 24-1305, which has been approved by the governor and will take effect on August 7, 2024, allows students in certain educational programs like p-tech schools and concurrent enrollment programs to earn more college credits without hitting a lifetime limit. This means that these students can receive financial support for additional credit hours beyond the usual cap of 145 hours. The bill benefits high school students participating in advanced education programs by giving them more opportunities to pursue higher education credits.

Official Summary

The act expands the types of programs a pathways in technology early college high school (p-tech school) may focus on beyond science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Under current law, the college opportunity fund program provides a stipend for eligible undergraduate students in Colorado. Generally, an eligible undergraduate student is ineligible to receive a stipend for more than 145 credit hours during the student's lifetime. The act makes an exception to this lifetime limitation for college-level credit hours earned while the eligible undergraduate student was enrolled in a concurrent enrollment program, the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program, the teacher recruitment education and preparation program, or a p-tech school. APPROVED by Governor May 30, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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