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Bill Detail: SB24-156

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Title College Preparation & Enrichment Program
Status Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (03/20/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
  • Higher Education
House Sponsors
Senate Sponsors J. Buckner (D)
J. Coleman (D)
House Committee
Senate Committee Education
Date Introduced 02/12/2024
Summary

The bill creates the Colorado College Preparation and Enrichment
Program (program) in the department of higher education (department),
to be administered by the office of educational equity (office). The
purpose of the program is to create partnerships between local education
providers (K-12 schools) and institutions of higher education (IHE). The
goals of the program are to increase the number of students who graduate
from high school, matriculate to an IHE, and ultimately graduate from an
IHE.
The department shall appropriate $500,000 annually to each IHE
that participates in the program. An IHE may opt out of the program at
any time.
Each participating IHE shall partner with eligible K-12 schools,
beginning in eighth grade, to provide a number of services to encourage
students to apply to an IHE, apply for financial aid, and ultimately be
accepted at an IHE. Participating IHEs shall create guaranteed admissions
pathways so participating students are provided with the exact steps
necessary for admission.
Once enrolled in an IHE, participating students will be identified,
organized, and monitored in cohorts at each IHE. A primary contact
person will be appointed to communicate with and coordinate services for
students from participating K-12 schools. As part of the allowable uses
for program funding, each IHE may provide a number of services to
students, including targeted academic and financial advising, community
building, initiatives focused on retention and on-time completion, and
recruitment and outreach and multi-language marketing.
Eligibility criteria are set forth for both the IHEs and K-12 schools.
The office shall submit an annual report to the department on the
overview of the program and the program's return on investment. The
department shall include this report in its annual SMART Act hearing.

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