NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/31/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1144
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Becker J. and Pettersen, Esgar, Fields,
      Garnett, Hamner, Lontine, Moreno, Rosenthal, Ryden, Salazar, Vigil,
      Wilson, Winter, Young, Hullinghorst, Kraft-Tharp, Priola;
      also SENATOR(S) Grantham, Baumgardner, Carroll, Cooke, Crowder,
      Donovan, Guzman, Heath, Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Jones,
      Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield,
      Neville T., Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott, Sonnenberg, Steadman, Todd,
      Ulibarri, Woods, Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning transparency in postsecondary courses offered to
           high school students.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-35-104, amend (1)
      (b) as follows:
      
           22-35-104.  Enrollment in an institution of higher education -
      cooperative agreement. (1) (b) (I)  Each local education provider shall
      annually notify all students and parents or legal guardians of students
      enrolled in the local education provider of the opportunity for concurrent
      enrollment by qualified students in postsecondary courses, including
      academic courses and career and technical education courses, which may
      include course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship
      programs.
      
           (II)  At the time of enrollment, each local education
      provider shall notify the student and the parent or legal
      guardian of the student if the postsecondary course in which the
      student is enrolling, including a postsecondary course offered
      as part of a program of off-campus instruction pursuant to
      section 23-1-109, C.R.S., does not meet the requirements of this
      section. The notice must include information about other
      postsecondary courses available to the student pursuant to this
      section at low or no cost to the student that are credit-bearing
      and applicable toward earning a degree or certificate at an
      institution of higher education or at any institution of higher
      education if the course is approved for statewide transfer
      pursuant to section 23-1-125, C.R.S. The institution of higher
      education offering the postsecondary course shall inform the
      local education provider as to whether the postsecondary
      course meets the requirements of this section.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                            Effie Ameen
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO