First Regular Session Sixty-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 05-0194.01 Jane Ritter HOUSE BILL 05-1027 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Jahn SENATE SPONSORSHIP Groff House Committees Senate Committees Education A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning college preparatory courses in high schools. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Requires each school district board of education to adopt a policy providing for:  Notice to a student's parent or legal guardian of the student's likely need for additional college preparation based on the results of the eleventh-grade ACT; and  An adequate supply of courses in high school to permit a student who needs additional preparation to receive it prior to high school graduation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 22-32-109 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read: 22-32-109. Board of education - specific duties - repeal. (1) In addition to any other duty required to be performed by law, each board of education shall have and perform the following specific duties: (ff) To adopt a policy requiring: (I) Notice to be sent to the parent or legal guardian of a twelfth-grade student whose scores on the curriculum-based, achievement college entrance exam administered pursuant to section 22-7-409 (1.5) (a) indicate inadequate college preparation in mathematics, writing, or reading, based on guidelines established by the Colorado commission on higher education. The notice shall inform the parent or legal guardian of the student's right to take basic, pre-collegiate skills courses while enrolled in high school. The notice shall also indicate the student's likely need for additional college preparatory courses prior to, or upon enrolling in, a college or university. The notice shall be sent to the parent prior to the start of the twelfth-grade year. (II) Each high school in the school district to offer sufficient courses to permit a student who requires additional preparation, as identified in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (ff), to receive instruction to remedy the student's deficiency in college preparation prior to the student's graduation from high school. 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.