Colorado Legislative Council Staff

REVISED

NO FISCAL IMPACT

(replaces fiscal impact dated January 21, 1999)

TITLE:            CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.

Summary of Assessment

            The reengrossed bill includes the following provisions relating to education requirements for certain youthful offenders:

            •   authorizes the Juvenile Parole Board, as a condition of parole, to require any adjudicated juvenile to attend school or an education program or to work toward attainment of a high school diploma or GED;

            •   authorizes the court, as a condition of probation, to require any defendant under 18 years of age at the time of sentencing, to attend school or an education program or to work toward attainment of a high school diploma or GED;

            •   authorizes the Parole Board, as a condition of parole, to require any defendant under 18 years of age at the time of parole, and who was convicted of an offense, to attend school or an education program or to work toward attainment of a high school diploma or GED;

            •   requires the court to notify the school district in which the defendant will be enrolled of such requirement; and

            •   as amended, provides that the court, Juvenile Parole Board, and Parole Board, shall not require any juvenile to attend a school from which he or she has been expelled without the prior approval of that school's local board of education.

            The bill is assessed as having no fiscal impact. The bill is permissive insofar as it authorizes the Juvenile Parole Board, Parole Board, and the court, as a condition of parole or probation, to require school attendance or work toward attainment of a high school diploma or GED. As amended, the bill no longer mandates the court, as a condition of probation, to require school attendance or work toward attainment of a high school diploma or GED. The bill is effective July 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Departments Contacted

            Corrections

            Education

            Human Services

            Judicial