HB 1345 Colorado 2026A session
Higher Education Funding Allocation Model Changes
The act changes the higher education funding provisions, effective for the 2027-28 state fiscal year. Under current law, a state institution of higher education's governing board's annual fee-for-service contract includes funding calculated based on 3 components: Ongoing additional funding, performance funding, and temporary additional funding. The act:Changes the name of the funding from 'performance funding' to 'results-informed funding';Redefines terms and metrics that are used to determine results-informed funding; andReorders the components and eliminates current statutory language that requires sequential calculation of the components. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act prohibits the commission on higher education from allocating money to nonpublic institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, or proprietary institutions of higher education for it students under a financial assistance program or a work-study program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action June 4, 2026
Governor Signed
Recorded votes
Refer House Bill 26-1345, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
0 yes · 0 no · pass May 6, 2026
Refer House Bill 26-1345 to the Committee of the Whole.
0 yes · 0 no · pass April 23, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Governor Signed
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Education