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Past Legislation Related to Talent Development
The below list includes legislation since 2015 related to talent development in Colorado. This document provides further detail about the implementation status of the talent development legislation. This information is provided by the Colorado Workforce Development Council through a cross-agency policy and legislative working group.
- 2022
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HB22-1107 - Inclusive Higher Education Opportunities
HB22-1192 - Displaced Workers Grant Appropriation
HB22-1215 - Study Of Expanding Extended High School Programs
HB22-1230 - Employment Support And Job Retention Services
HB22-1255 - Improve Higher Education For Students With A Disability
HB22-1259 - Modifications To Colorado Works Program
HB22-1310 - 529 Account Apprenticeship Expenses
HB22-1349 - Postsecondary Student Success Data System
HB22-1350 - Regional Talent Development Initiative Grant Program
SB22-140 - Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities
SB22-165 - Colorado Career Advisor Training Program
SB22-008 - Higher Education Support for Foster Youth
SB22-116 - Increase Occupational Credential Portability
SB22-181 - Behavioral Health-care Workforce
SB22-192 - Opportunities For Credential Attainment
- 2021
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HB21-1007: State Apprenticeship Agency
HB21-1264: Funds Workforce Development Increase Worker Skills
HB21-1270: Appropriation To Department Of Human Services For Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance ProgramHB21-1289: Funding for Broadband Deployment
HB21-1304: Early Childhood Agency System
HB21-1330: Higher Education Student Success
SB21-232: Displaced Workers Grant
- 2020
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HB20-1002: College Credit for Work Experience
HB20-1396: CWDC Implementation of an Online Career Platform
- 2019
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HB19-1025: Limits on Job Applicant Criminal History Inquiries
HB19-1107: Employment Support Job Retention Services Program
HB19-1187: Increase Student Aid Application Completion Rates
HB19-1236: Workforce Diploma Pilot Program
HB19-1294: Transfer Apprenticeship Credit to College Credit
SB19-171: Apprenticeships and Vocational Technical Training
SB19-176: Expanding Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities
SB19-216: High School Innovative Learning Pilot
- 2018
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HB18-1316 Extend Colorado Department Of Labor And Employment Skilled Worker, Outreach, Recruitment, and Key Training Grant Program (WORK Act) - see HB15-1276
HB18-1334 Extend Transitional Jobs Program (CDHS)
HB18-1343 Veterans' Service-to-career Program
- 2017
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HB17-1003 Strategic plan to address teacher shortage
HB17-1184 Modern Technology Education in Public Schools
SB17-292 Colorado Works Employment Opportunities With Wages
- 2016
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HB 16-1073 Electrical Industry Safety And Training Act
HB 16-1103 Clarifying License Pathways for Mental Health Workforce
HB16-1114 Repeal Duplicate Reporting Requirements for Employers
HB16-1142 Rural & Frontier Health Care Preceptor Tax Credit
HB16-1197 Military Veteran Occupational Credentials
HB16-1198 Computer Courses Fulfill Graduation Requirements
HB16-1267 Colorado Veterans' Service-To-Career Pilot Program
HB16-1287 CDLE Pre-apprenticeship & Apprenticeship Study [WP]
HB16-1288 Industry Infrastructure Grant Program [WP]
HB16-1289 Incentives To Complete Career Development Courses -- Career Success Pilot Program [WP]
HB16-1290 Extend (Rehire Colorado) Transitional Jobs Program
HB16-1302 Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act [WP]
SB16-077 Employment First For Persons With Disabilities
SB16-134 Professional Licensing For Military Veterans
HB16-1034 Emergency Medical Responder Registration
SB16-104 Recruitment and Retention of Teachers in Rural Areas
HB16-1082 Area Vocational Schools to Technical Colleges
HB16-1048 Business Enterprise Program for Blind Entrepreneurs
HB16-1100 Tuition Status for Unaccompanied Youth
HB16-1423 Student Data and Education System
SB16-093 Transfer State Independent Living Facilities to CDLE
SB16-179 Unemployment Insurance Classification
HB16-1386 Necessary Document Program
- 2015
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HB15-1030 Employment Services for Veterans Pilot Program
HB15-1170 Increasing Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness [WP]
HB15-1230 Creation of Innovative Industries Workforce Development Program - [WP]
HB15-1270 Authorization for Local Education Providers to Operate Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools [WP]
HB15-1271 Funding of Mobile Learning Labs through the Colorado Existing Industries Training Program
HB15-1274 Creation of Career Pathways for Students for Critical Occupations in Growing Industries [WP]
HB15-1275 Measures to Support Concurrent Enrollment in Career and Technical Education Programs [WP]
HB15-1276 Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, and Key Training Act -- the WORK Act [WP]
SB15-082 Authority of Counties to Establish a County Workforce Development Program
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