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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB26-103

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Date Mar 18, 2026       Location SCR 357

SB26-103 - Laid Over
01:35:06 PM  
Senator Frizell took over as committee chair. Senators Kolker and Marchman, co-sponsors, presented Senate Bill 26-103, which concerns public schools creating a specialized school policy for at-risk students and requiring subdivisions to set aside land for public schools. They provided opening comments and distributed amendments L.002, L.003, L.004, and L.005 (Attachments A-D).
01:47:41 PM  
Deep Badesha, representing Denver Public Schools, read testimony on behalf of Xochitl Gaytan in support of the bill. Elizabeth Burciaga read testimony on behalf of Liliana Velazquez Del Valle in support of the bill. Matthew Pulido, representing Movimiento Poder, testified in support of the bill. Berenice Aguirre, representing Movimiento Poder, testified in support of the bill.
01:58:04 PM  
Nicholas Hernandez, representing Charter School Institute, testified in opposition to the bill. Sarah Hunt, representing Charter Advocacy Coalition, testified in opposition to the bill.
02:03:27 PM  
Isaiah Sidransky, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Adam Glasby, speaking on behalf of Alphonso Apollo and representing Generation Schools Network, testified in support of the bill. Bill Hamaker, representing American Federation of Teachers AFT Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Angelica Givler-Viers, representing Colorado Education Association, testified in support of the bill.
02:13:35 PM  
Jeff Riester, representing Department of Law, testified in support of the bill. Ian Hecker, representing the Colorado Education Association, testified in support of the bill. DaZha Creal, representing the Denver Foundation, testified in support of the bill.
02:21:14 PM  
The bill sponsors explained the amendments (Attachments A-D). They answered questions from the committee. Senator Frizell laid the bill over for action only to April 1, 2026.