Higher Education Student Emergency Assistance Grants
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2018 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning providing emergency assistance grants to students enrolled in state institutions of higher education to assist students in staying in school, and, in connection therewith, creating the emergency completion and retention grant program and making an appropriation.
Bill Summary:
The bill creates the emergency completion and retention grant program (grant program) in the department of higher education (department). The Colorado commission on higher education implements the grant program by annually distributing an amount to each state institution of higher education (institution) to use in awarding emergency assistance grants to eligible students who are experiencing qualifying fiscal emergencies. The bill describes minimum procedures an institution must adopt for the financial aid director at the institution to award the emergency assistance grants. The commission is required to include in the annual financial aid report submitted to the joint budget committee a summary of the implementation of the grant program and an evaluation of its effect in increasing the retention and completion rates at institutions.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/26/2018 | PA1 |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/26/2018 | SA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 18-1414 to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion failed on a vote of 2-2. | Vote summary |
| Postpone House Bill 18-1414 indefinitely. | The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment J.001 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer House Bill 18-1414, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 18-1414 to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/27/2018 | Third Reading | BILL |
38
AYE
26
NO
1
OTHER
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Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 05/02/2018 | Senate | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| 04/27/2018 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
| 04/27/2018 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/26/2018 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor |
| 04/26/2018 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 04/26/2018 | House | House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| 04/20/2018 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
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