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Committee approves bill clarifying advanced enrollment for military children with disabilities
Summary
Representative Kelty told the House Education Committee that Senate Bill 73 clarifies Colorado’s advanced enrollment policy to make explicit that military‑connected students with IEPs and 504 plans are eligible for advance enrollment and immediate comparable services.
Representative Kelty presented Senate Bill 73 as a clarifying measure to ensure that Colorado’s advanced enrollment policies explicitly include military‑connected children with disabilities and their individualized education programs (IEPs) or Section 504 plans. “It ensures that children with existing IEPs and 504 plans receive appropriate educational services immediately upon enrolling in a Colorado school without unnecessary delays,” Kelty said in opening remarks.
DoD and military families described recurring practical problems when families move. Paul Presley, an Army sergeant major stationed at Buckley Space Force Base and a parent of three children with disabilities, told the committee, “Since 2017 my 2 oldest children have each attended no less than 6 schools in different districts in different states. Each transfer has been different. None of them have been…
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