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Committee advances bill to expand prosecution fellowship eligibility for rural districts
Summary
The House Education Committee voted unanimously to send Senate Bill 67 to the Committee of the Whole. Sponsors said the bill restructures a decade-old fellowship to make funds more accessible to rural district attorney offices and to accept all Colorado law school graduates rather than only recent graduates.
The Colorado House Education Committee voted unanimously Feb. 12 to send Senate Bill 67, which revises the state's Prosecution Fellowship Program, to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.
Supporters said the bill would help rural district attorney offices recruit and retain prosecutors by changing how fellowship funds are awarded and broadening eligibility. "This is an investment into rural Colorado," Vice Chair Martinez said, arguing that rural offices struggle to match metro salaries and that the bill will allow more experienced attorneys to work outside the Front Range.
Sponsors and witnesses described three main changes: (1) the program would move from awarding a single fellow per grant to distributing funds through a grant-like system managed by the Colorado District Attorneys' Council (CDAC), (2) eligibility would be opened to all graduates of Colorado law schools…
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