This source cluster captures direct state and official-source records that strengthen the master timeline's statewide charter / CSI policy lane. It directly resolves HB24-1363's final status, adds an enacted 2025 CSI funding-policy change, preserves a 2026 ballot-initiative route for CSI release after local denial, and captures current CSI scale language.
Charter Schools Accountability, was introduced in the 2024 regular session and lost after the House Education Committee postponed it indefinitely on 2024-04-11.Mill Levy Equalization & Institute Charter Schools, became law. Its enacted summary says CSI may not distribute a portion of appropriated mill-levy-equalization funds to multi-district online schools authorized by CSI beginning in 2025-26, and it reduces a State Education Fund appropriation to CDE for CSI mill-levy equalization by $1,008,494.2025-2026 #279, Charter School Institute Applications, reached Review and Comment Hearing Held status. The review-and-comment memorandum says the apparent intent is to require release to CSI when a local board denies a charter application or renewal and the charter school does not appeal.47 schools, 20k+ students, 24 towns and cities, and 17 educational models.2025 reported Coleman education deserts bill was introduced in the form reported by Colorado Sun.2024-04-11: HB24-1363 is postponed indefinitely by the House Education Committee after a failed referral motion and a successful reverse-roll-call postponement motion.2025-04-28: SB25-223 signed-act record appears in the bill page's version history; the page lists the bill as became law.2026-03-20: The Initiative 279 page lists review-and-comment status as held for a 2025-2026 statutory initiative on CSI applications.2026-04-29: Current CSI homepage capture reports CSI's portfolio as 47 schools and 20k+ students.This cluster strengthens direct state-policy evidence. It does not close school-specific CSI record gaps, especially Fox Trail and American Legacy Academy. It also does not replace campaign-finance or nonprofit-filing follow-up for the advocacy infrastructure around these policy fights.
This summary supports Colorado public-school privatization and alternative-governance timeline, Colorado Charter School Institute, and the direct-source refresh of Colorado Sun charter and school-choice policy source cluster, 2024-2025.