C.R.S. § 22-35.3-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35.3 / Part 1 / Section 22-35.3-103
22-35.3-103. Pathways in technology early college high schools - design - requirements - appr
Status: in_force

22-35.3-103. Pathways in technology early college high schools - design - requirements - approval. (1) A pathways in technology early college high school, or p-tech school, is a public school that includes grades nine through fourteen and is designed to prepare students for high-potential careers in industry, including the major industry categories identified in the Colorado talent report produced pursuant to section 24-46.3-103 (3), which includes life, physical, and social sciences; architecture and engineering; computers and mathematics; installation, maintenance, and repair; business and finance; construction and extraction; community and social services; and transportation and material moving occupations, by enabling them to graduate with a high school diploma and an industry-recognized associate degree. Students in a p-tech school may also earn pre-apprenticeship certificates and other industry-recognized certificates in addition to an associate degree. A p-tech school is operated as a collaborative effort by a local education provider, a community college, and one or more local high-growth industry employers. Throughout grades nine through fourteen, a p-tech school integrates high school and college courses and certificate programs that are informed by current and projected industry standards with mentoring, job shadowing, internships, pre-apprenticeship training, and other workplace education experiences.

(2) A p-tech school to be operated by a local education provider must be jointly approved by the commissioner of education and the executive director of the department of higher education. The commissioner and the executive director shall jointly establish timelines and procedures by which a local education provider may apply to operate a p-tech school and shall develop a model p-tech agreement template that may be used by an applicant. The application must include:

(a) The agreement that the local education provider, a community college, and one or more employers enter into to operate the p-tech school, which must address:

(I) The responsibilities of the local education provider and the community college to provide, at a minimum, course work, counseling, and student support services, as well as provisions relating to instructor qualifications;

(II) The responsibilities of the employer to provide workplace education and experiences and to consult with the local education provider on course design, as requested, whether the employer is a certified center of learning, with preference given to such employers, and any funding that the employer may provide for the p-tech school program;

(III) The procedure for communication and shared decision-making by the local education provider, community college, and employer regarding school operations; and

(IV) The allocation of support, including but not limited to funding, internships, mentorships, potential job opportunities, and other related resources, between the local education provider, the employer, and the community college;

(b) The operational model for the p-tech school, including but not limited to curricula, instructional practices, faculty roles, student support structures, class schedules, experiential learning opportunities, work-based learning, and the associate degrees that students may attain through the p-tech school;

(c) The estimated number of students that the p-tech school will enroll when operating at full capacity and the plan for selecting students to enroll in the p-tech school, which must be designed in a way that encourages the enrollment of a student body that is socioeconomically and racially diverse and that includes first-generation college students, English language learners, and students with disabilities;

(d) If the applying local education provider is a charter school, written confirmation that the charter school's authorizer agrees to amend the charter contract to allow the charter school to operate as a p-tech school; and

(e) Any additional information that the commissioner and the executive director may require.

(3) The commissioner and the executive director shall review each application received and jointly approve local education providers to operate a limited number of p-tech schools within the state. The commissioner and the executive director shall base their selections on the quality of the proposed design of the p-tech school and the degree to which the agreement of the local education provider, community college, and employer is collaborative and requires full participation by each party. Once an application is approved, the local education provider shall have up to one full academic year to implement the p-tech program. It is the intent of the general assembly that one or more p-tech schools begin operating by the 2016-17 school year.

(4) A p-tech school is subject to the state assessment requirements specified in section 22-7-1006.3 and the accountability requirements specified in article 11 of this title 22. In addition, the commissioner and the executive director may establish indicators for measuring the performance of each p-tech school, which indicators may include the ability of students who graduate from a p-tech school to obtain employment in the field or to pursue additional postsecondary education in the field, as well as any relevant performance indicators established for the concurrent enrollment, ASCENT, and TREP programs.

(5) A p-tech school may have different high school graduation requirements from those of the local education provider or the host school. However, for purposes of applying the provisions of article 11 of this title 22 concerning school accountability and reporting graduation rates, a p-tech student will be counted in the local education provider's or host school's graduation rate in the year in which the student completes the local education provider's or host school's minimum graduation requirements. Nothing in this subsection (5) affects provisions relating to the funding of p-tech students pursuant to section 22-35.3-104.
C.R.S. § 22-30-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 22-30-105
22-30-105. Activation of the school district organization planning process
Status: in_force

22-30-105. Activation of the school district organization planning process. (1) The appointment of a school organization planning committee charged to study school district organization must occur when the commissioner is notified that any of the following conditions exist:

(a) One or more school district boards of education request the appointment of a school organization planning committee. Each school district which would be affected by the actions of such planning committee must submit a separate resolution.

(b) A petition committee, as defined in section 22-30-103 (10), presents a petition to the commissioner and to the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the headquarters of a school district that will be affected by the actions of a planning committee are located requesting the appointment of a school organization planning committee. The petition must contain a statement indicating the school districts involved. If only one school district is involved, the petition must be signed by fifteen percent of that school district's eligible electors. If multiple school districts are involved, the petition must be signed by fifteen percent of the eligible electors in each involved school district; except that, if the petition requests only consideration of detachment and annexation, the petition must be signed by twenty-five percent of the eligible electors residing in the area to be detached and annexed. If multiple school districts are involved, the petition does not request consideration of a detachment and annexation, and the pupil enrollment of a school district for purposes of the "Public School Finance Act of 2025" is greater than thirty thousand pupils, the petition must be signed by five percent of the eligible electors in that school district. A petition is deemed sufficient by the county clerk and recorder in the county of each involved school district. Only one petition may be presented to the commissioner and the county clerk and recorder in the county of each involved school district in any three consecutive calendar years.

(c) The state board pursuant to the provisions of section 22-11-209 declares a school district is no longer accredited or directs a school district to reorganize. Such declaration or direction must indicate the school districts to be involved in the organization study.
C.R.S. § 22-2-134.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-134.5
22-2-134.5. Early childhood education programs - quality rating system - report
Status: repealed

22-2-134.5. Early childhood education programs - quality rating system - report. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-24-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-103
22-24-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-24-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.

(2) "Department" means the department of education.

(3) "District" means a school district organized and existing pursuant to article 30 of this title or a board of cooperative services organized and existing pursuant to article 5 of this title.

(4) "English language learner" means a student who is linguistically diverse and who is identified pursuant to section 22-24-105 (2) as having a level of English language proficiency that requires language support to achieve standards in grade-level content in English.

(5) "English language proficiency program" means a program implemented by a local education provider that is designed to develop English language proficiency for an English language learner while enabling the English language learner to achieve and maintain grade-level performance in academic content areas.

(6) "Evidence-based" means the instruction or item described is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence that the instruction or item shows promise or has demonstrated a record of success in achieving objectives that are relevant to English language development, English language proficiency, and achievement in grade-level content for English language learners.

(7) "Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1).

(8) "Local education provider" means a district, the state charter school institute, or a facility school.

(9) "State charter school institute" means the state charter school institute created pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
C.R.S. § 22-51-111 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 51 / Section 22-51-111
22-51-111. Study of alternative transportation services
Status: repealed

22-51-111. Study of alternative transportation services. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-55.5-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 55.5 / Section 22-55.5-102
22-55.5-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-55.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article 55.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.

(2) "Department" means the department of education created in section 24-1-115.

(3) "Educator" means a teacher employed by a school district or charter school or an employee of a school district or charter school.

(4) "Employee" means a person employed by a school district or charter school who provides paraprofessional services, clerical services, custodial and maintenance services, food services, transportation services, technical services, skilled trade services, security services, or health and student services.

(5) "School district" means a school district authorized by section 15 of article IX of the state constitution and organized pursuant to article 30 of this title 22. "School district" also includes a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 if it is operating a public school.

(6) "Teacher" means an individual who is employed by a school district or charter school to instruct, direct, or supervise the instructional program or to provide services as a school nurse and who may hold a teacher's license or a special services license issued pursuant to article 60.5 of this title 22. "Teacher" does not include a person who holds an authorization issued pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 or who holds a principal or an administrator license and is employed as a principal of a school or an administrative officer of a school district.
C.R.S. § 22-2-121.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-121.5
22-2-121.5. National academic contest fund - balance of moneys - transfer
Status: repealed

22-2-121.5. National academic contest fund - balance of moneys - transfer. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-44-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-102
22-44-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

22-44-102. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Appropriation" means the setting aside by resolution of a specified amount of money for a fund with an authorization to make expenditures and incur obligations for the purposes thereof.

(2) "Board of education" or "board" means the governing body of a school district.

(3) "Contingency" means an act of God or the public enemy, or some event which could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the adoption of the budget of a school district.

(4) (a) and (b) Repealed.

(c) Effective July 1, 1992, "fiscal year" means the period beginning on July 1 of each year and ending on the following June 30.

(5) "Function" means a classification within a fund in accordance with a major purpose including, but not limited to, administration, instruction, operation, or maintenance of a physical plant.

(6) "Fund" means a sum of money or other resource set aside for a specific purpose of a school district. The accounts thereof constitute a complete entity, and all of the financial transactions for a particular fund shall be recorded in said fund.

(7) "Object" means a classification within a function in accordance with the article or service received in return for expenditures including, but not limited to, personal services, materials, supplies, or equipment.

(7.3) "Ongoing deficit" means any negative amount reported in the annual financial audit or submitted through the department's financial data-collection process by the school district, board of cooperative services, charter school, or charter school institute in the unassigned fund balance for governmental funds or unrestricted net assets for proprietary funds as identified in the standard statewide chart of accounts.

(7.5) "Pupil enrollment count day" has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-54-103 (10.5).

(8) "School district" or "district" means a school district or a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law.
C.R.S. § 22-54-108.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-108.5
22-54-108.5. Authorization of additional local revenues for full-day kindergarten - definitio
Status: repealed

22-54-108.5. Authorization of additional local revenues for full-day kindergarten - definitions. (1) (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2007, any district that chooses to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program, and in addition to any property tax revenues levied pursuant to sections 22-54-107 and 22-54-108, may submit the question of whether the district should be authorized to raise and expend additional local property tax revenues, thereby authorizing an additional levy in excess of the levy authorized under sections 22-54-106, 22-54-107, and 22-54-108, to provide funding for excess full-day kindergarten program costs in the district for the then-current budget year and each budget year thereafter. The question authorized by this subsection (1)(a) may also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to meet the initial capital construction needs of the district associated with the establishment of a full-day kindergarten program. If a mill levy for capital construction needs associated with the district's full-day kindergarten program is approved for more than one year, the board of education of the district may, without calling an election, decrease the amount or duration of the mill levy in subsequent years. The questions authorized by this subsection (1)(a) must be submitted at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and title 1.

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2007, upon proper submittal to a district of a valid initiative petition, the district shall submit to the eligible electors of the district the question of whether the district should be authorized to raise and expend additional local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program, and in addition to any property tax revenues levied pursuant to sections 22-54-107 and 22-54-108, thereby authorizing an additional levy in excess of the levy authorized under sections 22-54-106, 22-54-107, and 22-54-108, to provide funding for excess full-day kindergarten program costs in the district for the then-current budget year and each budget year thereafter. The question authorized by this subsection (1)(b) may also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to meet the initial capital construction needs of the district associated with the establishment of a full-day kindergarten program. If a mill levy for capital construction needs associated with the district's full-day kindergarten program is approved for more than one year, the board of education of the district may, without calling an election, decrease the amount or duration of the mill levy in subsequent years. The questions authorized by this subsection (1)(b) must be submitted at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and title 1. An initiative petition under this subsection (1)(b) must be signed by at least five percent of the eligible electors in the district at the time the petition is filed.

(c) If a majority of the votes cast in an election held pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (1) are in favor of the question, an additional mill levy shall be levied each year, and the revenues received from the additional mill levy shall be deposited in the full-day kindergarten fund of the district created in section 22-45-103 (1)(h). If the district obtained voter approval for an additional mill levy to meet the capital construction needs associated with the district's full-day kindergarten program, the revenues generated from that mill levy shall be deposited in the capital construction account of the district's full-day kindergarten fund.

(d) For purposes of this section, "excess full-day kindergarten program costs" means the costs that exceed fifty percent of the district's per-pupil revenues for the budget year in which the election is held, multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled or expected to enroll in the district's full-day kindergarten program.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution that allow districts to seek voter approval for spending and revenue increases, the provisions of this subsection (1) limit a district's authority to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program.

(2) A district that obtains voter approval pursuant to this section to impose an additional mill levy to fund excess full-day kindergarten program costs in the district shall:

(a) Establish its full-day kindergarten program using evidence-based research demonstrating the types of programs and methods appropriate for a full-day kindergarten program; and

(b) Not limit the ability of parents enrolling a child in the district to enroll the child in a half-day kindergarten program.

(c) Repealed.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a district that provides and funds a full-day kindergarten program with moneys generated by the imposition of an additional mill levy as authorized by this section may charge tuition to a pupil who does not reside in the district for the excess full-day kindergarten program costs; except that such tuition charge shall not exceed the actual cost for providing the program as determined by the district providing the full-day kindergarten program.
C.R.S. § 22-30-125.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 22-30-125.5
22-30-125.5. Authorization of new bonded indebtedness or assumption of existing bonded indebt
Status: in_force

22-30-125.5. Authorization of new bonded indebtedness or assumption of existing bonded indebtedness. No new bonded indebtedness shall be authorized and no existing bonded indebtedness shall be assumed unless approved by a majority of votes cast by the eligible electors of the school district that will issue or assume such bonded indebtedness at the same election at which the plan of organization is approved or at a subsequent election.
C.R.S. § 22-63-206 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 63 / Part 2 / Section 22-63-206
22-63-206. Transfer - compensation - definitions
Status: in_force

22-63-206. Transfer - compensation - definitions. (1) (a) A teacher may be transferred upon the recommendation of the chief administrative officer of a school district from one school, position, or grade level to another within the school district, if the transfer does not result in the assignment of the teacher to a position of employment for which the teacher is not qualified by virtue of academic preparation and certification and if, during the then-current school year, the amount of salary of the teacher is not reduced except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. There shall be no discrimination shown toward any teacher in the assignment or transfer of that teacher to a school, position, or grade because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, or membership or nonmembership in any group or organization.

(b) As used in this subsection (1):

(I) "Protective hairstyle" includes such hairstyles as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps.

(II) "Race" includes hair texture, hair type, hair length, or a protective hairstyle that is commonly or historically associated with race.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a teacher who has been occupying an administrative position may be assigned to another position for which he or she is qualified if a vacancy exists in such position, and, if so assigned, with a salary corresponding to the position. If the school district has adopted a general salary schedule or a combination salary schedule and policy, the board may consider the years of service accumulated while the teacher was occupying the administrative position when the board determines where to place the teacher on the schedule for the assigned position.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the salary of a teacher who has received additional compensation for the performance of additional duties may be reduced if said teacher has been relieved of such additional duties.

(4) A teacher may enter into an agreement for an economic work-learn program leave of absence with a board of education that shall not affect the teacher's employment status, position on the salary schedule if the school district has adopted a general salary schedule or combination salary schedule and policy, or insurance and retirement benefits.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a receiving school to involuntarily accept the transfer of a teacher. All transfers to positions at other schools of the school district shall require the consent of the receiving school.
C.R.S. § 22-105-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 105 / Section 22-105-103
22-105-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-105-103. Definitions. As used in this article 105, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115.

(2) "Eligible community-based organization" means a community-based nonprofit organization that meets the eligibility criteria set forth in section 22-105-105.

(3) "Eligible rural school district" means a school district that the department determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 22-105-105.

(4) "Fund" means the fifth-day academic enrichment and support grant program fund created in section 22-105-107.

(5) "Grant program" means the fifth-day academic enrichment and support grant program created in this article 105.

(6) "School district" means a school district, other than a local college district, organized and existing pursuant to law.

(7) "State board of education" or "state board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-32-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-102
22-32-102. Corporate status - when questioned
Status: in_force

22-32-102. Corporate status - when questioned. Except when the corporate status of a school district has been dissolved as provided by law, each school district which has undisputedly exercised the prerogatives and privileges of a legally formed school district during a period of twelve consecutive months following the first election of its school directors shall be deemed to be a de jure school district, and the corporate status thereof shall not thereafter be questioned.
C.R.S. § 22-33-204.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 33 / Part 2 / Section 22-33-204.5
22-33-204.5. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-33-204.5. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds that a student who is placed in a residential child care facility or other facility licensed by the department of human services or in a hospital or who is receiving educational services through a day treatment center is, in most cases, dealing with significant behavioral and emotional issues. These issues make it difficult, if not impossible, for the student to function within a regular school and often severely impact the student's ability to participate in a facility school. The general assembly further finds that, although a student who is placed in a facility cannot be expelled due to the nature of the placement, the student is at risk of being unable to prosper academically and should be considered an at-risk student for purposes of section 22-33-205.
C.R.S. § 22-40-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 40 / Section 22-40-105
22-40-105. Depositories
Status: repealed

22-40-105. Depositories. (1) When the board of education of a school district has elected to have all moneys belonging to the district paid over to the treasurer of said board, the treasurer, or such other custodian appointed by the board, shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all such moneys in such depositories as shall be designated by such board.

(2) Repealed.

(3) Any moneys belonging to a school district which are temporarily not needed in the conduct of its operations may be invested or deposited by the board of education of such district pursuant to the provisions of sections 24-75-601 to 24-75-603, C.R.S. Subject to the requirements of part 7 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., the school district's moneys may be pooled for investment with the moneys of other local government entities.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board of education of any school district may provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of refunding escrow agreements and accounts, and may provide for payment of principal and interest on the outstanding bonds of such district by paying agents, pursuant to the provisions of articles 42 and 43 of this title.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in section 22-45-103 (1)(b)(VI) or (1)(b)(VII), a third-party custodian selected by a school district shall administer the school district's bond redemption fund as provided in section 22-45-103 (1)(b)(V). Moneys in a school district's bond redemption fund may be invested by the custodian as provided in section 22-45-103 (1)(b)(V).
C.R.S. § 22-82.9-306 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 82.9 / Part 3 / Section 22-82.9-306
22-82.9-306. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

22-82.9-306. Repeal of part. This part 3 is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 22-87-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 87 / Section 22-87-107
22-87-107. No effect on library maintained by postsecondary educational institution - no re
Status: in_force

22-87-107. No effect on library maintained by postsecondary educational institution - no requirement of additional action for public schools already in compliance. (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to any library facility maintained by any postsecondary educational institution. For purposes of this subsection (1), "postsecondary" shall have the same meaning as is provided in section 23-1-119 (4), C.R.S.

(2) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any additional action on the part of any school district that is already in compliance with the requirements of this article as of July 1, 2003.
C.R.S. § 22-7-702 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 7 / Section 22-7-702
22-7-702. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-7-702. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) There is a high correlation between student success and excellent teaching;

(b) While educator preparation programs offered by institutions of higher education may provide candidates with the basic knowledge necessary to enter the classroom, ongoing development through school-based, skills-development activities is necessary to enable educators to develop excellent teaching skills;

(c) In-service training programs and similar forms of off-site course work are often unable to provide the kind of skill development needed;

(d) Working collaboratively as colleagues to review assignments, student work, curriculum, and teaching methodology has been proven successful in enabling teachers to determine whether all of these facets of teaching in combination successfully provide the information students need to master reading, writing, mathematics, and science, as indicated by high achievement levels on assessments.

(2) Based on the findings specified in subsection (1) of this section, the general assembly hereby finds that it is necessary to provide grants pursuant to this part 7 to assist schools in providing opportunities for teachers to participate in school-based skills-development activities that are focused on mastering skills in instructing students in reading, writing, mathematics, and science.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-60.5-108
22-60.5-108. Procedure - denial, suspension, annulment, or revocation - license, certificate,
Status: in_force

22-60.5-108. Procedure - denial, suspension, annulment, or revocation - license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization. (1) (a) Procedures for the denial, suspension, revocation, or annulment of any license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 24-4-102 to 24-4-107, C.R.S.; except that, where judicial review is pending or the time in which to seek judicial review has not elapsed, the department of education may take emergency action relating to the annulment, suspension, or revocation of any license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization, and the expiration date of any license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization shall not be extended, even though judicial review is pending or the time for seeking such review has not elapsed.

(b) If the department of education seeks to contact a crime victim for the purposes of a licensure hearing, the department shall contact the victim's advocate in the law enforcement agency or district attorney's office of the jurisdiction in which the offense was prosecuted or the victim's advocate in the attorney general's office, if applicable. The victim's advocate shall make reasonable efforts to contact the victim, advise the victim of the hearing, and invite the victim to participate in the licensure hearing. A victim shall not be required to participate in a licensure hearing.

(2) If the department of education denies, annuls, suspends, or revokes a license, authorization, or endorsement pursuant to this section, the department, as soon as practicable, shall notify the board of education of the employing school district or the governing board of the employing charter school or institute charter school, if any, of the action taken.

(3) When the department of education denies, annuls, suspends, or revokes a license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization because the applicant or holder was convicted of felony child abuse or a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior pursuant to section 22-60.5-107 (2.5), the department shall release the name of that individual to the public.

(4) When the department of education denies, annuls, or revokes a license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization because the applicant or holder was convicted of felony child abuse or a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior pursuant to section 22-60.5-107 (2.5), the department shall enter into a settlement agreement with that individual that prohibits the individual from ever teaching at a public or nonpublic school in the United States.
C.R.S. § 22-45-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 45 / Section 22-45-101
22-45-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-45-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board of education" or "board" means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any school district.

(2) "Capital outlay expenditures" means those expenditures that result in the acquisition of fixed assets or additions to fixed assets that the board anticipates will have benefits for more than one year. They are expenditures, whether by purchase or lease, for land or existing buildings, improvements of grounds, construction of buildings, additions to buildings, software licensing agreements, or initial, additional, or replacement equipment. Equipment shall include, but not be limited to, those items set forth in the financial policies and procedures handbook authorized in section 22-44-203.

(2.2) "Eligible elector" means an elector who has complied with the registration provisions of article 2 of title 1, C.R.S., and who resides within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision calling the election.

(2.3) "Instructional capital outlay" includes those expenditures which result in the acquisition of fixed assets for instructional purposes, or additions thereto, which the board of education anticipates will have benefits for more than one year.

(2.5) "Instructional supplies and materials" includes, but is not limited to, supplies, textbooks, library books, periodicals, warehouse inventory adjustment, and other supplies and materials.

(3) "School district" or "district" means a school district or a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law.
C.R.S. § 22-23-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 23 / Section 22-23-104
22-23-104. Administration
Status: in_force

22-23-104. Administration. (1) The state board may employ necessary personnel, pay necessary travel expenses of such personnel, and purchase supplies and equipment as may be needed to carry out the administration of the program for the education of migrant children as provided in this article, and may make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient administration of said program.

(2) Any school district which maintains a school in its district, and wherein there are migrant children, may make application to the state board to participate in the program established by this article. Any school district participating in said program shall administer the program in its district in accordance with rules and regulations of the state board.
C.R.S. § 22-13-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 22-13-101
22-13-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-13-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Developing high-quality leadership for struggling schools has become a clear priority nationwide to systematically improve academic performance among low-achieving students;

(b) Leadership for low-performing schools is fundamentally different than leadership for higher-performing schools. Extensive research shows that, to achieve real turnaround and academic improvement, low-performing schools need to experience significant and fundamental change in instructional practices as well as in the school's climate and culture. Turnaround leadership requires dramatic and transformative intervention in a culture of underperformance within a short amount of time. The research further articulates the skills and competencies that school leaders must have to produce this type of change in a school and that these skills and competencies are dramatically different from those practiced by most school leaders.

(c) There is also a significant amount of research and evidence around the practices that are needed to train, recruit, incentivize, and sustain successful, high-quality school turnaround leaders;

(d) In addition to school principals, teacher leaders within schools and district-level personnel who coordinate and support turnaround efforts for multiple schools of a school district are crucial to achieving increased academic performance within low-performing schools and must be included in programs to train successful, high-quality school turnaround leaders;

(e) For the 2013-14 school year, one hundred nineteen public schools serving fifty-five thousand eight hundred fourteen students in Colorado are accredited with priority improvement plans, and forty-nine public schools serving seventeen thousand three hundred eleven students are accredited with turnaround plans. For the 2013-14 school year, fourteen school districts are accredited with priority improvement plans, and two school districts are accredited with turnaround plans. Given these levels of performance in the public schools, Colorado must address the need to develop, nurture, and support aspiring and practicing school turnaround leaders.

(f) There is a tremendous opportunity for the state to recruit, develop, and facilitate new and existing leadership development programs that are specifically focused on developing leaders to serve low-performing schools.

(1.5) The general assembly further finds that, while school leadership is a crucial aspect of improving the performance of struggling schools, factors such as school culture, teacher professional development, and the transformation of instruction in the classroom are also necessary elements of the plan to transform a public school and raise the academic performance of the students enrolled in the school.

(2) The general assembly therefore finds that it is imperative and in the best interests of the state to create the school transformation grant program within the department to contract with providers and award grants to school districts throughout the state to use in developing outstanding school leaders with the skills and competencies required to turn around low-performing public schools in the state and to provide grants to school districts, the institute, and charter schools to support them in improving educator professional development and transforming instruction, which may include planning for and implementing rigorous school redesign strategies.

(3) The general assembly declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the school transformation grant program is an important element in implementing accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-11-201 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 22-11-201
22-11-201. State public education system - annual performance review - targets for improvem
Status: in_force

22-11-201. State public education system - annual performance review - targets for improvement. (1) (a) The state board shall annually review the performance of the statewide public education system, including but not limited to reviewing the levels of attainment on the performance indicators demonstrated by each public school, each school district, and the institute. Following said review, the state board shall set, reaffirm, or revise, as appropriate, ambitious but attainable statewide targets for the measures used to determine the levels of attainment of the performance indicators for the coming academic year with the goal of raising the level of academic performance in the public schools throughout the state. In setting the targets, the state board shall, to the extent possible, ensure that the targets meet federal law requirements.

(b) In adopting the targets required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the state board shall adopt a set of targets for grades three through twelve.

(2) In adopting the targets required by subsection (1) of this section, the state board shall consider any information provided by public schools, local school boards, the institute, school administrators, teachers and teachers' associations, parents and parents' associations, and institutions of higher education related to the academic performance of the public education system in Colorado.

(3) The state board shall adopt and publish on the data portal the annual statement of targets in accordance with time frames set by state board rule.
C.R.S. § 22-80-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-104
22-80-104. Advisory board created - terms - compensation - repeal
Status: repealed

22-80-104. Advisory board created - terms - compensation - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-33-106.1 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 33 / Part 1 / Section 22-33-106.1
22-33-106.1. Suspension - expulsion - preschool through second grade - definitions
Status: in_force

22-33-106.1. Suspension - expulsion - preschool through second grade - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Charter school" means a charter school that is authorized by a school district board of education pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or an institute charter school that is authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.

(b) "Enrolling entity" means:

(I) A community-based preschool program that includes students who are funded through the "Colorado Preschool Program Act", article 28 of this title 22, as it exists prior to July 1, 2023, or through the "Colorado Universal Preschool Program Act", part 2 of article 4 of title 26.5, or students who are funded with state or federal money to educate children with disabilities;

(II) A school district; or

(III) A charter school.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 33 to the contrary, an enrolling entity may impose an out-of-school suspension or expel a student enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade only if:

(a) The enrolling entity determines that the student has engaged in conduct on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event that:

(I) Involves the possession of a dangerous weapon without the authorization of the public school or enrolling entity, if different;

(II) Involves the use, possession, or sale of a drug or controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5); or

(III) Endangers the health or safety of others;

(b) The enrolling entity determines that failure to remove the student from the school building would create a safety threat that cannot otherwise be addressed; and

(c) The enrolling entity, on a case-by-case basis, considers each of the factors set forth in section 22-33-106 (1.2) before suspending or expelling the student. The enrolling entity shall document any alternative behavioral and disciplinary interventions that it employs before suspending or expelling the student.

(3) If an enrolling entity imposes an out-of-school suspension on a student who meets the criteria specified in subsection (2) of this section, the out-of-school suspension shall not exceed three school days unless the executive officer or chief administrative officer of the enrolling entity, or designee of either, determines that a longer period of suspension is necessary to resolve the safety threat or recommends that the student be expelled in accordance with section 22-33-105 (2)(c).

(4) This section does not prevent an enrolling entity from excluding, removing, or disenrolling a student for reasons unrelated to student discipline.

(5) For purposes of this section, if an enrolling entity requests that a parent remove a child for disciplinary reasons from the school grounds for any length of time during a school day, the request constitutes a suspension and is subject to the requirements of this section.

(6) The state board shall annually review the data concerning the number of students who are suspended or expelled pursuant to this section and, if available, the reasons for the suspensions and expulsions.
C.R.S. § 22-54-107.7 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-107.7
22-54-107.7. Override mill levy match - working group - creation - report - repeal
Status: repealed

22-54-107.7. Override mill levy match - working group - creation - report - repeal. (1) There is created by the legislative council staff an override mill levy match working group to meet during the 2024 interim and make recommendations concerning modifying the override mill levy match, created pursuant to section 22-54-107.9, to ensure more equitable funding distributions and greater access to funding for eligible districts and eligible institute charter schools, make recommendations concerning which eligible districts and eligible institute charter schools will receive a distribution from the mill levy override match fund pursuant to section 22-54-107.9 for the 2024-25 budget year, and to identify and analyze inequities between neighboring districts that have differing mill levy overrides, levels of property tax bases, or demonstrated levels of local effort.

(2) (a) The override mill levy match working group must include:

(I) Seven nonlegislative members who are chief financial officers appointed as follows:

(A) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member who is a chief financial officer of a rural district, one member who is a chief financial officer of a small rural district, one member who is a chief financial officer of a suburban district, and one member who is a chief financial officer of an urban district located in or near the Denver metropolitan area; and

(B) The senate minority leader shall appoint one member who is the chief financial officer of a rural district, one member who is the chief financial officer of a suburban district, and one member who is the chief financial officer of an urban district that is not located in or near the Denver metropolitan area.

(II) One member of the majority party in the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall serve as the chair; and

(III) One member of the minority party in the senate, appointed by the minority leader of the senate, who shall serve as the vice-chair.

(b) Legislative council staff shall assist the override mill levy match working group in fulfilling its duties required pursuant to this section.

(3) (a) The override mill levy match working group shall not submit bill drafts as part of its recommendations.

(b) Meetings of the override mill levy match working group are subject to the open meetings provisions contained in part 4 of article 6 of title 24. Except as otherwise provided in part 2 of article 72 of title 24, or other applicable state or federal law, records of the override mill levy match working group are subject to part 2 of article 72 of title 24.

(4) The override mill levy match working group must meet at least three times but no more than five times during the 2024 legislative interim, unless additional meetings are authorized by the executive committee of the legislative council.

(5) On or before December 31, 2024, the override mill levy match working group shall submit a report to the executive committee of the legislative council, the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, and the joint budget committee concerning its recommendations to modify the override mill levy match.

(6) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 22-69-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 69 / Section 22-69-101
22-69-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-69-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Alternative Teacher Compensation Plan Act".
C.R.S. § 22-2-136 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-136
22-2-136. Additional duty - state board - individual career and academic plans - standards
Status: in_force

22-2-136. Additional duty - state board - individual career and academic plans - standards - rules. (1) (a) The state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, to establish standards for individual career and academic plans for students enrolled in the public schools in the state.

(b) An individual career and academic plan must be designed to assist a student and the student's parent or legal guardian in exploring the postsecondary career and educational opportunities available to the student, including apprenticeship programs registered through the United States department of labor's office of apprenticeship or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by that office; aligning course work and curriculum; applying to postsecondary education institutions; securing financial aid; and ultimately entering the workforce. As part of the process of establishing the individual career and academic plan, the student and the student's parents must be made aware of the importance of completing the free application for federal student aid or the Colorado application for state financial aid, or successor forms for accessing federal and state financial aid, and be provided help in completing the forms, if requested.

(2) In establishing the standards for individual career and academic plans, the state board shall ensure, at a minimum, that:

(a) Each individual career and academic plan includes a career planning and guidance component and a portfolio that reflects, at a minimum:

(I) The student's efforts in exploring careers, including interest surveys that the student completes;

(II) The student's academic progress, including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery, and any concurrent enrollment credits earned;

(III) For school districts and charter schools that choose to administer the developmental education placement or assessment tests, the student's scores on the developmental education placement or assessment tests administered pursuant to section 22-30.5-117, 22-30.5-526, or 22-32-109.5 (4), any intervention plan created for the student pursuant to those sections, and the student's progress in meeting the intervention plan;

(IV) The student's progress in visual arts and performing arts courses;

(V) The student's experiences in contextual and service learning;

(VI) The student's college applications and resume, as they are prepared and submitted; and

(VII) The student's postsecondary studies as the student progresses;

(b) Each individual career and academic plan is accessible to educators, students, and parents; and

(c) Each public school, in assisting students and parents in creating and maintaining the individual career and academic plans, is in compliance with the requirements of the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g.
C.R.S. § 22-54-145 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-145
22-54-145. Additional funding for rural schools - 2023-24 budget year - definitions - repea
Status: repealed

22-54-145. Additional funding for rural schools - 2023-24 budget year - definitions - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Eligible institute charter school" means an institute charter school that has a small rural district or a large rural district as its accounting district.

(b) "Large rural district" means a district that the department of education determines is a rural district, based on the geographic size of the district and the distance of the district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that had a funded pupil count for the 2022-23 budget year of at least one thousand but fewer than six thousand five hundred pupils in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

(c) "Per pupil distribution amount" means:

(I) For a large rural district, an amount equal to thirty million dollars multiplied by the percentage specified in subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section divided by the sum of the total funded pupil count for the 2022-23 budget year of all large rural districts and the total student enrollment for the 2022-23 budget year of all eligible institute charter schools that have a large rural district as the accounting district; or

(II) For a small rural district, an amount equal to thirty million dollars multiplied by the percentage specified in subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section divided by the sum of the total funded pupil count for the 2022-23 budget year of all small rural districts and the total student enrollment for the 2022-23 budget year of all eligible institute charter schools that have a small rural district as the accounting district.

(d) "Small rural district" means a district that the department of education determines is a rural district, based on the geographic size of the district and the distance of the district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that had a funded pupil count for the 2022-23 budget year of fewer than one thousand pupils in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

(2) (a) For the 2023-24 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate thirty million dollars to the department of education to provide additional funding for large rural districts, small rural districts, and institute charter schools. The department of education shall distribute:

(I) Fifty-five percent of the money appropriated to large rural districts and to eligible institute charter schools that have a large rural district as their accounting district as provided in this section; and

(II) Forty-five percent of the money appropriated to small rural districts and to eligible institute charter schools that have a small rural district as their accounting district as provided in this section.

(b) Large rural districts, small rural districts, district charter schools, and eligible institute charter schools that receive money pursuant to this section may use the money only for nonrecurring expenses for the purpose of improving student learning and the educational environment, including, but not limited to, initiatives that help attract educator employees, initiatives to improve educator training, initiatives to retain educators, loan forgiveness for educators and staff, and technology.

(3) (a) The department of education shall distribute to each large rural district and each small rural district an amount equal to the applicable per pupil distribution amount multiplied by the large rural district's or small rural district's funded pupil count for the 2022-23 budget year.

(b) Each large rural district and each small rural district that is the authorizer for a charter school shall distribute to the charter school one hundred percent of an amount equal to the amount received pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section divided by the funded pupil count of the large rural district or small rural district for the 2022-23 budget year multiplied by the number of students enrolled in the charter school for the 2022-23 budget year.

(4) The department of education shall calculate for each eligible institute charter school and distribute to the state charter school institute an amount equal to the applicable per pupil distribution amount multiplied by the number of students enrolled in the eligible institute charter school for the 2022-23 budget year. The state charter school institute shall distribute to each eligible institute charter school one hundred percent of the amount received for the eligible institute charter school pursuant to this subsection (4).

(5) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 22-7-707 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 7 / Section 22-7-707
22-7-707. Reporting requirements - progress reports - final reports
Status: repealed

22-7-707. Reporting requirements - progress reports - final reports. (1) Each school that receives a grant pursuant to this part 7 shall submit to the department:

(a) A progress report specifying the progress made by the school during the initial year of the grant in achieving the goals specified in the school's grant application;

(b) A final report demonstrating the school's success in achieving the goals specified in the school's grant application.

(2) The state board by rule shall specify the date by which each grant recipient shall submit the progress report and the final report and the specific contents of each report. At a minimum, the progress report and the final report shall:

(a) Apply the methods identified in the school's plan for measuring the success of the teacher development schedule, as specified in the school's grant application; and

(b) Specify the student learning results achieved by the school in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-94-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 94 / Section 22-94-103
22-94-103. Annual reports
Status: in_force

22-94-103. Annual reports. (1) A vendor that enters into a contract with the department to establish and operate a program pursuant to this article shall, for the duration of the contract, submit a report to the department that includes the data and performance metrics from the prior school year as specified in subsection (3) of this section.

(2) In addition to the report required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the department shall contract with a third party to evaluate and submit to the department a report after the first year of the program and a final report after the second year of the program regarding the progress of the vendor based on the data and performance metrics specified in subsection (3) of this section. The department may use up to two percent of the moneys appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this article in the applicable fiscal year to contract for the report required in this subsection (2).

(3) The reports required in subsections (1) and (2) of this section must include but need not be limited to:

(a) The number of students in the state who are taught by teachers who are placed in public schools or districts in the state through a program;

(b) The average length of time that teachers placed in districts through a program remain in the district in which they are placed;

(c) The names of the public schools and districts in which teachers are placed through a program;

(d) The subjects and grade levels taught by the teachers who are placed through the program; and

(e) The effectiveness ratings of the teachers placed through the program pursuant to section 22-9-106.

(4) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall submit an annual report to the office of the governor, the state board of education, and the members of the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, summarizing the findings from the two reports submitted to the department pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 22-43.7-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43.7 / Part 1 / Section 22-43.7-103
22-43.7-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-43.7-103. Definitions. As used in this article 43.7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Applicant" means any entity that may directly or indirectly submit an application for financial assistance to the board if the entity submits such an application, including:

(a) A school district;

(b) A board of cooperative services;

(c) A charter school; and

(d) The Colorado school for the deaf and blind created and existing pursuant to section 22-80-102 (1)(a).

(2) "Assistance fund" means the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104 (1).

(3) "Authorizer" means the school district that authorized the charter contract of a charter school or, in the case of an institute charter school, as defined in section 22-30.5-502 (6), the state charter school institute created and existing pursuant to section 22-30.5-503 (1)(a).

(4) "Board" means the public school capital construction assistance board created in section 22-43.7-106 (1).

(5) "Board of cooperative services" means a board of cooperative services created and existing pursuant to section 22-5-104 that is eligible to receive state moneys pursuant to section 22-5-114.

(6) "Capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (2); except that the term also includes technology, as defined in section 22-43.7-109 (5)(a)(I)(B), and career and technical education capital construction.

(6.5) "Capital development committee" means the capital development committee of the general assembly established in section 2-3-1302 (1), C.R.S.

(6.7) "Career and technical education capital construction" means:

(a) New construction or retrofitting of public school facilities for career and technical education programs that satisfy the standards prescribed in section 23-8-103 (2); and

(b) Equipment necessary for individual student learning and classroom instruction, including equipment that provides access to instructional materials or that is necessary for professional use by a classroom teacher.

(7) "Charter school" means a charter school as described in section 22-54-124 (1)(f.6)(I)(A) or (1)(f.6)(I)(B).

(8) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

(9) "Division" means the division of public school capital construction assistance created in section 22-43.7-105.

(10) "Financial assistance" means matching grants made by the board from the assistance fund to applicants or any other expenditures made from the assistance fund for the purpose of financing public school facility capital construction as authorized by this article.

(11) "Matching moneys" means moneys required to be paid to the state or used directly to pay a portion of the costs of a public school facility capital construction project by an applicant as a condition of an award of financial assistance to the applicant pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (9).

(12) "Public school facility" means a building or portion of a building used for educational purposes by a school district, a board of cooperative services, the Colorado school for the deaf and blind created and existing pursuant to section 22-80-102 (1)(a), or a charter school, including but not limited to school sites, classrooms, libraries and media centers, cafeterias and kitchens, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, and other multi-use spaces; except that "public school facility" does not include a learning center, as defined in section 22-30.7-102 (4), that is not used for any other public school purpose and is not part of a building otherwise owned, or leased in its entirety, by a school district, a board of cooperative services, a charter school, or the Colorado school for the deaf and blind for educational purposes.

(13) "Public school lands income" means all income received by the state from:

(a) The sale of timber on public school lands, rental payments for the use and occupation of public school lands, and rentals or lease payments for sand, gravel, clay, stone, coal, oil, gas, geothermal resources, gold, silver, or other minerals on public school lands;

(b) Royalties and other payments for the extraction of any natural resource on public school lands; and

(c) Interest or income earned on the deposit and investment of moneys in the public school fund.

(14) "School district" means a school district, other than a junior or community college district, organized and existing pursuant to law.

(15) "State board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-2-146.6 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-146.6
22-2-146.6. Colorado academic accelerator grant program - report - rules - definitions
Status: in_force

22-2-146.6. Colorado academic accelerator grant program - report - rules - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Colorado academic accelerator grant program" or "grant program" means the Colorado academic accelerator grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.

(b) "Community-based organization" means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is representative of a community or significant segments of a community and provides educational or related services to individuals in the community.

(c) "Community learning center" means an entity that assists students to meet the rigorous state academic standards by providing students with free academic enrichment and support activities and a broad array of other activities during nonschool hours, periods when school is not in session, or during extended learning hours.

(d) "Eligible entity" means a local education provider, a community-based organization, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, another public or private entity, or a consortium of two or more agencies, organizations, or entities.

(e) "Evidence-informed" means a program or practice in mathematics that relies on peer-reviewed evidence to establish a basis for accelerating learning. "Evidence-informed" includes evidence-informed curricula, interventions, and assessment options.

(f) "Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22, or a board of cooperative services created and operated pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 that operates more than one public school.

(g) "STEM" means the combination of the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

(2) (a) There is created in the department the Colorado academic accelerator grant program. The purpose of the grant program is to create community learning centers that:

(I) Provide opportunities for free academic enrichment and support activities, which must include providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend high-needs schools, as determined by the department, to meet rigorous state academic standards, specifically in STEM and mathematics, and to increase proficiencies in mathematics outcomes; and

(II) Offer families of students opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in students' education, including opportunities for mathematics literacy and related educational development.

(b) The department shall administer the grant program. An eligible entity that receives grant money pursuant to this section shall use the grant money toward meeting the purposes set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section. Eligible entities are selected for a grant that runs for a period of three years. If a community-based organization applies, the community-based organization must be experienced in out-of-school supports and shall partner with a local education provider as an eligible entity.

(c) The department shall implement a timeline for the grant program, which must include the following:

(I) The date the department shall announce the grant program and begin accepting applications from eligible entities;

(II) The date by which an eligible entity must submit an application;

(III) The date the department shall begin distributing grant money to the grantees; and

(IV) The dates an eligible entity shall submit a report to the department summarizing the use of funds pursuant to this section, including data on the academic improvement of students in mathematics disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, disability, socioeconomic status, geographic location, and English language learner status.

(3) (a) The department shall prioritize eligible entities that:

(I) Adopt intervention strategies described in section 22-32-118.6 or 22-30.5-526.5;

(II) Use evidence-informed programs that build student skills in STEM and mathematics;

(III) Use digital math accelerator programs;

(IV) Serve high-needs students, as determined by the department;

(V) Target students who transition from elementary school to middle school and middle school to high school;

(VI) Have an established presence and relationship in the community; and

(VII) Have demonstrated in the application how the eligible entity will meet the needs of diverse student populations.

(b) The department shall review the applications submitted pursuant to subsection (2)(c)(II) of this section.

(c) The department shall not use more than five percent of state funds to administer the grant program, including, but not limited to:

(I) Monitoring and evaluating grant program activities; and

(II) Providing training and technical assistance.

(d) The department shall ensure eligible entities use evidence-informed curricula and interventions in mathematics as identified by the department pursuant to section 22-2-146.5, including any state-purchased curricula or digital software focused on mathematics.

(4) (a) Eligible entities shall use grant funds for free academic enrichment and support activities and tutoring programs with a focus on STEM and mathematics, particularly for students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics; children with disabilities, as defined in section 22-20-103; and students who are English language learners.

(b) Eligible entities may use grant funds to:

(I) Facilitate programs to engage communities to support high-needs schools, as determined by the department;

(II) Create mentorship programs; and

(III) Provide other academic or social enrichment opportunities, including experiential mathematics activities, to help ensure students can meet the state's rigorous academic standards.

(c) If a local education provider receives a grant to become a community learning center, the local education provider shall provide free academic enrichment and support programs, mentorship programs, remedial education programs, and tutoring services that align with the state's rigorous academic standards.

(d) (I) If a local education provider in partnership with a community-based organization receives a grant to become a community learning center, the local education provider shall provide free academic enrichment and support programs, mentorship programs, remedial education programs, and tutoring services that align with the state's rigorous academic standards. The local education provider shall coordinate with the community-based organization to share data on student performance that is relevant to each student's performance in school in accordance with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended, and the "Student Data Transparency and Security Act", created in article 16 of this title 22.

(II) The local education provider shall coordinate with community-based organization instructors to:

(A) Offer access to relevant district or state training focused on STEM and mathematics instruction, including training created pursuant to section 22-2-146.5 (2); and

(B) Provide access to district or statewide software licenses for digital math accelerator programs.

(5) The state board may promulgate rules for the implementation of this section.

(6) (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall contract with a third-party evaluator, in accordance with the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of title 24, to review, evaluate, and draft a report summarizing the following:

(I) The impact of the grant program on financial savings for parents;

(II) Data on student engagement, dropout rates, graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, and mobility rates;

(III) Student academic improvement in mathematics, including data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, disability, socioeconomic status, geographic location, and English language learner status; and

(IV) The disaggregated data of eligible entities submitted to the department pursuant to subsection (2)(c)(IV) of this section.

(b) The department shall collect the data reported to the department by eligible entities pursuant to subsection (2)(c)(IV) of this section and by the third-party evaluator pursuant to this subsection (6).

(7) (a) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter, the department shall submit the report described in subsection (6) of this section to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, the governor, and the state board.

(b) Beginning January 2025, the department shall report on the information collected pursuant to subsection (7)(a) of this section at the department's annual hearing held pursuant to the "SMART Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2.

(8) The department and eligible entities shall report data pursuant to this section in compliance with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended, and the "Student Data Transparency and Security Act", created in article 16 of this title 22.

(9) For the 2023-24 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate twenty-four million five hundred thousand dollars to the department. The department shall have the authority to spend funds continuously through the 2026-27 budget year for the purposes of this section. Any unexpended funds that remain at the end of the 2026-27 budget year revert back to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 22-32.5-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32.5 / Section 22-32.5-109
22-32.5-109. District of innovation - collective bargaining agreements
Status: in_force

22-32.5-109. District of innovation - collective bargaining agreements. (1) (a) On and after the date on which the state board designates a school district as a district of innovation, any collective bargaining agreement initially entered into or renewed by the local school board of the district of innovation shall include a term that allows each innovation school and each innovation school zone in the school district to waive any provisions of the collective bargaining agreement identified in the innovation plan as needing to be waived for the innovation school or the innovation school zone to implement its identified innovations.

(b) For an innovation school, waiver of one or more of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement shall be based on obtaining the approval, by means of a secret ballot vote, of at least sixty percent of the members of the collective bargaining unit who are employed at the innovation school.

(c) For an innovation school zone, waiver of one or more of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement shall be based on obtaining, at each school included in the innovation school zone, the approval of at least sixty percent of the members of the collective bargaining unit who are employed at the school. The innovation school zone shall seek to obtain approval of the waivers through a secret ballot vote of the members of the collective bargaining unit at each school included in the innovation school zone. The local school board for the innovation school zone may choose to revise the plan for creating an innovation school zone to remove from the zone any school in which at least sixty percent of the members of the collective bargaining unit employed at the school do not vote to waive the identified provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.

(d) If a local school board, in collaboration with the innovation school or the public schools included in the innovation school zone, revises the innovation plan as provided in section 22-32.5-110 and the revisions include changes to the identified provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that need to be waived to implement the innovations that are included in the innovation plan, the local school board shall seek such additional waivers or revision or revocation of the existing waivers of provisions of the collective bargaining agreement as are necessary to implement the revised innovation plan. Any changes to waivers, or additional waivers, of the identified provisions of the collective bargaining agreement shall be subject to approval in the same manner as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection (1) for the initial approval of waivers of provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (1), waiver of identified provisions of a collective bargaining agreement for an innovation school or the public schools within an innovation school zone pursuant to this subsection (1) shall continue so long as the innovation school remains an innovation school or a public school remains a part of the innovation school zone. A waiver approved pursuant to this subsection (1) shall continue to apply to any substantially similar provision that is included in a new or renewed collective bargaining agreement for the schools of the district of innovation.

(2) A district of innovation shall not be required to seek a waiver by an innovation school or a public school in an innovation school zone of any provision of the collective bargaining agreement. Each district of innovation shall include in its innovation plan a statement as to whether it will seek a waiver by an innovation school or the public schools included in an innovation school zone of any of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.

(3) A person who is a member of the collective bargaining unit and is employed by an innovation school or by a school included in an innovation school zone may request a transfer to another public school of the district of innovation. The local school board shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the person's request.
C.R.S. § 22-27.5-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 27.5 / Section 22-27.5-103
22-27.5-103. Dropout prevention activity grant program - created - applications
Status: in_force

22-27.5-103. Dropout prevention activity grant program - created - applications. (1) There is hereby created a grant program to fund before- and after-school arts-based and vocational activity programs for students enrolled in grades six through twelve. The goal in funding arts-based and vocational activity programs is to reduce the number of students who choose to drop out of school prior to graduation. A facility school, a qualified school, with the approval of its district board, or a qualified community organization in partnership with a qualified school may apply to the department, in accordance with procedures and time lines adopted by rule of the state board, to receive moneys through the dropout prevention activity grant program. The department shall administer the grant program as provided in this article and pursuant to rules adopted by the state board.

(2) In any year in which the department of education receives gifts, grants, or donations for the fund, the department of education shall notify the facility schools and the district boards, in the manner provided by rule of the state board, of the amount of money to be deposited in the fund and available for grants pursuant to this section. The notice may also specify the time and procedure for applying for a grant from the dropout prevention activity grant program. Each district board shall forward the notice to the qualified schools of the school district. The department shall also post the notice on the department website as notice to qualified community organizations that may be interested in applying for moneys through the grant program.

(3) (a) A qualified school that chooses to seek a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall notify its district board, specifying the amount requested and describing the arts-based or vocational activity program for which the grant would be used. The district board shall consider the qualified school's request and either approve or disapprove the qualified school's application. If the district board approves the application, the qualified school shall apply to the department, in accordance with the procedures and using the application form specified by rule of the state board, for a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program.

(b) Each district board shall adopt policies specifying the time frames during which a qualified school may request a dropout prevention activity grant and the procedure for the request. The district board shall ensure that its policies are coordinated with the rules of the state board to allow a qualified school to apply for a grant in accordance with the rules of the state board.

(c) A qualified school that receives a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall use the moneys received to provide arts-based or vocational activity programs only to students enrolled in grades six through twelve.

(3.5) (a) A facility school that chooses to seek a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall apply to the department, in accordance with the procedures and using the application form specified by rule of the state board, for a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program.

(b) A facility school that receives a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall use the moneys received to provide arts-based or vocational activity programs only to students enrolled in grades six through twelve.

(4) A qualified community organization that chooses to seek a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall enter into a partnership agreement with a qualified school or a facility school pursuant to which the qualified community organization may operate an arts-based or vocational activity program in collaboration with the qualified school or facility school for students enrolled in any of grades six through twelve. At a minimum, the partnership agreement shall specify the amount of the grant to be requested from the grant program and describe the arts-based or vocational activity program for which the grant would be used. The qualified school's participation in the partnership agreement shall be subject to the approval of the school's district board. A qualified community organization that applies for a grant through the dropout prevention activity grant program shall submit a copy of the signed partnership agreement with its grant application.
C.R.S. § 22-36-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 36 / Section 22-36-102
22-36-102. Interdistrict schools of choice pilot program - repeal
Status: repealed

22-36-102. Interdistrict schools of choice pilot program - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-106-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 106 / Section 22-106-103
22-106-103. Colorado student leaders institute - applications
Status: in_force

22-106-103. Colorado student leaders institute - applications. (1) There is in the department of education the Colorado student leaders institute. The year-long institute shall operate a competitive residential summer academic program for students who are entering tenth or eleventh grade in the coming fall semester. The program operated by the institute must be for four weeks each summer during which time students who are accepted to the institute attend college-level classes, lectures, and seminars as well as enrichment activities, including concerts and theatrical productions. Each student who is accepted to the institute is encouraged to donate up to four hundred dollars to the institute to assist in meeting operational costs. Subject to available appropriations, up to one hundred students may annually participate in the institute.

(2) (a) The institute shall annually offer classes in at least the following two areas:

(I) Science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and

(II) International social studies.

(b) The institute shall annually provide enrichment activities for students who participate in the institute, which must include but need not be limited to activities relating to visual expression and music appreciation.

(c) In addition to participating in classes and enrichment activities, students who participate in the institute must:

(I) Complete a history research project for a competition held during the term of the institute; and

(II) Complete a public service practicum that includes a final report of findings and recommendations to the general assembly for legislative action.

(3) (a) (I) To apply to participate in the institute:

(A) A student who is enrolled in a public school that is not a charter school must be nominated by the superintendent of the school district in which the student is enrolled; and

(B) A student who is enrolled in a charter school or in a private school must be nominated by the principal of the school.

(II) A student who is participating in a nonpublic home-based educational program, as described in section 22-33-104.5, may apply without having been nominated.

(b) To apply to participate in the institute, a student must submit an application to the host institution that is in the form and meets the requirements established by the host institution. If the applying student is enrolled in a public school, the student must submit a copy of the student's individual career and academic plan, as described in section 22-2-136, with the application.

(4) The host institution shall award three hours of postsecondary academic credit to each student who successfully completes the institute. The school district or high school in which each student is enrolled is encouraged to apply the academic credit hours that a student receives for completing the institute toward academic credit hours earned in civics, to apply toward the completion of the student's high school graduation requirements.
C.R.S. § 22-9-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Section 22-9-108
22-9-108. Evaluator training - universities and colleges - duties
Status: in_force

22-9-108. Evaluator training - universities and colleges - duties. (1) (a) The general assembly finds that credible, fair, and professional evaluations of licensed personnel depend upon high quality, effective training for principals and administrators that is consistent across the state. Therefore, the state board, in evaluating and approving educator preparation programs pursuant to section 22-2-109, and in approving evaluator training programs provided by a school district or a board of cooperative services, shall ensure that said programs meet the requirements specified in this section.

(b) Every university and college within the state that has a principal or administrator preparation program shall ensure that the program includes training in the evaluation of licensed personnel that meets the requirements specified in this section. In addition, the university or college shall cooperate with the state board in connection with the state board's duties under sections 22-9-104 and 22-2-109.

(c) Every school district and board of cooperative services that provides training in the evaluation of licensed personnel shall ensure that such training meets the requirements specified in this section.

(2) Each university or college that offers a principal or administrator preparation program or school district or board of cooperative services that provides evaluator training shall structure the evaluator training program on a standards-based skill outcome model that takes into account research concerning evaluation of licensed personnel. At a minimum, each evaluator training program shall include standards-based performance assessments of each participant, demonstrated competency, and certification by the university, college, school district, or board of cooperative services of the skills mastered by each participant. The university, college, school district, or board of cooperative services shall work collaboratively with principals and administrators who are responsible for evaluating licensed personnel to develop research-based standards for assessing and certifying evaluator skills. The university, college, school district, or board of cooperative services shall regularly review both the model for the evaluator training program and the program performance standards to ensure that they continue to reflect research concerning evaluation of licensed personnel.

(3) At a minimum, each evaluator training program shall include training in the following areas:

(a) Teaching and learning styles;

(b) Student performance and student assessment;

(c) Data collection and documentation; and

(d) School district standards and state mandates.
C.R.S. § 22-9-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Section 22-9-104
22-9-104. State model licensed personnel performance evaluation system - department - stat
Status: repealed

22-9-104. State model licensed personnel performance evaluation system - department - state board - powers and duties - rules. (1) The state board shall promulgate guidelines relating to the planning, development, implementation, and assessment of a state model licensed personnel performance evaluation system that may be adopted by each school district and board of cooperative services within the state. In promulgating said guidelines, the state board shall allow each school district and board of cooperative services to involve and consult with the licensed personnel and citizens of the school district or districts. Each school district and board of cooperative services has the flexibility needed to develop a system of personnel performance evaluation that is specifically designed to meet the individual needs of that school district or board of cooperative services.

(1.5) To assist school districts and boards of cooperative services in implementing the state model licensed personnel performance evaluation system and in developing and implementing local systems of personnel performance evaluation, by the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, the department shall:

(a) Create a modified rubric specifically for measuring the performance of a licensed person who has received a rating of highly effective for at least three consecutive school years and provide guidelines for focusing on professional growth and career development in evaluating licensed personnel who are consistently rated highly effective;

(b) Work with school districts and boards of cooperative services to create and make publicly available rubrics for measuring the performance of licensed personnel in a limited number of specialized teacher or principal roles;

(c) Provide evaluator training at no cost to school districts and boards of cooperative services to ensure that all evaluators have the skills necessary to observe and evaluate licensed personnel with fidelity to the licensed personnel performance evaluation system implemented by the evaluator's school district or board of cooperative services;

(d) Provide guidelines for considering a licensed person's professional growth achievements, such as attainment of national board certification or fulfillment of differentiated professional roles, as proof that the licensed person meets one or more of the quality standards, in lieu of some or all of the elements that demonstrate attainment of the quality standards; and

(e) Provide information concerning best practices in methods of conducting licensed personnel evaluations, including innovative methods for observation.

(2) The state board shall:

(a) Provide training and leadership and give technical assistance to school districts and boards of cooperative services in the development of a licensed personnel performance evaluation system;

(b) Work and cooperate with the state's universities and colleges that have teacher, principal, or administrator education programs to ensure that principals and administrators who have evaluation responsibilities will receive adequate education and training that meets the requirements specified in section 22-9-108 and will enable them to make thorough, credible, fair, and professional quality evaluations of all licensed personnel whom those principals or administrators may be responsible for evaluating;

(c) Promulgate rules concerning the planning, development, implementation, and assessment of the state model licensed personnel performance evaluation system to evaluate the effectiveness of licensed personnel;

(d) Repealed.

(e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1532, § 17, effective May 21, 2009.)

(f) Pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, promulgate rules with regard to the issues specified in section 22-9-105.5 (3)(a) to (3)(h).

(3) For evaluations completed for the 2023-24 school year and each school year thereafter, the state board shall promulgate rules as necessary to ensure that, under the state model licensed personnel performance evaluation system and a local system of personnel performance evaluation:

(a) Thirty percent of a teacher's or principal's evaluation is determined by the academic growth of the teacher's students or the students enrolled in the principal's school, as applicable, and the remainder is based on the teacher's or principal's attainment of the quality standards;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3)(c) of this section, of the thirty percent of a teacher's or principal's evaluation that is based on student academic growth, up to ten percent may be based on measures of collective student academic growth that are based on the performance of all students enrolled at a particular grade level within the school in which the teacher or principal is employed or the performance of all students enrolled in the school in which the teacher or principal is employed, but a teacher's or principal's evaluation must not include measures of collective student academic growth that are based on the performance of students who are not enrolled in the school in which the teacher or principal is employed; and

(c) The evaluation of a licensed person who has been employed by a school district or board of cooperative services for one school year or less must not include data that was created prior to the date on which the licensed person commenced employment with the school district or board of cooperative services.
C.R.S. § 22-63-205 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 63 / Part 2 / Section 22-63-205
22-63-205. Exchange of teachers - exchange educator interim authorization
Status: in_force

22-63-205. Exchange of teachers - exchange educator interim authorization. (1) The board of a school district has authority to provide for the exchange of teachers with a school district in this state or in another state or with a foreign government or agency thereof. The department of education and boards are authorized and urged to effect such exchanges to achieve the goal of equal educational opportunity within Colorado, and they are further authorized to cooperate with appropriate federal agencies involved in such exchange programs. The department of education shall create an exchange educator interim authorization for qualified exchange educators pursuant to section 22-60.5-111.

(2) The salary of the teacher exchanged may be paid by the school district which authorized the exchange and, if so, said teacher shall be paid at not less than the rate to which he would otherwise be entitled had he performed services in said school district. A teacher exchanged pursuant to this section shall be deemed, during the period of exchange, to be in the employ of the school district which authorized the exchange, and such teacher shall be subject to the provisions and benefits of retirement, insurance, and workers' compensation as if performing services within said school district.
C.R.S. § 22-32-146 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-146
22-32-146. School use of on-site peace officers as school resource officers
Status: in_force

22-32-146. School use of on-site peace officers as school resource officers. (1) If a school resource officer or other law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event arrests a student of the school, the officer shall notify the principal of the school or his or her designee of the arrest within twenty-four hours after the arrest.

(2) If a school resource officer or other law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event issues a summons, ticket, or other notice requiring the appearance of a student of the school in court or at a police station for investigation relating to an offense allegedly committed on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event, the officer shall notify the principal of the school or his or her designee of the issuance of the summons, ticket, or other notice within ten days after the issuance of the summons, ticket, or other notice.

(3) A school resource officer shall be familiar with the provisions of the conduct and discipline code of the school to which he or she is assigned.

(4) Commencing August 1, 2013, and continuing through August 1, 2014, each law enforcement agency employing or contracting with any law enforcement officer who is acting or has acted in his or her official capacity on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event shall report to the division of criminal justice created in section 24-33.5-502, C.R.S., in aggregate form without personal identifying information, data about the cases handled by the agency on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event. Failure to submit a timely report to the division of criminal justice pursuant to this subsection (4) does not relieve a law enforcement agency of its responsibility to file the report required by this subsection (4). A law enforcement agency that has failed to file a timely report shall file all such reports with the division of criminal justice no later than August 15, 2015. Each such report must include, at a minimum, the following information:

(a) The number of students investigated by the officer for delinquent offenses, including the number of students investigated for each type of delinquent offense for which the officer investigated at least one student;

(b) The number of students arrested by the officer, including the offense for which each such arrest was made;

(c) The number of summonses or tickets issued by the officer to students; and

(d) The age, gender, school, and race or ethnicity of each student whom the officer arrested or to whom the officer issued a summons, ticket, or other notice requiring the appearance of the student in court or at a police station for investigation relating to an offense allegedly committed on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event.

(5) (a) On or before August 1, 2015, each law enforcement agency that is acting or has acted in its official capacity on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event shall report to the division of criminal justice, in the formats developed by the division in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies, the information required pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (5) that is related to all student tickets, summonses, or arrests that occurred during the 2014-15 academic year, excluding incidents that occurred during the summer of 2014, at a public elementary school, middle or junior high school, or high school; in a school vehicle; or at a school activity or sanctioned event.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19-1-303 (5), C.R.S., on or before August 1, 2016, and every August 1 thereafter, each law enforcement agency that is acting or has acted in its official capacity on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event shall report to the division of criminal justice, in formats developed by the division in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies, the information required pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (5) that is related to all student tickets, summonses, or arrests that occurred for the previous academic year, including incidents that occurred during the previous summer months, at a public elementary school, middle or junior high school, or high school; in a school vehicle; or at a school activity or sanctioned event.

(c) For each report required pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (5), the law enforcement agency shall report:

(I) The student's full name;

(II) The student's date of birth;

(III) The student's race, ethnicity, and gender;

(IV) The name of the school where the incident occurred or the name of the school that operated the vehicle or held the activity or event;

(V) The date of the arrest or taking of a student into custody;

(VI) The date of the issuance of the summons or ticket;

(VII) The arrest or incident report number as recorded by the law enforcement agency;

(VIII) The single most serious offense for which a student is arrested, issued a summons, or issued a ticket using the national crime information center (NCIC) crime code;

(IX) The type of weapon involved, if any, for offenses classified as group A offenses under the national incident-based reporting system; and

(X) The law enforcement agency's originating reporting identifier.

(d) A law enforcement agency may report the information required pursuant to this subsection (5) on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. The law enforcement agency shall inform the division of criminal justice of the reporting schedule it will follow.
C.R.S. § 22-81.5-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81.5 / Section 22-81.5-107
22-81.5-107. Information technology education fund - created
Status: in_force

22-81.5-107. Information technology education fund - created. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the information technology education fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", for the purpose of funding information technology education grants through the grant program. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and any gifts, grants, donations, and other moneys received by the department for implementation of the grant program. The moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert or be credited or transferred to the general fund nor be transferred to any other fund. Any interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited to the general fund.

(2) The department shall seek and apply for any available grant moneys for implementation of the grant program. Any moneys so obtained shall be credited to the fund for use in implementing the grant program. The department may retain up to one percent of the moneys annually appropriated to the fund to offset the actual administrative costs incurred in administering the grant program.
C.R.S. § 22-5-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-104
22-5-104. Creation of board of cooperative services - meetings
Status: in_force

22-5-104. Creation of board of cooperative services - meetings. (1) Whenever the boards of education of two or more school districts or the board of education of a school district and the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperative services as set forth in this article and have so certified to the commissioner of education and other interested boards by appropriate resolution, the presidents of any two of the interested boards may call a meeting of the duly appointed representatives of the interested boards. The interested boards shall seek from the commissioner of education and the state board for community colleges and occupational education any aid and assistance that may be reasonably required, to the end that a proper plan of organization for the board of cooperative services shall be accomplished. At this meeting the boards which have previously and respectively adopted resolutions so authorizing may enter into a proposed agreement to form a board of cooperative services, which proposed agreement shall set forth the names of the participating districts and postsecondary institutions and such other items as may be required. The participating school districts and postsecondary institutions may then proceed to form the board of cooperative services.

(2) (a) At a subsequent meeting, the boards which have approved participation in a board of cooperative services shall agree upon the number of members which are to compose the cooperative board; except that there shall be no less than five members, and each participating board shall be entitled to at least one member on the board of cooperative services.

(b) Each participating board of education of a school district shall then appoint its assigned number of representatives, and one alternate for each, from its membership; except that, if the board of cooperative services consists of a single school district and a single postsecondary institution, the board of education may appoint its representatives, and one alternate for each, from its membership or it may appoint the superintendent of the school district as one of its assigned number of representatives. The term of office of any member representing a board of education of a school district who is also a member of the board of education shall have the same expiration date as the term which the member is serving on the board of education at the time of appointment to the board of cooperative services. The term of office of any school district superintendent who is appointed to represent the board of education of a school district shall not exceed three years; except that, if the superintendent ceases to be an employee of the school district while serving on the board of cooperative services, a vacancy shall exist on the board of cooperative services.

(c) Each participating governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution shall then appoint its assigned number of representatives, and one alternate for each, from its membership or the governing board or governing agency may appoint the chief executive officer of such postsecondary institution as one of its assigned number of representatives. The term of office of each member representing a governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution shall not exceed three years; except that, if any member of a board of cooperative services who represents a governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution ceases to be a member of such governing board or governing agency or the chief executive officer of such postsecondary institution, a vacancy shall exist on the board of cooperative services.

(d) As a term of office expires a replacement to the board of cooperative services shall be appointed by the participating board within thirty days after the expiration date. When other vacancies occur, they shall be filled by appointment by the respective boards within thirty days from the date on which the vacancy occurs.

(e) (I) Upon agreement of all of the boards participating in a board of cooperative services, one member of the board of cooperative services may be jointly appointed by the participating boards from the public at large; however, such member shall reside in the area served by the board of cooperative services. The term of office of such member shall not exceed three years. As the term of office of such member expires, a replacement to the board of cooperative services shall be jointly appointed by the participating boards within thirty days after the expiration date.

(II) In addition to the member appointed pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e), the participating boards of a board of cooperative services consisting of a single school district and a single postsecondary institution may jointly appoint up to four members of the board of cooperative services from the public at large. A member so appointed shall reside in the area served by the board of cooperative services. The term of office of a member so appointed shall not exceed three years. As the term of office of a member appointed pursuant to this subparagraph (II) expires, a replacement to the board of cooperative services may be jointly appointed by the participating boards within thirty days after the expiration date.

(3) The agreement to establish a board of cooperative services may be amended to admit one or more additional school districts or postsecondary institutions if the board of the school district or postsecondary institution seeking admission shall certify by resolution a desire to be admitted to membership in the board of cooperative services and if the board of cooperative services by resolution agrees to the admission of the school district or postsecondary institution.

(4) A board of cooperative services shall meet at least quarterly. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of those members serving on a board of cooperative services. In the absence of a regular member, the alternate, if present, may be counted toward the required quorum and assume the prerogatives of the regular member.

(5) A board of cooperative services may adopt a policy authorizing board members to attend and participate in regular or special meetings electronically, including participating by using video or audio conferencing technology that will allow members of the board to view or hear each other during the meeting and fully participate in the discussion and in voting; except that the board members shall gather in one physical location for at least one of the quarterly meetings held each year. The policy must address the method by which members of the public are allowed access to any video or audio conference of the board of cooperative services that is conducted pursuant to this subsection (5). In addition, the policy must specify any agenda items that the board of cooperative services may not consider during any video or audio conference conducted pursuant to this subsection (5). A quorum exists at any video or audio conference held pursuant to this subsection (5) if the number of members participating in the video or audio conference equals the number necessary for a quorum pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.
C.R.S. § 22-31-130 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-130
22-31-130. School election offenses
Status: in_force

22-31-130. School election offenses. (Deleted by amendment)
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-513.1 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 5 / Section 22-30.5-513.1
22-30.5-513.1. Mill levy equalization - legislative declaration - definitions
Status: repealed

22-30.5-513.1. Mill levy equalization - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) (a) The general assembly finds that school districts receive significant operating revenue from mill levies that are in addition to the school districts' total program mill levy. The general assembly further finds that institute charter schools do not have access to additional revenue from a local property tax mill levy. The general assembly finds, therefore, that it is appropriate to consider additional state equalization funding for institute charter schools.

(b) The general assembly further declares that for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing institute charter schools additional state equalization funding is appropriate for accountable education reform and institute charter schools may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(2) (a) Repealed.

(a.5) (I) Beginning in the 2024-25 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate from the general fund or the state education fund to the institute the amount necessary each budget year to fund full mill levy equalization for all institute charter schools for the applicable budget year.

(II) The amount required to fund mill levy equalization for all institute charter schools is determined in accordance with the following formula:

(The accounting district's total additional mill levy revenue / the accounting district's funded pupil count) x Each institute charter school's funded pupil count

(III) As used in this subsection (2)(a.5), unless the context otherwise requires:

(A) "Accounting district's funded pupil count" has the same meaning set forth in section 22-30.5-513 (1)(e).

(B) "Additional mill levy revenue" has the same meaning set forth in section 22-32-108.5 (2)(a).

(b) The institute shall annually distribute the money appropriated for full mill levy equalization pursuant to subsection (2)(a.5)(I) of this section to the institute charter schools on an equal per-pupil basis; except that, in any budget year, an institute charter school must not receive a per pupil amount that is greater than the total amount of additional mill levy revenue, as defined in section 22-32-108.5, that the accounting district for the institute charter school is authorized to collect, divided by the funded pupil count, as determined pursuant to article 54 of this title 22, of the accounting district for the applicable budget year. The money distributed pursuant to this section is in addition to money distributed to institute charter schools pursuant to section 22-30.5-513.
C.R.S. § 22-104-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 104 / Section 22-104-102
22-104-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-104-102. Definitions. As used in this article 104, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of education.

(2) "Local education provider" means:

(a) A school district organized pursuant to article 30 of this title 22;

(b) A board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22;

(c) A charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22;

(d) An institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22;

(e) An approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1); or

(f) The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind described in section 22-80-102.

(3) "Program" or "high-impact tutoring program" means the Colorado high-impact tutoring program created in section 22-104-103.

(4) "Program plan" means the local education provider's program plan submitted pursuant to section 22-104-104.
C.R.S. § 22-2-146.8 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-146.8
22-2-146.8. Department of education - improving science outcomes - teacher professional deve
Status: in_force

22-2-146.8. Department of education - improving science outcomes - teacher professional development - report - appropriation - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Children with disabilities" has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-20-103.

(b) "Colorado academic standards for science" means evidence-informed standards for student learning in science as adopted by the state board of education.

(c) "Eligible teacher" means a person who is licensed pursuant to article 60.5 of this title 22 or is authorized pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 to teach and who is employed by a local education provider in the state to provide science instruction. "Eligible teacher" also includes an educator who is employed by an Indian tribe or tribal organization in the state to provide science instruction.

(d) "Evidence-informed" means a program or practice in science that relies on peer-reviewed evidence to establish a basis for accelerating learning. "Evidence-informed" includes evidence-informed curricula, interventions, acceleration strategies, and assessment options.

(e) "Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22, or a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 that operates more than one public school.

(f) "Rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department determines is rural based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area.

(g) "Small rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department determines is rural based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area and that enrolls fewer than one thousand students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.

(h) "Standard" has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-7-1003.

(2) The department shall contract with a Colorado institution of higher education in accordance with the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of title 24, to make available no later than the beginning of the 2025-26 school year a free, optional professional development program hosted on a regional basis around the state that includes an opportunity for both in-person and virtual participation and that is designed to enhance pedagogy around the Colorado academic standards for science. The Colorado institution of higher education selected for the contract may partner with other non-profits or third-party providers that offer professional development opportunities to teachers that enhance pedagogy around the Colorado academic standards for science. The professional development program must:

(a) Be designed to enhance student instruction around the Colorado academic standards for science, including coverage of the science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts provided by the standards;

(b) Include evidence-informed interventions and strategies to grow and accelerate student proficiencies in science to help students who are below grade level or struggling in science, children with disabilities, gifted students, and students who are English language learners;

(c) Include, but need not be limited to, content aligned with Colorado academic standards for science, which include cultivation of scientific inquiry and best practices;

(d) Incentivize eligible teacher participation by offering ongoing professional development credit toward licensure renewal pursuant to article 60.5 of this title 22;

(e) Be structured to give local education providers and teachers planning professional development activities sufficient time to pursue ongoing professional development credit toward licensure renewal pursuant to article 60.5 of this title 22; and

(f) Prioritize professional development for eligible teachers employed at local education providers located in rural school districts and small rural school districts if demand exceeds program capacity.

(3) On or before January 30, 2027, the department shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, and the state board on the number of eligible teachers, disaggregated by license type and local education provider, who participated in the professional development program created in this section.

(4) (a) The general assembly declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, a professional development program to enhance pedagogy around the Colorado academic standards for science is an important element in implementing accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(b) For the 2024-25 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate three million dollars from the state education fund to the department. Any money appropriated pursuant to this section that is not expended prior to July 1, 2025, remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2026-27 budget year without further appropriation. At the end of the 2026-27 budget year, the money that is unexpended or unencumbered reverts to the state education fund.
C.R.S. § 22-43-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43 / Section 22-43-106
22-43-106. Needed revenues - tax levy - miscellaneous
Status: repealed

22-43-106. Needed revenues - tax levy - miscellaneous. (1) Whenever a board of education issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this article, sections 22-42-117 to 22-42-121 shall be applicable to said refunding bonds and the procedures therefor, in the same manner as prescribed for other school district bonds; except that any such refunding bonds shall be payable from the same funds which are to be derived from the same source as would have been used to pay the original bonds if no refunding thereof had occurred.

(2) After refunding bonds are issued pursuant to this article, the resolution authorizing the same and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of interest upon and the principal of such refunding bonds shall not be altered or repealed until the refunding bonds so authorized have been fully paid.
C.R.S. § 22-29-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 29 / Section 22-29-102
22-29-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-29-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board of cooperative services" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-5-103 (2).

(2) "Department" means the state department of education created pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

(3) "School district" means any school district organized and existing pursuant to law, but does not include a local college district.

(4) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-20-105.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-105.5
22-20-105.5. Statewide information and communication network
Status: repealed

22-20-105.5. Statewide information and communication network. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-1-133 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-133
22-1-133. Prohibition on use of American Indian mascots - exemptions - definitions
Status: in_force

22-1-133. Prohibition on use of American Indian mascots - exemptions - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "American Indian mascot" means a name, symbol, or image that depicts or refers to an American Indian tribe, individual, custom, or tradition that is used as a mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead, or team name for the school.

(b) "Commission" means the Colorado commission of Indian affairs, established pursuant to section 24-44-102.

(c) "Institute charter school" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.

(d) "Public school" means:

(I) An elementary, middle, junior high, high school, or district charter school of a school district that serves any of grades kindergarten through twelve; and

(II) An institute charter school that serves any of grades kindergarten through twelve.

(2) (a) Except as provided for in subsection (2)(b) of this section, on or after June 1, 2022, a public school in the state is prohibited from using an American Indian mascot. Notwithstanding the definition of the term "American Indian mascot" in subsection (1) of this section, a public school that is named after an American Indian tribe or American Indian individual may use the tribe's or individual's name, but not an image or symbol, on the public school's letterhead. Any public school that is using such an American Indian mascot as of June 1, 2022, shall immediately cease use of such American Indian mascot.

(b) The prohibition set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section does not apply to:

(I) Any agreement that exists prior to June 30, 2021, between a federally recognized Indian tribe and a public school. A public school that is a party to such an agreement is held to a high standard and expected to honor the agreement. The federally recognized Indian tribe has the right and ability to revoke any such agreement at any time at its discretion. If an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (2)(b)(I) between a federally recognized Indian tribe and a public school is terminated by either party, the public school has one year from the date of termination to discontinue its use of its American Indian mascot before the penalties set forth in subsection (3) of this section apply.

(II) Any public school that is operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe or with the approval of a federally recognized Indian tribe and existing within the boundaries of such tribe's reservation.

(III) (A) The ability of any federally recognized Indian tribe to create and maintain a relationship or agreement with a public school that fosters goodwill, emphasizes education and supports a curriculum that teaches American Indian history, and encourages a positive cultural exchange. Such relationships and agreements may include important historical figures, names, imagery, tribal names, and more.

(B) Any such agreement entered into pursuant to this section between a public school and a federally recognized Indian tribe may allow any American Indian mascot that is culturally affiliated with that federally recognized Indian tribe as determined at the discretion of the tribe's governing body. If an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (2)(b)(III) between a federally recognized Indian tribe and a public school is terminated by either party, the public school has one year from the date of termination to discontinue its use of its American Indian mascot before the penalties set forth in subsection (3) of this section apply.

(C) For the purposes of this section, a "federally recognized Indian tribe" is one of the forty-eight contemporary tribes with ties to Colorado, developed by history Colorado in partnership with the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. This list may change over time but is the official list to be used for the purposes of this section.

(3) For each month during which a public school uses an American Indian mascot after June 1, 2022, the school district of the public school, or in the case of an institute charter school, the state charter school institute, shall pay a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money received to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(4) (a) No later than thirty days after June 28, 2021, the commission shall identify each public school in the state that is using an American Indian mascot and that does not meet the criteria for an exemption as outlined in subsection (2)(b) of this section. The commission shall post such information on its website.

(b) In addition to posting on its website the information concerning public schools that are using an American Indian mascot, the commission, in coordination with the department of education, shall notify the school district of a public school identified by the commission pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section of the requirements related to the use of American Indian mascots, as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, as well as the penalty for continued use of such mascots as outlined in subsection (3) of this section. The commission, in coordination with the department of education, shall also provide the same notification to the charter school institute if any institute schools are identified pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section.

(c) When a public school identified pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section discontinues its use of its American Indian mascot prior to June 1, 2022, the public school shall notify its school district, or, in the case of an institute charter school, its authorizer, the commission, and the department of education of such discontinuation.

(5) A public school that is identified to be in violation of subsection (2) of this section for using an American Indian mascot may apply to the department of education for a grant through the "Building Excellent Schools Today Act", article 43.7 of title 22, to accomplish any structural changes that might be necessary to come into compliance with this section. The time required for making an application or for the awarding of such grant does not impact the time requirement set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(6) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, a public school in the state is prohibited from using an American Indian mascot one year after notification by the commission, in coordination with the department of education, if:

(I) The public school was in existence and using an American Indian mascot as of June 28, 2021;

(II) The public school does not meet the criteria for an exemption as outlined in subsection (2)(b) of this section;

(III) The public school was not identified pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section; and

(IV) The school district of the public school or, in the case of an institute charter school, the state charter school institute is first notified on or after May 1, 2022, by the commission, in coordination with the department of education, that it is using an American Indian mascot in violation of subsection (2) of this section.

(b) When a public school described pursuant to subsection (6)(a) of this section discontinues its use of an American Indian mascot prior to the one-year deadline after notification by the commission, in coordination with the department of education, the public school shall notify its school district or, in the case of an institute charter school, the state charter school institute, the commission, and the department of education, of the discontinuation.

(c) For each month during which a public school described pursuant to subsection (6)(a) of this section uses an American Indian mascot after the one-year deadline after notification by the commission, in coordination with the department of education, the school district of the public school, or, in the case of an institute charter school, the state charter school institute, shall pay a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money received to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(7) (a) A public school that is identified to be in violation of subsection (2) of this section for using an American Indian mascot may apply to the department of education for reimbursement of expenses incurred for the 2021-22 budget year through the 2023-24 budget year that were necessary to comply with this section.

(b) (I) On or after July 1, 2023, the department of education shall distribute funds for reimbursement of expenses incurred for the 2021-22 budget year and the 2022-23 budget year that were necessary to comply with this section. The department of education shall fully fund all requests for reimbursement; except that if insufficient funds exist pursuant to the appropriation made pursuant to this subsection (7), the department shall reimburse expenses proportionately.

(II) On or after July 1, 2024, the department of education shall distribute funds for reimbursement of expenses incurred for the 2023-24 budget year that were necessary to comply with this section. The department of education shall fully fund all requests for reimbursement; except that if insufficient funds exist pursuant to the appropriation made pursuant to this subsection (7), the department shall reimburse expenses proportionately.

(III) The department of education shall establish a process and deadlines for receiving requests for reimbursement pursuant to this subsection (7), the timing for disbursements, and any parameters necessary to determine proportionate reimbursement.

(c) The department of education shall not reimburse expenses incurred by a public school for paying the fine pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.

(d) For the 2023-24 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred thousand dollars from the state education fund for the purpose of this subsection (7). Any unexpended money remaining at the end of the 2023-24 budget year may be used by the department of education through the 2024-25 budget year without further appropriation and must not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes set forth in this subsection (7).

(e) The general assembly finds and declares that for the purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing reimbursement of expenses pursuant to this subsection (7) that were incurred in order to comply with this section is a program for accountable education reform and may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-81-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81 / Part 1 / Section 22-81-103
22-81-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-81-103. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Community resources" means the educational resources that can be found outside of the classroom, including but not limited to local industries, government agencies, museums, public telecommunications stations, institutions of higher education, and professional societies.

(2) "Course materials" means all materials associated with a course including, but not limited to, textbooks, software, and visual aids.

(3) "Distance learning" means the delivery of live instruction to students who are physically located at a distance from the instructor, as well as the taped delivery of instruction at a remote site, such as delayed tape or computer software.

(4) "Instructional design" means the systematic design, development, and validation of instruction.

(5) "Teacher training" means in-service, recertification, and graduate course or degree program training.

(6) "Technology" means the design or use of such things as computers, telecommunications devices and networks, or multimedia techniques for teaching or use in student's later careers.
C.R.S. § 22-32-130 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-130
22-32-130. Children's activity buses
Status: repealed

22-32-130. Children's activity buses. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-29-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 29 / Section 22-29-105
22-29-105. Electronic transmission and storage of data
Status: repealed

22-29-105. Electronic transmission and storage of data. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-35-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-101
22-35-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-35-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act".
C.R.S. § 22-32-133.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-133.5
22-32-133.5. Computer science courses - legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-32-133.5. Computer science courses - legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Computer science and computer coding skills are widely recognized as valuable assets in the current and future job market;

(b) Students in Colorado would benefit from taking computer science and coding courses in high school;

(c) High school students who are exposed to computer science and coding courses in high school are more likely to take such courses in college;

(d) Many high school students are not taking computer science and coding courses because they are elective courses and do not count toward graduation requirements;

(e) According to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, in states that count a computer science course as either a math or science credit toward graduation, the average class size is fifty-three percent bigger than in states where computer science is only an elective; and

(f) More high school students would take computer science and coding courses if they fulfilled a graduation requirement in mathematics or science.

(2) All school districts are encouraged to offer in every high school one or more courses in computer science and coding.

(3) All school districts are encouraged to and may elect to treat computer science and coding courses as a mathematics or science course and count completion of a computer science or coding course toward the fulfillment of any mathematics or science graduation requirement.
C.R.S. § 22-20-110 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-110
22-20-110. Maintenance
Status: repealed

22-20-110. Maintenance. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-112 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-60.5-112
22-60.5-112. Fees - fund - report - repeal
Status: repealed

22-60.5-112. Fees - fund - report - repeal. (1) (a) The fee for the examination and review of an application for any license, endorsement, or authorization, or any renewal or reinstatement, shall be established by the state board of education and is nonrefundable. Upon determination of eligibility, such license, endorsement, or authorization must be issued without an additional fee. The state board of education shall adjust, if necessary, all such fees annually so that they generate an amount of revenue that approximates the direct and indirect costs of the state board of education and of the department for the administration of this article 60.5; however, the state board of education shall establish and adjust such fees for licenses issued pursuant to section 22-60.5-201 (1)(a) so that the fees generate an amount of revenue that approximates the direct and indirect costs of the state board of education and the department for the administration of sections 22-60.5-201 (1)(a) and 22-60.5-205. All fees collected pursuant to this section must be transmitted to the state treasurer and credited to the educator licensure cash fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this subsection (1) as the "cash fund". The general assembly may designate general fund money to the educator licensure cash fund to supplement educator fees. The general assembly shall make annual appropriations from the general fund or cash fund for expenditures of the state board of education and of the department incurred in the administration of this article 60.5. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the cash fund remain in the cash fund and must not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.

(b) (I) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a) of this section to the contrary, for the 2011-12 fiscal year through the 2029-30 fiscal year, the money in the cash fund is continuously appropriated to the department to offset the direct and indirect costs incurred by the state board of education and the department in administering this article 60.5. In each of the fiscal years, the general appropriation bill must, for informational purposes, reflect the estimated amount of expenditures, including any funding for personnel, from the cash fund.

(II) On or before November 1, 2029, the department shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly concerning the revenue credited to, and expenditures from, the cash fund and shall make a recommendation whether the continuous appropriation authority should be maintained.

(III) (Deleted by amendment, L.2024.)

(IV) This subsection (1)(b) is repealed, effective July 1, 2031.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, on March 5, 2003, the state treasurer shall deduct one hundred forty-three thousand five hundred thirty-five dollars from the educator licensure cash fund and transfer such sum to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 22-41.5-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 41.5 / Section 22-41.5-102
22-41.5-102. Voter approval - weakening of limits on school district debt
Status: in_force

22-41.5-102. Voter approval - weakening of limits on school district debt. (1) Whenever any provision of this title imposes a limitation on the debt of school districts and the voters of a school district are required by law to approve any change in debt subject to the limitation, the general assembly shall not be required to seek statewide voter approval to amend the statutory provision that imposes the limitation.

(2) For purposes of section 20 (1) of article X of the state constitution, any weakening of a limitation on a school district's debt shall occur only when voter approval at the school district level is obtained, and voter approval of the measure at the school district level shall satisfy any voter approval requirement of section 20 (1) of article X.

(3) Any ballot question seeking voter approval of a weakening of any limitation on school district debt may be submitted to the eligible electors of a school district as a separate ballot question or as part of a ballot question including other ballot issues, such as the authorization of bonded indebtedness.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-119
22-30.5-119. Mill levy for charter school operating revenues
Status: in_force

22-30.5-119. Mill levy for charter school operating revenues. (1) With the agreement of all charter schools that will receive the revenues generated by a mill levy to collect additional local revenues, the local board of education may, at any time at which a ballot issue arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution may be decided, submit to the eligible electors of the school district a question to authorize additional local revenues pursuant to section 22-40-102 (1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5 to provide operating revenues for one or more charter schools chartered by the school district. The local board of education shall consult with all affected charter schools that will receive the revenues before determining the amount of the additional local revenues. The local board of education has the discretion to combine the ballot question to authorize additional local revenues with any other tax question that the school district is submitting to the eligible electors of the district or to submit the ballot question as a separate question.

(2) An election called pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S. Each charter school that is to receive a portion of the additional local revenues shall bear the costs of submitting the ballot question in proportion to the amount of revenues it is to receive unless the charter schools and the school district agree to other cost-sharing arrangements.

(3) If the majority of votes cast at an election held pursuant to this section are in favor of the question, the mill levy of the school district for additional local revenues is as approved by the eligible electors of the district, and taxes shall be levied as approved. Additional local revenues that are approved pursuant to this section by a ballot question submitted as provided in section 22-40-102 (1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5 are subject to the limitations on the amount and use of the revenues specified in section 22-40-102 (1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5, respectively.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-30.5-118 (6) and any provisions of this section to the contrary, a school district shall not impose a mill levy pursuant to this section to benefit a charter school unless the charter school and the school district enter into a contract specifying that the ownership of any items purchased by the charter school using the revenues received from the mill levy automatically reverts to the school district if:

(a) The charter school's charter is revoked or not renewed;

(b) The charter school becomes insolvent and can no longer operate as a charter school; or

(c) The charter school otherwise ceases to operate.
C.R.S. § 22-2-113.8 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-113.8
22-2-113.8. Department of education - additional local revenues - distribution to schools -
Status: in_force

22-2-113.8. Department of education - additional local revenues - distribution to schools - annual report. (1) For the 2014-15 budget year and each budget year thereafter, each school district shall report the total amount of additional local property tax revenues the district is authorized to collect in addition to the district's total program mill levy, but not including amounts authorized pursuant to section 22-40-110, article 42 of this title, or article 43 of this title, and the amount of the additional local property tax revenues that the school district distributes directly to schools of the school district, stated as a dollar amount.

(2) The department shall annually compile a report of the information received pursuant to subsection (1) of this section concerning the collection of additional local property tax revenues by each school district and the distribution of the revenues to the schools of the school district, including the charter schools. In addition to the compiled information, the report must include a comparison of the amount of additional local property tax revenues received by the school district and the amount distributed to the schools of the district, including the charter schools, at the district level and aggregated statewide.

(3) (a) The department shall allow each school district and each district charter school to review the report before publication. A school district or a charter school may request that the department compile an addendum to the report that is specific to the requesting school district or charter school and that examines the overall level of funding distributed by the school district to the charter schools of the district, including:

(I) Capital construction and facilities funding;

(II) Funding for technology; and

(III) Any other funding that the school district distributes to the charter schools of the district.

(b) The department shall simultaneously publish on the department website the report and any addenda prepared for the report in response to a school district or charter school request.
C.R.S. § 22-44-116 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-116
22-44-116. Malfeasance - removal
Status: in_force

22-44-116. Malfeasance - removal. Any school director, officer, or employee of a school district who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this part 1 or fails to perform any duty required by this part 1 is guilty of malfeasance in office or position of employment and, upon conviction thereof, the court shall order that such school director, officer, or employee be removed from his office or position of employment.
C.R.S. § 22-51-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 51 / Section 22-51-103
22-51-103. Creation of the public school transportation fund
Status: in_force

22-51-103. Creation of the public school transportation fund. (1) There is hereby created, in the office of the state treasurer, a fund to be known as the public school transportation fund, to which shall be credited such moneys as may be appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this article, excluding moneys appropriated as a lump sum for reimbursement for pupil transportation in a school district subject to a court-ordered desegregation order, and which shall be held by the state treasurer and paid out as provided in this article. Any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of any budget year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the state general fund or any other fund.

(2) For the 2006-07 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the net amount recovered by the department of education during the applicable budget year pursuant to section 22-51-105 as overpayments made to school districts, the state charter school institute, and facility schools shall be transferred to the state treasurer for deposit in the public school transportation fund. Such amount shall be available for appropriation to the department in the budget year in which the transfers are made or in subsequent budget years.

(3) Any appropriation made from the public school transportation fund from moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall not be included in the calculation of total state funding for all categorical programs as defined in section 22-55-102 (19).
C.R.S. § 22-55.5-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 55.5 / Section 22-55.5-101
22-55.5-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-55.5-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Research demonstrates that, when considering the elements of the education system within public schools, the classroom teacher has the most significant effect on a student's learning and academic growth;

(b) Each adult working within a school and interacting with students has the potential to positively influence the students within the school and increase learning and academic growth;

(c) For the 2019-20 school year, the department of education reported that Colorado had an average teacher salary of about fifty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars;

(d) In 2020-21, school districts and charter schools in Colorado paid a minimum teacher salary that ranged from a low of about twenty-five thousand dollars to a high of about fifty-three thousand dollars;

(e) For the 2020-21 school year, of the one hundred seventy-eight school districts in the state, all but thirty reported a minimum teacher salary of less than forty thousand dollars;

(f) Many of these school districts are rural school districts with low assessed property value and therefore limited ability to raise local property tax revenue; and

(g) The total program amount calculated for each school district pursuant to section 22-54-104, which represents the financial base of support for each school district, has been reduced for most school districts by the budget stabilization factor each budget year since the 2010-11 budget year, further restricting the ability of some school districts to increase their teacher salaries and the hourly wage for other employees.

(2) It is therefore the intent of the general assembly to establish a fund to assist school districts and charter schools in increasing the salary paid to teachers and the hourly wage paid to nonlicensed employees. It is further the intent of the general assembly that a school district or charter school that receives money from the fund must use the money received to supplement, not supplant, the amount that the school district or charter school would otherwise budget for educator salaries and wages.
C.R.S. § 22-31-114 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-114
22-31-114. Ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and electronic voting equipment
Status: in_force

22-31-114. Ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and electronic voting equipment. (Deleted by amendment)
C.R.S. § 22-31-112 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-112
22-31-112. Judges
Status: in_force

22-31-112. Judges. (Deleted by amendment)
C.R.S. § 22-104-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 104 / Section 22-104-107
22-104-107. Repeal of article
Status: repealed

22-104-107. Repeal of article. This article 104 is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1214 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 12 / Section 22-7-1214
22-7-1214. READ plan evaluation working group - created - report - repeal
Status: repealed

22-7-1214. READ plan evaluation working group - created - report - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-82.8-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 82.8 / Section 22-82.8-101
22-82.8-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-82.8-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program".
C.R.S. § 22-10-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 22-10-108
22-10-108. Colorado career advisor training program - creation - fund - definition
Status: in_force

22-10-108. Colorado career advisor training program - creation - fund - definition. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "Colorado career advisor" means a school counselor, as defined in section 22-91-102 (6); adult education advisor; nonprofit career advisor; workforce center advisor; or higher education advisor.

(2) There is created the Colorado career advisor training program in the office to provide training programs and courses to Colorado career advisors in an effort to equip Colorado career advisors with the skills and training necessary to help guide individuals toward meaningful careers.

(3) The department, in coordination with the department of higher education, department of labor and employment, Colorado workforce development council, and the Colorado community college system, shall administer the Colorado career advisor training program. The department shall select those entities that will receive grants through the Colorado career advisor training program and the amount of each grant. In addition, the department shall monitor the effectiveness of programs that receive funds through the Colorado career advisor training program. To be eligible for grants from the department for the provision of career advisor training for Colorado career advisors, an entity must apply to the department in accordance with the timelines and guidelines adopted by the department.

(4) For state fiscal year 2022-23, the general assembly shall appropriate one million dollars from the general fund to the department for the Colorado career advisor training program.
C.R.S. § 22-20-115 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-115
22-20-115. Study - report to general assembly
Status: repealed

22-20-115. Study - report to general assembly. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-403 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 4 / Section 22-60.5-403
22-60.5-403. Use of term "certificated" - repeal
Status: repealed

22-60.5-403. Use of term "certificated" - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-31-118 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-118
22-31-118. Watchers
Status: in_force

22-31-118. Watchers. (Deleted by amendment)
C.R.S. § 22-43.7-111 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43.7 / Part 1 / Section 22-43.7-111
22-43.7-111. Reporting requirements - auditing by state auditor
Status: repealed

22-43.7-111. Reporting requirements - auditing by state auditor. (1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), no later than February 15, 2010, and no later than each February 15 thereafter, the board shall present a written report to the education and finance committees of the house of representatives and the senate and the capital development committee, or any successor committees, regarding the provision of financial assistance to applicants pursuant to this article 43.7. The report must include, at a minimum:

(a) An accounting of the financial assistance provided through the prior fiscal year that includes:

(I) A statement of the aggregate amount of financial assistance awarded through the prior fiscal year, including statements of the amount of grants provided, and the amount of payments made and payments committed to be made but not yet made in connection with financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements;

(II) A statement of the aggregate amount of financial assistance provided as grants and the aggregate amount of payments made in connection with financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements during the prior fiscal year;

(III) A list of the public school facility capital construction projects for which financial assistance has been provided, which must include:

(A) A sublist of projects for which financial assistance has been provided in the form of technology grants pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (13);

(B) A sublist of projects for which financial assistance has been provided in the form of career and technical education capital construction grants pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (14);

(C) A brief description of each project;

(D) A statement of the amount and type of financial assistance provided for each project and, where applicable, the amount of financial assistance committed to be provided for but not yet provided for each project;

(E) A statement of the amount of matching money provided by the applicant for each project and, where applicable, the amount of matching money committed to be provided by the applicant but not yet provided for each project; and

(F) A summary of the reasons of the board and the state board for providing financial assistance for the project; and

(IV) A list of the public school facility capital construction projects for which financial assistance has been provided during the prior fiscal year, which must include:

(A) A sublist of projects for which financial assistance has been provided in the form of technology grants pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (13);

(B) A sublist of projects for which financial assistance has been provided in the form of career and technical education capital construction grants pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (14);

(C) A brief description of each project;

(D) A statement of the amount and type of financial assistance provided for each project; and

(E) A statement of the amount of matching money provided by the applicant for each project.

(b) A summary of the findings and conclusions of any public school facility inspections conducted during the prior fiscal year;

(c) A summary of any differences between the common physical design elements and characteristics of the highest performing schools in the state and the lowest performing schools in the state as measured by academic productivity measures such as the state assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 or Colorado ACT results; and

(d) A list of the financial assistance applications for public school facility capital construction that were denied financial assistance during the prior fiscal year, which must include a sublist of denied applications for projects for which financial assistance in the form of technology grants was requested pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (13) and a sublist of denied applications for which financial assistance in the form of career and technical education capital construction grants was requested pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (14), and that includes for each project:

(I) A brief project description;

(II) A statement of the amount and type of financial assistance requested for the project;

(III) A statement indicating whether or not the board recommended a financial assistance award for the project; and

(IV) A summary of the reasons why the board or the state board denied financial assistance for the project.

(e) An estimate, to the extent feasible, of the total amounts of revenues to be credited to the assistance fund during the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year and financial assistance to be awarded during the next fiscal year, including separate estimates of the total amounts of financial assistance to be awarded as cash grants and under the terms of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements entered into pursuant to section 22-43.7-110 (2).

(f) Beginning in the report due no later than February 15, 2026, and continuing annually pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, in addition to the reporting requirements described in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(e) of this section, the report must also separately specify all the information described in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(e) of this section as each relates to charter schools, as applicable.

(2) No later than February 15, 2014, the board shall prepare and make available electronically on the website of the department a report to the taxpayers of the state regarding the provision of financial assistance to applicants pursuant to this article during the five prior fiscal years. The report shall include, at a minimum, the information specified in subsection (1) of this section for each of the five prior fiscal years and an aggregation of any of such information that can feasibly be aggregated for the full five-year period.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-32.5-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32.5 / Section 22-32.5-103
22-32.5-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-32.5-103. Definitions. As used in this article 32.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed by the state board of education pursuant to section 22-2-110.

(1.5) "Community school" means a public school that implements the following:

(a) An annual asset and needs assessment of and by both the school and the community that engages at least seventy-five percent of families, students, and educators in the community;

(b) A strategic plan that includes the creation of problem-solving teams who are dedicated to continuous school improvement and define how educators and community partners use all available assets to meet specific student needs and achieve better results and utilize key tools and lessons from improvement science in the continuous improvement process;

(c) A process to engage partners who bring assets and expertise to implement the school's goals; and

(d) A community school coordinator who is a school staff member at the community school site and who:

(I) Has the primary responsibility to facilitate the problem-solving teams implemented pursuant to subsection (1.5)(b) of this section; and

(II) In consultation with school leadership, shall assemble relevant stakeholders to solve problems identified by the assessment performed pursuant to subsection (1.5)(a) of this section.

(1.7) "Department" means the department of education created in section 24-1-115.

(2) "District of innovation" means a school district that is designated as a district of innovation pursuant to section 22-32.5-107.

(3) "Innovation school" means a school in which a local school board implements an innovation plan pursuant to section 22-32.5-104.

(4) "Innovation school zone" means a group of schools of a school district that share common interests, such as geographical location or educational focus, or that sequentially serve classes of students as they progress through elementary and secondary education and in which a local school board implements a plan for creating an innovation school zone pursuant to section 22-32.5-104.

(4.5) "Innovation school zone with alternative governance" means an innovation school zone that either operates as an innovation school zone with alternative governance on or before August 10, 2022, or submits to its local school board an innovation plan, which the local school board approves, that authorizes alternative governance and delegates management activities to another organization pursuant to section 22-32.5-104 (5), including but not limited to a nonprofit organization. An organization does not include a for-profit organization.

(5) "Local school board" means the board of education of a school district.

(5.5) "Neutral third party" means a trained individual who assists disputants in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of their disputes by identifying and evaluating alternatives, and is on an approved list by the office of dispute resolution established in section 13-22-303 or the American arbitration association, or its successor.

(6) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-104.9 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-104.9
22-30.5-104.9. Charter schools - status as public entities - requirements - charter school boar
Status: in_force

22-30.5-104.9. Charter schools - status as public entities - requirements - charter school boards of directors and school leaders - duties - conflicts - applicable law - definitions. (1) As used in this section:

(a) "Charter school" means a charter school created and operating pursuant to this part 1, an institute charter school created and operating pursuant to part 5 of this article 30.5, a charter school network created and operating pursuant to section 22-30.5-104.7, a charter school collaborative created and operating pursuant to part 6 of this article 30.5, or a charter school created and operated by the Colorado school for the deaf and blind pursuant to section 22-80-102 (4)(b).

(b) "Public entity" means a public body, local public body, public corporation, body politic and corporate, political subdivision, public unit, or any other defined term in law in which school districts, including charter schools, are expressly included in or exempt from the public sector in the definition or application of the defined term.

(2) For the purpose of any law, excluding title 1, title 7, and this title 22, that applies to or exempts a public entity or that applies to or exempts a public official:

(a) A charter school has the same public status as a public school that is geographically located in the same school district;

(b) Board directors and school leaders, by virtue of their roles within a public charter school, are deemed public servants; and

(c) A school leader of a charter school has the same or similar authority as a school district superintendent.

(3) A charter school that is operating on May 15, 2023, shall provide the information required for an inventory of local government pursuant to section 24-32-116 to the department of local affairs within ninety days after May 15, 2023. A charter school that begins operating after May 15, 2023, shall provide such information to the department of local affairs within ninety days after becoming a charter school as determined pursuant to subsection (7) of this section.

(4) A person who is a director on a charter school board of directors on May 15, 2023, shall take, sign, and file an oath of office pursuant to section 24-12-101 within eighty days after May 15, 2023. A person who becomes a director on a charter school board of directors after May 15, 2023, shall take, sign, and file an oath of office pursuant to section 24-12-101 no later than eighty days after becoming a director on the charter school board of directors.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and unless otherwise stated in title 7, if there is a conflict between a law that is specifically applicable to charter schools and any provision in articles 30 or 121 through 137 of title 7, and any statute incorporated by reference therein, the law that is specifically applicable to charter schools controls.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, each charter school is subject to the provisions of section 1-45-117 as a political subdivision of the state.

(7) For purposes of any law that is made applicable to charter schools pursuant to this section, a charter school applicant is deemed to have become a charter school on July 1 following the execution of a contract by the applicant.
C.R.S. § 22-42-125 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-125
22-42-125. Public disclosure of terms of sale
Status: in_force

22-42-125. Public disclosure of terms of sale. (1) Whenever school bonds are sold, the board of the district selling the same shall cause to be prepared and filed with the department of education, within ten days after said sale, a report setting forth a description of the bond issue, the applicable interest rate, including the net effective interest rate, other terms of the sale, and applicable statistical, comparative bond market data, ratings, and indices relative to prevailing market conditions prior to and at the time of said sale, and explaining the reasons why it was necessary, if it was, that the bonds be sold at a negotiated sale instead of by public competitive bidding. The department of education may request additional information from the school district or from the purchaser of the bonds regarding terms of the sale.

(2) One or more copies of said report shall be retained on file at the administrative headquarters of the district, and a copy thereof shall be made available upon written request to any officer or representative of any organization of Colorado school districts.
C.R.S. § 22-11-305 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 3 / Section 22-11-305
22-11-305. Accredited with priority improvement plan - school district or institute - plan
Status: in_force

22-11-305. Accredited with priority improvement plan - school district or institute - plan contents - adoption. (1) (a) In accordance with the time frames specified in state board rule, each school district that is accredited with priority improvement plan shall annually adopt and implement a district priority improvement plan as described in subsection (3) of this section.

(b) The school district accountability committee for the school district shall advise the local school board concerning preparation of the district priority improvement plan and make recommendations to the local school board concerning the contents of the district priority improvement plan. In advising and making its recommendations, the school district accountability committee shall take into account and incorporate any district public school performance, improvement, priority improvement, or turnaround plans received pursuant to sections 22-11-403 to 22-11-406. The local school board shall create and adopt the district priority improvement plan, taking into account the advice and recommendations of the school district accountability committee.

(c) The commissioner, subject to available appropriations, may assign the state review panel to critically evaluate the district priority improvement plan and recommend to the commissioner modifications to the plan. The commissioner may recommend to the local school board modifications to the district priority improvement plan, taking into consideration any recommendations of the state review panel.

(d) The local school board shall submit the adopted district priority improvement plan to the department for publication on the data portal and shall ensure that the district priority improvement plan is in effect for the school district and the district public schools within the time frames specified in state board rule. The local school board shall also make copies of the district priority improvement plan available to members of the public upon request.

(2) (a) If the institute is accredited with priority improvement plan, the institute board shall, in accordance with the time frames specified in state board rule, adopt and implement an institute priority improvement plan as described in subsection (3) of this section. In preparing the institute priority improvement plan, the institute board shall take into account and incorporate any institute charter school performance, improvement, priority improvement, and turnaround plans received pursuant to sections 22-11-403 to 22-11-406.

(b) The commissioner, subject to available appropriations, may assign the state review panel to critically evaluate the institute priority improvement plan and recommend to the commissioner modifications to the plan. The commissioner may recommend to the institute modifications to the institute priority improvement plan, taking into consideration any recommendations of the state review panel.

(c) The institute shall submit the adopted institute priority improvement plan to the department for publication on the data portal and shall ensure that the institute priority improvement plan is in effect for the institute and the institute charter schools within the time frames specified by state board rule. The institute shall also make copies of the institute priority improvement plan available to members of the public upon request.

(3) A district priority improvement plan or an institute priority improvement plan must be designed to ensure that the school district or the institute improves its performance to the extent that, following completion of its next annual accreditation review, the school district or the institute attains a higher accreditation category. At a minimum, a district priority improvement plan or an institute priority improvement plan must:

(a) Set or revise, as appropriate, ambitious but attainable targets that the school district, including the district public schools, or the institute, including the institute charter schools, shall attain on the performance indicators. The local school board or the institute shall ensure that the targets are aligned with the statewide targets set by the state board pursuant to section 22-11-201.

(a.5) Identify the strategies to be used in addressing the needs of students enrolled in kindergarten and first, second, and third grade who are identified pursuant to section 22-7-1205 as having significant reading deficiencies and set or revise, as appropriate, ambitious but attainable targets that the school district, including the district public schools, or the institute, including the institute charter schools, shall attain in reducing the number of students who have significant reading deficiencies and in ensuring that each student achieves grade level expectations in reading;

(a.7) Identify strategies to address the needs of students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics and set or revise, as appropriate, ambitious but attainable targets that the school district or the institute shall attain in reducing the number of students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics and to increase the number of students who achieve grade-level expectations in mathematics. Strategies may include tutoring, including peer tutoring; additional educator training; personalized learning models, which may include a combination of in-person instruction, online modules, and self-paced learning techniques; or supplemental supports or curricula in mathematics, including digital mathematics accelerator programs.

(b) Identify positive and negative trends for district public schools as a group and individually or for institute charter schools as a group and individually in the levels of attainment by the public schools as a group and individually on the performance indicators;

(c) Assess and prioritize the issues and needs of the district or institute and of the district public schools or institute charter schools that must be addressed to raise the levels of attainment on the performance indicators by the district public schools or institute charter schools and to improve school readiness in district public schools or institute charter schools that serve students in preschool and kindergarten. If a school district includes a district public school that is operating under a priority improvement or turnaround plan and enrolls students in kindergarten or any of grades one through three, the needs assessment for the school district shall include, but shall not be limited to, the early childhood learning needs assessment described in subsection (4) of this section.

(d) Identify specific, research-based strategies that are appropriate in scope, intensity, and type to address the needs and issues identified pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (3);

(e) Identify the local, state, and federal resources that the school district or the institute will use to implement the identified strategies with fidelity; and

(f) Address any other issues required by rule of the state board or raised by the department through the accreditation process pursuant to part 2 of this article.

(4) An early childhood learning needs assessment must determine the extent to which:

(a) There are quality early childhood programs existing within the geographic boundaries of the school district;

(b) Children are enrolled in publicly funded early learning and development programs within the school district or in private early learning and development programs that participate in the Colorado shines quality rating and improvement system established in section 26.5-5-101;

(c) The school district and the district public schools work with an early childhood council established pursuant to part 2 of article 2 of title 26.5 or early childhood community agencies existing within the school district;

(d) The school district and the district public schools collaborate with early childhood providers and programs regarding students' transition from preschool to kindergarten;

(e) Teachers employed by the school district or the district public schools to teach kindergarten or one of grades one through three have early childhood teaching credentials;

(f) Joint professional development opportunities, including opportunities for educator collaboration, are available within the school district for early childhood providers, teachers, and principals;

(g) The school district and the district public schools have a current parent engagement plan and provide ample opportunities for parent and family engagement in preschool through third grade; and

(h) Other early childhood resources, such as home visitation, early intervention services, library programs for young children, and family resource centers, are available to families who reside within the school district.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-113 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-113
22-30.5-113. State board - department of education - duties - charter schools - evaluation -
Status: in_force

22-30.5-113. State board - department of education - duties - charter schools - evaluation - report. (1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), beginning in the 2004-05 budget year, and at least every three years thereafter through the 2021-22 budget year, the department shall prepare a report and evaluation for the governor and the house and senate committees on education on the success or failure of charter schools and of institute charter schools authorized pursuant to part 5 of this article 30.5, their relationship to other school reform efforts, and suggested changes in state law necessary to strengthen or change the charter school program described in this article 30.5. The department is authorized to collect information as necessary to prepare the report. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, the department shall annually prepare a report and evaluation described in this subsection (1).

(2) The state board shall compile evaluations of charter schools received from local boards of education and evaluations of institute charter schools prepared by the state charter school institute created in section 22-30.5-503. The state board shall review and report on information regarding the statutes, regulations, and policies governing charter school oversight and support and statutes, regulations, and policies from which charter schools were released pursuant to section 22-30.5-105 and from which institute charter schools were released pursuant to section 22-30.5-508 to determine if the releases assisted or impeded the charter schools or the institute charter schools in meeting their stated goals and objectives.

(3) In preparing the report required by this section, the state board shall compare the performance of charter school pupils and institute charter school pupils with the performance of ethnically and economically comparable groups of pupils in other public schools who are enrolled in academically comparable courses.
C.R.S. § 22-95.5-201 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 95.5 / Part 2 / Section 22-95.5-201
22-95.5-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-95.5-201. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Advanced course" means an advanced course of study in any subject, including an advanced placement course; an international baccalaureate course; or a course designated by a school district as an honors, gifted, or accelerated course.

(2) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115.

(3) "Grant program" means the John W. Buckner automatic enrollment in advanced courses grant program created in section 22-95.5-202.

(4) "Local education provider" means a public school as described in section 22-1-101, a school district, or a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22.

(5) "Parent" means a student's biological parent, adoptive parent, or legal guardian.

(6) "Rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area.

(7) "School district" means any public school district organized under the laws of Colorado. "School district" does not include a local college district.

(8) "State board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-80-101.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-101.5
22-80-101.5. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-80-101.5. Definitions. For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board of trustees" means the governing board of the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind established in section 22-80-103.

(2) "School" means the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind described in section 22-80-102.
C.R.S. § 22-42-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-106
22-42-106. Ballots
Status: repealed

22-42-106. Ballots. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-13-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 22-13-104
22-13-104. Turnaround leadership development programs - providers - design grants - review
Status: repealed

22-13-104. Turnaround leadership development programs - providers - design grants - review. (1) The department shall issue a request for proposals from providers who seek to participate in the program. The department shall review the responses received and, based on the criteria adopted by rule of the state board, identify one or more providers to participate in the program by providing turnaround leadership development programs for school districts, the institute, and charter schools that receive grants through the program. The department, on a regular basis, shall review each provider's turnaround leadership development programs, including the success achieved by the persons who complete the programs, and revise the list of identified providers as appropriate to ensure that the turnaround leadership development programs that are available through the program are of the highest quality.

(2) Repealed.

(3) Each identified provider shall track the effectiveness of persons who complete a turnaround leadership development program and report the effectiveness to the department in accordance with department guidelines. The report must use department rubrics to measure the effectiveness of persons who complete the turnaround leadership development program.
C.R.S. § 22-96-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 96 / Section 22-96-104
22-96-104. Behavioral health care professional matching grant program - application - crite
Status: in_force

22-96-104. Behavioral health care professional matching grant program - application - criteria - grant awards. (1) An education provider that seeks a grant from the program shall submit an application to the department in accordance with the rules adopted by the state board. The department shall review each application received from an education provider and make recommendations to the state board concerning whether a grant should be awarded to the education provider and the recommended amount of the grant. If the department determines an application is missing any information required by rule to be included with the application, the department may contact the education provider to obtain the missing information.

(2) At a minimum, each grant application must specify:

(a) The intended recipient schools, the number of health professionals employed by the education provider prior to receipt of a grant, and the ratio of students to school health providers in the schools operated by or receiving services from the education provider;

(b) The education provider's plan for use of the grant money, including the extent to which the grant money will be used to increase the number of school health professionals at recipient schools and to provide behavioral health-care services at recipient schools, including screenings, counseling, therapy, referrals to community organizations, and training for students and staff on behavioral health issues;

(c) The education provider's plan for involving leaders at the recipient schools and in the surrounding community and the faculty at recipient schools in increasing the capacity and effectiveness of the behavioral health-care services provided to students enrolled in or receiving educational services from the education provider;

(d) The extent to which the education provider has developed or plans to develop community partnerships to serve the behavioral health-care needs of all of the students enrolled in or receiving educational services from the education provider;

(e) The extent to which the education provider has seen increased incidence of disciplinary actions for drug use or selling drugs, suicide attempts, deaths by suicide, bullying, adverse childhood experiences, or other factors that affect students' mental well-being;

(f) The extent to which the education provider has an existing program that can be expanded to increase the availability of school health professionals;

(g) The amount of matching funds that the education provider intends to provide to augment any grant moneys received from the program and the anticipated amount and source of any matching funds; and

(h) The education provider's plan for continuing to fund the increase in school health professional services following expiration of the grant.

(3) In reviewing applications and making recommendations, the department shall prioritize applications based on the following criteria and any other criteria adopted by rule of the state board:

(a) The education provider's need for additional school health professionals in schools, demonstrated by the local school and community data regarding student alcohol or drug use, access to a behavioral health-care provider, or other data showing the need for a school health professional;

(b) The existence of a successful school health team in the education provider's school or schools;

(c) The amount of the matching money that the education provider or a community partner is able to commit;

(d) The education provider's emphasis and commitment to implement evidence-based and research-based programs and strategies;

(e) The likelihood that the education provider or community partner will continue to fund the increases in the level of school health professional services following expiration of the grant; and

(f) The extent to which an education provider prioritizes use of grant money for staff training related to behavioral health supports.

(4) The department and the state board shall consult with experts in the area of school health professional services when establishing any additional criteria for awarding grants and in reviewing applications and selecting grant recipients.

(5) Subject to available appropriations, the state board shall award grants to applying education providers pursuant to this section. The state board shall base the grant awards on the department's recommendations. Each grant shall have an initial term of one year. In making the award, the state board shall specify the amount of each grant.

(5.3) (a) For the 2022-23 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created pursuant to section 24-75-230 to the department to fund the program for the benefit of increasing the presence of school health professionals in schools to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative public health impacts. The department or the grantees awarded money must spend or obligate this money in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(b) The department and the grantees shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(6) The department may expend no more than three percent of the moneys annually appropriated for the program to offset the costs incurred in implementing the program.

(7) Grant applications and reporting will be designed to limit administrative burden on applicants and recipients.
C.R.S. § 22-54-118 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-118
22-54-118. Joint districts
Status: in_force

22-54-118. Joint districts. (1) The board of education of a joint district shall determine the location of its administrative headquarters and shall notify both the state board and the treasurer of each county in which any territory of such joint district is situated of such location.

(2) Allocation of moneys in the county public school fund to a joint district partially situated in a county shall be made on the basis set forth in section 22-54-113.

(3) All moneys collected under this article by the county treasurer of a county in which part of a joint district is situated shall be credited to such joint district and at the end of each month shall be paid over to the treasurer of the county in which the administrative headquarters of such joint district is located and forthwith credited or paid over to the general fund of such joint district. The treasurer of the county in which the administrative headquarters of the joint district is located shall make no charge for collection of moneys transferred from other counties. Warrants of a joint district shall be drawn only upon the treasurer of the county in which its administrative headquarters is located in those cases where a district has not elected under law to withdraw its funds from the custody of the county treasurer.
C.R.S. § 22-32-139 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-139
22-32-139. Food allergies and anaphylaxis policy required
Status: in_force

22-32-139. Food allergies and anaphylaxis policy required. On or before July 1, 2010, each school district board of education shall adopt and implement a policy for the management of food allergies and anaphylaxis among students enrolled in the public schools of the school district. The policy shall include, at a minimum, measures that satisfy the rules promulgated by the state board of education pursuant to section 22-2-135.
C.R.S. § 22-82.8-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 82.8 / Section 22-82.8-102
22-82.8-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-82.8-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

(2) "Program" means the breakfast after the bell nutrition program created in section 22-82.8-103.

(3) "Public school" means a public school or charter school as defined in section 22-1-101 or an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1).

(4) "School breakfast program" means the federal "School Breakfast Program" created in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1773.

(5) "School food authority" means:

(a) A school district or the state charter school institute;

(b) A charter school collaborative formed pursuant to section 22-30.5-603;

(c) A board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title that elects to operate as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-5-120; or

(d) A district charter school or an institute charter school that:

(I) The commissioner of education or his or her designee provisionally authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (6); or

(II) The department authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (5).

(6) "School lunch program" means the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act" created in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751.