C.R.S. § 22-35-114 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-114
22-35-114. Concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program - created - report
Status: repealed

22-35-114. Concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program - created - report - rules - legislative declaration - repeal. (1) There is created in the department the concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program to provide grants, subject to available appropriations, to partnering local education providers and institutions of higher education, referred to in this section as a "partnership", that seek to begin offering, or to expand their capacity to offer, concurrent enrollment opportunities to qualified students. A single partnership may include multiple local education providers and multiple institutions of higher education. A partnership that seeks a grant must submit an application to the department in accordance with rules of the state board. The application must include:

(a) The number of qualified students, in total and disaggregated by student group, participating in concurrent enrollment in each of the preceding five school years, including the types of postsecondary courses in which qualified students enrolled, including academic and career and technical education courses, which may have included course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs; the number of postsecondary credits earned; and whether the postsecondary credits were generally transferable to institutions of higher education throughout the state;

(b) The number of qualified students, in total and disaggregated by student group, who applied for concurrent enrollment in each of the preceding five school years but were denied and the reasons for the denials;

(c) The financial terms of the cooperative agreement between the members of the partnership;

(d) The manner in which the local education provider and the partnering institution of higher education publicize the availability of concurrent enrollment to its students and the amount of counseling provided to students and their parents or legal guardians concerning the costs and benefits of concurrent enrollment and the transferability of credits obtained through concurrent enrollment;

(e) A description of the manner in which the partnership plans to use the grant money to expand the number of qualified students concurrently enrolled in postsecondary courses, which may include:

(I) Assisting one or more teachers with the cost of obtaining a graduate degree in a specific subject so that the teacher may be certified to teach a postsecondary course at a high school;

(II) Removing barriers to concurrent enrollment for qualified students, which may include paying the costs of books, supplies, fees, or transportation;

(III) Sharing data between the members of the partnership, which may include purchasing technology software and equipment to assist in the student enrollment process; and

(IV) Providing services, support, and coordination resources for concurrent enrollment for either or both members of the partnership; and

(f) Any additional information required by rule of the state board, including information that demonstrates the applicant's need for financial support for concurrent enrollment and the likelihood that the applicant's use of the grant will increase the participation of low-income or first-generation qualified students in concurrent enrollment.

(2) The department of education in coordination with the department of higher education shall review each grant application received and recommend to the state board applicants that may receive grants and the recommended amount of each grant. Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, subject to available appropriations, the state board, taking into consideration the recommendations of the department of education and the department of higher education, shall award grants to applying partnerships pursuant to this section. In making recommendations and awarding grants, the departments and the state board shall award grants to partnerships that:

(a) Do not provide concurrent enrollment or concurrently enroll few qualified students at the time of application;

(b) Demonstrate the greatest degree of need for financial support to expand concurrent enrollment, including needs that may arise as a result of a higher-than-anticipated participation rate;

(c) Demonstrate the most effective use of the grant money to provide the greatest expansion of concurrent enrollment, which may include expanding by using technological strategies or partnering with the statewide supplemental online and blended learning program described in section 22-5-119 and must include expanding the participation of low-income or first-generation qualified students in concurrent enrollment;

(d) Have demonstrated success in providing concurrent enrollment to a large percentage of the qualified students enrolled by the local education providers and are seeking to implement innovations to expand the number of qualified students concurrently enrolled; or

(e) Have a plan in place to ensure that course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs is eligible to receive transferable postsecondary course credits.

(2.5) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(I) On March 11, 2021, the federal government enacted the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (ARPA), Pub.L. 117-2, as the act may be subsequently amended, pursuant to which Colorado will receive $3,828,761,790 from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund to be used for certain specified purposes, including "to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality";

(II) Under the authority granted pursuant to section 602 (f) of the ARPA, the secretary of the United States treasury adopted regulations providing further guidance to states regarding the authorized uses of the money allocated to states from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund to respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, which include:

(A) Providing assistance to unemployed workers, including job training for individuals who want to and are available for work;

(B) Providing aid to impacted industries to respond to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and

(C) Providing programs, services, or other assistance for populations disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, such as programs or services that address or mitigate the impacts of the public health emergency on education;

(III) Colorado's economic recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency requires a skilled workforce which can be strengthened through students completing academic and career and technical education courses and programs, including industry credentials, and by supporting the educator workforce in attaining the credentials necessary to participate in concurrent enrollment partnerships between local education providers and institutions of higher education;

(IV) Students from low-income communities, students from communities of color, and first-generation students face increased challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of student and household income in paying for the costs associated with obtaining workforce skills and in completing academic and career and technical education courses and programs, including industry credentials; and

(V) Without access to low-cost academic and career and technical education courses and programs to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency on students from low-income communities, students from communities of color, and first-generation students, these students may face long-term, negative educational and economic impacts from the COVID-19 public health emergency.

(b) Therefore, the general assembly declares that appropriating a portion of the federal money for the concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program created in this section will provide the kind of assistance for which Colorado will receive money from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund and therefore is an appropriate and lawful use of the money transferred to Colorado under the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021".

(c) This subsection (2.5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

(3) (a) Each partnership that receives a grant pursuant to this section shall report to the department of education and the department of higher education the manner in which it uses the grant money and any other information requested by either the department of education or the department of higher education to prepare the report required in subsection (3)(b) of this section.

(b) On or before February 1, 2021, and on or before February 1 each year thereafter, the department of education in coordination with the department of higher education shall prepare a report concerning implementation of the concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program. At a minimum, the report must include:

(I) The grant recipients and the amount of the grant awarded to each recipient;

(II) The manner in which each grant recipient used the grant money received;

(III) The number and demographics of the qualified students concurrently enrolled in postsecondary courses in the school years before and after the grant recipient received the grant;

(IV) The number of teachers who received a credential using assistance received from a grant;

(V) The types of postsecondary courses, including career and technical education courses and any course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs, in which qualified students enrolled in the school years before and after the grant recipient received the grant;

(VI) The number and transferability of the postsecondary credits earned through concurrent enrollment in the school years before and after the grant recipient received the grant;

(VII) The high school graduation rate of each local education provider that participates in the grant program, in total and disaggregated by student group;

(VIII) The number of students who participated in concurrent enrollment who completed an associate degree or a certificate from an approved career and technical education program, in total and disaggregated by student group; and

(IX) The number of qualified students who participated in concurrent enrollment and matriculated to a two-year or four-year institution, in total and disaggregated by student group.

(c) The department shall submit the report to the state board, the department of higher education, the commission, and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees. The department shall also post the report on the concurrent enrollment website created pursuant to section 22-35-113.

(d) Notwithstanding the requirement in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the report required in this subsection (3) continues indefinitely.

(4) (a) The general assembly may annually appropriate money to the department for grants as provided in this section, including money from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 and money from the state education fund created in section 17 of article IX of the state constitution.

(b) The general assembly declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, expansion of concurrent enrollment is an important element in implementing 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) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in a budget year in which the general assembly does not appropriate money for grants pursuant to this section, the department and the state board are not required to implement the provisions of this section.
C.R.S. § 22-31-133 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-133
22-31-133. Present school directors not removed
Status: in_force

22-31-133. Present school directors not removed. This article shall not be construed to remove any school director from office during the term for which the officer was elected or appointed, but shall apply to the election and appointment of directors after July 1, 1964.
C.R.S. § 22-7-803 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 8 / Section 22-7-803
22-7-803. Summer school grant program - creation - administration - rules
Status: in_force

22-7-803. Summer school grant program - creation - administration - rules. (1) There is hereby created the summer school grant program to provide grants to school districts and institute charter schools to operate summer school programs for eligible students, subject to the requirements of this part 8. The grant program shall be designed to assist school districts and institute charter schools in providing intensive educational services to eligible students in the areas of reading, writing, or mathematics.

(2) The department shall administer the grant program and the state board shall award grants as provided in this part 8.

(3) The department shall evaluate the progress of the summer school programs operated by school districts and institute charter schools that receive grants pursuant to this part 8.

(4) (a) The state board shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., to implement and administer the grant program. At a minimum, the rules shall specify the following:

(I) The time frames for submitting grant program applications;

(II) The form of the grant program application;

(III) The time frames for distribution of the grant moneys;

(IV) The method by which the department shall evaluate the progress of the summer school programs operated by school districts and institute charter schools that receive grants pursuant to this part 8; and

(V) Any other procedures or policies the state board deems necessary to implement and administer the grant program.

(b) In implementing the grant program and rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection (4), the state board shall ensure that all grants awarded pursuant to this part 8 are issued to school districts or institute charter schools on or before April 30 of each budget year for which moneys are appropriated for the grant program.
C.R.S. § 22-54-104.7 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-104.7
22-54-104.7. Public school finance - task force - creation - duties - report - definitions -
Status: repealed

22-54-104.7. Public school finance - task force - creation - duties - report - definitions - repeal. (1) The commissioner shall create and convene the public school finance task force. The purpose of the task force is to examine and make recommendations concerning making the school finance formula simpler, less regressive, and more adequate, understandable, transparent, equitable, and student-centered.

(a) The task force membership consists of the following voting members:

(I) Appointed by the president of the senate:

(A) One member who is a superintendent of a school district whose district percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide average percentage of at-risk pupils;

(B) One member who is a chief financial officer of a school district whose district percentage of English language learner pupils is greater than the statewide average percentage of English language learner pupils;

(C) One member who represents an organization that represents teachers;

(D) One member who represents an organization with expertise in school finance; and

(E) One member who is a principal;

(II) Appointed by the minority leader of the senate:

(A) One member who is a superintendent of a school district whose average assessed property value is less than the statewide average of assessed property value;

(B) One member who is a school leader of a charter school whose percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide average percentage of at-risk pupils;

(C) One member who represents an organization with expertise in school finance; and

(D) One member who represents an organization that represents children and families;

(III) Appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives:

(A) One member who is a superintendent of a rural school district or small rural school district;

(B) One member who is a school leader of a charter school with a percentage of English language learner pupils that is greater than the statewide average percentage of English language learner pupils in charter schools;

(C) Two members who represent organizations with expertise in school finance; and

(D) One member who is a teacher;

(IV) Appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives:

(A) One member who is a chief financial officer of a small rural school district;

(B) One member who represents the charter school institute; and

(C) One member who represents an organization with expertise in business and kindergarten through twelfth grade education.

(b) The task force membership consists of the following non-voting members:

(I) The director of the legislative council staff, or the director's designee;

(II) The director of the joint budget committee staff, or the director's designee; and

(III) The commissioner's designee from the department of education who has technical expertise in school finance.

(2) The task force shall meet at the call of the chair not more than eight times following the first meeting from July 2023 through December 2023. Meetings may be held in person, through the use of audio-visual communication technology, or both. The task force is a state public body for purposes of section 24-6-402, and meetings of the task force are subject to section 24-6-402. The task force is subject to the provisions of the "Colorado Open Records Act", part 2 of article 72 of title 24.

(3) (a) The task force members serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses directly relating to their service on the task force.

(b) If a vacancy occurs, the original appointing authority shall promptly appoint a new member who meets the same requirements as the member who vacated the task force.

(4) (a) The department of education shall provide to the task force staff support, meeting space, and audio-visual communication technology resources, upon request of the chair.

(b) The department shall contract with a third-party entity with expertise in task force facilitation and stakeholder input to assist with the administration of the task force and drafting the report pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.

(5) The task force shall make findings and recommendations regarding the following changes to the school finance formula to occur for the 2024-25 budget year:

(a) Eliminating the use of multiplicative indexes for cost of living, personnel and non-personnel costs, and district size;

(b) Recalibrating the cost of living factor, capping the cost of living factor, or alternative methods to account for the cost of living, including through categorical funding. A recommendation concerning a revised cost of living factor must be able to regularly change as a result of the biennial cost of living study.

(c) Prioritizing student needs in the formula, including measures, to the extent possible, that align the at-risk factor, English language learner factor, and special education categorical funding based upon available evidence-based research on student-centered funding that has a direct impact on student outcomes;

(d) Revising the size factor to incorporate considerations other than or in addition to student enrollment, including the remoteness of a school district; and

(e) Securing equalization in mill levy overrides for institute charter schools based upon the school district where the institute charter school is geographically located, including considerations for students who do not reside in the school district where the institute charter school is geographically located, multi-district online programs, and total program funding.

(6) (a) Not later than January 31, 2024, the task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, and the joint budget committee.

(b) The task force's report must include findings of actual outcomes on school districts and institute charter schools if the recommendations were adopted.

(7) (a) The task force shall develop the parameters for a study to examine and make recommendations concerning the components and costs necessary to adequately provide Colorado students a free and uniform public education.

(b) The department of education shall contract with two independent entities, each of whom shall conduct a study and publish a report concerning the parameters developed by the task force pursuant to subsection (7)(a) of this section.

(c) In selecting the two independent entities, the department of education shall select entities that represent different perspectives concerning school finance for the purpose of generating different examinations and recommendations concerning the components and costs necessary to adequately provide Colorado students a free and uniform public education.

(d) Not later than January 3, 2025, the two independent entities shall submit their reports of findings and recommendations to the task force. Not later than January 3, 2025, the commissioner shall submit the reports to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, and the joint budget committee.

(8) Any money appropriated for the 2023-24 budget year by the general assembly to the department of education for the purposes of this section that remains unspent 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 than the purposes set forth in this section.

(9) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(b) "Rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department of education determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the district and the distance from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that had a funded pupil count for the prior budget year of one thousand pupils or more but less than six thousand five hundred pupils.

(c) "Small rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department of education determines is small rural, based on the geographic size of the district and the distance from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that had a funded pupil count for the prior budget year of less than one thousand pupils.

(d) "Task force" means the public school finance task force created pursuant to this section.

(10) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 22-93-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 93 / Section 22-93-106
22-93-106. School bullying prevention and education - availability of best practices and ot
Status: in_force

22-93-106. School bullying prevention and education - availability of best practices and other resources. (1) On or before November 1, 2011, the department shall create a page on its public website at which the department shall continuously make publicly available evidence-based best practices and other resources for educators and other professionals engaged in bullying prevention and education.

(2) The department shall solicit evidence-based best practices and other resources from the school safety resource center created in section 24-33.5-1803, C.R.S.; from school districts; from the state charter school institute established in section 22-30.5-503; and from other state and federal agencies that are concerned with school bullying prevention and education. The department shall review materials that it receives and, as may be appropriate, make such materials available to the public on the website described in subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 22-80-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-106
22-80-106. Duties of superintendent - publications
Status: repealed

22-80-106. Duties of superintendent - publications. (1) (a) The superintendent shall be the principal executive officer of the school. The superintendent shall be the purchasing agent for the board of trustees and, under such rules as the board of trustees may prescribe, shall have charge of the premises, property, and students. With the approval of the board of trustees, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the superintendent shall appoint all other officers and employees in the school and fix the compensation for all nonteaching employees. All officers and employees, in the discharge of their duties, shall be wholly subordinate to the superintendent, and all orders to them shall come from or through the superintendent or by his or her authority. The superintendent shall see that all officers, agents, and employees of the school faithfully discharge their duties, and the superintendent shall be held directly responsible to the board of trustees for the economy, efficiency, and success of the school's internal management.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 1582, § 7, effective July 1, 2004.)

(2) Repealed.

(3) Publications of the school circulated in quantity outside of the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 22-107-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 107 / Section 22-107-101
22-107-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-107-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) The COVID-19 pandemic severely exacerbated an existing public school transportation workforce shortage, limiting the number of buses available to transport students to and from school in Colorado. Bus driver shortages are caused by several factors, including federal regulations around health requirements, lack of competitive wages, and odd working hours.

(b) To adjust to the public school transportation shortage, school districts and public schools are consolidating routes or altering eligibility criteria, resulting in fewer stops and longer routes. Students of color, students from under-resourced communities, and students with a disability are disproportionately impacted by the transportation shortage and struggle to access school districts of their choice and career pathway programs because of their limited access to transportation.

(c) There is a growing need for transportation to offsite career pathway programs and other career-connected learning opportunities as these programs continue to expand. Due to transportation challenges, students lack equitable access to these programs, even though the state has recognized the importance of these programs.

(d) To increase educational equity, school districts and public schools must provide students of color, students from under-resourced communities, and students with a disability with access to the same educational and enrichment opportunities that are available to students who have more resources;

(e) Current post-pandemic conditions require new and innovative ideas to support school districts and public schools in employing sufficient transportation staff, procuring and utilizing equipment more efficiently, and supplementing the current transportation model with a variety of alternative transportation options;

(f) The department of education collects data concerning school transportation for the purpose of calculating reimbursements to school districts, including the number of route miles scheduled on a specific pupil count day in October and the number of days during the school year that transportation was provided to public school students;

(g) Additional data such as actual utilization rates, eligibility standards, service gaps, and use of alternative transportation models are not collected at the state level, although districts track such data on their own;

(h) Given the severe bus driver shortage and the lack of transportation to school that many public school students are experiencing, the state has a vested interest in better understanding public school transportation data; and

(i) Collecting and disseminating such transportation data would allow policymakers to facilitate improvements to public elementary and secondary school transportation, better serve students, and alleviate burdens on school districts.

(2) Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is in the best interests of the state to direct the commissioner of education to convene the Colorado school transportation modernization task force to study the issues facing school transportation systems and use the study's findings to develop and recommend policies, laws, and rules to improve public school transportation across the state in order to better meet student needs and alleviate burdens on school districts.
C.R.S. § 22-44-303 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 3 / Section 22-44-303
22-44-303. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-44-303. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22.

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

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

(4) "Institute" means the state charter school institute established pursuant to section 22-30.5-503.

(5) "School district" means a school district, other than a local college district, organized and existing as provided by law.
C.R.S. § 22-54-114 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-114
22-54-114. State public school fund
Status: repealed

22-54-114. State public school fund. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer a fund, separate from the general fund, to be known as the state public school fund. There shall be credited to said fund the net balance of the public school income fund existing as of December 31, 1973, and all distributions from the state public school income fund thereafter made, the state's share of all moneys received from the federal government pursuant to the provisions of section 34-63-102, C.R.S., and such additional moneys as shall be appropriated by the general assembly which are necessary to meet the state's share of the total program of all districts, funding for institute charter schools, and, for fiscal years prior to the 2007-08 fiscal year, the contingency reserve during the budget year. Moneys annually appropriated by the general assembly shall be transferred from the state general fund and credited to the state public school fund in four quarterly installments on July 1, September 30, December 31, and March 31 to assure the availability of funds for the required distribution of state moneys to school districts and institute charter schools. Such quarterly installments shall be determined in accordance with estimates prepared by the department of education with respect to the required distribution of state moneys to school districts and institute charter schools.

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) No later than thirty days prior to the beginning of the budget year, the department of education shall determine the estimated requirements in order to provide each district and each institute charter school the amount it is eligible to receive from the state during the next ensuing fiscal year of the state. The appropriation by the general assembly shall be based on the requirements necessary to provide all districts and institute charter schools with the amounts they are each eligible to receive from the state, pursuant to the provisions of this part 1, during the next ensuing fiscal year of the state.

(2.3) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, of the total amount appropriated by the general assembly in the annual appropriation bill for each budget year to meet the state's share of the total program of all districts and the total funding for all institute charter schools, the department of education may transfer an amount specified by the general assembly in the annual general appropriation bill for that budget year to offset the direct and indirect administrative costs incurred by the department in implementing the provisions of this article. The total program of each district that receives state aid and the total funding for each institute charter school shall be reduced by a percentage determined by dividing the amount of the transfer by the total program of all districts that receive state aid plus the total funding for all institute charter schools. The state aid of each district shall be reduced by the amount of the reduction in the district's total program or the amount of state aid, whichever is less. The department of education shall ensure that the reduction in state aid and institute charter school funding required by this subsection (2.3) is accomplished prior to the end of the budget year. The reductions described in this subsection (2.3) shall be in addition to any reduction that may be required pursuant to section 22-54-106 (4)(c).

(2.5) Repealed.

(2.7) The general assembly intends that the moneys transferred to the state public school fund pursuant to section 24-75-201.1 (1)(d)(XI.5), C.R.S., pursuant to Senate Bill 11-230, enacted in 2011, be available for appropriation during the 2011-12 budget year to account for mid-year changes in pupil enrollment and the at-risk pupil population and changes in assessed valuations and the specific ownership tax from the prior year.

(3) (a) Any unexpended balance of moneys appropriated by the general assembly in the state public school fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the state public school fund and become available for distribution during the following fiscal year.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 625, § 2, effective April 26, 2007.)

(4) (a) For the 1997-98 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, the net amount recovered by the department of education during the applicable fiscal year, pursuant to school district and institute charter school audits, as overpayments made to school districts and institute charter schools that would otherwise be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund shall instead be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the state public school fund. The amount shall be available for appropriation to the department of education in subsequent fiscal years.

(b) For the 2010-11 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, the department of education shall reimburse school districts for educational services provided to juveniles pursuant to section 22-32-141 from moneys appropriated for said purpose.

(c) For the 2012-13 budget year the general assembly shall appropriate the amount calculated for at-risk supplemental aid pursuant to sections 22-30.5-112.2 and 22-30.5-513, up to three million eight hundred thirty-nine thousand six hundred twenty-seven dollars, from any amounts recovered and received by the department of education during the applicable budget year.

(d) For the 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 budget years, the general assembly may appropriate money from the state public school fund to the legislative department for the costs incurred by the legislative interim committee on school finance as provided in part 19 of article 2 of title 2.

(5) All publishing costs associated with the annual printing of the laws enacted by the general assembly concerning education shall be paid out of the state public school fund.

(6) Repealed.

(7) For the 2017-18 budget year, the state treasurer, before June 30, 2018, shall transfer from the general fund to the state public school fund thirty million seven hundred twenty-three thousand seven hundred ninety-one dollars.

(8) The general assembly shall appropriate from the state public school fund for purposes of school safety seven million thirty-three thousand eight hundred eighty-three dollars, which amount results from the reduction in district total program funding for the 2017-18 budget year as described in House Bill 18-1171.

(9) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-11-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 22-11-101
22-11-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-11-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Education Accountability Act of 2009".
C.R.S. § 22-7-606 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 22-7-606
22-7-606. School accountability reports - delivery web site
Status: repealed

22-7-606. School accountability reports - delivery web site. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-14-110 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-110
22-14-110. State board - rules
Status: in_force

22-14-110. State board - rules. (1) The state board shall promulgate, pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, such rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this article 14. At a minimum, the rules must include:

(a) The rules required pursuant to section 22-14-103 (4) to establish criteria for identifying high priority and priority local education providers;

(b) The rules required pursuant to section 22-14-109 for the student re-engagement grant program;

(b.5) The rules required pursuant to section 22-14-109.5 for the ninth-grade success grant program; and

(c) Rules to define and calculate the following rates:

(I) The student dropout rate;

(II) The graduation rate;

(III) The completion rate;

(IV) The student re-engagement rate;

(V) The truancy rate;

(VI) The student mobility rate;

(VII) The student suspension rate; and

(VIII) The student expulsion rate.

(2) To the extent the state board, as of May 21, 2009, has already promulgated any of the rules specified in subsection (1) of this section, the state board shall review said rules and determine whether they should be revised based on the provisions of this article.
C.R.S. § 22-14-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-105
22-14-105. Assessment of statewide student attendance data - report
Status: in_force

22-14-105. Assessment of statewide student attendance data - report. Beginning in the 2009-10 academic year, the office, with assistance from other divisions within the department, shall annually analyze data collected by the department from local education providers throughout the state concerning student attendance and the implementation of school attendance policies and practices and shall assess the overall incidence, causes, and effects of student dropout, engagement, and re-engagement in Colorado. On or before February 15, 2010, and on or before February 15 each year thereafter, the office shall provide to local education providers, the state board, the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and the governor's office the assessment and any recommended strategies to address student dropout, engagement, and re-engagement in Colorado. The office may combine this assessment and recommendation with the report required by section 22-14-111.
C.R.S. § 22-31-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-119
22-31-119. Absentee voting
Status: in_force

22-31-119. Absentee voting. (Deleted by amendment)
C.R.S. § 22-102-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 102 / Section 22-102-101
22-102-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-102-101. Short title. The short title of this article 102 is the "Colorado K-5 Social and Emotional Health Act".
C.R.S. § 22-32-109.4 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-109.4
22-32-109.4. Colorado School Collective Bargaining Agreement Sunshine Act - board of educatio
Status: repealed

22-32-109.4. Colorado School Collective Bargaining Agreement Sunshine Act - board of education - specific duties. (1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado School Collective Bargaining Agreement Sunshine Act".

(2) "Collective bargaining agreement" means, for the purpose of this section, a master agreement, and any amendments, addendums, memorandums, or any other documents modifying the master agreement.

(3) In addition to any other duty required to be performed by law, each board of education shall cause, within thirty days following August 8, 2001, a true and correct copy of each collective bargaining agreement entered into by the board of education and in effect as of said date and all subsequent collective bargaining agreements entered into by the board of education, within thirty working days following the date of ratification of each agreement, to be:

(a) Posted on the website of the school district;

(b) Repealed.

(c) Made available for public inspection during regular business hours in a convenient and identified location at the main administrative office of the school district; and

(d) Filed with the board of trustees of the largest public library located within the school district.

(4) Any meeting of a board of education at which a collective bargaining agreement is discussed is open to the public and any notice required by section 24-6-402 (2)(c) must be given prior to the meeting; except that a board of education may hold an executive session in accordance with the requirements of section 24-6-402 (4)(e)(III) for the purpose of developing the strategy of the school district for negotiations relating to a collective bargaining agreement.
C.R.S. § 22-35-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-103
22-35-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

22-35-103. Definitions. As used in this article 35, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Apprenticeship program" means a Colorado-based apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States department of labor's office of apprenticeship or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States department of labor.

(1.5) "ASCENT program" means the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program created in section 22-35-108.

(2) Repealed.

(3) "Board" means the concurrent enrollment advisory board created in section 22-35-107.

(4) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that operates one or more public schools.

(5) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education created pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.

(6) (a) "Concurrent enrollment" means the simultaneous enrollment of a qualified student in a local education provider and in one or more postsecondary courses, including academic or career and technical education courses, which may include coursework related to apprenticeship programs or internship programs, at an institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of this article 35, at no tuition cost to the qualified student or the qualified student's parent or legal guardian.

(b) "Concurrent enrollment" does not include a student's simultaneous enrollment in:

(I) A local education provider and in one or more secondary career and technical education courses, advanced placement courses, or international baccalaureate courses;

(II) An early college and a postsecondary course, which enrollment is not subject to the provisions of this article 35;

(III) A p-tech school, as defined in section 22-35.3-102, and a postsecondary course, which enrollment is subject to the provisions of article 35.3 of this title 22; or

(IV) A local education provider and a postsecondary course that does not meet the requirements specified in subsection (6)(a) of this section.

(7) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into by a local education provider and an institution of higher education pursuant to section 22-35-104 (6).

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

(8.5) "Developmental education course" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1-113 (11)(b).

(9) "District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title that serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(10) (a) "Early college" means a secondary school that provides only a curriculum that requires each student to enroll in and complete secondary and postsecondary courses while enrolled in the four years of high school such that, upon successful completion of the curriculum, the student will have completed the requirements of a high school diploma and an associate's degree or other postsecondary credential or at least sixty credits toward the completion of a postsecondary credential. The curriculum must be designed to be completed within four years. "Early college" includes only the following:

(I) Dolores Huerta preparatory high school in Pueblo;

(II) Southwest early college charter high school in Denver;

(III) Front range early college in Denver;

(IV) Colorado Springs early colleges in Colorado Springs;

(V) Early college high school in Arvada;

(VI) A secondary school that satisfies the provisions of this subsection (10) and identifies itself as an "early college" on May 21, 2009; and

(VII) A secondary school that is designated, after May 21, 2009, as an early college by the state board of education.

(b) As soon as practicable after June 6, 2018, the state board shall review the secondary schools described in subsection (10)(a)(VI) of this section and the secondary schools designated as provided in subsection (10)(a)(VII) of this section and confirm whether each secondary school meets the curriculum requirements specified in subsection (10)(a) of this section, as amended on June 6, 2018. Effective July 1, 2018, a secondary school that the state board determines does not meet the curriculum requirements specified in subsection (10)(a) of this section is no longer designated as an early college. In reviewing a school's designation, the state board shall not require the school to submit documentation beyond the minimum necessary to confirm that the school's curriculum meets the requirements specified in subsection (10)(a) of this section.

(11) "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 that serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(12) "Institution of higher education" means:

(a) A state university or college, community college, local district college, or area technical college described in title 23, C.R.S.;

(a.5) A postsecondary career and technical education program; or

(b) An educational institution operating in this state that:

(I) Does not receive state general fund moneys in support of its operating costs;

(II) Admits as regular students only persons having a high school diploma or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

(III) Is accredited by a regional accrediting agency or association;

(IV) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree or a graduate degree;

(V) Is authorized by the department of higher education to do business in Colorado pursuant to section 23-2-103.3, C.R.S.;

(VI) Maintains a physical campus or instructional facility in Colorado; and

(VII) Has been determined by the United States department of education to be eligible to administer federal financial aid programs pursuant to Title IV of the federal "Higher Education Act of 1965", as amended.

(13) "Local education provider" means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.

(13.5) "Postsecondary career and technical education program" means a career and technical education program that offers postsecondary courses and is approved by the state board for community colleges and occupational education pursuant to section 23-8-103, C.R.S.

(14) "Postsecondary education" means all formal public education that requires as a prerequisite the acquisition of a high school diploma, its equivalent, or the achievement of a minimum score on a placement assessment that is administered by an institution of higher education, which minimum score is determined by the institution. "Postsecondary education" includes programs resulting in the acquisition of a certificate, an associate degree of applied sciences, an associate degree of general studies, an associate degree of arts, or an associate degree of science and all baccalaureate degree programs.

(15) "Qualified student" means a person who is less than twenty-one years of age and is enrolled in the ninth grade or a higher grade level in a local education provider.

(16) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(17) "Student group" has the same meaning as provided in section 22-11-103.

(18) "TREP program" means the teacher recruitment education and preparation program created in section 22-35-108.5.
C.R.S. § 22-80-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-103
22-80-103. Board of trustees - appointments - powers - duties - fund created
Status: in_force

22-80-103. Board of trustees - appointments - powers - duties - fund created. (1) (a) There is created in the department of education a board of trustees for the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind. The board of trustees is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of education. The board of trustees consists of seven members who are residents of Colorado, appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Of these seven members, at least one appointee must be a person who is blind and at least one appointee must be a person who is deaf. The governor shall ensure that, of the seven members of the board of trustees, at least one appointee is the parent of a child who is deaf or blind or both.

(b) In making appointments pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, the governor shall give due consideration to establishing and maintaining a geographical and urban and rural balance among the board members. No more than four of the seven members may be affiliated with the same political party. The commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees. The terms of office of the board of trustees is four years; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than four members' terms expire in the same year. The governor may remove any member for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty and shall fill all vacancies that occur.

(2) The board of trustees shall elect a chair annually from among its members. Members of the board shall receive no compensation but are entitled to be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the exercise of their official duties at the rate authorized for state employees. In addition, a member with sensory impairment is entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining necessary assistance to fulfill his or her duties as a member of the board of trustees.

(3) The board of trustees is authorized to promulgate rules pursuant to section 24-1-115 (8), C.R.S., to implement provisions of law relating to operation of the school.

(4) In addition to any other powers granted by law to the board of trustees, the board shall have the following powers:

(a) To have and use a corporate seal;

(b) To sue and be sued in its own name;

(c) To incur debts, liabilities, and obligations, subject to any limitations imposed thereon pursuant to law;

(d) To cooperate and contract with the state or federal government or an agency or instrumentality thereof and to apply for and receive grants or financial assistance from any of such entities;

(e) To act on behalf of the state of Colorado pursuant to a statutory authorization;

(f) To acquire, hold, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of real or personal property or a commodity or service;

(g) To do or perform an act authorized by this article by means of an agent or by contract with a person, firm, or corporation;

(h) To provide for the necessary expenses of the board of trustees in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties and reimburse a board member for expenses as provided in subsection (2) of this section;

(i) To determine eligibility of students and procedures for admission to the school;

(j) To provide for the students of the school necessary bedding, food, and medical services and such other things as may be proper for the health and comfort of the students without cost to their parents;

(k) To provide for the proper keeping of accounts and records and for budgeting of funds;

(l) To act as a public entity for purposes of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(m) To set tuition and other fees for nonresidents of the state and to enter into contracts for the admission of nonresident students into the school; and

(n) To exercise any other powers that are essential to carrying out the provisions of this article.

(5) (a) The board of trustees is authorized to receive gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources in accordance with conditions prescribed by the donor; but no gift, grant, or donation shall be accepted if the conditions attached thereto require the use or expenditure thereof in a manner contrary to law. Gifts, grants, and donations received by the board of trustees may be transmitted to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind trust fund created in paragraph (b) of this subsection (5) or may be transferred to a nonprofit entity described in section 24-1-107.5 (2)(a)(II)(F), C.R.S. The board of trustees may sell or convey by bill of sale, deed, or other legal instrument any property, real or personal, received as a gift, donation, or bequest, upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees deems to be in the best interest of the school and its students.

(b) The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind trust fund is hereby created, and referred to in this subsection (5) as the "trust fund". The trust fund shall consist of moneys acquired from private sources and any moneys received by the school and deposited with the state treasurer prior to July 1, 2004, and any interest earned thereon. All income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the trust fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the trust fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.

(c) The board of trustees is hereby authorized to expend such amounts from the trust fund as the board of trustees deems to be in the best interest of the school and its students.

(6) Title to any gift, donation, or bequest received by the board of trustees on behalf of the school shall vest in the board of trustees. Title to all other property and other assets of the school shall vest in the state board of education, but the board of trustees shall have complete jurisdiction over the management of the school.

(7) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the board of trustees shall transmit, on or before January 1, 2005, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, a report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives that contains the following:

(a) All school performance report data for the school, as specified by the department of education;

(b) All training, mentoring, and professional development activities arranged for the school's teachers; and

(c) Any parental education and parental involvement components in the school's program.
C.R.S. § 22-12-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Section 22-12-101
22-12-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-12-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Teacher and School Administrator Protection Act".
C.R.S. § 22-5-120 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-120
22-5-120. School food authority operations - contracts for provision of food and beverages
Status: in_force

22-5-120. School food authority operations - contracts for provision of food and beverages. (1) Each board of cooperative services is authorized to maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility as a school food authority, as defined in section 22-32-120 (8).

(2) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority is encouraged to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts food and beverages that:

(a) Satisfy nutritional standards established by the United States department of agriculture; and

(b) Have been locally grown or produced.

(3) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations to facilitate its operations as a school food authority; except that a board of cooperative services shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation if it is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this article or any other law of the state.
C.R.S. § 22-32-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-109
22-32-109. Board of education - specific duties - definitions
Status: repealed

22-32-109. Board of education - specific duties - definitions. (1) In addition to any other duty required to be performed by law, each board of education has the following specific duties:

(a) To adopt written bylaws, not inconsistent with law, for its organization and operation;

(b) To adopt policies and prescribe rules and regulations necessary and proper for the efficient administration of the affairs of the district, including procedures for competitive bidding in the purchase of goods and services, except professional services, for the district;

(c) To cause a true and correct copy of all current bylaws, policies, and rules and regulations adopted or prescribed by the board to be made available for public inspection at the administrative office of the district during reasonable business hours;

(d) To cause to be filed with the department of education the name, address, and length of term of office of each school director; and the name, address, identification of office, and date of election or appointment of the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, and of the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer if there are such offices;

(e) To cause minutes of all proceedings of the board, except those of an executive session, to be recorded in convenient form, which record shall be open for public inspection at the administrative office of the district during reasonable business hours;

(f) (I) To employ all personnel required to maintain the operations and carry out the educational program of the district and to fix and order paid their compensation. Prior to the employment of any person, the board shall make an inquiry to the department of education in accordance with the provisions of section 22-32-109.7 (1). A board of a district of innovation, as defined in section 22-32.5-103 (2), may delegate the duty specified in this paragraph (f) to an innovation school, as defined in section 22-32.5-103 (3), or to a school in an innovation school zone, as defined in section 22-32.5-103 (4).

(II) and (III) Repealed.

(g) To require any employee or other person who may receive into his custody moneys which properly belong to the district to deliver such moneys to the treasurer of the district, or to deposit such moneys in a depository designated by the board;

(h) To require each employee who is likely to have in his or her temporary custody at any one time an amount of school district moneys in excess of fifty dollars to be bonded in an amount at least sufficient to cover the amount of school district moneys which is likely to be in his or her temporary custody at any time, or to be bonded in such greater amount as the board may determine. A blanket form of surety bond may be utilized to cover more than one such employee. The district shall pay the costs for any such bonds. In lieu of the bonds required by this paragraph (h), the district may purchase crime insurance coverage to protect the district from any malfeasance on the part of such employee.

(i) To cause to be kept complete and accurate financial records of the school district by funds and accounts, maintained on the basis of generally recognized principles of governmental accounting;

(j) To cause to be kept the stubs of, or a register of, all warrants or orders drawn upon school district moneys in the various funds, showing the number of each warrant or order, the date issued, the object or purpose for which drawn, the amount and to whom payable, or, in lieu thereof, similar records as normally provided in accounting procedures through the use of automatic processing;

(k) To cause a statement of the financial condition of the district to be published and posted as required by law, to cause all accounts to be audited as required by law, and to review from time to time during each fiscal year the financial position of the district;

(l) To cause all statements of account and all canceled warrants and orders to be kept on file for six years;

(m) To cause such records as relate to the affairs or business of the district to be preserved and disposed of only in the manner provided by law;

(n) (I) To determine, prior to the end of a school year, the length of time which the schools of the district shall be in session during the next following school year, but in no event shall said schools be scheduled to have fewer than one thousand eighty hours of planned teacher-pupil instruction and teacher-pupil contact during the school year for secondary school pupils in high school, middle school, or junior high school or less than nine hundred ninety hours of such instruction and contact for elementary school pupils or fewer than four hundred fifty hours of such instruction for a half-day kindergarten program or fewer than nine hundred hours of such instruction for a full-day kindergarten program. In no case shall a school be in session for fewer than one hundred sixty days without the specific prior approval of the commissioner of education. In extraordinary circumstances, if it appears to the satisfaction of the commissioner that compliance with the provisions of this subparagraph (I) would require the scheduling of hours of instruction and contact at a time when pupil attendance will be low and the benefits to pupils of holding such hours of instruction will be minimal in relation to the cost thereof, the commissioner may waive the provisions of this subparagraph (I) upon application therefor by the board of education of the district.

(II) (A) The actual hours of teacher-pupil instruction and teacher-pupil contact specified in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (n) may be reduced to no fewer than one thousand fifty-six hours for secondary school pupils, no fewer than nine hundred sixty-eight hours for elementary school pupils, no fewer than four hundred thirty-five hours for half-day kindergarten pupils, or no fewer than eight hundred seventy hours for full-day kindergarten pupils, for parent-teacher conferences, staff in-service programs, and closing deemed by the board to be necessary for the health, safety, or welfare of students.

(B) Prior to the beginning of the school year, each district shall provide for the adoption of a district calendar which is applicable to all schools within the district or shall provide for the adoption of a school calendar for each individual school within the district. The district calendar or individual school calendars may be adopted by the board of education, the district administration, the school administration, or any combination thereof. A copy of the calendar shall be provided to the parents or guardians of all children enrolled in schools within the district. Such calendar shall include the dates for all staff in-service programs scheduled for the school year. The board, district administration, or school administration shall allow for public input from parents and teachers prior to scheduling the dates for staff in-service programs. Any change in the calendar, excluding changes resulting from emergency closings or other unforeseen circumstances, shall be preceded by adequate and timely notice from the board, district administration, or school administration of not less than thirty days.

(o) When so directed by the state board of education, but no more often than once during any twelve-month period, to cause a census of all persons resident within the district who have not attained the age of twenty-one years, or any age group thereof, to be taken on a prescribed date, upon such forms as shall be supplied by the state board;

(p) To appoint an attendance officer as required by the "School Attendance Law of 1963", article 33 of this title;

(q) To cause to be prepared, executed, and filed with the state board of education any report required by law or by regulation;

(r) To comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the state board of education pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(s) To cause to be erected and maintained a suitable flagstaff with the attachments necessary for the display of flags upon the administration building or, if none, on the principal school building or the grounds thereof and to cause suitable flags of standard bunting, not less than three by five feet in size, of the United States and the state of Colorado to be displayed upon said flagstaff at all times during the day while school is in session, except during inclement weather;

(t) To determine the educational programs to be carried on in the schools of the district and to prescribe the textbooks for any course of instruction or study in such programs;

(u) To provide free textbooks for an indigent child enrolled in a school of the district without requiring a loss or damage deposit, and to insure that no child is denied the use of textbooks because of refusal of his parents to pay for the same;

(v) To cause an educational program to be maintained and operated within or, if the board makes a specific determination that such is necessary for the efficient operation of the district, outside the territorial limits of the district for the school-age children resident therein; but nothing in this paragraph (v) shall be construed in a manner to prohibit the maintenance of ungraded levels of instruction therein;

(w) and (x) Repealed.

(y) (I) To adopt written bylaws relating to conflicts of interest for members of a board of education of a school district.

(II) Upon filing a copy of the adopted written bylaws with the department of education and upon acknowledgment of receipt thereof by the department, a board shall be considered to be exempt from the requirements of section 18-8-308 (1) and (2), C.R.S. A board member not voting because of a disclosed conflict shall be exempt from the provisions of section 22-32-108 (6).

(III) The commissioner of education shall, in writing, notify the secretary of state of the exemption.

(z) To provide for a periodic in-service program for all district teachers which shall provide information about the "Child Protection Act of 1987", part 3 of article 3 of title 19, C.R.S., instruction designed to assist teachers in recognizing child abuse or neglect, and instruction designed to provide teachers with information on how to report suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect and how to assist the child-victim and his family;

(aa) To adopt and implement preschool through elementary and secondary education standards as required in part 10 of article 7 of this title;

(bb) (I) To adopt a policy mandating a prohibition against the use of all tobacco products on school property and at school-sponsored activities by students, teachers, staff, and visitors pursuant to the provisions of section 25-14-103.5, C.R.S., and to adopt such rules as are necessary to enforce such prohibition; except that no such policy shall require the expulsion of any student solely for such tobacco use;

(II) To the extent funds are available, to operate and maintain an educational program to assist students, faculty, and staff to avoid and discontinue the use of tobacco at each school under the board's direction and control;

(cc) To adopt a dress code policy for teachers and other school employees;

(dd) To adopt and revise, as necessary, policies to remove barriers to access and success in school for homeless children;

(ee) To adopt a policy to prohibit school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug for any student. School personnel shall not test or require a test for a child's behavior without prior written permission from the parents or guardians or the child and prior written disclosure as to the disposition of the results or the testing therefrom. Through such policy, school personnel should be encouraged to discuss concerns about a child's behavior with the parent or legal guardian of such child and such discussions may include a suggestion by school personnel that the parent or legal guardian speak with an appropriate health-care professional.

(ff) To adopt a policy on or before October 1, 2005, to:

(I) Provide on or before December 31 of each school year, the names and mailing addresses of students enrolled in the eighth grade to the Colorado commission on higher education for use in mailing the notice of postsecondary educational opportunities and higher education admission guidelines as required in section 23-1-119.1, C.R.S.; and

(II) Provide to the parent of a student enrolled in the eighth grade, prior to the student's enrollment in his or her ninth-grade courses, a list of courses the school district has available that satisfy the Colorado commission on higher education's higher education admission guidelines;

(gg) To include a provision in any contract entered into by the school district with a college preparation program operating within the school district that the college preparation program shall provide to the Colorado commission on higher education, on or before December 31 of each school year, a report specifying each student, by unique identifying number, to the extent permissible by federal law, who was enrolled in the program during the previous school year; who completed the program during the previous school year; and who enrolled in an institution of higher education within six months after completing the program. The provisions of this paragraph (gg) shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or after August 10, 2005.

(hh) To provide the opportunity for a student enrolled in a public school of the district to develop a plan for academic remediation upon the request of the student's parent or legal guardian;

(ii) To adopt a policy within ninety days after April 28, 2006, to ensure that the right of school district employees and students to display reasonably the flag of the United States shall not be infringed with respect to the display:

(I) On an individual's person; or

(II) On an individual's personal property or property that is under the temporary control of an employee or a student, including but not limited to a desk top or a locker;

(jj) To identify any areas in which one or more of the principals of the schools of the school district require further training or development. The board of education shall contract for or otherwise assist the identified principals in participating in professional development programs to assist the identified principals in improving their skills in the identified areas.

(kk) (I) To undertake a community-based process to develop a blueprint for the education system in the community and to determine the skills students will need to be successful after graduation. Each board of education shall seek input from the community at large, which may include, but need not be limited to, students, parents, business persons, neighboring school districts, and regional boards of cooperative services. Each board of education shall use this blueprint, together with the guidelines for high school graduation requirements developed by the state board pursuant to section 22-2-106 (1)(a.5), to establish local high school graduation requirements applicable to students enrolling in ninth grade beginning in the 2014-15 school year. To assist the state board of education in fulfilling its duties under part 10 of article 7 of this title, each board of education shall provide to the state board of education information concerning the blueprint and the input received in developing the blueprint. A board of education that has undertaken a comprehensive community-based process and has revised its high school graduation requirements within the previous two years shall not be required to develop a new blueprint for the education system in its community or make any revisions to its high school graduation requirements.

(II) Each board of education shall report its blueprint for the education system in the community and its new or revised high school graduation requirements to the public through the accreditation process, as determined by the state board. In its report, the board of education shall demonstrate how its high school graduation requirements meet or exceed any minimum standards or core competencies or skills identified in the guidelines for high school graduation requirements developed by the state board pursuant to section 22-2-106 (1)(a.5).

(ll) (I) To adopt written policies specifying that:

(A) The schools in the district are subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services;

(B) Enrollment in a school in the district must be open to any child who resides within the state; except that a school is not required to make alterations in the structure of the facility used by the school or to make alterations to the arrangement or function of rooms within the facility, except as may be required by state or federal law; and

(C) Enrollment decisions shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner.

(II) As used in this subsection (1)(ll):

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

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

(mm) To adopt and implement policies as described in section 22-11-307 for accreditation of the public schools of the school district;

(nn) Repealed.

(oo) (I) To adopt policies to require each school of the school district, including the charter schools, to assist each student and his or her parent or legal guardian to develop and maintain the student's individual career and academic plan, referred to in this paragraph (oo) as an "ICAP", no later than the beginning of ninth grade. The board of education may require the schools of the school district to assist the student and his or her parent or legal guardian to develop and maintain the student's ICAP in any grade prior to ninth grade. Each student's ICAP shall comply with the requirements specified in section 22-2-136 and the rules promulgated by the state board of education pursuant to said section.

(II) The board of education shall further require each school of the school district to assist each student who is enrolled in the school and has an ICAP to use the plan effectively to direct the student's course selections and performance expectations in at least grades nine through twelve; to assist the student in meeting his or her academic and career goals as described in the ICAP; and to enable the student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon graduation from high school at a level that allows the student to progress toward his or her postsecondary education goals, if any, without requiring remedial educational services or courses.

(III) At a minimum, each public school shall ensure that, in developing and maintaining each student's ICAP, the counselor or teacher explains to the student's parent or legal guardian, by electronic mail or other written form, and to the student:

(A) The requirements for and benefits of concurrently enrolling in courses with an institution of higher education pursuant to the "Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act", article 35 of this title 22. Based on a request from the student or the student's parent or legal guardian, the counselor or teacher shall assist the student in course planning to enable the student to concurrently enroll in courses with an institution of higher education.

(B) The various career pathways created pursuant to section 24-46.3-104 and the types of certificates and jobs to which each pathway leads;

(B.5) The teaching career pathway created pursuant to section 23-60-110, the career opportunities to which the pathway leads, and information concerning participation in the TREP program created in section 22-35-108.5;

(C) The skills and educational opportunities available through military enlistment. In discussing military enlistment with a student and his or her parent, each public school is encouraged to provide to the student information concerning the military enlistment test.

(D) The availability and 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 the availability of help in completing the forms, if requested;

(pp) To annually distribute to each district charter school and to each district employee informational materials relating to federal student loan repayment programs and student loan forgiveness programs, including updated materials, received from the department of education pursuant to section 22-2-112 (1)(t). In addition to annual distribution, each board shall distribute the informational materials to newly hired district employees as part of its employee orientation process. The board may distribute the informational materials to district employees through an e-mail to employees or as part of a mailing or regular communication to employees.

(2) Any board conducting a complete educational program outside the territorial limits of the district in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (v) of subsection (1) of this section shall obtain the written consent of the board of the school district in which said educational program is to be conducted prior to establishing said educational program. No board shall conduct a complete educational program outside the territorial limits of the district unless the geographic and topographical characteristics of the district make the conducting of such educational program within the territorial limits of the district unduly burdensome on the district and the students.
C.R.S. § 22-10-204 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 22-10-204
22-10-204. Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

22-10-204. Reporting requirements. (1) On or before November 30, 2025, November 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, the department shall report to the house of representatives education committee and the senate education committee, or their successor committees, the following:

(a) Demographic data of students currently enrolled in the program;

(b) Demographic data of students who graduated from the program;

(c) Accountability measure data described in section 22-10-202 (3)(c);

(d) The number of industry-recognized certificates, college credits, and overall average attainment of high school credits that students earn each term; and

(e) Any recommendations for legislation.
C.R.S. § 22-95.5-203 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 95.5 / Part 2 / Section 22-95.5-203
22-95.5-203. Eligibility - application - use of grant money - report
Status: in_force

22-95.5-203. Eligibility - application - use of grant money - report. (1) (a) A local education provider may apply for a grant pursuant to this section; except that, when a school district submits an application and is eligible for a grant pursuant to this part 2, a school operating within that district may not submit an application.

(b) An application from an individual school must be submitted by the chief administrative officer of the school and, if the school is not a charter school, the school must notify the superintendent of the school district of the application.

(2) (a) A local education provider is eligible for the grant program if the local education provider automatically enrolls each student entering the ninth grade or higher in an advanced course based on any of the following criteria:

(I) The student achieved a score that is equivalent to, or exceeds, demonstrating proficiency on the state assessment that was administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 for the preceding academic year, referred to in this section as an "eligible score", as follows:

(A) Students who achieve an eligible score in a subject related to mathematics must be automatically enrolled in advanced courses in mathematics;

(B) Students who achieve an eligible score in subjects relating to reading and writing must be enrolled in advanced courses in English, social studies, humanities, or other related subjects; and

(C) Students who achieve an eligible score in a subject related to science or social studies must be automatically enrolled in advanced courses in science or social studies; or

(II) Any other measure, applied to all students enrolled in a local education provider, that, in the judgment of the local education provider, is an indicator that a student demonstrates the ability to succeed in an advanced course.

(b) (I) A local education provider is encouraged to automatically enroll each student entering the fourth through eighth grade in advanced courses as described in this section.

(II) A local education provider is encouraged to use automatic enrollment for courses in subjects not listed in this section.

(c) A local education provider shall permit a parent of a student to remove the student from an advanced course in which the student has been automatically enrolled. A local education provider may permit a parent of a student to exempt the student from any automatic enrollment in advanced courses.

(3) In an application submitted pursuant to this part 2, a local education provider shall include the following:

(a) A description of the local education provider's existing advanced courses and any planned advanced courses, including courses that may be implemented with money received from the grant program;

(b) The local education provider's plan for automatically enrolling students into advanced courses;

(c) A description of how the local education provider will use any grant awarded consistent with the requirements of subsection (4) of this section; and

(d) Any other information required by state board rule.

(4) A local education provider that is awarded a grant pursuant to this part 2 may use the grant money for any of the following:

(a) Expanding the number of advanced courses offered in the local education provider, including the use of technology to increase the number of advanced courses offered;

(b) Incentivizing teachers to teach advanced courses, including teacher training and professional development in areas relating to advanced course instruction;

(c) Developing advanced course curriculum; or

(d) Expanding parent and student engagement with the local education provider as it relates to advanced course availability and enrollment and student success in advanced courses.

(5) A local education provider that is awarded a grant pursuant to this part 2 may not use the grant money for the purpose of hiring new teachers.

(6) A local education provider that receives an award from the grant program must submit an annual report to the department that includes the following information:

(a) The number of students enrolled in advanced courses;

(b) The number of students automatically enrolled in advanced courses by the local education provider; and

(c) Demographic information of students automatically enrolled in advanced courses, including but not limited to age, ethnicity, racial, and socioeconomic information.
C.R.S. § 22-95.5-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 95.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-95.5-102
22-95.5-102. Accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program - creation - rules
Status: in_force

22-95.5-102. Accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program - creation - rules. (1) There is created in the department the accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program to increase the number of eligible students who take advanced placement exams and international baccalaureate exams and receive scores for which college academic credit is awarded by providing funds to high schools to pay all or a portion of exam fees on behalf of eligible students.

(2) The department shall administer the grant program in accordance with state board rules. The department shall:

(a) Accept and review grant applications received from high schools;

(b) Determine the amount, based on available appropriations, that will be awarded for each exam that will be administered to an eligible student; and

(c) Award grants, at the amount set for each exam that will be administered to an eligible student, determined pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, to each high school that has submitted an application.

(3) (a) The amount set by the department for each exam pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section must be the same for each exam, regardless of the subject of the exam.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of this section, and subject to available appropriations, the department may award a grant for an exam fee in an amount greater than the amount of a grant awarded for another exam up to the amount necessary to cover the entire fee of an exam. In order to award a grant in a greater amount pursuant to this subsection (3)(b), any grant awarded for a lesser amount must cover the entire cost of the exam fee for which the lesser grant is awarded.

(4) Pursuant to article 4 of title 24, the state board shall promulgate rules to implement the grant program, including rules relating to:

(a) The application process, including application requirements and deadlines;

(b) A process for verifying student eligibility; and

(c) Deadlines for the department to award grants.

(5) A high school that receives an award pursuant to this section shall use the entire amount awarded to pay all or a portion of exam fees on behalf of eligible students who will take an exam in the amount awarded for each exam by the department pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 22-41-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 41 / Section 22-41-104
22-41-104. Lawful investments
Status: in_force

22-41-104. Lawful investments. (1) The state treasurer, as directed by the public school fund investment board, may invest and reinvest moneys accrued or accruing to the public school fund in the types of deposits and investments authorized in sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S., and bonds issued by school districts. The moneys may also be invested in stocks and other financial assets as specified in the public school fund investment board investment policy established as required in section 22-41-102.5 (4)(b); except that investment includes only mutual funds, index funds, and any other instrument that is not a direct investment in a corporation.

(2) The state treasurer has authority, to be exercised at the state treasurer's discretion, to effect exchanges or sales whenever such exchanges or sales will not result in an aggregate loss of principal to the public school fund. An aggregate loss of principal to the public school fund occurs only when an exchange or sale that resulted in an initial loss of principal is not offset by a gain on an exchange or sale in the fund within eighteen months. The calculation of an aggregate loss must also include any gains that were realized in the twelve months prior to the loss of principal.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 375, § 6, effective August 6, 1997.)
C.R.S. § 22-7-1015 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 22-7-1015
22-7-1015. Postsecondary and workforce readiness program - technical assistance - appropria
Status: repealed

22-7-1015. Postsecondary and workforce readiness program - technical assistance - appropriation - repeal. (1) On or before December 15, 2011, each local education provider shall review the curricula provided by the public high schools operated by the local education provider in the subject matter areas included in postsecondary and workforce readiness. The local education provider shall revise its curricula, or adopt new curricula, as necessary to ensure that the curricula content for said subject matter areas are aligned with postsecondary and workforce readiness such that a student who successfully completes the curricula will be prepared to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.

(2) (a) The revised or newly adopted curricula described in subsection (1) of this section shall constitute the postsecondary and workforce readiness program for each public high school operated by the local education provider. In revising or adopting the postsecondary and workforce readiness program, a local education provider is not required to base its courses or means of awarding course credits on Carnegie units. A local education provider may choose to base the awarding of course credits on a student's demonstration of attainment of the standards addressed by the course.

(b) A local education provider may accommodate the range of student interests and aspirations by adopting multiple curricula that, combined, create multiple postsecondary and workforce readiness programs within a school district or within a high school that are designed to prepare a student for differing post-graduation goals, including but not limited to immediate entry into the workforce or matriculation into career and technical education or higher education. The local education provider shall ensure, however, that every postsecondary and workforce readiness program adopted by the local education provider:

(I) Is aligned with postsecondary and workforce readiness such that a student who successfully completes the program will be prepared to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma; and

(II) Includes courses in visual arts and performing arts.

(c) For purposes of this section, a district charter high school shall be deemed to be operated by the chartering local school board; except that the chartering local school board, by charter contract, may allow the district charter high school to adopt its own postsecondary and workforce readiness program, separate from that adopted by the local school board. Each district charter high school that adopts its own postsecondary and workforce readiness program shall ensure that the program is aligned with postsecondary and workforce readiness such that a student who successfully completes the postsecondary and workforce readiness program will be prepared to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.

(3) (a) It is the intent of the general assembly that, on or before December 15, 2013, each student who enrolls in a public high school operated by a local education provider shall enroll in and successfully complete a postsecondary and workforce readiness program. Each local education provider shall require each high school student, beginning in ninth grade and continuing through twelfth grade, to enroll in the local education provider's postsecondary and workforce readiness program.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), a local education provider may allow a student who is receiving special education services to demonstrate attainment of postsecondary and workforce readiness through a differentiated plan for purposes of the postsecondary and workforce readiness program, if required in the student's individualized education program.

(4) The department of education, the department of higher education, and the state institutions of higher education, upon request, shall provide support to local education providers in implementing postsecondary and workforce readiness. Beginning with the 2009-10 budget year, the department of education and the department of higher education may include in their annual budget requests an amount necessary to offset the costs incurred in complying with this section. Support may include, but need not be limited to:

(a) Assisting the local education provider in reviewing and revising curriculum;

(b) Communicating with educators, local school board members, board of cooperative services board members, charter school governing board members, school district and school administrators, parents, and members of the business community;

(c) Providing professional development for educators;

(d) Collecting and making available a resource bank of examples of best practices in national, state, school district, school, and classroom reform efforts consistent with the intent of this part 10;

(e) Establishing support through regional postsecondary and workforce readiness coordinators for training that aligns with financial aid, financial literacy, and supports for student federal financial aid application and student state financial aid application completion;

(f) (I) Supporting the number of regional individual career and academic plan coordinators in the state and updating the resources available to the coordinators to support financial aid information and applications;

(II) Requiring the regional individual career and academic plan coordinators to provide additional training and outreach to schools and coordinate with the outreach team in the department of higher education created pursuant to section 23-1-119 (6).

(g) Repealed.

(5) (a) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department twenty-five thousand dollars from the general fund for the programs described in subsection (4)(f) of this section. Any unexpended money remaining at the end of the 2022-23 state fiscal year from this appropriation:

(I) Does not revert to the general fund or any other fund;

(II) May be used by the department in the 2023-24 or 2024-25 state fiscal year without further appropriation; and

(III) Must not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes set forth in subsection (4)(f) of this section.

(b) This subsection (5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 22-2-149 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-149
22-2-149. Summer electronic benefits transfer for children program - duties
Status: in_force

22-2-149. Summer electronic benefits transfer for children program - duties. (1) The department is the designated partner agency for the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program created in the department of human services pursuant to section 26-2-309.

(2) To administer the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program, the department shall:

(a) Develop an outreach plan and conduct outreach to local education providers, as defined in section 22-16-103, and school food authorities, as defined in section 26-2-309;

(b) Provide technical assistance to school food authorities, specifically school food authorities located in rural areas; and

(c) Collect the minimum student-level data necessary to gather and maintain eligibility information required by the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program and share the data with the department of human services for the administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program as set forth in section 26-2-309 (5).

(3) The department of human services and the department shall jointly:

(a) Develop protocols for the sharing of relevant data necessary for the administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program and outreach to households with students who are eligible for the program;

(b) Streamline data collection; and

(c) Develop and provide an opt-out process for parents, legal guardians, and emancipated students, to the extent allowable pursuant to the federal requirements for the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program.

(4) (a) For state fiscal year 2023-24, the general assembly shall appropriate one hundred sixty-nine thousand eight hundred seventy dollars to the department from the general fund for purposes of this section. Any money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4)(a) that is not expended prior to July 1, 2024, remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2024-25 state fiscal year without further appropriation.

(b) For state fiscal year 2024-25, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred ninety-three thousand eight hundred six dollars to the department from the general fund for purposes of this section. Any money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4)(b) that is not expended prior to July 1, 2025, remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2025-26 state fiscal year without further appropriation.
C.R.S. § 22-52-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 52 / Section 22-52-106
22-52-106. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

22-52-106. Rules and regulations. (1) The state board of education shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this article, pursuant to section 24-4-103, C.R.S. Such rules and regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a) Student eligibility criteria considering the special characteristics of the student, the educational record of the student to the time of application, and, if the student is enrolled in a public school program, the opportunities available to the student within that setting;

(b) Criteria for eligible schools emphasizing experimental approaches such as a career development curriculum and experiential education;

(c) Procedures for application by eligible schools and for selecting schools to participate in the second chance program;

(d) Procedures for coordinating eligible participating students and eligible participating schools, including procedures to establish a lottery system when the number of applicants for an eligible school exceeds the available space;

(e) Procedures for notifying the department of education and the student's school district of residence should the student stop attending or fail to make satisfactory progress;

(f) Procedures for resolving disputes arising between school districts, schools, students, and parents consistent with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.; and

(g) Financial transactions.
C.R.S. § 22-31-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-106
22-31-106. Persons entitled to vote at regular biennial and special school elections - regi
Status: repealed

22-31-106. Persons entitled to vote at regular biennial and special school elections - registration required. (1) No person shall be permitted to vote at any regular biennial school election or special school election without first having been registered in the manner required by the provisions of article 2 of title 1, C.R.S.

(2) to (5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 819, § 31, effective January 1, 1993.)

(6) and (7) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-24-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-105
22-24-105. Local education provider - duties
Status: in_force

22-24-105. Local education provider - duties. (1) Each local education provider shall provide an English language proficiency program for all English language learners who are enrolled in the public schools of the local education provider.

(2) Each local education provider shall identify English language learners who are enrolled in the public schools of the local education provider using the state-approved assessment for English language proficiency. The local education provider shall annually certify to the department the number of English language learners who are enrolled in the public schools of the local education provider.

(3) Each local education provider shall annually report to the department the number of English language learners who exit the English language proficiency program.
C.R.S. § 22-44-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-105
22-44-105. Budget - contents - mandatory
Status: repealed

22-44-105. Budget - contents - mandatory. (1) The budget shall be presented in the standard budget report format established by the state board of education by rule pursuant to subsection (5) of this section. The standard budget report format established by the state board shall be substantially consistent from year to year and shall adhere to the following guidelines:

(a) The budget shall be presented in a summary format which is understandable by any layperson reviewing such budget.

(a.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1873, § 1, effective June 6, 1993.)

(b) The budget shall be presented in a summary format which will allow for comparisons of revenues and expenditures among school districts by pupil.

(c) The budget shall be presented in a format that itemizes expenditures of the district by fund and by pupil. The budget shall:

(I) Describe the expenditure;

(II) Show the amount budgeted for the current fiscal year;

(III) Show the amount estimated to be expended for the current fiscal year; and

(IV) Show the amount budgeted for the ensuing fiscal year.

(V) Repealed.

(c.4) Upon review of the letter of intent submitted to the state treasurer and the department of education, the department of education will notify the board of education of the acceptance, if appropriate, of the use of real property for the establishment of a district emergency reserve pursuant to paragraph (c.5) of this subsection (1).

(c.5) The budget shall ensure that the school district holds unrestricted general fund or cash fund emergency reserves in the amount required under the provisions of section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution; except that, if a board of education provides for a district emergency reserve in the general fund for the budget year, established at an amount equal to at least three percent of the amount budgeted to the general fund, the board may:

(I) Designate real property owned by the district as all or a portion of the reserve required by section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution so long as the board has filed with the state treasurer and the department of education a letter of intent that expresses the intent of the board to increase the liquidity of such property upon the occurrence of a declared emergency within the meaning of section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution by entering into one or more financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements with respect to such property or by other means acceptable to the state treasurer; or

(II) Secure a letter of credit from an investment-grade bank as all or a portion of the reserve required by section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution so long as the board has filed with the state treasurer and the department of education a letter of intent that expresses the intent of the board to satisfy its obligation to reimburse the bank for money drawn on the letter of credit upon the occurrence of a declared emergency within the meaning of section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution that are not reimbursed to the bank within the same fiscal year by entering into financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements with respect to real property owned by the district.

(c.6) If at any time the board of education expends any moneys from the district emergency reserve created pursuant to paragraph (c.5) of this subsection (1), the board shall restore the reserve to three percent of the amount budgeted to the general fund as follows:

(I) If the board of education expends moneys from the district emergency reserve in a single fiscal year, the board shall restore the reserve pursuant to this paragraph (c.6) within thirty-six months of the first draw of the money from the reserve; and

(II) If the board of education expends moneys from the district emergency reserve in two consecutive fiscal years, the board shall restore the reserve pursuant to this paragraph (c.6) by the end of the fiscal year following the second fiscal year in which the board expended moneys from the reserve.

(c.7) The budget shall summarize revenues by revenue source and shall summarize expenditures by function, fund, and object.

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 948, § 3, effective August 6, 1997.)

(d.5) The budget shall include a uniform summary sheet for each fund administered by the district that details the following for each fund:

(I) The beginning fund balance and the anticipated ending fund balance for the budget year;

(II) The anticipated fund revenues for the budget year, delineated by the program and source codes identified in the chart of accounts created pursuant to subsection (4) of this section;

(III) The anticipated transfers and allocations that will occur to and from the fund during the budget year;

(IV) The anticipated expenditures that will be made from the fund during the budget year, delineated by the program and object codes identified in the chart of accounts created pursuant to subsection (4) of this section; and

(V) The amount of reserves in the fund.

(e) (I) For the 1993-94 fiscal year, the budget format shall contain a provision under which any district which has a reduction in its 1993-94 per pupil funding, as defined in former section 22-53-107.3 (3)(a), of four and seven-tenths percent or more may declare an extreme emergency and may apply for additional funding from the contingency reserve pursuant to former section 22-53-124 (4). Such additional funding shall not result in a percentage reduction for an individual district which is less than the greater of four and five-tenths percent or four percent plus the percentage change in the district's per pupil funding from the 1992-93 budget year to the 1993-94 budget year which results from the application of former section 22-53-107 (5.5)(b)(II) or (5.5)(b)(III).

(II) If a district which declares an extreme emergency pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e) has property tax revenue carried forward under the provisions of section 22-44-103.5, such district shall not be eligible to receive additional funding from the contingency reserve. However, the district may expend such property tax revenue in the 1993-94 budget year in response to such extreme emergency and, if the district advises the state board of education of such expenditure, the amount expended, not to exceed the amount of additional funding allowed the district pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e), shall be subtracted from the amount of excess property tax revenue of the district which must be offset against state aid and categorical support funds pursuant to section 22-44-103.5 (2)(b)(III)(B) and (2)(c)(III).

(III) For purposes of determining the percentage change in the district's per pupil funding from the 1992-93 budget year to the 1993-94 budget year, the district's per pupil funding for the 1992-93 budget year shall be the amount derived by dividing the district's 1992-93 equalization program funding, as calculated pursuant to former section 22-53-107 (3), including the district's 1992-93 preschool program funding, if any, as calculated pursuant to former section 22-53-115.5, and the district's 1992-93 program funding for three- and four-year-old children with disabilities, if any, as calculated pursuant to former section 22-53-116.5, by the district's 1992-93 funded pupil count as defined in former section 22-53-107 (5.5)(c)(II). The district's per pupil funding for the 1993-94 budget year shall be the amount derived by dividing the district's 1993-94 equalization program funding, as calculated pursuant to former section 22-53-107 (5.5)(b)(II) or (5.5)(b)(III), whichever is applicable, by the district's 1993-94 funded pupil count as defined in former section 22-53-107 (5.5)(c)(III).

(1.5) (a) A budget adopted pursuant to this article shall not provide for expenditures, interfund transfers, or reserves, in excess of available revenues and beginning fund balances. If the budget includes the use of a beginning fund balance, the school district board of education shall adopt a resolution specifically authorizing the use of a portion of the beginning fund balance in the school district's budget. The resolution, at a minimum, shall specify the amount of the beginning fund balance to be spent under the school district budget, state the purpose for which the expenditure is needed, and state the school district's plan to ensure that the use of the beginning fund balance will not lead to an ongoing deficit.

(b) Each school district shall annually prepare an itemized reconciliation between the fiscal year end fund balances based on the budgetary basis of accounting used by the school district and the fiscal year end fund balances based on the modified accrual basis of accounting. The reconciliation shall include, but need not be limited to, the liability for accrued salaries and related benefits. The reconciliation shall be included with the final version of the amended budget and the annual audited financial statements.

(c) If at any time during the fiscal year following the adoption of a budget by a board of education the school district determines that the use of an additional portion of the school district's beginning fund balance is necessary, the board of education shall adopt a resolution that meets at least the minimum requirements specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.5) before using the additional portion of the beginning fund balance.

(2) The proposed expenditures and anticipated revenues in the budget shall be supported as needed by explanatory schedules or statements of sufficient detail to judge the validity thereof, including a statement which summarizes the aggregate of revenues, appropriations, assets, and liabilities of each fund in balanced relations. The budget shall disclose planned compliance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1873, § 1, effective June 6, 1993.)

(4) (a) The state board of education, with input from the financial policies and procedures advisory committee, shall establish, implement, and maintain a statewide financial, student management, and human resource electronic data communications and reporting system that is based on a standard chart of accounts, a standard information system, and a standard personnel classification system. The department of education, the state charter school institute, and all district charter schools, institute charter schools, school districts, and boards of cooperative services in the state shall use the system to report and obtain necessary financial information.

(b) In implementing and maintaining the financial and human resource reporting system pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the state board of education shall adhere to, but is not limited to, the following guidelines:

(I) The reporting system must be based on a standard chart of accounts that makes school-to-school and school district-to-school district comparisons accurate and meaningful;

(II) The reporting system must provide standard definitions for employment positions such that full, accurate disclosure of administrative costs is made within the budgets and the financial statements of every school district; and

(III) The reporting system must make it possible to collect comparable data by program and school site.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require accounting of salary and benefit costs by school site.

(d) The financial policies and procedures advisory committee shall consider and make a recommendation to the state board of education concerning whether the standard chart of accounts should include the reporting of revenues received at all levels, including public revenues received from private gifts, grants, and donations, and, if so, how the reporting of revenues would be included in the standard chart of accounts.

(e) (I) The department shall issue a request for proposals and contract for the creation of a website view that, at a minimum, translates the expenditures for each of the major categories specified in the chart of accounts for school sites, school districts, the state charter school institute, and boards of cooperative services, as posted on the website maintained by each local education provider pursuant to section 22-44-304, into a format that is readable by a layperson. The department and the entity with which the department contracts, if any, shall work with the financial policies and procedures advisory committee and a representative from the office of state planning and budgeting in designing the presentation of data on the website view to ensure the greatest degree of clarity and comparability by laypersons of expenditures among school sites, school districts, the state charter school institute, and boards of cooperative services.

(II) The department shall ensure that the website created pursuant to this paragraph (e) is available to the public no later than July 1, 2017, and is updated annually.

(5) No later than July 1, 2008, the state board of education, with input and recommendations from the financial policies and procedures advisory committee created in the department of education, shall establish by rule the standard budget report format to be used by each board of education.

(6) (a) There is created in the state treasury the financial reporting fund, referred to in this subsection (6) as the "fund". For the 2014-15 budget year, the state treasurer shall transfer three million dollars from the state education fund, created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution, to the fund to offset the costs incurred by the department in implementing paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of this section. The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department of education beginning in the 2014-15 budget year and continuing through the 2017-18 budget year, after which time any moneys remaining in the fund are subject to annual appropriation.

(b) The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of this section as provided by law. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.

(c) The general assembly hereby declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, creating and maintaining the website described in paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of this section is an important element in implementing accountability reporting 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. § 22-54-107.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-107.5
22-54-107.5. Authorization of additional local revenues for supplemental cost of living adjus
Status: in_force

22-54-107.5. Authorization of additional local revenues for supplemental cost of living adjustment. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2001, any district that desires to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program, as determined in accordance with section 22-54-104, 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, subject to the limitations of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section, 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 a supplemental cost of living adjustment for the district for the then current budget year and each budget year thereafter. The question authorized by this subsection (1) shall be submitted at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and title 1, C.R.S.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2001, 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, as determined in accordance with section 22-54-104, and in addition to any property tax revenues levied pursuant to sections 22-54-107 and 22-54-108, subject to the limitations of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section, 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 a supplemental cost of living adjustment for the district for the then current budget year and each budget year thereafter. The question authorized by this subsection (2) shall be submitted at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and title 1, C.R.S. An initiative petition under this subsection (2) shall be signed by at least five percent of the eligible electors in the district at the time the petition is filed.

(3) (a) The maximum dollar amount of property tax revenue that a district can generate pursuant to this section for any given budget year shall not exceed the difference between what would be the district's total program for the 2001-02 budget year if calculated using the district's adjusted cost of living factor for the 2001-02 budget year and the district's total program for the 2001-02 budget year calculated pursuant to section 22-54-104.

(b) For purposes of determining a district's total program for the 2001-02 budget year if calculated using the district's adjusted cost of living factor, "per pupil funding" under section 22-54-104 (2)(a.5)(IV), as said section existed prior to its repeal in 2003, shall be calculated using the size factor used in the calculation for the prior budget year or the size factor used in the calculation for the 2001-02 budget year, whichever is less, the cost of living factor for the prior budget year, and the at-risk factor calculated for the district using a base at-risk factor of eleven and one-half percent.

(c) For purposes of this subsection (3), "adjusted cost of living factor" means the district's cost of living factor determined by dividing the district's cost of living amount by the lowest cost of living amount of all districts in the state from the current cost of living study, rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent.

(4) If the maximum dollar amount of property tax revenue allowed for any given budget year pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section will not be generated by the levy of the total number of mills levied by the district pursuant to this section for the immediately preceding budget year, the total number of mills levied by the district pursuant to this section shall not be increased unless the district submits the question of the increase to the eligible electors in the manner provided in subsection (1) of this section or unless the question of the increase is submitted to the eligible electors by initiative in the manner provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution which allow districts to seek voter approval for spending and revenue increases, the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall limit a district's authority to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program as determined in accordance with section 22-54-104.

(6) On and after June 7, 2002, no question shall be submitted to the eligible electors of a district pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
C.R.S. § 22-32-124.3 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-124.3
22-32-124.3. Energy-efficient design of school buildings and structures required - definition
Status: in_force

22-32-124.3. Energy-efficient design of school buildings and structures required - definitions. (1) On and after January 1, 2014, each school district, institute charter school, and each district charter school that receives operating moneys from the state shall ensure that each project for a new or substantially renovated building or structure is submitted to or verified by the highest energy efficiency standards practicable, including but not limited to the federal energy star label or the highest performance certification attainable.

(2) The school district, institute charter school, or district charter school may consult with the Colorado energy office concerning the best building practices for the construction, redesign, or renovation project. If a school district, institute charter school, or district charter school consults with the Colorado energy office pursuant to this subsection (2), the Colorado energy office shall advise the school district, institute charter school, or district charter school concerning the best building practices for the construction, redesign, or renovation project. It is the intent of the general assembly that the Colorado energy office use existing resources to satisfy the requirements of this subsection (2).

(3) A school district, institute charter school, or district charter school that has met the requirements of this section for designing or constructing a new or substantially renovated building or structure is encouraged to incorporate the high performance measures adopted or high performance standards met into its curriculum.

(4) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "High performance standard" means a building or structure renovation, design, and construction standard that:

(I) Results in the recovery of the initial capital costs attributable to compliance with this section over a time period to be determined by the school district, institute charter school, or district charter school, not to exceed fifteen years, by reducing long-term energy, maintenance, and operating costs;

(II) Reduces the operating costs of a school district, institute charter school, or district charter school by reducing the consumption of energy, water, or other resources;

(III) Improves the indoor environmental quality of a school building for a healthier learning environment;

(IV) Protects Colorado's environment; and

(V) Complies with the federal secretary of the interior's standards for the treatment of historic properties when such work will affect properties fifty years of age or older, unless the state historical society, designated in section 24-80-201, C.R.S., determines that the property is not of historical significance, as that term is defined in section 24-80.1-102 (6), C.R.S.

(b) "Submitted" means the submission to a federal agency of an energy efficiency plan for design and construction pursuant to the requirements of this section.

(c) "Substantially renovate a building or structure" means any renovation that causes the building occupancy to change or where alterations of the work area exceed fifty percent of the aggregate area of the building. If the alterations within the identified scope of the project of the work area exceed fifty percent of the aggregate area of the building, the alterations to existing buildings or structures are permitted without requiring modifications outside the identified scope of the project to the entire building or structure to comply with the requirements of this section. The alterations must conform to the requirements of this section as they relate to new construction only.

(d) "Verified" means certification of the highest energy efficiency standards as practicable by an independent third party.
C.R.S. § 22-10-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 22-10-101
22-10-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-10-101. Short title. The short title of this part 1 is the "Adult Education and Literacy Act".
C.R.S. § 22-5-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-101
22-5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-5-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965".
C.R.S. § 22-63-203 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 63 / Part 2 / Section 22-63-203
22-63-203. Probationary teachers - renewal and nonrenewal of employment contract
Status: repealed

22-63-203. Probationary teachers - renewal and nonrenewal of employment contract.

(1) (a) Repealed.

(b) For any school district that has implemented the performance evaluation system based on quality standards pursuant to section 22-9-106 and the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-9-105.5, the provisions of this section shall apply only to probationary teachers and shall no longer apply when the teacher has been granted nonprobationary status as a result of three consecutive years of demonstrated effectiveness, as determined through his or her performance evaluations and continuous employment.

(2) (a) During the first three school years that a teacher is employed on a full-time continuous basis by a school district, such teacher shall be considered to be a probationary teacher whose employment contract may be subject to nonrenewal in accordance with subsection (4) of this section. A school district may also consider a teacher employed on a part-time continuous basis by such district and by a board of cooperative services to be a probationary teacher whose contract may be subject to nonrenewal in accordance with subsection (4) of this section. An employment contract with a probationary teacher shall not exceed one school year.

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):

(I) A probationary teacher who is employed as a teacher in an alternative year program is deemed to be employed on a full-time basis during a school year if he performs services for at least the minimum period during which a pupil must be enrolled in any twelve-month period. The employment of any such probationary teacher as a teacher in such an alternative year program for such minimum period in successive twelve-month periods shall be deemed continuous.

(II) A probationary teacher who is employed after the first day of the academic year is deemed to be employed for a full school year if the period of continuous and uninterrupted employment during that year includes the last one hundred twenty school days of the academic year.

(III) The three consecutive school years of demonstrated effectiveness and continuous employment required for the probationary period shall not be deemed to be interrupted by the temporary illness of a probationary teacher. A leave of absence approved by the board of a school district or a military leave of absence pursuant to article 3 of title 28, C.R.S., shall not be considered to be an interruption of the consecutive years of demonstrated effectiveness and continuous employment required for the probationary period, but the time of such leaves of absence shall not be included in computing the required probationary period.

(IV) The three consecutive school years of demonstrated effectiveness and continuous employment required for the probationary period shall not be deemed to be interrupted by the acceptance by a probationary teacher of the position of chief administrative officer in said school district, but the period of time during which such teacher serves in such capacity shall not be included in computing said probationary period.

(3) A probationary teacher employed by a school district on a full-time basis shall be deemed to be reemployed for the succeeding academic year at the salary that the probationary teacher would be entitled to receive under the general salary schedule, the teacher salary policy, or the combination schedule and policy, whichever is appropriate, unless the board causes written notice to the contrary to be given to said teacher on or before June 1 of the academic year during which said teacher is employed. Such teacher shall be presumed to have accepted such employment for the succeeding academic year unless said teacher causes written notice to the contrary to be given to the board no later than thirty days prior to the commencement of the succeeding academic year.

(3.5) Repealed.

(4) (a) The chief administrative officer of the employing school district may recommend that the board not renew the employment contract of a probationary teacher for any reason he deems sufficient. If the board, based upon such recommendation, does not renew the employment contract of a probationary teacher, such teacher shall be given a written notice of contract nonrenewal.

(a.5) Repealed.

(b) (I) A probationary teacher who is given a written notice of contract nonrenewal may request, and, if requested, shall receive, the reasons for nonrenewal from the chief administrative officer of the employing school district.

(II) It is the intent of the general assembly that the provision to a probationary teacher of the reasons for contract nonrenewal not create any property right or contract right, express or implied. However, a board may, but shall not be required to, agree by contract or school district policy to make the reasons for nonrenewal a grievable action. If a state appellate court or a federal court determines that such a property right has been created and the time for all appeals has passed, this paragraph (b) shall be repealed. The court making such a determination shall be required to transmit a copy of the court's decision to the revisor of statutes. The effective date of the repeal of this paragraph (b) shall be the date the revisor of statutes receives notice from the court that such decision has been made and that the time for all appeals has passed.

(5) A probationary teacher may be suspended temporarily during the contractual period until the date of dismissal as ordered by the board pursuant to section 22-63-302.

(6) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-72-204 (3)(a), C.R.S., upon a request from a school district or a school concerning a person applying for a position as a teacher, a school district may disclose to the requesting school district or school the reason or reasons why a teacher left employment with the original school district. The information disclosed pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall only be disclosed to personnel authorized to review the personnel file in the school district or school and to the person applying for a position as a teacher.

(b) No employment contract executed pursuant to this section shall contain a provision that restricts or prohibits a school district from disclosing to another school district or school the reason or reasons why a teacher left employment with the original school district.
C.R.S. § 22-1-145 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-145
22-1-145. Use of a student's chosen name - definitions
Status: in_force

22-1-145. Use of a student's chosen name - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Chosen name" means any name that a student requests to be known as that differs from the student's legal name, to reflect the student's gender identity.

(b) "Gender identity" means an individual's innate sense of the individual's own gender, which may or may not correspond with the individual's sex assigned at birth.

(c) "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 one or more public schools.

(d) "Public school" means an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school, or district charter school of a school district that enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through twelve or an institute charter school that enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through twelve.

(2) A public school employee, educator, and contractor as defined in section 22-1-143 shall address a student by the student's chosen name and use the student's chosen name in school and during extracurricular activities.

(3) Unless done at a student's request, knowingly or intentionally using a name other than the student's chosen name or the knowing or intentional avoidance or refusal to use a student's chosen name is discriminatory.

(4) A student who is subject to discrimination pursuant to subsection (3) of this section may file a report with the public school in accordance with the requirements of section 22-1-143 (2) or file a complaint under the public school's or local education provider's policy adopted pursuant to Title IX of the federal "Education Amendments of 1972", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1681 et seq., as amended.

(5) A local education provider shall implement a written policy outlining how the local education provider will honor a student's request to use a chosen name and may include a process for including a student's chosen name on school records. A written policy adopted pursuant to this subsection (5) must comply with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended, and section 22-1-123.
C.R.S. § 22-91-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 91 / Section 22-91-101
22-91-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-91-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) A student's level of education attainment will directly influence the student's level of achievement and success throughout the rest of his or her life;

(b) The national center for education statistics reports that, in comparing employment rates and levels of education attainment across the country, in 2005, the unemployment rate for persons who dropped out of high school was seven and six-tenths percent, compared to an overall average unemployment rate for all education levels of four percent. The unemployment rate for persons who graduated from high school and attained an associates degree was three and three-tenths percent, and the unemployment rate dropped to two and three-tenths percent for persons who attained a bachelor's degree.

(c) The Colorado department of education reports that the graduation rate for Colorado school districts in the spring of 2006 was seventy-four and one-tenth percent;

(d) In 2003, approximately forty-nine percent of the students who graduated from a Colorado public high school enrolled in a public institution of higher education in Colorado;

(e) As recently as 2006, statistics showed that there is a forty percent probability that a student who is enrolled in ninth grade in Colorado will be enrolled in postsecondary education when the student is nineteen years of age, and thirty-four percent of the persons in Colorado who are eighteen to twenty-four years of age are enrolled in postsecondary education;

(f) Studies show that school counseling and postsecondary preparation can have a significant effect on students in assisting them to begin as early as seventh or eighth grade to identify their post-graduation goals and to begin planning to achieve them. This is especially true for African-American and Hispanic students, low-income students, and students whose parents have no direct experience with postsecondary education.

(g) Studies further show that strategic partnerships among school counselors, properly trained administrators, teachers, and community-based postsecondary service providers result in improved attendance, improved academic performance, and increased postsecondary success for students from low-income families and students whose parents have no direct experience with postsecondary education;

(h) Studies also show that a significant factor in assisting a student to remain in school and to graduate is the creation of a strong personal relationship with at least one adult in the school, and in many cases that adult is a school counselor;

(i) Professional school counselors are trained to provide comprehensive programs that facilitate the development of the whole child in the areas of academic, career, and personal and social needs;

(j) For the 2006-07 school year, the student-to-counselor ratio in Colorado public schools was approximately five hundred to one, which is double the ratio recommended by the American school counselors association as an average statewide ratio; and

(k) Reducing the student-to-counselor ratio in Colorado's public schools is a positive move toward achieving the goals of closing the achievement gap, decreasing the dropout rate, and increasing the number of students who matriculate into postsecondary education without the need for remediation.

(2) The general assembly concludes, therefore, that it is in the best interests of the students in the state to encourage and support school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools in increasing the number of school counselors available in middle, junior high, and high schools and in improving the level of school counseling services provided to students by enacting the school counselor corps grant program.
C.R.S. § 22-87-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 87 / Section 22-87-106
22-87-106. No restrictions on blocking access to the internet of other material
Status: in_force

22-87-106. No restrictions on blocking access to the internet of other material. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting a local board of education, or an elementary or secondary school, from blocking access to the internet on technology devices owned or operated by that board or school to material other than the material for which a technology protection measure is explicitly required in accordance with the requirements of this article.
C.R.S. § 22-11-501 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 22-11-501
22-11-501. State data reporting system
Status: in_force

22-11-501. State data reporting system. (1) The department shall administer, manage, and maintain a comprehensive data collection and reporting system for collecting and reporting the data specified in and required to implement this article. The department shall ensure that the state data reporting system is capable of:

(a) Collecting, through electronic transfer where possible, all student, public school, school district, and institute performance data required to ascertain the degree to which public schools, school districts, and the institute are meeting the statewide targets for attainment on the performance indicators;

(b) Producing data to support decision-making and learning and to prepare the reports on public school, school district, institute, and state performance described in section 22-11-503;

(c) Protecting the privacy of students;

(d) Including all the information and data elements needed to measure student, public school, school district, institute, and state performance; and

(e) Supporting analysis of the relationship between school district and public school expenditures and program characteristics and effectiveness.

(2) The data elements collected and provided by the department, school districts, the institute, and individual public schools shall be compatible and interoperable. Each school district that has a unique information management system shall ensure that its unique system is compatible with the data elements of the state data reporting system so that all data required to be input into the state data reporting system is made available through electronic transfer and in the appropriate input format.

(3) The department shall have the following duties and responsibilities with regard to the state data reporting system:

(a) To consult with school district representatives in the design and maintenance of the data model and implementation plans for the electronic transfer of data between school districts, the institute, individual public schools, and the state data reporting system;

(b) To provide operational definitions for the state data reporting system through the data dictionary created pursuant to section 22-2-305;

(c) To determine the information and specific data elements required for the performance decisions made at each public school, recognizing that the time and effort of instructional personnel expended in collection and compilation of data should be minimized;

(d) To develop standardized terms and procedures to be followed at all public schools;

(e) To develop an electronic standardized transmittal format to be used for collection of data from school districts, the institute, and public schools;

(f) To develop appropriate computer applications to ensure the integrity and integration of the specific data elements;

(g) To develop the necessary applications to provide statistical analysis of the comprehensive information and supporting data elements provided in paragraph (f) of this subsection (3) in such a way that required reports may be disseminated, comparisons may be made, and relationships may be determined in order to provide the necessary information for making performance decisions at all public schools;

(h) To develop output and reporting formats that will provide school districts, the institute, and public schools with diagnostic information for making academic and safety environment decisions at all public schools;

(i) To assist school districts and the institute in establishing their standardized electronic transmittal capabilities, including but not limited to awarding grants pursuant to rule of the state board to public schools, school districts, and the institute to assist them in upgrading their transmittal capabilities;

(j) To establish procedures for the annual evaluation of the effectiveness and ease of use of the state data reporting system;

(k) To perform such other actions as are necessary to carry out the intent of the general assembly that the needs of the state data reporting system for performance decision-making and reporting are met; and

(l) To apply for gifts, grants, and donations, including grants awarded under the federal "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009", Pub.L. 111-5, for the implementation of internet-based tools to deliver instructional advice and content supported by formative assessment data and to directly connect teachers across the state to enhance educators' collaboration, use of data, instruction, and professional accountability.

(4) The specific responsibilities of each school district and the institute shall include:

(a) Developing, with assistance from the department, system compatibility between the state data reporting system and unique school district and individual public school data systems;

(b) Providing, with the assistance of the department, in-service training on the state data reporting system's purposes and scope, a method of electronically transmitting input data, and the use of performance reporting information;

(c) Advising the department of all district data management needs as they relate to the state data reporting system;

(d) Electronically transmitting required data elements and an accounting as required by section 22-55-108 to the appropriate processing locations in accordance with guidelines established by the department;

(e) Determining required data output and reports, comparisons, and relationships to be provided to the school district or the institute by the state data reporting system, continuously reviewing these reports for usefulness and meaning, and submitting recommended additions, deletions, and changes in accordance with the guidelines established by the department; and

(f) Being responsible for maintaining the integrity and accuracy of data elements transmitted to the department.
C.R.S. § 22-108-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 108 / Section 22-108-106
22-108-106. Credit transfer from state custody situations - rules - definition
Status: in_force

22-108-106. Credit transfer from state custody situations - rules - definition. (1) For the purposes of this section, "custody" means, but is not limited to, time spent in a facility operated by the department of human services, facility school, psychiatric facility, or day treatment center.

(2) The state board of education, in collaboration with the department and the division of youth services, the judicial department, interested stakeholders, and justice-engaged students and their families or caregivers, shall promulgate rules on or before August 1, 2025, to establish a process and to ensure that youth in custody have access to quality educational programs and receive credits for any work completed upon the youth's return to the traditional educational environment. The process and framework must be in place on or before August 30, 2025, and be included in the guidance required pursuant to section 22-108-104. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (2), a local education provider retains the right to suspend or expel a justice-engaged student pursuant to sections 22-33-105 and 22-33-106.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-312 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 3 / Section 22-60.5-312
22-60.5-312. Principal and administrator professional standards board - annual joint meeting
Status: repealed

22-60.5-312. Principal and administrator professional standards board - annual joint meeting - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-44-110 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-110
22-44-110. Budget - consideration - adoption
Status: in_force

22-44-110. Budget - consideration - adoption. (1) Any person paying school taxes in the school district is entitled to attend the meeting of the board of education at which the proposed budget for the district will be considered. At such meeting, the board shall review the functions and objects of the proposed budget. Any taxpayer or his representative is entitled to file or register objections to the proposed budget prior to its final adoption.

(2) It is not necessary for a board of education to formally adopt the budget on the date specified in the notice of consideration of the proposed budget, but if the budget is to be adopted at a future meeting, the date, time, and place of such meeting shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting of the board held for consideration of the proposed budget as specified in such notice.

(3) After the board of education has considered the objections of taxpayers, it may change the proposed budget in any manner deemed advisable. If a board increases the total expenditures, it shall provide also for increased revenues at least equal to or greater than the proposed increased expenditures.

(4) Prior to the beginning of the ensuing fiscal year, the board of education shall formally adopt the budget by appropriate resolution duly recorded. The words "Adopted Budget", the name of the school district, the date of adoption, and the signature of the president of the board shall be entered upon the adopted budget.

(5) After the adoption of the budget, the board may review and change the budget, with respect to both revenues and expenditures, at any time prior to January 31 of the fiscal year for which the budget was adopted. After January 31, the board shall not review or change the budget except as authorized by this article; except that, where money for a specific purpose from other than ad valorem taxes subsequently becomes available to meet a contingency, the board may adopt a supplemental budget for expenditures not to exceed the amount of said money and may appropriate said money therefrom.

(6) Effective July 1, 1992, if a school district is authorized to raise and expend additional local property tax revenues at an election held in November of any fiscal year pursuant to former section 22-53-117 or section 22-54-108 or 22-54-108.5, the board of education may adopt a supplemental budget and supplemental appropriation resolution to cover that portion of the fiscal year following such election. Such supplemental budget shall be based on the additional dollar amount authorized to be raised and expended at such election.
C.R.S. § 22-54-122 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-122
22-54-122. Small attendance center aid
Status: in_force

22-54-122. Small attendance center aid. (1) (a) For the 1998-99 budget year through the 2007-08 budget year, a district shall be eligible for aid pursuant to this section if:

(I) The district has more than one elementary or secondary school attendance center; and

(II) The district operates one or more elementary or secondary attendance centers with a pupil enrollment of less than two hundred and that are located twenty or more miles from any similar school attendance center in the same district.

(b) For the 2008-09 budget year and budget years thereafter, a district shall be eligible for aid pursuant to this section if:

(I) The district has more than one elementary or secondary school attendance center;

(II) The district operates one or more elementary or secondary attendance centers that have pupil enrollments of less than two hundred and that are located twenty or more miles from any similar school attendance center in the same district; and

(III) The district received aid pursuant to this section prior to the 2008-09 budget year.

(1.5) (a) For the 2004-05 budget year through the 2007-08 budget year, an institute charter school shall be eligible for aid pursuant to this section if the institute charter school has a pupil enrollment of fewer than two hundred and is located twenty or more miles from any similar school attendance center.

(b) For the 2008-09 budget year and budget years thereafter, an institute charter school shall be eligible for aid pursuant to this section if the institute charter school has a pupil enrollment of fewer than two hundred, is located twenty or more miles from any similar school attendance center, and received aid pursuant to this section prior to the 2008-09 budget year.

(2) (a) A district meeting the eligibility requirements of subsection (1) of this section is eligible to receive aid for each small attendance center as calculated by: Multiplying the pupil enrollment of the small attendance center by an amount equal to thirty-five percent of the difference between the district per pupil funding and the district per pupil funding, except using the size factor calculated using the funded pupil count of the small attendance center; and then multiplying the amount by the percentage determined by dividing the difference between two hundred and the funded pupil count of the small attendance center by two hundred.

(b) An institute charter school meeting the eligibility requirements of subsection (1.5) of this section is eligible to receive aid as a small attendance center as calculated by: Multiplying the pupil enrollment of the institute charter school by an amount equal to thirty-five percent of the difference between the district per pupil funding of the institute charter school's accounting district and the district per pupil funding, except using the size factor calculated using the pupil enrollment of the institute charter school, and then multiplying such amount by the percentage determined by dividing the difference between two hundred and the pupil enrollment of the institute charter school by two hundred.

(3) The general assembly shall appropriate annually an amount for small attendance center aid to be distributed pursuant to the formulas in subsection (2) of this section. In the event the amount of money appropriated by the general assembly is less than the amount of aid authorized by this section to all eligible districts and eligible institute charter schools, the amount to be distributed to each eligible school district and eligible institute charter school shall be in the same proportion as the amount that the appropriation bears to the total amount of aid for all eligible districts and eligible institute charter schools.

(4) If a school district receives small attendance center aid pursuant to this section for a small attendance center that is a district charter school, the school district shall forward the entire amount of such aid to the district charter school for which it was received. If an institute charter school is eligible for small attendance center aid pursuant to this section, the state charter school institute shall forward the entire amount of such aid to the institute charter school for which it was received.
C.R.S. § 22-44-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-107
22-44-107. Appropriation resolution - required
Status: in_force

22-44-107. Appropriation resolution - required. (1) The board of education of each school district shall adopt an appropriation resolution at the time it adopts the budget. The appropriation resolution shall specify the amount of money appropriated to each fund; except that the operating reserve authorized by section 22-44-106 (2) shall not be subject to appropriation for the fiscal year covered by the budget and except that the appropriation resolution may by reference incorporate the budget as adopted by a board of education for the current fiscal year.

(2) The amounts appropriated to a fund shall not exceed the amount thereof as specified in the adopted budget.
C.R.S. § 22-2-402 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 22-2-402
22-2-402. Definitions
Status: repealed

22-2-402. Definitions. As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Approved facility school" means an educational program that is operated by a facility to provide educational services to students placed in the facility and that, pursuant to section 22-2-407 (2), has been placed on the list of facility schools that are approved to receive reimbursement for providing educational services to students placed in a facility.

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

(3) "Facility" means a day treatment center, residential child care facility or other facility licensed by the department of human services pursuant to section 26-6-905, a hospital licensed by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-103, or a specialized day school authorized by the office.

(3.3) "Facility student", as used in section 22-2-407.5, means a student who is in an approved facility school, eligible facility school, or school district setting, and who is receiving or requires specialized services, and whose educational needs may be beyond the delivery capacity of the student's current educational setting.

(3.8) "Model" means the sustainable educational continuum designed to meet the educational needs of facility students in the target population as defined by the work group pursuant to section 22-2-407.5.

(3.9) "Office" means the office of facility schools created within the department pursuant to section 22-2-403.

(4) "Placed in a facility" means a student is in a facility due to:

(a) A court order or other action by a public entity in Colorado; or

(b) The student's determination, if the student is a homeless child as defined in section 22-1-102.5.

(4.5) "Public entity" means a public entity responsible for referring students to or placing students in out-of-home, day treatment, residential treatment, hospital, and specialized day school placements with providers.

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

(5.5) "Specialized day school" means a school that serves students who are referred to or placed by a public entity or placed in a specialized day school by a hospital, health-care provider, behavioral health provider, case management service, court, division of youth services, school district, county department of human or social services, or other state agency because the students' behavioral and educational needs are beyond the capacity of the students' current educational placement due to the severity of the students' needs or the requirement for highly specialized programming.

(6) "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.

(7) "Student" means a child or youth who has attained three years of age on or before August 1 and who is under twenty-one years of age.

(7.5) "Student with exceptionally severe or specialized needs" means a student with exceptionally severe or specialized needs that a school district is unable to serve adequately within the school district's regular or specialized educational services.

(8) Repealed.

(9) "Work group" means the work group created and convened pursuant to section 22-2-407.5.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1213 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 12 / Section 22-7-1213
22-7-1213. Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

22-7-1213. Reporting requirements. (1) Each local education provider shall annually report to the department information necessary to determine:

(a) The prevalence of significant reading deficiencies among students in kindergarten and first through third grades;

(a.3) The amount of academic growth to standard in reading annually achieved by students who are enrolled in kindergarten and first through third grades and who are identified as having significant reading deficiencies;

(a.5) The amount of academic growth to standard in reading annually achieved by students who are enrolled in kindergarten and first through third grades and who are identified as reading below grade level;

(a.7) Whether the amount of academic growth to standard annually achieved by each student described in subsections (1)(a.3) and (1)(a.5) of this section demonstrates sufficient, as determined by the department, growth to standard in reading over multiple years;

(b) Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who advance to the next grade level attain reading competency and, if so, at what grade level;

(c) Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who do not advance to the next grade level attain reading competency within the school year during which they do not advance;

(d) Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies and who do not advance to the next grade level attain reading competency at a lower grade level than students who do advance; and

(e) Whether students who have significant reading deficiencies continue to advance to the next grade level despite having a continuing significant reading deficiency and the degree to which local education providers are recommending that said students do not advance.

(1.5) Each local education provider shall submit to the department and to the independent evaluator contracted pursuant to section 22-7-1209 (8) any information required by the department or the independent evaluator to complete the evaluation described in section 22-7-1209 (8). The local education provider, in providing information, and the department and the independent evaluator in receiving and using the information, shall comply with state and federal laws to protect the privacy of student information. The local education provider, the department, and the independent evaluator shall collaborate to minimize the impact on instructional time that may result from collecting and providing the information.

(2) Each local education provider that receives an early literacy grant pursuant to section 22-7-1211 or per-pupil intervention money shall, at the conclusion of each budget year in which it receives the grant or per-pupil intervention money, submit to the department information describing:

(a) In detail, the specific expenditures for which the local education provider used the grant or per-pupil intervention money;

(a.5) If the local education provider purchased instructional programming in reading using grant or per-pupil intervention money, the scores attained by students enrolled in kindergarten through third grade on the interim reading assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1205;

(b) The number and grade levels of students who participated in each of the types of programs or services provided; and

(c) The progress made by participating students in achieving reading competency.

(3) (a) The department shall annually analyze the information received pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and make the determinations described in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the department shall annually submit to the state board, the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, and shall post on the department website a report that summarizes:

(I) The information received pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and the determinations made by the department based on the information;

(II) The implementation of the early literacy grant program in the preceding budget year, including the number of grants, the local education providers that received grants, and the amount of each grant; and

(III) The information received by the department pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(c) The department may provide the report described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3) to committees of the general assembly in conjunction with the report required in section 2-7-203, C.R.S.

(4) The information provided in the report described in this section is intended to assist the department, the state board, the governor, the general assembly, and the public in monitoring the implementation of and identifying the results achieved in implementing this part 12.
C.R.S. § 22-30.7-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.7 / Section 22-30.7-108
22-30.7-108. Extracurricular and interscholastic activities
Status: in_force

22-30.7-108. Extracurricular and interscholastic activities. (1) A student who is participating in an online program or an online school, other than a student who is participating in the online program or online school after having been expelled from a public school, may participate on an equal basis in any extracurricular or interscholastic activity offered by a public school or offered by a private school, at the private school's discretion, as provided in section 22-32-116.5.

(2) As used in this section, "extracurricular or interscholastic activity" shall have the same meaning as "activity" as set forth in section 22-32-116.5 (10)(a).
C.R.S. § 22-81.5-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81.5 / Section 22-81.5-105
22-81.5-105. Information technology education grants - applications - criteria for awards
Status: in_force

22-81.5-105. Information technology education grants - applications - criteria for awards. (1) Any school district, charter school, or facility school that seeks to participate in the grant program shall submit an application to the department in the form and according to deadlines established by rule of the state board. The application shall include the following information:

(a) If the applicant is a school district, the names of the schools that will receive the benefits of the grant;

(b) The current level of information technology education integration at the charter school, facility school, or recipient schools;

(c) The school district's, charter school's, or facility school's plan for integrating information technology education into the ninth-grade through twelfth-grade curriculum, including any specific method or program to be used, and any entities with whom the school district, charter school, or facility school plans to contract or cooperate in achieving the integration;

(d) The specific, measurable goals to be achieved through the integration of information technology education into the curriculum, a deadline for achieving those goals, and a proposed method of measuring whether the goals were achieved;

(e) Any businesses with which the school district, the charter school, the facility school, or the recipient school has partnered to improve the availability and integration of information technology education within the curriculum;

(f) Any other information that may be specified by rule of the state board.

(2) In recommending and awarding grants through the program, the department and the state board shall consider the following criteria:

(a) The degree to which information technology education is already integrated into the curriculum of the applying school district, charter school, or facility school to ensure that those school districts, charter schools, and facility schools with the least degree of integration receive the grants first;

(b) The degree to which the applying school district's, charter school's, or facility school's proposed plan for using the grant moneys will result in integration of information technology education into the curriculum and the scope of the information technology education to be integrated;

(c) Any other financial resources available to the applying school district, charter school, or facility school for integrating information technology education into the curriculum;

(d) The degree to which the applying school district, charter school, facility school, or proposed recipient school is cooperating or partnering with businesses to improve the availability and integration of information technology education in the curriculum. The department and the state board shall apply this criteria with the goal of encouraging such partnerships.

(e) The validity, clarity, and measurability of the goals established by the applying school district, charter school, or facility school and the validity of the proposed methods for measuring achievement of the goals;

(f) Any other criteria established by rule of the state board to ensure that grants are awarded to school districts, charter schools, and facility schools that demonstrate the greatest need and the most valid, effective plan for integrating information technology education into the curriculum.

(3) In awarding grants through the grant program, the state board shall ensure, to the extent possible, that the grants are awarded to school districts, charter schools, and facility schools in all areas of the state.

(4) If a facility school receives one or more grants pursuant to this section and the facility school subsequently ceases operations, any hardware or software purchased using the grant moneys received shall revert to the school district in which the facility school was located.

(5) Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect any school district's ability to enter into an agreement with or receive funds from any private entity.
C.R.S. § 22-12-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Section 22-12-107
22-12-107. Insurance
Status: in_force

22-12-107. Insurance. Unless otherwise provided by statute, the existence of a policy of insurance indemnifying an educational entity against liability for damages is not a waiver of a defense otherwise available to the educational entity or its employees in the defense of a claim.
C.R.S. § 22-12-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Section 22-12-108
22-12-108. Applicability
Status: in_force

22-12-108. Applicability. This article shall be supplemental to the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of title 24, C.R.S. An action that is barred under the provisions of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", including but not limited to section 24-10-109, C.R.S., shall be barred under the provisions of this article.
C.R.S. § 22-7-301 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 3 / Section 22-7-301
22-7-301. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-7-301. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) Although education reform efforts are ongoing at both the state and local levels, Colorado continues to experience an unacceptably high dropout rate, inequalities in the academic achievement levels of students from different racial and socioeconomic groups, and low rates of enrollment and persistence in postsecondary education;

(b) To accomplish the goals of reducing the dropout rate, reducing the gaps in academic achievement and growth among student groups, and increasing the number of students who continue into higher education following high school graduation or completion, the state must look to additional strategies for improving public education;

(c) Studies show that, when parents are involved as partners with their children's schools, students achieve higher levels of academic performance, students demonstrate better attendance and homework completion, and students are less likely to drop out of school;

(d) Students from diverse cultural backgrounds tend to perform better academically when their parents and the professionals at their schools collaborate to bridge the gap between the culture at home and that at the school; and

(e) Secondary students whose parents are involved with their schools make better transitions into postsecondary education, maintain the quality of their academic work, and are more like to develop realistic plans for their futures.

(2) The general assembly therefore finds that it is in the best interests of the state to create a state advisory council for parent involvement in education that will review best practices and recommend to policy makers and educators strategies to increase parent involvement in public education, thereby helping to improve the quality of public education and raise the level of students' academic achievement throughout the state.
C.R.S. § 22-2-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-109
22-2-109. State board of education - additional duties - teacher standards - principal sta
Status: repealed

22-2-109. State board of education - additional duties - teacher standards - principal standards - rules. (1) The state board of education shall:

(a) Repealed.

(b) to (f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(g) Adopt rules that prescribe standards of qualification, preparation, training, or experience that are required for the issuance of all licenses, master certificates, and authorizations, as provided for in article 60.5 of this title 22;

(h) Adopt rules that prescribe standards for endorsements deemed appropriate for each type of license or authorization;

(i) Utilize representatives from all levels of education in developing standards of qualification, preparation, and experience for all licenses, master certificates, authorizations, and endorsements;

(j) Conduct or arrange for research pertinent or essential to implement the provisions of article 60.5 of this title, including but not limited to educator licensure and educator preparation programs in institutions of higher education;

(k) and (l) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(m) Repealed.

(n) and (o) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(p) Adopt rules to ensure that administrator programs of preparation meet the requirements concerning instruction in evaluating licensed personnel specified in section 22-9-108;

(q) Adopt rules that require the reporting between school districts of the enrollment of any students who have transferred to another school or school district within the state. Such rules shall improve the ability of school districts to accurately identify which students have in fact dropped out of school and which students have merely transferred to another school or school district. Such rules shall also set forth uniform standards for determining which school or school district shall count a dropout as part of its own dropout count.

(r) Repealed.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(3) The state board of education shall adopt by rule quality standards, as defined in section 22-9-103 (2.9), that at a minimum must include a requirement that each candidate for an initial teacher license have and be able to demonstrate the following skills:

(a) The ability to align instructional objectives with adopted student learning standards;

(b) The ability to teach in a manner that addresses individual student needs and enables the student to improve his or her performance;

(c) Proficiency in measuring and monitoring each student's progress toward achieving learning standards;

(d) The ability to adjust instructional practices and methods when necessary to stimulate or enhance student progress;

(e) The ability to engage parents as learning partners to promote student learning;

(f) The ability to integrate technology into instruction at the grade level for which the teacher expects to be endorsed;

(g) The ability to assess student performance;

(h) The ability to demonstrate a high level of content area knowledge and professional competencies in the areas identified by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-60.5-203.

(4) In adopting the quality standards pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the state board shall also adopt rules specifying the methods by which a teacher candidate may demonstrate that the teacher candidate has achieved the specified skills and the manner in which such demonstrations may be documented for submission when the teacher candidate applies for licensure.

(5) Repealed.

(6) (a) The state board of education shall adopt by rule quality standards, as defined in section 22-9-103 (2.9), to guide the development of principal preparation programs. The state board of education shall develop the standards in collaboration with institutions of higher education and alternative programs that offer principal preparation programs and superintendents and local boards of education. The state board of education shall ensure that the standards are consistent with national standards for principal preparation. The standards must include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(I) Strong leadership development that shall include but need not be limited to decision-making, communication, and human relations skills; and

(II) Instructional skills and knowledge and the use of data necessary to lead and organize a standards-based school that is characterized by student proficiency in literacy and the state content standards as described in section 22-7-1005.

(b) Repealed.

(7) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-24-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-101
22-24-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-24-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "English Language Proficiency Act".
C.R.S. § 22-44-305 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 3 / Section 22-44-305
22-44-305. Waivers of state statute - reporting
Status: in_force

22-44-305. Waivers of state statute - reporting. (1) (a) Commencing July 1, 2017, and on a continuing basis thereafter, each school district and charter school shall post, in a location and format that can be easily accessed and downloaded, for free public access on its website maintained pursuant to this part 3 a list of the statutes for which the school district or charter school has received a waiver from the state board of education and, for each waiver that is not an automatic waiver, a copy of the plan that explains the manner in which the school district or charter school will meet the intent of the waived statute.

(b) Commencing July 1, 2018, each charter school shall post, in a location and format that can be easily accessed and downloaded, for free public access on its website the standardized description and rationale created pursuant to subsection (2) of this section for each of the automatic waivers that it invokes. Each charter school shall post with the list of automatic waivers the name of and contact information for a person employed by the charter school and available during regular school hours who can provide additional information concerning the charter school's automatic waivers.

(c) In listing its waivers, a school district shall include waivers granted to the school district as a whole and waivers granted to one or more schools of the school district, other than a charter school. The school district shall list separately each waiver granted to an innovation school or to schools in an innovation school zone, as defined in section 22-32.5-103.

(2) By July 1, 2018, the department and the institute, working with a statewide association that represents charter schools, shall develop a standardized description for each statute that the state board of education includes in the list of automatic waivers for charter schools pursuant to section 22-30.5-104 (6) and the rationale for including the statute on the list of automatic waivers.

(3) Each school district and charter school shall update the information provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section within thirty days after a waiver is revoked or a new waiver is granted.
C.R.S. § 22-31-101.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-101.5
22-31-101.5. Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified ele
Status: in_force

22-31-101.5. Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified electors. Any acts and elections carried out under this article, which were conducted prior to July 1, 1987, pursuant to provisions which refer to a qualified elector rather than a registered elector and which were valid when conducted, shall be deemed and held to be legal and valid in all respects.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1016 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 22-7-1016
22-7-1016. Assessments in high school - transcripts - definition
Status: in_force

22-7-1016. Assessments in high school - transcripts - definition. (1) Upon receiving the results following administration of the assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 to students enrolled in high school, the local education provider shall provide to each student a printed copy of the student's assessment results, and a teacher or counselor shall review each student's results with the student and, to the extent practicable, with the student's parent or legal guardian and determine the areas in which the student continues to need instruction in order to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.

(2) (a) Each high school student's final transcript must describe the student's level of postsecondary and workforce readiness by indicating the student's level of performance in the postsecondary and workforce readiness program.

(b) (I) Notwithstanding any graduation requirement adopted by a local education provider, each high school student's transcript must not indicate the student's level of performance on a readiness assessment administered to the student pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 in high school or on a national assessment.

(II) For purposes of this subsection (2)(b), "national assessment" means any assessment that is administered throughout the United States to measure postsecondary or workforce readiness.

(3) A local education provider, at its discretion, may choose to identify demonstration of postsecondary and workforce readiness as a graduation requirement for the school district or for the school.

(4) (a) A local education provider shall not apply a student's level of performance in the postsecondary and workforce readiness program or on the readiness assessments administered to the student pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 in high school to prohibit the student from participating in any program operated by the local education provider through which the student may earn postsecondary or career and technical education course credits while enrolled in high school.

(b) A student who demonstrates attainment of postsecondary and workforce readiness while enrolled in any of grades nine through twelve shall be eligible to participate in a program through which the student may earn postsecondary or career and technical education course credits while enrolled in high school.

(5) (a) Beginning in the 2012-13 academic year, if an English language learner, as defined in section 22-24-103 (4), is enrolled in eleventh or twelfth grade and the student has not demonstrated attainment of the standard for English language competency and has not demonstrated postsecondary and workforce readiness, the local education provider with which the student is enrolled shall provide to the student additional services and supports as necessary to assist the student in attaining the standard.

(b) Following receipt of the cost study report delivered March 1, 2010, pursuant to section 22-7-1018 (2)(a), the general assembly shall address the services and resources necessary for implementation of paragraph (a) of this subsection (5).
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-302 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 3 / Section 22-30.5-302
22-30.5-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-30.5-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Applicant" means the person or group of persons submitting a proposal for an independent charter to operate an independent charter school pursuant to the provisions of this part 3. An "applicant" may include, but shall not be limited to, an individual, a group of individuals, a nonprofit or for-profit company, an existing public school, a school district, or an institution of higher education.

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

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

(4) "Independent charter" means the agreement between a local board of education and an independent charter school governing the existence and operation of the independent charter school.

(5) "Independent charter proposal" means a proposal for the operation of an independent charter school submitted in response to a request for proposals pursuant to the provisions of this part 3.

(6) "Independent charter school" means a charter school approved pursuant to this part 3 that is a public school of a school district.

(7) "Local board of education" means the board of education of the school district in which the independent charter school is or is proposed to be located.

(8) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-54-120 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-120
22-54-120. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

22-54-120. Rules and regulations. (1) The state board shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this article.

(2) All reports and certifications required from secretaries of boards of education and from institute charter schools pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be made in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the state board.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-114 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-60.5-114
22-60.5-114. State board of education - waivers
Status: in_force

22-60.5-114. State board of education - waivers. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and upon application of any institution of higher education, school district, board of cooperative services, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school, the state board of education is authorized to waive any requirement imposed by this article 60.5 in regard to alternative teacher programs or approved induction programs. Such waiver may be granted only upon a majority vote of the members of the state board of education and upon a sufficient showing that such waiver is necessary to allow innovative programs intended to improve the quality of such educators. The state board of education shall promulgate rules regarding such procedures and criteria necessary for the implementation of this section.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the state board of education may grant a waiver of the induction program requirement upon a two-thirds majority vote of the board members and upon a sufficient showing that implementation of an induction program would cause extreme hardship to the school district, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school. An application for waiver of the induction program requirement shall include a plan for the support, assistance, and training of initially licensed educators.

(3) Upon application by a school district, nonpublic school, or board of cooperative services, the state board may grant a waiver of the requirement that a person applying for an initial license demonstrate professional competencies. Such a waiver may be granted only by a two-thirds majority vote of the board members following a demonstration that:

(a) The license applicant is employed by the school district, nonpublic school, or board of cooperative services under an authorization issued pursuant to section 22-60.5-111;

(b) Enforcement of the requirement would cause extreme hardship to the school district, nonpublic school, or board of cooperative services or to the license applicant; and

(c) The skill level of the license applicant is comparable to the skill level of an applicant who has successfully demonstrated professional competencies. The school district, nonpublic school, or board of cooperative services shall provide documentary evidence of the skill level of the license applicant.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-206 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 2 / Section 22-60.5-206
22-60.5-206. Alternative teacher support teams - duties - advisory councils
Status: in_force

22-60.5-206. Alternative teacher support teams - duties - advisory councils. (1) The designated agency shall establish an alternative teacher support team for each person who holds an alternative teacher license, or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7), who is employed as an alternative teacher through an alternative teacher program. At a minimum, each alternative teacher support team must include an alternative teacher's mentor teacher and the principal and a representative of an accepted institution of higher education, if applicable.

(2) The alternative teacher support team shall:

(a) Establish the content of the required program of planned instruction and activities;

(b) Determine at what point in the program an alternative teacher may have responsibility for classroom instruction;

(c) Ensure that a significant portion of the teaching assignment of an alternative teacher is in the subject matter area or areas of the alternative teacher's endorsement;

(d) Evaluate the progress and effectiveness of an alternative teacher; and

(e) Make a recommendation to the school district that employs an alternative teacher concerning the alternative teacher's eligibility to receive an initial teacher license or whether the alternative teacher is unable to complete the one-year alternative teacher program due to unforeseen circumstances, but should apply for an extension of the alternative teacher license, or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7), with the expectation that the alternative teacher will complete the program within one additional year.

(3) As a member of an alternative teacher support team, the mentor teacher has primary responsibility for representing the faculty and parents in evaluating and making recommendations regarding the issuance of an initial teacher license to an alternative teacher or renewal of an alternative teacher license, or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7), for one additional year. In recognition of the significant duties and responsibilities of mentor teachers, the designating school district shall make appropriate provisions as are necessary to ensure the proper discharge of the duties and responsibilities by the mentor teacher.

(4) In addition, for purposes of carrying out any alternative teacher program approved by the state board of education, any designated agency shall establish an advisory council that includes, at a minimum, representatives of each school district, including at least one mentor teacher and a representative of an accepted institution of higher education in the designated agency.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-702 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 7 / Section 22-30.5-702
22-30.5-702. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-30.5-702. Definitions. As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Authorizer" means a school district board of education that authorizes a charter school pursuant to part 1 of this article or the state charter school institute established pursuant to section 22-30.5-503.

(2) "Charter management organization" means the Colorado operations of a for-profit or nonprofit entity, as determined under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", that operates one or more charter schools.

(3) "Charter respondent" means a charter school or charter management organization that is the subject of a request for or an order granting emergency powers pursuant to this part 7.

(4) "Charter school" means a charter school as defined in section 22-30.5-103 (2) or an institute charter school as defined in section 22-30.5-502 (6).

(5) "Commissioner" means the office of the commissioner of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(6) "Emergency" means a situation that:

(a) Presents a significant threat, as determined by the commissioner, to the health or safety of the students, staff, or other individuals involved with a charter school;

(b) Presents a significant threat, as determined by the commissioner, to substantial property rights of an authorizer or a significant risk, as determined by the commissioner, to a charter respondent's solvency;

(c) Indicates a substantial diversion, as determined by the commissioner, of charter school moneys through one or more excess benefit transactions; or

(d) Is defined by rule of the state board as one that justifies action pursuant to this part 7.

(7) "Excess benefit" means a financial benefit arising directly or indirectly from a transaction with a charter school that would be considered an excess benefit under section 4958 (c)(1) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder; except that the definition of excess benefit shall extend to all charter schools regardless of whether they have applied for or received nonprofit status under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended. The salaries of administrators in comparable positions at other Colorado charter schools, charter management organizations, boards of cooperative services, and school districts serving a reasonably comparable number of students shall serve as the comparison for determining whether the salaries of charter school or charter management organization administrators are reasonable or excessive for the purposes of this part 7.

(8) "Fiduciary" means a person who meets the requirements of the "Uniform Fiduciaries Law", part 1 of article 1 of title 15, C.R.S., and any other applicable law or rule.

(9) "Organic documents" means the articles of incorporation, articles of organization, constitution, bylaws, or other documents, however denominated, that define the basic governance structure for a charter school and the body or bodies that have governing authority for a charter school.

(10) "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. § 22-40-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 40 / Section 22-40-109
22-40-109. Tax levy for school facilities improvements
Status: repealed

22-40-109. Tax levy for school facilities improvements. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-35-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-109
22-35-109. Institution of higher education - enrollment - limitations
Status: in_force

22-35-109. Institution of higher education - enrollment - limitations. (1) An institution of higher education to which a qualified student applies for concurrent enrollment may allow the student to enroll in courses offered by the institution. An institution of higher education may limit the number of qualified students that the institution allows to enroll.

(2) If an institution of higher education refuses to allow a qualified student to concurrently enroll, the institution shall provide a written explanation of its refusal to the student and the student's local education provider.
C.R.S. § 22-51-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 51 / Section 22-51-109
22-51-109. County treasurers' fees
Status: in_force

22-51-109. County treasurers' fees. No fees shall be charged by the county treasurers of the state for receiving or crediting funds of the school districts received under the provisions of this article.
C.R.S. § 22-108-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 108 / Section 22-108-102
22-108-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-108-102. Definitions. As used in this article 108, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) "Hotline" means the statewide justice-engaged student hotline created pursuant to section 22-108-108.

(3) "Justice-engaged student" means a student who is involved in the criminal justice system in any capacity, including, but not limited to, adjudication, probation, ticketing, detention, diversion, commitment, or community supervision.

(4) "Local education provider" means a school district created pursuant to article 30 of this title 22, a board of cooperative services, 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.

(5) "Multi-tiered systems of supports" means a systemic preventive approach that addresses the academic and social-emotional needs of all students at the universal, targeted, and intensive levels. Through the multi-tiered systems of supports, school personnel provides high-quality, scientifically based or evidence-based instruction and intervention that is matched to student needs; uses a method of monitoring progress to inform decisions about instruction and goals; and uses student response data to inform important educational decisions.