C.R.S. § 22-7-1205 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 12 / Section 22-7-1205
22-7-1205. Reading competency - assessments - READ plan creation - parental involvement
Status: in_force

22-7-1205. Reading competency - assessments - READ plan creation - parental involvement. (1) (a) Each local education provider that enrolls students in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade shall ensure that teachers measure each student's reading competency using interim reading assessments at least once during the spring semester of the 2012-13 school year and throughout the year in subsequent school years. A local education provider may also administer a summative assessment to measure students' reading competency at the conclusion of kindergarten, first, and second grades. Each local education provider shall select from the list of approved assessments adopted by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1209 (1) those assessments it shall use to measure a student's reading competency. A local education provider may choose to use other reading assessments in addition to but not in lieu of the approved assessments.

(a.5) Each local education provider is required to administer a reading assessment to students enrolled in kindergarten during the first ninety days of the school year. If the local education provider administers the reading assessment within the first sixty days of the school year, it is not required to administer the literacy component of the school readiness assessment as provided in section 22-7-1014 (1)(a).

(a.7) (I) The local education provider shall determine whether a student who is an English language learner, as defined in section 22-24-103, and whose native language is Spanish, takes the reading assessments in English or in Spanish. If the student takes the reading assessments in Spanish, the local education provider may also administer a reading assessment in English to the student at the request of the student's parent. If the state board adopts a list of approved reading assessments pursuant to section 22-7-1209 that includes assessments in languages other than English or Spanish, the local education provider shall determine whether a student who is an English language learner and whose native language is not Spanish takes the reading assessments in English or in the student's native language if there is an approved reading assessment in the student's native language. If the student takes the reading assessments in the student's native language, the local education provider may also administer a reading assessment in English to the student at the request of the student's parent. If the local education provider decides that a student who is an English language learner must take the reading assessments in a language other than English, the local education provider shall determine, and communicate to the student's parent in a language the parent understands, if possible, the level of English language proficiency at which the student must take at least one of the reading assessments in English, as provided in subsection (1)(a.7)(II) of this section. If the student has a significant reading deficiency, the local education provider may communicate the information specified in this subsection (1)(a.7) to the student's parent with the information required in subsection (2) of this section.

(II) In determining whether a student must take the reading assessments in a language other than English as required in subsection (1)(a.7)(I) of this section, each local education provider shall review the student's score on the most recent annual assessment administered pursuant to the local education provider's English language proficiency program, as required in article 24 of this title 22. If the student scores within the range that the local education provider determines demonstrates partial proficiency in English or higher, the local education provider shall ensure that the student annually takes at least one of the reading assessments required in this subsection (1) in English.

(b) If a teacher finds, based on a student's scores on the approved reading assessments, that the student may have a significant reading deficiency, the teacher shall administer to the student one or more diagnostic assessments within sixty days after the previous assessment to determine the student's specific reading skill deficiencies. Each local education provider shall select from the list of approved assessments adopted by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1209 (1) those assessments it uses to determine a student's specific reading skill deficiencies. A local education provider may choose to use other diagnostic reading assessments in addition to but not in lieu of the approved assessments.

(c) Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, each local education provider shall annually report to the department the state-assigned student identifier for each student who is identified pursuant to this subsection (1) as having a significant reading deficiency.

(d) If, based on a student's scores on the approved reading assessments in a specific school year, a teacher finds that a student demonstrates reading competency appropriate for his or her grade level, the local education provider is not required to administer the approved interim reading assessments to the student for the remainder of the specific school year.

(2) (a) Beginning no later than the 2013-14 school year, upon finding that a student has a significant reading deficiency, the local education provider shall ensure that the student receives a READ plan, as described in section 22-7-1206. The teacher and any other skilled school professionals the local education provider may choose to select shall, if possible, meet with the student's parent to communicate and discuss the information specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) and jointly create the student's READ plan. Upon completion of the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter, the teacher or other personnel of the local education provider shall give the parent a written explanation of the information specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) and a copy of the student's READ plan. To the extent practicable, the teacher and other personnel shall communicate with the parent, orally and in writing, in a language the parent understands.

(b) The teacher and the other personnel shall communicate and discuss with the parent the following information:

(I) The state's goal is for all children in Colorado to graduate from high school having attained skill levels that adequately prepare them for postsecondary studies or for the workforce, and research demonstrates that achieving reading competency by third grade is a critical milestone in achieving this goal;

(II) The nature of the student's significant reading deficiency, including a clear explanation of what the significant reading deficiency is and the basis upon which the teacher identified the significant reading deficiency;

(III) If the student enters fourth grade without achieving reading competency, he or she is significantly more likely to fall behind in all subject areas beginning in fourth grade and continuing in later grades. If the student's reading skill deficiencies are not remediated, it is likely that the student will not have the skills necessary to complete the course work required to graduate from high school.

(IV) Reading skills are critical to success in school. Under state law, the student qualifies for and the local education provider is required to provide targeted, scientifically based or evidence-based interventions to remediate the student's specific, diagnosed reading skill deficiencies, which interventions are designed to enable the student to achieve reading competency and attain the skills necessary to achieve the state's academic achievement goals;

(V) The student's READ plan will include targeted, scientifically based or evidence-based intervention instruction to address and remediate the student's specific, diagnosed reading skill deficiencies;

(VI) The parent plays a central role in supporting the student's efforts to achieve reading competency, the parent is strongly encouraged to work with the student's teacher in implementing the READ plan, and, to supplement the intervention instruction the student receives in school, the READ plan will include strategies the parent is encouraged to use at home to support the student's reading success; and

(VII) There are serious implications to a student entering fourth grade with a significant reading deficiency and, therefore, if the student continues to have a significant reading deficiency at the end of the school year, under state law, the parent, the student's teacher, and other personnel of the local education provider are required to meet and consider retention as an intervention strategy and determine whether the student, despite having a significant reading deficiency, is able to maintain adequate academic progress at the next grade level.

(c) In addition to the information specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the teacher and the other personnel of the local education provider are encouraged to communicate and discuss information concerning resources that are available through the local education provider or through other entities within the community that may support the student in achieving reading competency.

(3) (a) If, after making documented attempts, the teacher is unable to meet with the student's parent to create the READ plan, the teacher and any other skilled school professionals the local education provider may choose to select shall create the student's READ plan and ensure that the student's parent receives the following information in a language the parent understands, if practicable:

(I) A written copy of the READ plan with a clear, written explanation of the scientifically based or evidence-based reading instructional programming and other reading-related services the student will receive under the plan and the strategies that the parent is encouraged to apply in assisting the student in achieving reading competency; and

(II) A written explanation of the information specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section.

(b) At a parent's request, the teacher and any other skilled school professionals the local education provider may choose to select shall meet with the parent to provide a verbal explanation of the elements of the READ plan.

(4) The local education provider shall ensure that the parent of each student who has a READ plan receives ongoing, regular updates from the student's teacher, which may occur through existing methods of communication, concerning the results of the intervention instruction described in the plan and the student's progress in achieving reading competency. The student's teacher is encouraged to communicate with the parent concerning the parent's progress in implementing the home reading strategies identified in the student's READ plan. To the extent practicable, the teacher shall communicate with the parent in a language the parent understands.
C.R.S. § 22-11-208 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 22-11-208
22-11-208. Accreditation - annual review - supports and interventions - rules
Status: repealed

22-11-208. Accreditation - annual review - supports and interventions - rules. (1) (a) The department shall annually review each school district's and the institute's performance and, based on the rules of the state board, determine the appropriate accreditation category for the school district or institute. The department shall notify each school district and the institute of its accreditation category and shall publish each school district's and the institute's accreditation category, with supporting data, on the data portal. The department shall also publish each school district's and the institute's performance, improvement, priority improvement, or turnaround plan, whichever is applicable, on the data portal following adoption of the plan.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the department may change a school district's or the institute's accreditation category prior to conclusion of the annual performance review if the department determines that the school district or the institute has substantially failed to meet a requirement specified in the accreditation contract and that immediate action is required to protect the interests of the students and parents of students enrolled in the district public schools or the institute charter schools.

(c) In reviewing school districts' and the institute's performance, the department, to the extent possible, shall evaluate the cost effectiveness of intervention strategies implemented by the state, school districts, and the institute in attempting to improve performance in school districts that are in an accreditation category that is lower than accredited or in the institute if it is in an accreditation category that is lower than accredited.

(d) The state board by rule shall establish the time frames in which the department shall review school district and institute performance and determine and report each school district's and the institute's appropriate accreditation category, and the time frames in which the school districts and the institute shall adopt their respective plans and submit them for review and publication on the data portal. A school district with one thousand students or fewer shall only be required to submit a single plan to satisfy the school district and school plan requirements.

(e) The state board shall promulgate rules to ensure a school district's or the institute's right to a hearing before the state board to appeal placement in the accredited with turnaround plan category or removal of accreditation pursuant to section 22-11-209.

(1.5) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, or any provision of state board rule that implements this article, to the contrary, for the 2015-16 school year, the department shall not assign accreditation ratings for school districts and the institute. For the 2015-16 school year, each school district and the institute shall continue to implement the plan type that was assigned for the preceding school year. The department shall assign accreditation ratings for school districts and the institute for the 2016-17 school year and each school year thereafter.

(1.6) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 11 or any provision of state board rule that implements this article 11 to the contrary, for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, the department shall not assign accreditation ratings for school districts and the institute. For the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, each school district and the institute shall continue to implement the plan type for the accreditation rating assigned for the preceding school year.

(b) (I) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1.6)(a) of this section, if required to implement a priority improvement or turnaround plan during the 2020-21 school year on the basis of its accreditation rating for the 2019-20 school year, a school district or the institute may submit a request to the department for an accreditation rating and plan type for the 2021-22 school year that reflects its level of attainment based on an alternative body of evidence, which may include state and local assessment data. The state board may promulgate rules for implementing this subsection (1.6)(b), including but not limited to:

(A) The time frames and process for a school district or the institute to make a request to the department;

(B) The standards to determine whether a request will be granted, including the minimum standards that must be addressed by the alternative body of evidence;

(C) Input from the state review panel;

(D) The content of the accreditation contracts and plans based upon the state board's determination of whether to assign a higher accreditation rating; and

(E) The provision of additional supports and grants necessary to implement this subsection (1.6)(b)(I).

(II) A change in a school district's or the institute's accreditation rating for the 2021-22 school year pursuant to subsection (1.6)(b)(I) of this section does not affect the time-based calculations required in sections 22-11-207 (4)(a) and 22-11-209 (3.5).

(1.7) Repealed.

(2) The department shall provide technical assistance and support to school districts that are accredited with improvement plan, accredited with priority improvement plan, or accredited with turnaround plan and to the institute if it is accredited at any of those categories. The department shall base the amount of technical assistance and support provided to a school district or the institute on the school district's or institute's degree of need for assistance and the department's available resources. Technical assistance and support may include, but need not be limited to:

(a) Access to data and research to support interpretation of student data, decision-making, and learning;

(b) Consultative services on best practices for improvement and implementation of intervention strategies, including, where appropriate, research-based strategies that address the quality and availability of early childhood education opportunities within the school district and student engagement and re-engagement; and

(c) Evaluation and feedback on the school district's or the institute's improvement, priority improvement, or turnaround plan, whichever is applicable.

(2.5) In addition to the technical assistance and support described in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall make available to the directors of the local school board of a school district that is accredited with improvement plan or lower, or that includes a public school that is required to adopt a priority improvement or turnaround plan, training in school district and public school governance and turnaround best practices. The department shall also make available informational materials and training opportunities for parents, school personnel, and members of the affected district accountability committee and school accountability committee.

(3) The commissioner may assign the state review panel to critically evaluate a school district's priority improvement plan or turnaround plan or the institute's priority improvement plan or turnaround plan. The commissioner may require the state review panel to conduct one or more on-site visits as part of evaluating a school district's or the institute's priority improvement or turnaround plan. Based on its evaluation, the state review panel shall report to the commissioner, the state board, and the affected local school board or institute board recommendations concerning:

(a) Whether the school district's or institute's leadership is adequate to implement change to improve results;

(b) Whether the school district's or institute's infrastructure is adequate to support school improvement;

(c) The readiness and apparent capacity of public school and school district or institute personnel to plan effectively and lead the implementation of appropriate actions to improve student academic performance within the district public schools or the institute charter schools;

(d) The readiness and apparent capacity of public school and school district or institute personnel to engage productively with and benefit from the assistance provided by an external partner;

(e) The likelihood of positive returns on state investments of assistance and support to improve the school district's or institute's performance within the current management structure and staffing; and

(f) The necessity that the school district or institute remain in operation to serve students.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-508 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 5 / Section 22-30.5-508
22-30.5-508. Institute charter schools - contract contents - regulations
Status: repealed

22-30.5-508. Institute charter schools - contract contents - regulations. (1) (a) An approved institute charter school application shall serve as the basis for a charter contract between the institute charter school and the institute.

(b) The institute board may approve an institute charter school application submitted by a nonprofit entity, and the institute may enter into a charter contract directly with the nonprofit entity to operate an institute charter school. The institute board shall not approve a charter school application that is submitted by a for-profit entity or that identifies a for-profit entity as one of the charter applicants, and the institute shall not enter into a charter contract directly with a for-profit entity to operate an institute charter school.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The charter contract between the institute charter school and the institute shall reflect all requests for release from state statutes and rules made by the institute charter school applicant. Within forty-five days after a request for release is received by the state board, the state board shall either grant or deny the request. If the state board grants the request, it may orally notify the institute charter school of its decision. If the state board denies the request, it shall notify the institute charter school in writing that the request is denied and specify the reasons for denial. If the institute charter school does not receive notice of the state board's decision within forty-five days after submittal of the request for release, the request shall be deemed granted. If the state board denies a request for release that includes multiple state statutes or rules, the denial shall specify the state statutes and rules for which the release is denied, and the denial shall apply only to those state statutes and rules so specified.

(4) A material revision of the terms of the charter contract may be made only with the approval of the institute and the governing body of the institute charter school.

(5) Any term included in a charter contract that would require an institute charter school to waive or otherwise forgo receipt of any amount of operational or capital construction funds provided to the institute charter school pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 or pursuant to any other provision of law is hereby declared null and void as against public policy and is unenforceable. In no event shall this subsection (5) be construed to prohibit any institute charter school from contracting with the institute for the purchase of services, including but not limited to the purchase of educational services.

(6) An institute charter school that provides a half-day kindergarten educational program before the 2019-20 school year and chooses to expand the kindergarten educational program to a full day shall notify the institute board of the expansion of the kindergarten educational program and of the school year in which the anticipated program expansion takes effect. The institute charter school and the institute board shall amend the charter contract as necessary to allow for the program expansion. If the institute board objects to the program expansion, the institute board shall provide to the institute charter school a written explanation of the grounds for its objection. If the institute charter school and the institute board cannot agree on an amendment to the charter contract for the program expansion, the institute charter school may submit to the state board a notice of appeal, stating the grounds for the appeal. Within sixty days after receiving the notice of appeal and after reasonable public notice, the state board shall review the decision of the institute to deny the program expansion and determine whether the decision was arbitrary and capricious. The state board shall remand the matter to the institute with instructions to approve or deny the program expansion. The decision of the state board shall be final and not subject to appeal.
C.R.S. § 22-93-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 93 / Section 22-93-103
22-93-103. School bullying prevention and education grant program - grant process - reports
Status: in_force

22-93-103. School bullying prevention and education grant program - grant process - reports by grant recipients. (1) The department shall solicit and review applications from public schools and facility schools for grants pursuant to this section. The department may award grants to public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools for periods of one to three years.

(2) Each application, at a minimum, shall describe how the applicant public school, facility school, or collaborative group of public schools or facility schools will use any awarded grant moneys to reduce the frequency of bullying incidents. Each grant recipient shall use its grant moneys to supplement and not supplant any moneys currently being used by the grant recipient to reduce the frequency of bullying incidents.

(3) The department shall select those public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools that will receive grants pursuant to this section and the duration and amount of each grant. In selecting the grant recipients, the department, at a minimum, shall take into account the criteria established by rules promulgated by the state board pursuant to section 22-93-104 (1)(b).

(4) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before a date specified by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-93-104 (1)(d), the department shall submit annually to the state board and to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, the following information regarding the administration of the program in the preceding year:

(a) The number of grant recipients that received grants under the program;

(b) The amount of each grant awarded to each grant recipient;

(c) The average amount of each grant awarded under the program;

(d) The number of pupils who are either enrolled at each public school of each grant recipient or receiving services through each facility school of each grant recipient; and

(e) The source and amount of each gift, grant, and donation received by the department for the implementation of this article pursuant to section 22-93-105 (3)(b).

(5) In selecting grant recipients, the department, to the extent possible, shall ensure that grants are awarded to public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools in a variety of geographic areas of the state.

(6) Each grant recipient shall submit a written report to the department not later than six months after the expiration of the term of the grant concerning the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of each use of grant moneys by the grant recipient in reducing the frequency of bullying incidents.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-112.3 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-112.3
22-30.5-112.3. Charter schools - additional aid from district
Status: repealed

22-30.5-112.3. Charter schools - additional aid from district.

(1) (a) and (a.5) Repealed.

(a.7) (I) For the 2003-04 budget year and each budget year thereafter, a qualified charter school, as defined in section 22-54-124 (1)(f.6), shall receive state education fund moneys from the school district that granted its charter in an amount equal to the percentage of the district's certified charter school pupil enrollment that is attributable to pupils expected to be enrolled in the qualified charter school multiplied by the total amount of state education fund moneys distributed to the district for the same budget year pursuant to section 22-54-124 (3).

(II) As used in this paragraph (a.7), "pupils" means pupils, other than pupils enrolled in an online program or online school, as defined in sections 22-30.7-102 (9) and 22-30.7-102 (9.5), who are enrolled in a charter school.

(b) Funding received pursuant to paragraph (a), (a.5), or (a.7) of this subsection (1) shall be in addition to any funding provided pursuant to section 22-30.5-112.

(c) A district shall provide funding to each qualified charter school, as defined in section 22-54-124 (1)(f.6), by making a monthly payment to the qualified charter school as soon as possible after the district receives a monthly payment of state education fund moneys pursuant to section 22-54-124 (4).

(2) (a) A charter school shall use moneys it receives pursuant to subsection (1) of this section solely for capital construction, as defined in section 22-54-124 (1)(a).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-30.5-112 (4.5), any moneys received by a charter school pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for the 2001-02 budget year that are not expended by January 31, 2003, shall be transferred back to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-63-201 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 63 / Part 2 / Section 22-63-201
22-63-201. Employment - license required - exception
Status: in_force

22-63-201. Employment - license required - exception. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the board of a school district shall not enter into an employment contract with any person as a teacher, except in a local college district or in an adult education program, unless such person holds an initial or a professional teacher's license or authorization issued pursuant to the provisions of article 60.5 of this title.

(2) (a) The general assembly hereby recognizes that many persons with valuable professional expertise in areas other than teaching provide a great benefit to students through their experience and functional knowledge when hired by a school district. To facilitate the employment of these persons and comply with the requirements of federal law, the general assembly has statutory provisions to create an alternative teacher license and alternative teacher programs to enable school districts to employ persons with expertise in professions other than teaching. These provisions enable a school district to employ a person with professional expertise in a particular subject area, while ensuring that the person receives the necessary training and develops the necessary skills to be a highly qualified teacher. The general assembly strongly encourages each school district to hire persons who hold alternative teacher licenses to provide a wide range of experience in teaching and functional subject matter knowledge for the benefit of the students enrolled in the school district.

(b) A school district may hire a person who holds an alternative teacher license to teach as an alternative teacher pursuant to an alternative teacher contract as described in section 22-60.5-207.

(3) The board of a school district may enter into an employment contract with any person to serve as an administrator based upon qualifications set by the board of the school district. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require that an administrator, as a condition of employment, possess any type of license or authorization issued pursuant to article 60.5 of this title.
C.R.S. § 22-42-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-119
22-42-119. Bond fund - payment and redemption
Status: in_force

22-42-119. Bond fund - payment and redemption. (1) Such taxes shall be collected in the same manner as other school district taxes and when collected shall be placed by the county treasurer in the bond redemption fund of said school district. The moneys in said fund shall be used only for payment of interest upon and for the redemption of such bonds, upon orders signed and countersigned in the manner provided by law for the execution of other school district orders; but the board of education of said school district may withdraw, or the board of education may instruct the third-party custodian administering the bond redemption fund pursuant to section 22-45-103 (1)(b)(V) to withdraw, any or all of such moneys credited to said fund which are temporarily not needed to satisfy the obligations of bonded indebtedness, for the purpose of depositing or investing such moneys in the manner prescribed by law.

(2) Redemption of said bonds prior to the respective maturities thereof may be made in the order as determined by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds and set forth on the face of said bonds. Notice of the redemption of said bonds, prior to maturity, shall be made in the manner prescribed in said bond resolution. In the absence of such prescribed manner in the bond resolution, a redemption prior to maturity shall be made in the following manner: When authorized by the board of education, the treasurer of said school district shall advertise in some newspaper published in the school district once a week for two consecutive weeks that on a certain day, named in said advertisement, not less than four weeks after the time of the first publication thereof, he will redeem certain of said bonds therein described by number, amount, and date of issue thereof and that the principal, interest to redemption date, and redemption premium, if any, of said bonds will be paid in accordance with the bond resolution authorizing such bonds. The notice shall indicate also that, after the day so fixed for redemption, the interest on the bonds shall cease. After the day of redemption so fixed in said notice, the bonds so advertised and called to be redeemed shall cease to draw interest.

(3) If the bonds are made payable at the office of the county treasurer, any redemption of such bonds shall also be made at the office of the county treasurer of the county, who shall make a notation of such payment or redemption upon his books.

(4) If the bonds are made payable at some place other than the office of the county treasurer, such bonds shall be redeemable at the place where payable, and the treasurer of the district shall, immediately after the payment or redemption, inform the county treasurer that certain bonds, describing them by number, amount, and date of issue, have been paid or redeemed and canceled, and said county treasurer shall make a record of such payment or redemption upon his books.

(5) In all cases bonds when paid or redeemed shall be canceled by the district treasurer and preserved by him and his successors for a period of one year after the date of their payment or redemption.
C.R.S. § 22-42-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-102
22-42-102. Bonded indebtedness - elections
Status: repealed

22-42-102. Bonded indebtedness - elections. (1) No debt by loan in any form shall be contracted by any school district for the purposes specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, unless the proposition to create the debt has first been submitted to and approved by the eligible electors of the district.

(2) (a) The board of education of any school district, at any regular biennial school election or at a special election called for the purpose, shall submit to the eligible electors of the district the question of contracting a bonded indebtedness for one or more of the following purposes:

(I) For acquiring or purchasing buildings or grounds;

(II) For enlarging, improving, remodeling, repairing, or making additions to any school building;

(III) For constructing or erecting school buildings;

(IV) For equipping or furnishing any school building, but only in conjunction with a construction project for a new building or for an addition to an existing building or in conjunction with a project for substantial remodeling, improvement, or repair of an existing building;

(V) For improving school grounds;

(VI) For funding floating indebtedness;

(VII) For acquiring, constructing, or improving any capital asset that the district is authorized by law to own;

(VIII) For supporting a district charter school's charter school capital construction, as defined in section 22-30.5-403 (4), or the land and facilities needs of a district charter school, as defined in section 22-30.5-403 (3), without title or ownership of district charter school capital assets being held by the school district or ownership or use restrictions being placed on the district charter school by the school district;

(VIII.5) For supporting an institute charter school's charter school capital construction, as defined in section 22-30.5-403 (4), or the land and facilities needs of an institute charter school, as defined in section 22-30.5-403 (5.5), by including the institute charter school, located within the school district, in a bond election conducted pursuant to section 22-30.5-404.5.

(IX) (A) Subject to the provisions of sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (IX), for paying the costs that may be paid from the general fund of the school district; except that bonded indebtedness may be issued for such purpose only if amendment 61 is approved by the voters at the general election held on November 2, 2010, and the eligible electors of the school district approve a question to create debt for such purpose at an election held on or after November 2, 2010.

(B) The board of education of a district that issues bonded indebtedness pursuant to sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (IX) shall deposit any moneys from such bonded indebtedness into a cash flow deficit restricted reserve in the general fund of the district. The board of education of such a district may expend the moneys deposited in the reserve only for the purpose of alleviating the district's annual temporary cash flow deficit and shall repay, from the property tax revenues of the district, the total amount expended from the reserve in any fiscal year on or before June 30 of the applicable fiscal year; except that such board of education may request that the department of education waive the requirement to repay the reserve by June 30 of the applicable fiscal year. If the department grants such a waiver, the board of education of the district shall repay the total amount expended from the reserve on or before June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the board expended moneys from the reserve. Notwithstanding the provisions of this sub-subparagraph (B), if a district that has issued bonded indebtedness pursuant to sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (IX) no longer experiences an annual temporary cash flow deficit, the district shall use the moneys in the reserve to repay outstanding bonded indebtedness issued pursuant to this section.

(X) Subject to prior approval by the commissioner of education as provided in section 22-2-112 (5), for constructing a building that the school district may lease to a state institution of higher education. If a board of education seeks voter approval to contract bonded indebtedness for this purpose, the ballot question must specifically state that the bonded indebtedness is incurred "FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY LEASE TO A STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION".

(b) The purposes specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall be broadly construed, subject to the limitations provided in section 22-42-103.

(c) Any special election called pursuant to this section shall be held on the general election day in each even-numbered year or on the first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year and shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.

(d) Repealed.

(3) to (5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 839, § 35, effective January 1, 1993.)

(6) (a) The board of education of any school district, having received approval at an election to issue bonds and having determined that the limitations of the original election question are too restrictive to permit the advantageous sale of the bonds so authorized, may submit at another regular or special election the question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, at a higher principal amount or higher repayment cost than approved at the original election.

(b) An election held pursuant to this subsection (6) shall be held in substantially the same manner as an election to authorize bonds initially, except as may be required for the submission of the limited question or questions permitted under this subsection (6).

(c) If a majority of those voting at an election held pursuant to this subsection (6) fails to approve the changes submitted, such result shall not impair the authority of the board at a later time to issue the bonds originally approved within the limitations established at the first election.
C.R.S. § 22-20.5-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20.5 / Section 22-20.5-104
22-20.5-104. Pilot program - dyslexia markers - effective interventions - created - evaluatio
Status: repealed

22-20.5-104. Pilot program - dyslexia markers - effective interventions - created - evaluation report - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-43.7-110.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43.7 / Part 1 / Section 22-43.7-110.5
22-43.7-110.5. Charter school matching moneys loan program - rules - definitions
Status: in_force

22-43.7-110.5. Charter school matching moneys loan program - rules - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Eligible charter school" means a charter school that is:

(I) A qualified charter school as defined in section 22-30.5-408 (1)(c); and

(II) Authorized to receive financial assistance pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (7).

(b) "Loan program" means the charter school matching moneys loan program created in this section.

(2) (a) There is hereby created the charter school matching moneys loan program to assist eligible charter schools in obtaining the matching moneys required for an award of financial assistance pursuant to section 22-43.7-109. Through the loan program, the board may approve a loan for an eligible charter school in an amount that does not exceed fifty percent of the amount of matching moneys calculated for the eligible charter school pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (9)(c).

(b) The board shall direct the state treasurer to include the amount of a loan approved pursuant to this section in the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to section 22-43.7-110 (2) to provide financial assistance to the eligible charter school for which the loan is approved.

(3) An eligible charter school that chooses to seek a loan through the loan program shall apply to the board to receive a loan. The board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., establishing the contents of a loan application and the timelines and procedures for applying for a loan through the loan program.

(4) To receive a loan through the loan program, an eligible charter school shall:

(a) Authorize the state treasurer to withhold moneys payable to the eligible charter school in the amount of the loan payments pursuant to the procedure described in section 22-30.5-406;

(b) Pay an interest rate on the loan that is equal to the interest rate paid by the state treasurer on the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to section 22-43.7-110 to provide financial assistance to the eligible charter school for which the loan is approved;

(c) Amortize the loan payments over the same period in years as the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to section 22-43.7-110 to provide financial assistance to the eligible charter school for which the loan is approved; except that the eligible charter school may pay the full amount of the loan early without incurring a prepayment penalty; and

(d) Create an escrow account for the benefit of the state with a balance in the amount of six months of loan payments.
C.R.S. § 22-82.7-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 82.7 / Section 22-82.7-103
22-82.7-103. Start smart nutrition program - creation - administration - objectives
Status: in_force

22-82.7-103. Start smart nutrition program - creation - administration - objectives. (1) There is hereby created the start smart nutrition program to ensure that each student in Colorado public schools and facility schools has an opportunity to begin each day with a nutritious breakfast.

(2) The department shall administer the program in accordance with the procedures developed by the department pursuant to section 22-82.7-106.

(3) The objectives of the program are to:

(a) Appropriate moneys from the state budget to eliminate the reduced price paid by Colorado students participating in the school breakfast program and to offset the costs incurred by facility schools in providing the school breakfast program to students who are receiving educational services from the facility schools;

(b) Increase the number of Colorado students who consume a nutritious breakfast each day;

(c) Decrease statewide health-care costs by improving the health of school-age children;

(d) Lessen students' risk of obesity by providing nutritious breakfast options;

(e) Encourage charter schools, school districts, and facility schools to participate in the school breakfast program;

(f) Increase students' consumption of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, vitamins A and C, calcium, protein, fiber, and iron; and

(g) Make breakfast more accessible to underprivileged students.
C.R.S. § 22-108-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 108 / Section 22-108-101
22-108-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-108-101. Short title. The short title of this article 108 is the "Supporting Justice-Engaged Students in Education Act".
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-304 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 3 / Section 22-60.5-304
22-60.5-304. Approved induction programs - initial principal licensees
Status: repealed

22-60.5-304. Approved induction programs - initial principal licensees. (1) Any approved induction program of a school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school for initial principal licensees may include, but is not limited to, supervision by mentor principals; ongoing professional development and training, including ethics; and performance evaluations. Such school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school may enter into agreements with accepted institutions of higher education in regard to the organization, management, and operation of an approved induction program, or any portion thereof. The school district's or districts' performance evaluations must be conducted in accordance with section 22-9-106; however, the state board of education may provide by rule for performance evaluations by mentor principals.

(2) The approved induction program of any individual initial principal licensee may be extended if deemed necessary by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing such program; however, such program shall not exceed a maximum of three years.

(3) (a) The state board of education shall, by rule and regulation, establish standards and criteria for the approval of proposed induction programs for initial principal licensees and for the review of approved induction programs for initial principal licensees. Such rules and regulations shall provide for such standards and criteria to be fully implemented on and after July 1, 1999, and shall provide for the gradual implementation of such standards and criteria over the five-year period prior to said date. Such standards and criteria shall, at a minimum, provide multiple approaches and options in regard to the provision of approved induction programs which take into consideration factors which the state board of education deems appropriate. Such factors shall include, but shall not be limited to, the setting categories and geographical location of school districts, the costs of providing approved induction programs, and the availability of state moneys to fund, in whole or in part, approved induction programs.

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-23-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 23 / Section 22-23-106
22-23-106. Summer schools
Status: in_force

22-23-106. Summer schools. (1) The program established by this section shall be under the general supervision of the state board. An educational program for migrant children may be operated within the period from the termination of the regular school term in the spring until the regular school term convenes in the fall.

(2) Any school district wherein there are migrant children in the summer period may make application to the state board to participate in the summer school program authorized by this section. From such applications the state board shall select school districts to operate summer schools for migrant children in accordance with the amount of funds available, the number of migrant children in the school districts, and other criteria specified by the state board.

(3) Residence requirements for migrant children under the summer school program shall be the same as set forth in section 22-23-105.

(4) For the purpose of the summer school program, in addition to "migrant child" defined in section 22-23-103, a child of school age shall be considered a migrant child if he was not able to attend the full number of days prescribed by law during the previous school year as a direct result of being in the custody of a migrant agricultural worker.

(5) The board of education of a school district has the authority to determine whether attendance at summer school shall be voluntary or compulsory. If attendance is compulsory, migrant children shall attend unless excused in compliance with the "School Attendance Law of 1963", article 33 of this title.

(6) Each school district participating in the summer school program shall be reimbursed from state funds for actual costs incurred in the operation of the program, including allotments for classroom units and supervisory units based upon the formulas set forth in section 22-23-107. The school district shall also receive reimbursement, under rules of the state board, for the net cost of its school lunch operation and for school vehicle operations at rates fixed by the state board. School districts shall report all such costs on forms prescribed by the state board.
C.R.S. § 22-1-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-119
22-1-119. Students - dispensing of drugs to - liability
Status: in_force

22-1-119. Students - dispensing of drugs to - liability. Any school employee who dispenses any drug, as such term is defined in section 12-280-103 (16), to a student in accordance with written instructions from a parent or legal guardian shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceedings for an adverse drug reaction suffered by the student as a result of dispensing such drug.
C.R.S. § 22-97-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 97 / Part 1 / Section 22-97-103
22-97-103. Reporting
Status: in_force

22-97-103. Reporting. (1) No later than January 1, 2018, and no later than each January 1 thereafter if the state board has awarded a grant during the previous calendar year, the department shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees.

(2) At a minimum, the report must include:

(a) The number of grants awarded during the previous calendar year;

(b) The amount of the grants;

(c) The number of teachers in each school district who benefitted from the grant; and

(d) The uses of the grant, including the postsecondary courses, degrees, training programs, or industry-recognized certificates completed and the education provider providing the education.

(3) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the report required in this section continues indefinitely.
C.R.S. § 22-36-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 36 / Section 22-36-103
22-36-103. Eligibility of school districts for participation in interdistrict schools of ch
Status: repealed

22-36-103. Eligibility of school districts for participation in interdistrict schools of choice pilot program - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-32-137 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-137
22-32-137. Community service and service-learning
Status: in_force

22-32-137. Community service and service-learning. Each school district shall consider and, if the school district board of education deems it appropriate, adopt a policy to encourage students to engage in community service or service-learning and to recognize students' contributions to their communities through community service or service-learning. Pursuant to the policy, a student who successfully meets the community service or service-learning program goals, as specified in the policy, may earn recognition in the manner described in the policy. The policy should specify the manner in which recognition of service may be reflected on a student's diploma or transcript as an indication of the student's commitment to service within the community.
C.R.S. § 22-3-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Section 22-3-101
22-3-101. Duties regarding eye protective devices
Status: in_force

22-3-101. Duties regarding eye protective devices. (1) It is the duty of the governing board of every school district, university, college, or other institution of higher education, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, university, college, or other institution of higher education, in this state to provide eye protective devices for the use of all students, teachers, and visitors when participating in the courses and activities enumerated in section 22-3-102.

(2) It is the duty of the persons charged with the supervision of any such course or activity to require such eye protective devices to be worn by students, teachers, and visitors under the circumstances prescribed in section 22-3-102.
C.R.S. § 22-5.5-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5.5 / Section 22-5.5-105
22-5.5-105. Regional service areas - establishment - plan - governance
Status: in_force

22-5.5-105. Regional service areas - establishment - plan - governance. (1) (a) Following the creation of the twelve regional service areas by the state board pursuant to section 22-5.5-104, but on or before June 30, 2009, individuals in a regional service area may organize a regional service area. Participants in a regional service area may include, but need not be limited to, representatives from school districts, boards of cooperative services, administrative units, early childhood councils, postsecondary institutions, business and industry, other education agencies in the regional service area, teachers, and parents. A regional service area plan shall be governed by no more than one regional service council.

(b) Participation by school districts or boards of cooperative services in a regional service area is voluntary.

(2) (a) Each plan for a regional service area shall be administered by a locally appointed regional service council, representing the following entities within the regional service area and composed of a minimum of five members; except that a regional service council initially formed or reorganized on or after August 5, 2009, shall be composed of a minimum of six members as follows:

(I) Each participating board of cooperative services shall appoint at least one council member. A board of cooperative services that has more than five member districts shall appoint an additional council member. The terms shall run coterminously with the council member's term on his or her board.

(II) Each board of cooperative services superintendent advisory council within a regional service area shall appoint two superintendents or their designees to serve on the regional service council. A superintendent advisory council that has more than five members shall appoint an additional superintendent or his or her designee to the regional service council. The superintendents or their designees shall each represent a participating school district.

(III) Each school district that chooses to participate in the regional service area and that is not a member of a board of cooperative services within the regional service area shall appoint one board member, superintendent, or designee to the regional service council. The terms shall run coterminously with the council member's term on his or her board, if applicable.

(IV) The regional service council, within ninety days after its initial formation and each time the regional service council reorganizes thereafter, shall appoint one council member representing business and industry, one council member representing each existing early childhood council from within the regional service area, and, for a regional service council initially formed or reorganized on or after August 5, 2009, one council member who is a parent of a student enrolled in a public preschool, elementary, secondary, or postsecondary institution located within the regional service area.

(V) Each four-year institution of higher education, each community college, and each technical college within the regional service area may appoint a trustee or advisory council member, or the president of the institution or his or her designee, to serve on the regional service council.

(VI) The department of education regional manager for the regional service area and the executive director for any board of cooperative services in the regional service area shall serve as ex-officio, nonvoting members of the regional service council.

(b) The regional service council shall have the authority to set terms of office, organize, have meetings, and accept moneys and shall be accountable for funding and programs.

(3) To receive funding pursuant to section 22-5.5-106 (2) and (3), the regional service council on behalf of each regional service area shall submit a plan to the state board for approval on or before June 30, 2009. The plan shall address the needs of large and small school districts within the regional service area and focus on increasing effectiveness and efficiencies in providing education and services throughout the region. The plan shall include, at a minimum:

(a) A list of representatives from various educational agencies and business and industry in the regional service area;

(b) A description of how the regional service area intends to use and develop state, regional, and local expertise;

(c) An outline of available funding sources, including local and regional contributions, federal moneys, and any available state resources;

(d) A description of how the agencies within the regional service area will coordinate and collaborate to enhance effectiveness and efficiencies among and between regional service areas;

(e) A strategy to address the needs of participating school districts within the regional service area;

(f) A budget outlining projected expenditures by the regional service area; and

(g) Accountability criteria associated with the plan, including but not limited to:

(I) Evaluation of alignment with established state priorities;

(II) Rationale for selection of priorities based upon regional needs assessment data;

(III) Goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, and realistic, all within an established time frame;

(IV) Specific outcomes demonstrated with effectiveness and efficiencies;

(V) An evaluation process and criteria; and

(VI) Budget alignment with priorities and activities.

(4) (a) Each regional service council shall submit a plan developed pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to the state board for approval as a prerequisite to the receipt of state moneys pursuant to this article.

(b) On or before August 1, 2009, the state board shall notify each regional service council that submitted a plan for a regional service area of its approval or rejection.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-405 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 4 / Section 22-30.5-405
22-30.5-405. Mill levy for charter school capital construction
Status: in_force

22-30.5-405. Mill levy for charter school capital construction. (1) With the agreement of all charter schools that will receive the revenues generated by a special mill levy, the board of education of any school district shall, at any time at which a ballot issue arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution may be decided, submit to the eligible electors of the district the question of whether to impose a mill levy of a stated amount and for a stated duration for the purpose of financing capital construction for one or more charter schools chartered by the district. When a mill levy for more than one year has been approved, the board shall, without calling an election, decrease the amount or duration of the mill levy as necessary to avoid excessive collections as each capital construction project financed by the mill levy is completed or the financing for such capital construction has been paid by the taxpayers of such school district. If the board is required to submit the ballot question for a mill levy pursuant to section 22-30.5-404 (4), the board shall consult with all affected charter schools that will receive the revenues generated by the special mill levy before determining the amount and duration of the special mill levy. The board of education of any school district has the discretion to combine the ballot question for a mill levy with any other tax question that the school district is submitting to the eligible electors of the district or to submit the ballot question as a separate question.

(2) Any election called pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S. The costs of the election shall be borne by each charter school that is to receive revenues generated by the mill levy in proportion to the amount of revenues it is to receive unless other cost-sharing arrangements are agreed to by the charter schools and, if the school district submitting the ballot question agrees to bear any of the costs of the election and is not prohibited from bearing such costs by section 22-30.5-404 (4)(b), the district.

(3) If the majority of votes cast at an election held pursuant to this section are in favor of the question, the mill levy of the district for charter school capital construction shall be as so approved by the eligible electors of the district and taxes shall be levied as so approved.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-30.5-404 (4) and any other provisions of this section, no mill levy shall be imposed pursuant to this section to benefit a charter school unless the charter school and the district have entered into a contract specifying to whom the ownership of any capital construction financed by the mill levy shall revert if the charter school loses its charter, fails to pay for the capital construction to be financed by revenues from the mill levy, or becomes insolvent and can no longer operate as a charter school.

(5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-176), ch. 247, p. 1117, § 3, effective August 5, 2009.)
C.R.S. § 22-20-114.7 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-114.7
22-20-114.7. High-cost special education trust fund - creation - grants - eligibility - legis
Status: repealed

22-20-114.7. High-cost special education trust fund - creation - grants - eligibility - legislative declaration - definition - annual report - repeal. (1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(I) Providing equal access to high-quality public education for all students, including children with disabilities, is a top priority for the state;

(II) Each administrative unit in the state is responsible for making available special education services required by the IEP for any child with a disability for whom it is responsible;

(III) Each year, a small number of cases, randomly affecting administrative units across the state, become extraordinarily expensive, threatening to jeopardize the administrative unit's ability to provide equal access to each child and to maintain financial stability;

(IV) Ensuring that financial support is available to help administrative units defray the costs associated with providing high-cost special education services is a statewide concern; and

(V) Building a reserve that may provide necessary funding for administrative units experiencing high costs will help bring equity and stability to the state's special education programs.

(b) Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is necessary and appropriate to create a high-cost special education trust fund to build a reserve for high-cost special education services.

(2) (a) The high-cost special education trust fund, referred to in this section as the "trust fund", is created in the state treasury. The trust fund is administered by the Colorado special education fiscal advisory committee, created in the department of education pursuant to section 22-20-114.5 (2), and referred to in this section as the "committee".

(b) (I) On July 1, 2019, the state treasurer shall transfer two million five hundred thousand dollars from the marijuana tax cash fund, created in section 39-28.8-501, to the trust fund.

(II) The general assembly is encouraged to prioritize the transfer or appropriation of money to the trust fund in future fiscal years.

(c) The trust fund consists of money transferred to the trust fund pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate to the trust fund and the interest and income earned on the principal of the trust fund.

(d) Transfers to the trust fund pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section and any money appropriated to the trust fund pursuant to subsection (2)(c) of this section constitute the principal of the trust fund. The principal of the trust fund remains in the trust fund and shall not be appropriated, transferred, or expended.

(e) The state treasurer is authorized and directed to manage the trust fund through prudent investments and shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the trust fund to the trust fund.

(f) Trust fund interest and income is continuously appropriated to the department for high-cost special education trust fund grants awarded by the committee pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. Interest and income not expended during the fiscal year for high-cost special education trust fund grants may be expended in subsequent fiscal years for that purpose.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (2) to the contrary, on July 1, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer the amount of any unexpended and unencumbered trust fund principal to the state public school fund created in section 22-54-114.

(3) (a) The committee may award high-cost special education trust fund grants from interest and income in the trust fund.

(b) An administrative unit may apply to the committee for a high-cost special education trust fund grant if the administrative unit:

(I) Has expenditures, as defined in subsection (3)(c) of this section, in the preceding budget year to meet the needs of a single student with an IEP; and

(II) The expenditures exceed the lesser of:

(A) One hundred thousand dollars; or

(B) Two and one-half percent of the administrative unit's annual audited operating expenses for the preceding budget year.

(c) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) of this section, "expenditures" includes items that are allowable special education expenditures pursuant to state and federal law. An administrative unit applying for a high-cost special education trust fund grant shall provide documentation or other certification of expenditures, as required by the committee.

(d) If the committee determines that an administrative unit is eligible for a high-cost special education trust fund grant, the committee shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to award a trust fund grant and in what amount:

(I) Number of applications received in a given year;

(II) The amount of high-cost special education trust fund grant money available for distribution in a given year; and

(III) Any special circumstances associated with the individual high-cost special education trust fund grant request.

(e) The committee shall make the final determination as to the high-cost special education trust fund grant award and amount; however, the committee shall attempt to award trust fund grants in proportion to the need presented by individual cases and the number of applications presented by administrative units in a given year.

(f) The committee may request additional information from administrative units prior to the distribution of high-cost special education trust fund grants.

(g) The committee is encouraged to work directly with an administrative unit to help tailor high-cost special education trust fund grants to the specific needs of the individual administrative unit for the most efficient use of trust fund grant money.

(4) (a) For each fiscal year in which the committee awards a high-cost special education trust fund grant, the committee shall incorporate the following information regarding the special education trust fund grant into the annual special education fiscal advisory committee report to the state board of education and the education committees of the house of representatives and of the senate, or any successor committees:

(I) The number of applications received for a high-cost special education trust fund grant;

(II) The number of high-cost special education trust fund grants awarded during the fiscal year;

(III) The name of the administrative unit receiving a high-cost special education trust fund grant and the amount of money awarded for each trust fund grant; and

(IV) The balance in the trust fund, including principal and available interest and income in the trust fund.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I) to the contrary, the report required pursuant to this subsection (4) continues indefinitely.

(5) (a) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.

(b) Prior to such repeal, the state treasurer shall:

(I) Transfer any unexpended and unencumbered trust fund interest and income to the general fund; and

(II) Transfer any remaining marijuana tax cash fund money transferred to the trust fund pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section to the marijuana tax cash fund, created in section 39-28.8-501.
C.R.S. § 22-80-116 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-116
22-80-116. Programs for parents
Status: in_force

22-80-116. Programs for parents. In furtherance of the objectives of the school, the board of trustees, with the aid of the superintendent, may make such bylaws as are necessary to provide a program of instruction in understanding the needs, problems, and education of the deaf and the blind for parents of deaf and blind children who may attend any of the schools in Colorado. In addition to other provisions, the board of trustees may provide for the cooperation of the school with other interested state agencies in carrying out this program.
C.R.S. § 22-35-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-102
22-35-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-35-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) Creating pathways between high schools and institutions of higher education is essential to fulfilling the Colorado promise of doubling the number of postsecondary degrees earned by Coloradans and reducing by half the number of students who drop out of high schools in the state;

(b) Concurrent enrollment programs have the potential to help advance the vision for an aligned system of high school and postsecondary standards and assessments, as described in the "Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act", part 10 of article 7 of this title;

(c) Concurrent enrollment programs have existed for many years but with little state coordination, limited attention to quality and consistency, and no accountability. As a result, access has been necessarily limited.

(d) Historically, the beneficiaries of concurrent enrollment programs have often been high-achieving students. The expanded mission of concurrent enrollment programs is to serve a wider range of students, particularly those who represent communities with historically low college participation rates.

(e) The state should improve teachers', administrators', and parents' access to information concerning concurrent enrollment programs;

(f) The emerging economic reality is that a postsecondary credential of some kind is the minimum educational requirement for a job that earns a living wage in Colorado. In spite of this, the number of students in Colorado who earn a postsecondary credential is disproportionately low when compared to other states.

(g) All of the state's high schools should eventually develop equitable access to concurrent enrollment programs to provide the infrastructure necessary to improve high school retention, to motivate young people to take seriously the need to become postsecondary- and workforce-ready, and to accelerate students' progress toward a postsecondary credential.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing funding for concurrent enrollment programs is a permissible use of the moneys in the state education fund because the moneys are being used for accountable school reform, for accountable programs to meet state academic standards, and for class size reduction.

(3) The general assembly further finds and declares its intention that the administrative costs incurred by the department of education in its implementation of the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program created in section 22-35-108 shall be supported by federal funds available for government services pursuant to section 14002 of Title XIV of the federal "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009", Public Law 111-5 of the one hundred eleventh United States Congress.

(4) Now, therefore, to broaden access to and improve the quality of concurrent enrollment programs, the general assembly concludes that it is appropriate and in the best interests of the state to support policies designed to improve coordination between institutions of secondary education and institutions of higher education and to ensure financial transparency and accountability.
C.R.S. § 22-1-113 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-113
22-1-113. School census - oath of parent
Status: repealed

22-1-113. School census - oath of parent. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-1-124 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-124
22-1-124. Sex offender information
Status: in_force

22-1-124. Sex offender information. At the beginning of each school year, each public school in the state shall provide to the parents of children attending the school a statement identifying where and the procedures by which members of the community may obtain the law enforcement agency information collected pursuant to section 16-22-110 (6), C.R.S., concerning registered sex offenders. In addition, a school may post the statement on a website.
C.R.S. § 22-42-128 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-128
22-42-128. Effect of article X, section 20 on bonded indebtedness authorized prior to Novem
Status: in_force

22-42-128. Effect of article X, section 20 on bonded indebtedness authorized prior to November 4, 1992. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) Section 20 (4) of article X of the state constitution provides that, beginning on November 4, 1992, school districts must have voter approval in advance for increases in bonded indebtedness and property tax mill levies;

(b) A sizeable amount of bonded indebtedness had been authorized by school district electors at elections held pursuant to section 22-42-102 prior to the adoption of section 20 of article X;

(c) In approving the question of incurring bonded indebtedness, the voters acknowledged that the board of education of the school district would annually certify the amount needed for its bond redemption fund to make principal and interest payments on the bonds, that a property tax would be levied annually to produce such certified amount, and that the property tax mill levy would be raised or lowered annually to produce such certified amount;

(d) Once bonded indebtedness was incurred, the voters of the district, as well as the bondholders, had a reasonable expectation that further voter approval would not be required;

(e) The purpose of section 20 (4) of article X is to allow the electors of school districts to have a voice in bonded indebtedness increases and property tax mill levy increases;

(f) The purpose of section 20 (4) has already been fully satisfied because the question of incurring bonded indebtedness, and the method for paying such indebtedness through an adjustment to the property tax mill levy, has already been approved by the voters at elections held prior to November 4, 1992; and

(g) The purpose of section 20 (4) would not be further satisfied by requiring voter approval each time the mill levy needs to be adjusted to produce the revenue necessary to pay school district bonded indebtedness authorized at elections held prior to November 4, 1992.

(2) Bonded indebtedness authorized at elections held pursuant to section 22-42-102 prior to November 4, 1992, or the refunding of such bonded indebtedness, which involve a property tax mill levy or a pledge of a property tax mill levy pursuant to section 22-42-118 to provide revenues to the school district to make bonded indebtedness payments or to cover default or deficiencies in bonded indebtedness payments, is not affected or impaired by the passage of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 22-43-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43 / Section 22-43-109
22-43-109. Validation
Status: repealed

22-43-109. Validation. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-32-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-107
22-32-107. Duties - treasurer
Status: in_force

22-32-107. Duties - treasurer. (1) The treasurer of the board shall account for all moneys belonging to the district, or coming into its possession, and shall render a report thereof when so required by the board.

(2) In all cases where moneys belonging to a district remain in the custody of the county treasurer, all warrants or orders drawn on the county treasurer in payment of lawfully incurred and properly authorized obligations of the district shall bear the written or facsimile signature of the treasurer of the board and, if required by the board, the written countersignature of any other person designated by the board.

(3) In all cases where the moneys belonging to a district are withdrawn from the custody of the county treasurer, such withdrawn moneys and all other moneys belonging to the district shall be deposited by the treasurer of the board or such other custodians authorized and appointed by the board to the credit of the district in one or more depositories designated by the board. All checks in payment of lawfully incurred and properly authorized obligations of the district drawn on any such depository shall bear the written or facsimile signature of the treasurer or custodian and, if required by the board, the written countersignature of any other person designated by the board.

(4) The board, by appropriate resolution, may authorize the treasurer or any custodian employed by the district to deposit, or cause to be deposited, any moneys derived from food services or operation of a lunchroom or from other school activities or any other moneys received by the district, in such depository as it may designate, and may likewise authorize the treasurer or custodians employed by the district to sign checks drawn on any such depository in payment of lawfully incurred and properly approved expenditures.

(5) The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the board.

(6) In the absence or inability of the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, if any, or an officer of the board designated by the president, if there is no assistant treasurer or other custodians appointed by the board, shall perform the duties of the treasurer.
C.R.S. § 22-43-107 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43 / Section 22-43-107
22-43-107. Application of bond proceeds - procedures - limitations
Status: in_force

22-43-107. Application of bond proceeds - procedures - limitations. (1) The proceeds derived from the issuance of any refunding bonds under the provisions of this article shall either be immediately applied to the payment or redemption and retirement of the bonds to be refunded and the cost and expense incident to such procedures or shall immediately be placed in escrow to be applied to the payment of said bonds upon their presentation therefor and the costs and expenses incident to such proceedings and for no other purpose whatsoever until the bonds being refunded have been paid in full and discharged, and all accrued interest thereon has also been paid in full, upon which occurrences the escrow shall terminate, and any moneys remaining therein shall be returned to the district's bond redemption fund.

(2) Any such escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested or, if necessary, reinvested in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., maturing at such times as to insure the prompt payment of the bonds refunded under the provisions of this article and the interest accruing thereon.

(3) Such escrowed proceeds and investments, together with any interest to be derived from such investments, shall be in an amount which at all times is sufficient to pay the bonds refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or as they are called for redemption and payment on prior redemption dates, as to principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent payable therefrom. The computations made in determining such sufficiency shall be verified by a certified public accountant.

(4) For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this article, the board of education of any school district has the power to enter into escrow agreements and to establish escrow accounts with any commercial bank having full trust powers located within the state of Colorado and a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation, under protective covenants and agreements whereby such accounts shall be fully secured by, or shall be invested in, securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., in such amounts as will be sufficient and maturing at such times so as to insure the prompt payment of the bonds refunded and the interest accruing thereon under the provisions of this article.

(5) In no event shall the aggregate amount of bonded indebtedness of any school district exceed the maximum allowable amount as determined pursuant to section 22-30-126 or 22-42-104; except that, in determining and computing such aggregate amount of bonded indebtedness of any district, bonds which have been refunded, as provided in this article, either by immediate payment or redemption and retirement or by the placement of the proceeds of refunding bonds in escrow, shall not be deemed outstanding indebtedness from and after the date on which sufficient moneys are placed with the paying agent of such outstanding bonds for the purpose of immediately paying or redeeming and retiring such bonds or from and after the date on which the proceeds of said refunding bonds are placed in escrow.

(6) The issuance of refunding bonds by any school district for the purposes of and in the manner authorized by this article, or by the provisions of any other law, shall never be interpreted or taken to be the creation of an indebtedness such that the same would require the approval at an election held in accordance with article 42 of this title, and no such approval shall be required for the issuance of such refunding bonds except as is specifically required by the law under which said refunding bonds are sought to be issued or have been issued.

(7) No bonds may be refunded under the provisions of this article unless the holders thereof voluntarily surrender said bonds for immediate exchange or immediate payment, or unless said bonds either mature or are callable for redemption prior to their maturity under their terms within ten years after the date of issuance of the refunding bonds, and provisions shall be made for paying or redeeming and discharging all of the bonds refunded within said period of time.

(8) No bonds shall be refunded under the provisions of this article within a period of one year following the actual issuance and delivery thereof to their initial purchasers unless the proceeds of said refunding bonds are immediately applied to the payment or redemption and retirement of the bonds being refunded.

(9) No bonds shall be issued under the provisions of this article for the purpose of refunding any refunding bonds unless the original bonds refunded by said refunding bonds have previously been paid or redeemed and matured or unless the proceeds of said refunding bonds are immediately applied to the payment or redemption and retirement of the original refunding bonds being refunded.
C.R.S. § 22-38-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 38 / Section 22-38-106
22-38-106. Application process for pilot school contract
Status: in_force

22-38-106. Application process for pilot school contract. (1) The state board shall appoint a selection committee to review applications for each of the pilot schools established pursuant to this article 38 and to make recommendations to the state board as to whether a pilot school should be established in an area and which applicant should be selected. The state board shall appoint, as members of or advisors to the committee, members from the county departments of human or social services from each region in which a pilot school is to be established. The committee may also include persons from local school districts, local law enforcement agencies, local probation departments, community-based organizations, parent groups, and any other interested private citizens.

(2) Applications must be filed with the state board by October 1 to be eligible for the award of contracts for operation during the following school year. If the state board finds the pilot school application is incomplete, it shall request the necessary information from the applicant.

(3) After giving reasonable public notice, the state board may hold community meetings in the area where each pilot school is to be located.

(4) The state board shall select applicants for contracts for operation of pilot schools in a public hearing, upon reasonable public notice.
C.R.S. § 22-44-301 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 3 / Section 22-44-301
22-44-301. Short title
Status: in_force

22-44-301. Short title. This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the "Public School Financial Transparency Act".
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-60.5-102
22-60.5-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

22-60.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article 60.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Accepted institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education that offers at least the standard bachelor's degree and is recognized by one of the following regional associations: The western association of schools and colleges; northwest association of schools, colleges, and universities; north central association of colleges and schools; New England association of schools and colleges; southern association of colleges and schools; or middle states association of colleges and secondary schools.

(2) Repealed.

(3) "Administrator" means any person who administers, directs, or supervises the education instructional program, or a portion thereof, in any school, school district, or nonpublic school in the state and who is not the chief executive officer or an assistant chief executive officer of such school.

(3.5) "Affiliated bachelor's degree program" means the bachelor's degree that is identified in the instruction plan submitted by the teacher apprenticeship program sponsor.

(4) "Alternative teacher contract" means a contract, as described in section 22-60.5-207, entered into for an alternative teacher position by a person who holds an alternative teacher license pursuant to section 22-60.5-201 (1)(a), or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7), and a school district, board of cooperative services, or nonpublic school that provides, or charter school that provides or participates in, a one-year or two-year alternative teacher program.

(5) "Alternative teacher program" means a one-year or two-year program of study and training for teacher preparation, as described in section 22-60.5-205, for a person of demonstrated knowledge and ability who holds an alternative teacher license pursuant to section 22-60.5-201 (1)(a), or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7). An "alternative teacher program" must meet the standards of and obtain the approval of the state board of education and, upon completion, lead to a recommendation for licensure by the designated agency providing the alternative teacher program.

(6) "Alternative teacher support team" means a team established by the designated agency for each holder of an alternative teacher license, or an interim authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 (7), employed as an alternative teacher. At a minimum, each alternative teacher support team shall be composed of the alternative teacher's mentor teacher and the principal and a representative of an accepted institution of higher education.

(6.5) "Apprentice mentor teacher" means a professionally licensed teacher in good standing, designated by the apprenticeship program sponsor, who provides exemplary modeling and counseling to a teacher apprentice, who is trained in the apprenticeship model, and who takes responsibility for the training, mentoring, and progress of the teacher apprentice.

(7) "Approved induction program" means a program of continuing professional development for initial licensees that meets the standards of the state board of education and that upon completion leads to a recommendation for licensure by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing such induction program.

(8) (a) "Approved program of preparation" means a program of study for preparation that is approved by the department pursuant to section 22-60.5-121 and that upon completion leads to a recommendation for licensure.

(b) Every "approved program of preparation" for principals or administrators shall include proficiencies in the principles of business management and budgeting practices and in the analysis of student assessment data and its use in planning for student instruction.

(8.5) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-5-103.

(9) "Board of education" means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any school district in the state except junior and community college districts. "Board of education" includes a board of cooperative services organized pursuant to article 5 of this title.

(9.1) "Certificate of apprenticeship completion" means a certificate that has been issued by the United States department of labor or the apprenticeship agency that certifies a teacher apprentice has satisfactorily gained the skills, abilities, and competencies, and completed the requirements of an apprenticeship.

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

(9.5) "Department" means the department of education, created in section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

(10) "Designated agency" means a school district or districts, a board of cooperative services, an accepted institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, a charter school, the institute, a nonpublic school, or any combination thereof, that is responsible for the organization, management, and operation of an approved alternative teacher program or an approved alternative principal program.

(11) "Endorsement" means the designation on a license or an authorization of grade level or developmental level, subject matter, or service specialization in accordance with the preparation, training, and experience of the holder of such license or authorization.

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

(12) "Mentor administrator" means any administrator who is designated by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing an approved induction program for initial administrator licensees and who has demonstrated outstanding administrative skills and school leadership and can provide exemplary modeling and counseling to initial administrator licensees participating in an approved induction program.

(13) "Mentor principal" means any principal who is designated by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing an approved induction program for initial principal licensees and who has demonstrated outstanding principal skills and school leadership and can provide exemplary modeling and counseling to initial principal licensees participating in an approved induction program.

(14) "Mentor special services provider" means any special services provider who is designated by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing an approved induction program for initial special services licensees and who has demonstrated outstanding special services provider skills and school leadership and can provide exemplary modeling and counseling to initial special services licensees participating in an approved induction program.

(15) "Mentor teacher" means:

(a) A teacher designated by the school district, charter school, or nonpublic school employing an alternative teacher and who has demonstrated outstanding teaching and school leadership and can provide exemplary modeling and counseling to alternative teachers participating in an alternative teacher program; or

(b) Any teacher who is designated by the school district or districts, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school providing an approved induction program for initial teacher licensees and who has demonstrated outstanding teaching and school leadership and can provide exemplary modeling and counseling to initial teacher licensees participating in an approved induction program.

(15.5) "Nonpublic school" means any independent or parochial school that provides a basic academic education, as defined in section 22-33-104 (2)(b). Neither the state board of education nor any local school board of education has jurisdiction over the internal affairs of any independent or parochial school in Colorado.

(16) "Principal" means any person who is employed as the chief executive officer or an assistant chief executive officer of any school or nonpublic school in the state and who administers, directs, or supervises the education instructional program in such school or nonpublic school.

(16.5) "Rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department of education determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and the total student enrollment is six thousand five hundred students or fewer students.

(17) "School" means any of the public schools of the state.

(18) "School district" means any school district organized and existing pursuant to law, but it does not include junior or community college districts. "School district" includes a board of cooperative services organized pursuant to article 5 of this title.

(19) "Special services provider" means any person other than a teacher, principal, or administrator who is employed by any school district, charter school, the institute, or nonpublic school to provide professional services to students in direct support of the education instructional program.

(20) "State board of education" or "state board" means the state board of education established by section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(21) "Teacher" means any person employed to instruct students in any school or nonpublic school in the state.

(22) "Teacher apprentice" means a student who is registered and enrolled in an approved teacher degree apprenticeship program, is enrolled in an affiliated bachelor's degree program from an accredited institution, and has obtained a Colorado teacher apprenticeship authorization pursuant to section 22-60.5-111. A "teacher apprentice" can also mean a student enrolled in an approved teacher degree apprenticeship program who is registered before August 7, 2023.

(23) "Teacher apprenticeship program sponsor" means an entity responsible for the registration, administration, and operation of a teacher degree apprenticeship program that has been approved by the United States department of labor or the state apprenticeship agency and has been authorized by the state department of education. A teacher apprenticeship program sponsor can also mean an entity serving as a sponsor for an apprenticeship program that is registered before August 7, 2023.

(24) "Teacher degree apprenticeship program" means a teacher education program containing all of the elements of a competency-based, registered apprenticeship program required by the United States department of labor as evidenced by approval by the United States department of labor office of apprenticeship or a state apprenticeship agency and approved by the state department of education and sponsored by a teacher apprenticeship program sponsor or a teacher apprenticeship program approved prior to August 7, 2023.
C.R.S. § 22-42-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 42 / Section 22-42-105
22-42-105. Voting precincts
Status: repealed

22-42-105. Voting precincts. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-20-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-105
22-20-105. Depository and retrieval network for visually and hearing impaired children
Status: repealed

22-20-105. Depository and retrieval network for visually and hearing impaired children. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-30-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 22-30-101
22-30-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-30-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "School District Organization Act of 1992".
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-107.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-107.5
22-30.5-107.5. Dispute resolution - governing policy provisions - appeal
Status: in_force

22-30.5-107.5. Dispute resolution - governing policy provisions - appeal. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 22-30.5-108, any disputes that may arise between a charter school and its chartering school district concerning governing policy provisions of the school's charter contract shall be resolved pursuant to this section.

(2) (a) A charter school or its chartering school district may initiate a resolution to any dispute concerning a governing policy provision of the school's charter contract by providing reasonable written notice to the other party of an intent to invoke this section. Such notice shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of the matter in dispute and the scope of the disagreement between the parties.

(b) Within thirty days after receipt of the written notice described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the charter school and the school district shall agree to use any form of alternative dispute resolution to resolve the dispute, including but not limited to any of the forms described in the "Dispute Resolution Act", part 3 of article 22 of title 13, C.R.S.; except that any form chosen by the parties shall result in final written findings by a neutral third party within one hundred twenty days after receipt of such written notice.

(c) The neutral third party shall apportion all costs reasonably related to the mutually agreed upon dispute resolution process.

(3) (a) A charter school and its chartering school district may agree to be bound by the written findings of the neutral third party resulting from any alternative dispute resolution entered into pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. In such case, such findings shall be final and not subject to appeal.

(b) If the parties do not agree to be bound by such written findings of the neutral third party, the parties may appeal such findings to the state board. A party who wishes to appeal such findings shall provide the state board and the other party with a notice of appeal within thirty days after the release of such findings, and the notice of appeal shall contain a brief description of the grounds for appeal. The state board may consider said written findings or other relevant materials in reaching its decision and may, on its own motion, conduct, after sufficient notice, a de novo review of and hearing on the underlying matter.

(4) The state board shall:

(a) Issue its decision on the written findings of the neutral third party resulting from any alternative dispute resolution entered into pursuant to subsection (1) of this section within sixty days after receipt of the notice of appeal; or

(b) Make its own findings within sixty days after making its own motion for a de novo review and hearing described in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section.

(5) If the state board, after motion by one of the parties and sufficient notice and hearing, finds that either of the parties to an alternative dispute resolution process held pursuant to this section has failed to participate in good faith in such process or has refused to comply with the decision reached after agreeing to be bound by the result of such process, the state board shall resolve the dispute in favor of the aggrieved party.

(6) Any decision by the state board pursuant to this section shall be final and not subject to appeal.
C.R.S. § 22-2-401 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 22-2-401
22-2-401. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-2-401. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) A significant number of children in Colorado are placed in day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, other out-of-home placement facilities, or hospitals and receive their education through programs provided by these facilities;

(b) Although these facilities strive to provide the best educational programs possible within limited resources and under difficult circumstances, studies indicate that students who receive educational services through facility programs are more likely to repeat a grade level, more likely to perform below grade level, more likely to drop out of school, less likely to be employed, less likely to continue into higher education, and more likely to be eventually arrested and incarcerated;

(c) Each facility independently provides an educational program that, in most instances, is not consistent in the areas of course work, academic credits, graduation standards, or curriculum with any other educational program provided by a facility or with any educational program provided by a school district or an institute charter school. This lack of consistency makes it extremely difficult for a student to move from one facility to another or to move from a facility to a school district or institute charter school and puts the student almost hopelessly behind in meeting standards for completing a grade level or for graduation.

(d) Each student who receives an educational program through a facility participates in the Colorado student assessment program. However, the student's scores are usually not included in calculating a school's levels of attainment of the performance indicators, and the transitory nature of the student's educational career makes it difficult, if not impossible, for an education provider to longitudinally track the student's academic growth.

(e) Because of the uniqueness of the population served by each facility, it is important for each facility to maintain a significant degree of control over the educational program provided by the facility. However, by partnering with the department of education to provide an educational program that, as much as practicable, is consistent among the facilities, each facility can vastly improve the quality of each student's overall academic experience while the student receives educational services from the facility and when the student transfers to another facility or to a school district or an institute charter school.

(2) Therefore, the general assembly finds that creating a unit within the department of education to work with facilities to create consistency with regard to curriculum, standards, and tracking of student performance within facility education programs will raise the overall quality of the education provided to these students, thereby helping these students meet their full potential both academically and as fully contributing adults within the community.

(3) The general assembly further finds that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, creating the facility schools unit within the department of education and the facility schools board to work with approved facility schools to standardize the educational services provided to students in approved facility schools and implementing a data system to maintain the records of students who receive educational services from approved facility schools will enable approved facility schools to provide each student a more consistent and coherent education, thereby improving each student's likelihood of achieving state academic standards. The facility schools unit, the facility schools board, and the data system are therefore important elements of accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(4) (a) The general assembly further finds that the number of approved facility schools and placements of students in facility schools in Colorado has substantially declined due in part to county departments of human or social services and other state and local agencies reducing the use of congregate care placements. However, a small percentage of students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs, who may have been served in approved facility schools in the past, still require specialized services beyond the level available from their school district of residence.

(b) Therefore, the general assembly further finds that it is in the best interests of students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs to stabilize and enhance the number of approved facility school placements and to improve student services by:

(I) Providing adequate and predictable funding for approved facility schools;

(II) Establishing an interagency resource guide for facilities seeking licensure or authorization to operate as approved facility schools;

(III) Requiring state agencies to establish consistent administrative practices to license, authorize, approve, and fund approved facility schools that may result from the development of the interagency resource guide described in subsection (4)(b)(II) of this section;

(IV) Allowing state agencies to recommend changes to law, rule, policy, and practice based on the establishment of consistent administrative practices described in subsection (4)(a)(III) of this section;

(V) Requiring the department of health care policy and financing, in consultation with the work group, to recommend a plan to provide guidance to approved facility schools on the eligibility standards required to request and receive medicaid reimbursement funding for therapeutic services to the maximum extent possible to reduce reliance on school district revenue for therapeutic services;

(VI) Authorizing the facility schools board to authorize a facility to operate as a specialized day school;

(VII) Authorizing the facility schools board to adopt accreditation measures for approved facility schools; and

(VIII) Expanding technical assistance for school districts and administrative units, with a priority to serve rural school districts, remote school districts, or school districts that face significant obstacles to providing intensive supports to serve students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-526.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 5 / Section 22-30.5-526.5
22-30.5-526.5. Intervention strategies - improving mathematics outcomes - definitions
Status: in_force

22-30.5-526.5. Intervention strategies - improving mathematics outcomes - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Train-the-parent" means a training framework to help a parent, guardian, or legal custodian assist the parent's child in understanding mathematics concepts.

(b) "Train-the-trainer" means a training framework that develops educators into subject matter experts who can teach other educators about mathematics.

(2) Each institute charter school is strongly encouraged to adopt procedures by which the institute charter school provides supports to students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and students' families to improve mathematics outcomes. Procedures may include:

(a) Identifying students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics based on academic assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3;

(b) Notifying the parents, guardians, or legal custodians if a student is below grade level or struggling in mathematics;

(c) Providing parents, guardians, or legal custodians with a list of interventions and acceleration strategies to assist with mathematics at home, including a state-advisory list of curricula options described in section 22-2-146.5, referrals for mathematics tutoring, or other intervention opportunities, when applicable;

(d) Publishing mathematics curricula annually, including supplemental curricula or interventions; and

(e) Implementing train-the-trainer or train-the-parent plans to improve mathematics achievements for students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics; children with disabilities, as defined in section 22-20-103; or students who are English language learners.

(3) If an institute charter school adopts procedures pursuant to this section, a parent, guardian, or legal custodian may contact the institute charter school in which the parent's, guardian's, or legal custodian's student is enrolled to request additional mathematics interventions created by the department pursuant to section 22-2-146.5 if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian determines the student needs additional intervention support.
C.R.S. § 22-55-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 55 / Section 22-55-105
22-55-105. General fund appropriations requirements - maintenance of effort base - definiti
Status: in_force

22-55-105. General fund appropriations requirements - maintenance of effort base - definition. (1) (a) In accordance with section 17 (5) of article IX of the state constitution, for state fiscal years 2001-02 through 2010-11, the general assembly shall annually appropriate from the general fund for total program under the "Public School Finance Act of 1994", article 54 of this title, an amount equal to the maintenance of effort base plus an amount as determined annually by the general assembly that is equal to at least five percent of the maintenance of effort base, unless Colorado personal income grows less than four and one-half percent between the two calendar years preceding the state fiscal year in which an appropriation is made.

(b) (I) The general assembly shall determine whether the requirements of this subsection (1) apply in the next state fiscal year based on Colorado personal income growth estimates or data made available by the bureau of economic analysis in the United States department of commerce at the time the general assembly enacts the annual general appropriation act for that state fiscal year.

(II) The general assembly shall increase the general fund appropriation for total program funding when it considers supplemental appropriation bills during the state fiscal year for which a determination has been made pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) if:

(A) The general assembly had initially determined that the requirements of this subsection (1) do not apply in that state fiscal year and had not increased the general fund appropriation for total program funding for that state fiscal year by the minimum amount specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1); and

(B) The bureau of economic analysis in the United States department of commerce releases, adjusts, or updates Colorado personal income data during that state fiscal year, as reported to the general assembly in the December revenue forecast by the staff of the legislative council, and the released, adjusted, or updated data indicates that Colorado personal income grew by at least four and one-half percent between the two calendar years preceding that state fiscal year.

(III) The general assembly may reduce the general fund appropriation for total program funding when it considers supplemental appropriation bills during the state fiscal year for which a determination has been made pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) if:

(A) The general assembly had initially determined that the requirements of this subsection (1) do apply in that state fiscal year and had increased the general fund appropriation for total program funding for that state fiscal year by the minimum amount specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1); and

(B) The bureau of economic analysis in the United States department of commerce releases, adjusts, or updates Colorado personal income data during that state fiscal year, as reported to the general assembly in the December revenue forecast by the staff of the legislative council, and the released, adjusted, or updated data indicates that Colorado personal income grew by less than four and one-half percent between the two calendar years preceding that state fiscal year.

(IV) The determination and general fund appropriation for total program funding made pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not be subject to modification in state fiscal years following the state fiscal year for which the determination and appropriation were made based on any Colorado personal income growth data released, adjusted, or updated by the bureau of economic analysis in the United States department of commerce on or after January 1 of the state fiscal year for which the determination and appropriation were made.

(2) For purposes of this section, "maintenance of effort base" means the aggregate amount of general fund appropriations for total program pursuant to the "Public School Finance Act of 1994", article 54 of this title, for the immediately preceding state fiscal year, including any increases or decreases made to said appropriations through the enactment of a supplemental appropriation bill or bills for that state fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 22-7-609.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 22-7-609.5
22-7-609.5. School improvement grant program - repeal
Status: repealed

22-7-609.5. School improvement grant program - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-54-142 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-142
22-54-142. Rural school funding - rural schools cash fund - created - definitions - repeal
Status: repealed

22-54-142. Rural school funding - rural schools cash fund - created - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-31-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-104
22-31-104. Regular biennial school election
Status: in_force

22-31-104. Regular biennial school election. (1) Except as provided in section 22-31-131, pertaining to districts whose boundaries are coterminous with a city and county, the regular biennial school election in each school district shall be held the first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1021, § 1, effective May 25, 2006.)

(3) School district directors elected shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. A director shall take office no later than fifteen days following the date on which the school district receives the official abstract of votes pursuant to section 1-10-102, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 22-1-131 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-131
22-1-131. Online instruction - student protections - short title - definitions
Status: in_force

22-1-131. Online instruction - student protections - short title - definitions. (1) The short title of this section is "Isaiah's Law".

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

(a) "Local education provider" means a school district created pursuant to article 30 of this title 22, a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22, 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.

(b) "Online instruction" means the delivery of educational programming via an internet format by a local education provider to a student who is enrolled in the local education provider and is receiving the educational programming at a location that is remote from a school. "Online instruction" includes, but is not limited to, educational programming delivered through an online program, as defined in section 22-30.7-102 (9); an online school, as defined in section 22-30.7-102 (9.5); and a supplemental online education course, as defined in section 22-2-130 (2)(f).

(c) "Parent" means a biological parent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or any other person having legal custody of a child.

(3) A local education provider that delivers educational programming to a student using online instruction shall not:

(a) Prohibit or attempt to prohibit the student's parent from being in the same room as the student while the student participates in online instruction or otherwise suggest that the parent should not be in the same room while the student participates in online instruction; except that the person leading the online instruction may require a student's parent to leave the area if the parent continues to actively engage in behavior that disrupts the student or the class after the person leading the online instruction asks the parent to discontinue the behavior;

(b) Require a student to use a camera to provide a live digital image of the student while the student participates in online instruction if the student's technology does not allow for such use of a camera.

(4) A local education provider shall not suspend or expel a student based on the presence of an item that an employee of the local education provider observes within the student's physical environment while the student is participating in online instruction or based on the student's behavior while participating in online instruction; except that a local education provider may suspend a student in accordance with sections 22-33-105 and 22-33-106.
C.R.S. § 22-62-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 62 / Section 22-62-105
22-62-105. Authority and status of student teachers
Status: in_force

22-62-105. Authority and status of student teachers. (1) Any student teacher, during the time that such student is assigned to a field experience within a public school, shall be deemed to be a public employee of the school district within the meaning of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of title 24, C.R.S. The duties and responsibilities of the student teacher shall be determined by mutual agreement between the school district and the authorized representative of the college.

(2) The student teacher, during his practice teaching in a school, shall be deemed an employee of the school district for the purpose of workers' compensation and liability insurance as provided for other school employees.
C.R.S. § 22-62-103.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 62 / Section 22-62-103.5
22-62-103.5. Record checks - definition
Status: in_force

22-62-103.5. Record checks - definition. (1) A school district or charter school that requires a fingerprint-based criminal history record check or a name-based judicial record check for a student enrolled in an educator preparation program who applies for field experiences within the school district or charter school must accept the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check or a name-based judicial record check performed pursuant to section 22-2-119.3 as satisfaction of the requirement.

(2) For the purpose of this section, "charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.
C.R.S. § 22-35.6-104 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35.6 / Section 22-35.6-104
22-35.6-104. High school innovative learning pilot program - application - requirements - rul
Status: in_force

22-35.6-104. High school innovative learning pilot program - application - requirements - rules. (1) To participate in the pilot program, a local education provider or a group of local education providers must apply to the department in accordance with the timelines and procedures established by rule of the state board. A school of a school district may participate in the pilot program as part of the school district or apply to participate in the pilot program independently. A district charter school may participate in the pilot program as part of its authorizing school district or apply to participate in the pilot program independently. A board of cooperative services may apply on behalf of its member school districts or to implement an innovative learning plan in a public high school operated by the board of cooperative services. An application must include:

(a) The number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve who were counted as full-time pupils and the number who were counted as part-time pupils in the preceding three budget years, expressed as numerals and as percentages;

(b) The number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve who participated in innovative learning opportunities in the preceding four budget years, expressed as numerals and as percentages;

(c) The number of students who are expected to participate in the innovative learning opportunities and the participation capacity of the innovative learning opportunities proposed in the innovative learning plan;

(d) A description of the innovative learning plan that the applicant expects to implement, including an explanation of how it aligns with at least two of the principles specified in subsection (2) of this section and why those principles were selected or an explanation of how it meets the research-based design principles described in subsection (3) of this section, and how the applicant's innovative learning plan disproportionately benefits underserved students.

(e) Information that demonstrates that the applicant has capacity and willingness to implement the innovative learning plan with integrity;

(f) An explanation of the goals of the innovative learning plan and how the applicant intends to measure attainment of the goals, the data that the applicant will collect to measure attainment of the goals, and the schedule and method for collecting data and assessing attainment of the goals;

(g) If applicable to the innovative learning plan, the partnerships between community, business, or other organizations and the applicant that relate to the innovative learning opportunities included in the plan and that are in place at the time of application or that the applicant expects to enter into in implementing the plan; and

(h) Any additional information required by rule of the state board.

(2) In designing the innovative learning plan, a local education provider may design the plan to align with the principles for student learning and transition identified by the education leadership council, ensuring that the plan provides students with:

(a) Intentionally inclusive and culturally responsive educational opportunities that prepare learners of all backgrounds to thrive at every critical transition from early childhood and through careers;

(b) Multiple viable postsecondary pathways that are explored and valued by all;

(c) The opportunity, supported by adults, to direct their own learning experiences to develop essential skills; and

(d) Robust career and workforce readiness opportunities, in and out of school, including during the summer break, that are informed by industry and community to ensure alignment for transition beyond high school.

(3) A local education provider may base the design of its innovative learning plan on the following research-based design principles, ensuring that the plan:

(a) Impacts a large percentage of the students enrolled by the local education provider in grades nine through twelve and significantly improves student outcomes;

(b) Builds public trust through transparency, local partnerships, and shared learning, as evidenced by:

(I) The number and variety of community partnerships that exist at the time of application and the demonstrated expectation and capacity to create additional partnerships;

(II) The continuing role that community partners, including institutions of higher education and business, industry, and agricultural enterprises, will play in developing the innovative learning opportunities;

(III) The mechanisms that the local education provider uses and will use to solicit and share input from teachers, students, parents, and other community members; and

(IV) The mechanisms that the local education provider uses and will use to share learning with community members;

(c) Identifies a strong theory of change that justifies why and explains how the proposed innovative learning plan is likely to result in a greater number of students participating in effective, meaningful innovative learning opportunities;

(d) Describes thoroughly and clearly the plan for collecting the evidence that the local education provider will use to evaluate the effectiveness of the theory of change; and

(e) Creates a schedule and mechanism for evaluating the collected evidence and committing to adapt in response to trends in the evidence to improve the innovative learning plan.

(4) In selecting applicants to participate in the pilot program, the department and state board shall consider whether the innovative learning plan includes opportunities for students to participate in registered or unregistered apprenticeships, internships, technical training or skills programs through an industry provider, teacher training opportunities, concurrent enrollment, and programs leading to industry-recognized certificates.
C.R.S. § 22-81.5-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81.5 / Section 22-81.5-102
22-81.5-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-81.5-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:

(a) The use of information technology and digital electronics has achieved such a high level of pervasiveness in society that any person who is unfamiliar with or lacks knowledge in the use of technological or digital equipment or systems is at a distinct disadvantage both economically and in terms of available career opportunities;

(b) There is a growing likelihood of the creation of a "digital divide", separating children whose socioeconomic situation limits their access to technological or digital equipment or systems from those children who use such equipment or systems on a regular basis;

(c) Creation of a digital divide may result in further suppressing the ability of children who are economically disadvantaged to improve their status and position in society, compounding and perpetuating the existing cycle of poverty experienced by some persons;

(d) Greater integration of information technology education into the public school curriculum will help combat the growing digital divide and provide technological and digital access for students who do not have access to such technology in their homes;

(e) Greater integration of information technology education into the public school curriculum will work to the benefit of all students, regardless of whether they anticipate going on to postsecondary studies after graduation or immediately embarking on a career;

(f) The field of high technology design, creation, maintenance, and application is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States;

(g) Colorado, due to the high concentration of information technology industry in the state, has experienced and continues to experience a shortage of well-educated, well-prepared persons in the information technology field;

(h) It is therefore appropriate and in the best interests of the students and businesses in Colorado to provide financial incentives to assist public schools in achieving a greater integration of information technology education in the ninth-grade through twelfth-grade curriculum.

(2) It is the intent of the general assembly that, for purposes of this article, any school that provides educational services to students who are placed in an eligible facility or state-operated program and receives a portion of the state average per pupil revenues shall be considered eligible under this article.
C.R.S. § 22-32.5-110 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 32.5 / Section 22-32.5-110
22-32.5-110. District of innovation - review of innovation schools and innovation school zone
Status: repealed

22-32.5-110. District of innovation - review of innovation schools and innovation school zones. (1) (a) Three years after the local school board of a district of innovation approves an innovation plan or a plan for creating an innovation school zone, and every three years thereafter, the local school board shall review the level of performance of the innovation school and each public school included in the innovation school zone and determine whether the innovation school or innovation school zone is achieving or making adequate progress toward achieving the academic performance results identified in the school's or zone's innovation plan. The local school board, in collaboration with the innovation school or the innovation school zone, may revise the innovation plan, including but not limited to revising the identification of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that need to be waived to implement the innovations, as necessary to improve or continue to improve academic performance at the innovation school or innovation school zone. Any revisions to the innovation plan require the consent of a majority of the teachers and a majority of the administrators employed at, and a majority of the school accountability committee for, each affected public school.

(b) When a vote is required as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section and concerns consent for an innovation plan revision in an innovation school zone with alternative governance as a whole, or a school within the innovation school zone with alternative governance, the vote must occur within thirty days. Within the thirty-day time frame or if approval is not secured, the initial innovation plan must remain in effect.

(2) (a) Following review of an innovation school's performance, if a local school board finds that the academic performance of students enrolled in the innovation school is not improving at a sufficient rate, the local school board may revoke the school's innovation status.

(b) Following review of the performance of an innovation school zone, if a local school board finds that the academic performance of students enrolled in one or more of the public schools included in the innovation school zone is not improving at a sufficient rate, the local school board may remove the underperforming public school or schools from the innovation school zone or may revoke the designation of the innovation school zone.

(c) Consistent with subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) of this section, if a local school board votes either to revoke the innovation status of an innovation school zone with alternative governance, or of a school within the innovation school zone with alternative governance, or to remove a school within the innovation school zone with alternative governance from the innovation school zone based on the insufficient academic progress of the students enrolled in the innovation school zone with alternative governance, the innovation school zone with alternative governance may submit a written request to the state board and commissioner of education to review and comment on the local school board's determination. Within sixty days after the written request is submitted, the state board shall hold a public hearing to receive presentations from the parties and shall issue comments and recommendations for the consideration of the local school board regarding the local school board's determination. The local school board shall include a discussion of the state board's comments and recommendations on the agenda for the local school board's regular voting meeting after the comments and recommendations are received or on the agenda for the second regular voting meeting after the comments and recommendations are received if the local school board receives the comments and recommendations less than fifteen days before the next regular voting meeting.

(3) Repealed.

(4) The local school board shall review the level of performance of an innovation school zone with alternative governance and each school within the innovation school zone at the same time.
C.R.S. § 22-52-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 52 / Section 22-52-101
22-52-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-52-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the problem of children who do not succeed in the educational system is of grave concern. It is the intent of the general assembly that this article give these children a second chance by providing a variety of educational opportunities for such children, opportunities for educators to use their skills, talent, and creativity, and increased parental involvement in the education process.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-212 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 2 / Section 22-60.5-212
22-60.5-212. Assessment of professional competencies
Status: in_force

22-60.5-212. Assessment of professional competencies. (1) The state board of education shall, by rule and regulation, establish areas of knowledge in which initial special services licensees shall possess a satisfactory level of proficiency.

(2) The department of education shall develop and administer, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the state board of education, a system for the assessment of such professional competencies of applicants for initial special services licenses.

(3) The state board of education shall annually review the assessment program developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to assure the appropriateness of the assessments and the standards established to determine a satisfactory level of proficiency.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1011 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 22-7-1011
22-7-1011. Regional educator meetings - purpose - recommendations - definition
Status: in_force

22-7-1011. Regional educator meetings - purpose - recommendations - definition. (1) Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year, the commissioner and the executive director, at least annually, shall convene meetings of professional educators in preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education within each of the regional service areas created by the state board. In convening the regional educator meetings, the commissioner and the executive director shall work with:

(a) The president of the state system of community and technical colleges;

(b) One or more representatives of the local college districts;

(c) The chief academic officers or executive directors of the state institutions of higher education;

(d) The school district superintendents throughout the state; and

(e) Representatives of the division of child care and the early childhood policy team in the office of the lieutenant governor.

(2) At a minimum, the commissioner and the executive director shall invite the following persons to attend the regional educator meetings in each regional service area:

(a) Early care and education providers;

(b) Members of the local school boards of the school districts included in the regional service area;

(c) The preschool, elementary, and secondary teachers, principals, administrators, counselors, and other special services providers employed by the local education providers located in the regional service area;

(d) The postsecondary faculty, academic advisors, and administrators employed by the state institutions of higher education and local district colleges, if any, located in the regional service area; and

(e) Two youth representatives from nominations submitted by schools by September 1, 2023, and by every September 1 thereafter. When possible, one youth representative must be from an urban school district and one youth representative from a rural or small rural school district, as those districts are designated by the department of education. The department of education shall promote the opportunity for youth involvement to schools throughout the state and request schools nominate youth to attend regional educator meetings. Youth representatives serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. For the purposes of this subsection (2)(e), "youth" means the age of eligibility for membership in the Colorado youth advisory council, as set forth in section 2-2-1303 (1)(b)(I).

(3) The commissioner and the executive director shall convene regional educator meetings for the purpose of collaborating in the planning, design, and implementation of the alignment of the preschool through postsecondary public education systems, including but not limited to:

(a) Collaborating in the planning, design, and implementation of:

(I) The school readiness description, the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, and the postsecondary and workforce readiness description;

(II) Programs of instruction for preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students; and

(III) Assessments that are aligned with the school readiness and postsecondary and workforce readiness descriptions and the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards;

(b) Collaborating in identification and provision of the supportive services that are necessary to implement the school readiness and postsecondary and workforce readiness descriptions, the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, and the aligned assessments;

(c) Identifying and reviewing the levels of financial support needed to implement the school readiness and postsecondary and workforce readiness descriptions, the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, and the aligned assessments, and formulating recommendations concerning the reallocation of state resources and the identification of additional state resources for said implementation; and

(d) Reviewing the school readiness description, the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, the postsecondary and workforce readiness description, the assessments aligned with the descriptions and standards, and the criteria for diploma endorsements, and making recommendations for revisions to the state board and the commission.

(4) Each regional service area may submit to the state board and the commission the recommendations arising from the regional educator meetings held in the regional service area. The state board and the commission shall take the recommendations into account in fulfilling their duties pursuant to this part 10. In addition, a regional service area may submit any recommendations for legislative changes to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-303 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 3 / Section 22-60.5-303
22-60.5-303. Assessment of professional competencies
Status: in_force

22-60.5-303. Assessment of professional competencies. (1) The state board of education shall, by rule and regulation, establish areas of knowledge in which initial principal licensees shall possess a satisfactory level of proficiency.

(2) The following list of areas of knowledge is a guideline to be used by the state board of education and shall not be construed as inclusive or prescriptive:

(a) Leadership;

(b) Communication and human relations, including the ability to respond to the needs of students and parents from culturally diverse backgrounds;

(c) Instruction, including curriculum, design, and assessment;

(d) Problem-solving and decision-making;

(e) Management, including planning, organization, and administration;

(f) Personnel administration, including staff development and evaluation;

(g) Child growth and development; and

(h) Knowledge and application of standards-based education pursuant to part 10 of article 7 of this title.

(3) The department of education shall develop and administer, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the state board of education, a system for the assessment of such professional competencies of applicants for initial principal licenses.

(4) The state board of education shall annually review the assessment program developed pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to assure the appropriateness of the assessments and the standards established to determine a satisfactory level of proficiency.
C.R.S. § 22-81-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81 / Part 1 / Section 22-81-102
22-81-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-81-102. Legislative declaration. The Colorado general assembly declares that, as a result of several years of active investigation and studies by groups such as the Colorado alliance for science, the Colorado teachers of mathematics, and industry-based groups, the general assembly recognizes that there exist in the state of Colorado unmet educational needs in the areas of mathematics, science, and the use of technology. The state of Colorado has the responsibility to provide equal opportunity in mathematics, science, and the use of technology to all Pre-K-16 students. The state has the responsibility to provide assistance to school districts that either have insufficient faculty resources to offer a full complement of mathematics, science courses, and the use of technology, including opportunities for advanced study, or have insufficient numbers of students to offer such courses. The state has the responsibility to assure that Pre-K-16 students are provided a curriculum of mathematics, science, and the use of technology that is consistent with contemporary standards. The state also has the responsibility to improve teacher training in mathematics, science, and technology. The general assembly further finds that increasing the mathematics, science, and technology educational opportunities for Pre-K-16 students and teachers fosters an educational system whereby the students and teachers of our state can acquire the needed problem-solving skills and the critical and creative thinking skills necessary for productive participation in an increasingly technological age. In order to meet the responsibilities described in this section, the general assembly hereby finds that improved access to and use of telecommunications facilities is necessary.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1212 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 12 / Section 22-7-1212
22-7-1212. Summer school literacy programs
Status: in_force

22-7-1212. Summer school literacy programs. (1) A local education provider may choose to use per-pupil intervention money to provide an evidence-based or scientifically based summer school literacy program to assist students who are enrolled in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade and who have significant reading deficiencies to achieve reading competency. A local education provider may allow students who are below grade-level expectations in reading, but who do not have significant reading deficiencies, to participate in a summer school literacy program operated pursuant to this section if capacity remains after serving all of the students with significant reading deficiencies who choose to participate.

(2) A local education provider that intends to use per-pupil intervention money to operate a summer school literacy program shall annually provide to the department information concerning the summer school literacy program the local education provider intends to operate, which demonstrates that the summer school literacy program meets the requirements specified in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The local education provider shall ensure that the program:

(a) Serves only students enrolled in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade who have significant reading deficiencies, except as specifically allowed in subsection (1) of this section for students who are below grade-level expectations in reading; and

(b) Uses scientifically based or evidence-based instructional programming in reading that:

(I) Has been proven to accelerate student progress in attaining reading competency;

(II) Provides explicit and systematic skill development in the areas of phonemic awareness; phonics; vocabulary development; reading fluency, including oral skills; and reading comprehension;

(III) Includes scientifically based and reliable assessments; and

(IV) Provides initial and ongoing analysis of the student's progress in attaining reading competency.
C.R.S. § 22-13-201 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Part 2 / Section 22-13-201
22-13-201. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-13-201. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Effective school leadership is second only to teaching with regard to the in-school components identified as having the greatest effect on student learning and outcomes;

(b) A recent report by the department of education and the department of higher education concerning teacher shortages in Colorado states that, in identifying reasons for leaving a school, teachers cite poor or ineffective school leadership. To address the teacher shortage, the report recommends providing improved educational leadership preparation and professional development to assist principals in creating positive school climate and culture.

(c) School principals are expected to fill many roles that move far beyond administrative tasks, including setting a school-wide vision for student learning and outcomes, creating a school-wide climate that is hospitable to learning, providing instructional leadership with educators, nurturing a professional learning community with the educators in the school, and cultivating leadership in others so that the school operates on a distributive and collaborative leadership model;

(d) There are examples of excellent principals in public schools in Colorado who successfully practice distributive and collaborative leadership and have built and maintained a strong collaborative learning community in their schools that results in positive student outcomes. School principals in Colorado should have the opportunity to observe and learn from these excellent principals to be able to replicate best practices in their own schools.

(e) Creating a cohort of public school principals throughout the state who have the opportunity to observe and learn from excellent principals and together develop their leadership skills and learn to implement best practices in leading a public school community is likely to result in school improvement throughout the state and better student academic outcomes; and

(f) Improving school leadership through a program that empowers public school principals to build their leadership skills and teaches them to effectively implement distributive and collaborative leadership is likely to result in improvements in the climate and culture of public schools, decreased educator turnover, and a reduction in the teacher shortage experienced by many public schools.

(2) The general assembly finds, therefore, that it is necessary for the benefit of public education in Colorado to direct the department of education to design and implement a program to provide embedded, experiential training for a cohort of public school principals to enable them to provide distributive and collaborative leadership within their public schools that supports increased educator retention, improved school climate and culture, and improved student academic outcomes.
C.R.S. § 22-44-115 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 22-44-115
22-44-115. No obligation in excess of appropriation
Status: repealed

22-44-115. No obligation in excess of appropriation. (1) A board of education of a school district shall not expend any moneys in excess of the amount appropriated by resolution for a particular fund.

(2) Repealed.

(3) Except as provided otherwise by this section, any obligation of a contract, verbal or written, which requires expenditures contrary to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be void, and no school district moneys shall be paid thereon.

(4) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary, the board of education of a school district may enter into a contract for administrative services with a term not to exceed five years, for capital outlay purposes in accordance with articles 32, 42, 43, and 45 of this title, or for the purchase of real property by local college districts in accordance with section 23-71-122 (1)(c), C.R.S. Such a contract shall be valid and enforceable between parties to the contract. The provisions of this subsection (4) shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the board of education, or the governing board.
C.R.S. § 22-43.7-116 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 43.7 / Part 1 / Section 22-43.7-116
22-43.7-116. Open record and open meetings
Status: in_force

22-43.7-116. Open record and open meetings. In exercising their powers and duties pursuant to this article, the board and the division shall be subject to the open meetings provisions of the "Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972", article 6 of title 24, C.R.S., as set forth in part 4 of said article, and the open records provisions set forth in article 72 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 22-51-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 51 / Section 22-51-101
22-51-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

22-51-101. Legislative declaration. It is declared to be the policy of this state to furnish financial aid to school districts and the state charter school institute of the state for the transportation of pupils to and from their places of residence and the public schools which they attend, including transportation for purposes of special education and career and technical education, and for board in lieu of transportation. It is further declared to be the policy of this state to furnish aid to facility schools for the transportation of pupils in facilities to and from the facilities in which they reside and the facilities in which they receive educational services.
C.R.S. § 22-54-113 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-113
22-54-113. County public school fund
Status: in_force

22-54-113. County public school fund. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the county treasurer of each county a continuing fund, to be known as the county public school fund, into which shall be paid the proceeds of all county school moneys.

(2) Each district in the county shall be entitled to receive distribution during a budget year of moneys in the county public school fund in the proportion that its funded pupil count in the county is to the aggregate of the funded pupil counts of all districts in the county.

(3) The department of education shall determine the proportionate part of the county public school fund to be paid during the budget year to each district in the county and, on or before the first day of each budget year, shall certify such determination to the county treasurer. The certified proportions shall be the basis upon which the moneys in the fund shall be distributed during the ensuing budget year. At the end of each month during such year, the county treasurer shall credit or pay over the proper proportions of the moneys in the fund to the general funds of the districts in the county.

(4) For the purpose of determination and certification by the state board and distribution of moneys in the fund, the funded pupil count of a joint district shall be apportioned and assigned to the portion of the district in each county having territory in the district in the same proportion as the portion of the district's funded pupil count attributable to pupils resident in each county bears to the total funded pupil count of the joint district. The secretary of the board of education of each joint district shall certify to the state board the required information applicable to each county.
C.R.S. § 22-61-102 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 61 / Section 22-61-102
22-61-102. No group membership
Status: in_force

22-61-102. No group membership. No contract or other employment arrangement executed or made by and between any school district and teacher shall require by inference or otherwise that said teacher become a member of or belong to any group or organization.
C.R.S. § 22-30.5-112.2 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-30.5-112.2
22-30.5-112.2. Charter schools - at-risk supplemental aid - definitions - legislative declarati
Status: repealed

22-30.5-112.2. Charter schools - at-risk supplemental aid - definitions - legislative declaration. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Adjusted district per pupil revenues" has the same meaning as defined in section 22-30.5-112.1 (1)(a).

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

(c) "At-risk pupils" has the same meaning as defined in section 22-54-103 (1.5).

(d) "District per pupil revenues" has the same meaning as defined in section 22-30.5-112 (2)(a.5)(II).

(e) "Qualifying school district" has the same meaning as defined in section 22-30.5-112.1.

(f) "TREP program" means the teacher recruitment education and preparation program created in section 22-35-108.5.

(2) (a) For the 2012-13 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department of education for allocation to school districts the amount calculated for at-risk supplemental aid for those school districts and district charter schools described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2). The at-risk supplemental aid is additional funding and does not supplant any other funding provided pursuant to this article.

(b) (I) Each qualifying school district must receive at-risk supplemental aid if the percentage of at-risk pupils in a district charter school authorized by the qualifying school district prior to July 1, 2004, is less than the percentage of at-risk pupils in the qualifying school district. The amount of the school district's at-risk supplemental aid is equal to the difference between one hundred percent of district per pupil revenues and one hundred percent of adjusted district per pupil revenues for each pupil enrolled in the district charter school, not including online pupils or pupils enrolled in the ASCENT or TREP program.

(II) Each district charter school in a qualifying school district that was initially authorized prior to July 1, 2004, must receive at-risk supplemental aid if the percentage of at-risk students in the district charter school exceeds the percentage of at-risk pupils in the qualifying school district. The amount of the district charter school's at-risk supplemental aid is equal to the difference between one hundred percent of adjusted district per pupil revenues and one hundred percent of district per pupil revenues for each pupil enrolled in the district charter school, not including online pupils or pupils enrolled in the ASCENT or TREP program. A school district shall pass through one hundred percent of a district charter school's at-risk supplemental aid to the district charter school.

(III) Each district charter school in a school district that is not a qualifying district and whose percentage of at-risk pupils exceeds the percentage of at-risk pupils in the chartering school district must receive at-risk supplemental aid. The amount of the district charter school's at-risk supplemental aid is equal to the difference between one hundred percent of adjusted district per pupil revenues and one hundred percent of district per pupil revenues for each pupil enrolled in the district charter school, not including online pupils or pupils enrolled in the ASCENT or TREP program. A school district shall pass through one hundred percent of a district charter school's at-risk supplemental aid to the district charter school.

(3) If the appropriation to the department of education is insufficient to fund one hundred percent of the at-risk supplemental aid calculated pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, the department of education shall reduce each school district's and each district charter school's at-risk supplemental aid proportionately.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, at-risk supplemental aid for a district charter school that converts from an institute charter school pursuant to section 22-30.5-504 (10) continues to be calculated for the converted school pursuant to section 22-30.5-513 as the funding applied to the converted school before the conversion; except that this subsection (4) does not apply if the converted school is authorized by a small rural school district, as described in section 22-54-108 (3)(b)(IV).

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-1-108 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Section 22-1-108
22-1-108. Federal constitution to be taught
Status: in_force

22-1-108. Federal constitution to be taught. In all public and private schools located within the state of Colorado, there shall be given regular courses of instruction in the constitution of the United States.
C.R.S. § 22-80-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 80 / Section 22-80-119
22-80-119. Standardized immunization policy required
Status: in_force

22-80-119. Standardized immunization policy required. On or before July 1, 2011, the school shall annually provide to the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the school the standardized immunization document developed and updated by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-4-902 (4), C.R.S. For the purposes of this section, the school shall have the discretion to determine the method of distribution of the standardized immunization document, including but not limited to providing a copy to parents and legal guardians, providing the standardized immunization document in a newsletter or handbook, or providing to parents and legal guardians an electronic copy of the standardized immunization document. For purposes of this section, solely posting a copy of the standardized immunization document on a website or in a central area of the school is not sufficient to satisfy the notice requirements of this section; however, the school is encouraged to post the standardized immunization document on its website.
C.R.S. § 22-20-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-119
22-20-119. Implementation of change of disability categories for children with disabilities
Status: in_force

22-20-119. Implementation of change of disability categories for children with disabilities. On or before November 1, 2011, the department shall develop guidelines and timelines to be used by administrative units and state-operated programs for developing local systems and infrastructure that incorporate the disability categories set forth in section 22-20-103 (5)(a). The guidelines shall address necessary revisions to model forms and local training needs, pursuant to section 2-2-802, C.R.S. The timelines shall encourage administrative units and state-operated programs to implement the disability categories and related eligibility criteria established in section 22-20-103 (5)(a) as soon as possible after the state board issues implementing rules, to be adopted on or before December 1, 2012. Administrative units and state-operated programs shall have until July 1, 2016, to implement any necessary changes without loss of special education funding or incurring any other penalties.
C.R.S. § 22-69-106 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 69 / Section 22-69-106
22-69-106. Alternative teacher compensation plan grant program - report
Status: in_force

22-69-106. Alternative teacher compensation plan grant program - report. (1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before January 15, 2010, and on or before January 15 each year thereafter, so long as grant money was awarded to at least one school district pursuant to the grant program during the preceding calendar year, the department shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, and to the governor the following information from the preceding calendar year:

(a) A general description of how the grant program was implemented, including the criteria used to award the grants to school districts;

(b) The number of grants awarded, the name of each school district receiving a grant, and the amount of each grant awarded;

(c) A summary of the goals of each school district awarded a grant with respect to the design and development of its alternative teacher compensation plan; and

(d) A summary of the key components of each final alternative teacher compensation plan submitted to the department pursuant to section 22-69-104 (6).

(2) Each school district participating in the grant program shall provide any data or other information requested by the department for the purpose of meeting the reporting requirements of subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 22-54-125 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-125
22-54-125. Increasing enrollment district aid
Status: repealed

22-54-125. Increasing enrollment district aid. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-213 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 2 / Section 22-60.5-213
22-60.5-213. Approved induction programs - initial special services licensees
Status: in_force

22-60.5-213. Approved induction programs - initial special services licensees. (1) Any approved induction program of a school district or districts, charter school, or nonpublic school for initial special services licensees may include, but shall not be limited to, supervision by mentor special services providers; ongoing professional development and training, including ethics; and performance evaluations. Such school district or districts, charter schools, the institute, or nonpublic schools may enter into agreements with accepted institutions of higher education in regard to the organization, management, and operation of an approved induction program, or any portion thereof. The school district's or districts' performance evaluations must be conducted in accordance with section 22-9-106; however, the state board of education may provide by rule for performance evaluations by mentor special services providers.

(2) The approved induction program of any initial special services licensee may be extended if deemed necessary by the school district or districts, charter school, or nonpublic school providing such program; however, such program shall not be extended so that such program exceeds three years.

(3) The state board of education shall, by rule and regulation, establish standards and criteria for the approval of proposed induction programs for initial special services licensees and for the review of approved induction programs for initial special services licensees. Such rules and regulations shall provide for such standards and criteria to be fully implemented on and after July 1, 1999, and shall provide for the gradual implementation of such standards and criteria over the five-year period prior to said date. Such standards and criteria shall, at a minimum, provide multiple approaches and options in regard to the provision of approved induction programs which take into consideration factors which the state board of education deems appropriate. Such factors shall include, but shall not be limited to, the setting categories and geographical location of school districts, the costs of providing approved induction programs, and the availability of state moneys to fund, in whole or in part, approved induction programs.
C.R.S. § 22-5-109 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-109
22-5-109. Matching power
Status: in_force

22-5-109. Matching power. The board of cooperative services shall be authorized to use the contributions from the participating members to match state and federal funds, or funds from any other agencies when applicable, when the acceptance of financial assistance from such other agencies requires matching of funds as a condition of participating in services authorized by law.
C.R.S. § 22-5.5-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 5.5 / Section 22-5.5-103
22-5.5-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-5.5-103. Definitions. As used in this article 5.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Administrative unit" means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a charter school network, a charter school collaborative, or the state charter school institute, that is providing educational services to exceptional children.

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

(3) "Board of cooperative services" means a regional educational service unit created pursuant to article 5 of this title.

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

(5) "Postsecondary institution" means a community or technical college, a local district college, or a state-supported institution of higher education.

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

(6) "Regional service area" means one of twelve regional service areas created pursuant to section 22-5.5-104.

(7) "Regional service council" means the governing body of a regional service area plan, which governing body is established pursuant to section 22-5.5-105.

(8) "School district" means a school district existing pursuant to law.

(9) "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. § 22-20-121 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 22-20-121
22-20-121. Medically necessary treatment in school setting - policy - report - definitions
Status: in_force

22-20-121. Medically necessary treatment in school setting - policy - report - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Medically necessary treatment" means treatment recommended or ordered by a Colorado licensed health-care provider acting within the scope of the health-care provider's license.

(b) "Private health-care specialist" means a health-care provider who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health-care services in Colorado, including pediatric behavioral health treatment providers pursuant to the state medical assistance program, articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, and autism services providers who provide treatment pursuant to section 10-16-104 (1.4).

(2) (a) No later than July 1, 2023, each administrative unit shall adopt a policy that addresses how a student who has a prescription from a qualified health-care provider for medically necessary treatment receives such treatment in the school setting as required by applicable federal and state laws, including section 504 of the federal "Rehabilitation Act of 1973", 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, as amended, and Title II of the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990".

(b) The policy developed pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section must:

(I) Include a notice to the parent or legal guardian of the student that section 504 of the federal "Rehabilitation Act of 1973", 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, as amended, and Title II of the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" provide rights and protections to students to access medically necessary treatment required by the student to have meaningful access to the benefits of a public education, or to attend school without risks to the student's health or safety due to the student's disabling medical condition;

(II) Address the process in which a private health-care specialist may observe the student in the school setting, collaborate with instructional personnel in the school setting, and provide medically necessary treatment in the school setting as required by section 504 of the federal "Rehabilitation Act of 1973", 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, as amended, and Title II of the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990"; and

(III) Provide notice of a student's right to appeal the decision of an administrative unit concerning access to medically necessary treatment in the school setting.

(3) Each administrative unit shall make the policy developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section publicly available on the administrative unit's website and available to the parent or legal guardian of the student, upon request.

(4) (a) Beginning July 1, 2024, and each July 1 thereafter, each administrative unit shall compile and provide to the department of education the total number of requests for access to a student by a private health-care specialist pursuant to this section and whether the access was authorized or denied.

(b) Beginning January 2025, and each January thereafter, the department of education shall make the information reported pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section available on the department's website and report the information to the house of representatives education committee and the senate education committee, or their successor committees, as part of the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" presentation required by part 2 of article 7 of title 2.
C.R.S. § 22-61.5-105 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 61.5 / Section 22-61.5-105
22-61.5-105. Colorado teacher of the year fund - created - legislative declaration
Status: repealed

22-61.5-105. Colorado teacher of the year fund - created - legislative declaration. (1) (a) The department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations for the purposes of this article; except that the department may not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this article or any other law of the state. The department shall transmit all moneys received through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Colorado teacher of the year fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this section as the "fund". The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of the program.

(a.5) In addition to any moneys credited to the fund pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), beginning in the 2014-15 budget year and in each budget year thereafter, the state treasurer shall annually transfer from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution to the fund twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars.

(b) Any moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of this article may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(c) Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.

(2) The department may expend up to ten percent of the moneys annually credited to the fund to offset the costs incurred in implementing the program.

(3) The general assembly hereby declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the Colorado teacher of the year program is an important element in providing performance incentives for teachers and may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(4) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 22-11-205 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 22-11-205
22-11-205. State review panel - creation
Status: in_force

22-11-205. State review panel - creation. (1) (a) The commissioner shall recruit an appropriate number of highly qualified persons to serve when needed as a state review panel. The commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall appoint the members of the state review panel to assist the department and the state board as provided in this article.

(b) In appointing the members of the state review panel, the commissioner shall select persons on the basis of demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following fields:

(I) School district or school leadership or governance;

(II) Standards-based elementary or secondary curriculum instruction and assessment;

(III) Instructional data management and analysis;

(IV) School district, school, or program evaluation;

(V) Educational program management;

(VI) Teacher leadership;

(VII) Organizational management or school district and public school governance;

(VIII) School district or school budgeting and finance;

(IX) Any other field that the commissioner deems to be relevant to the review and evaluation of school district, institute, or public school performance or improvement planning.

(c) In assigning members of the state review panel, the commissioner shall ensure that an individual does not participate in a site visit or review of a school district, the institute, or a public school if the individual, directly or through his or her employer, has been paid by the school district, the institute, the public school, or the department to provide services for the school district, institute, or public school while the school district, institute, or public school is accredited with priority improvement plan, accredited with turnaround plan, or required to adopt a priority improvement or turnaround plan. If an individual who, as part of the state review panel, participates in a site visit or review of a school district, the institute, or a public school is employed by an entity that later seeks to provide services to the school district, institute, or public school, the individual shall not use any information obtained as a result of the review to benefit the employing entity unless the information has been made public.

(2) The commissioner shall convene all or a portion of the state review panel as necessary to carry out the duties specified in this article.

(3) The department may accept and expend moneys received from gifts, grants, or donations to compensate members of the state review panel or reimburse them for expenses incurred in performing their duties pursuant to this article. The department shall not pay compensation or reimbursements if sufficient moneys are not available.
C.R.S. § 22-11-704 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 7 / Section 22-11-704
22-11-704. Local accountability systems - supplemental performance reports - alternatively
Status: in_force

22-11-704. Local accountability systems - supplemental performance reports - alternatively formatted plans. (1) (a) A local education provider that chooses to implement a local accountability system may submit to the department a supplemental performance report for the local education provider and for each public school operated by the local education provider. A district charter school is not required to participate in the authorizing school district's supplemental accountability system or in related reporting unless the charter school chooses to participate with the authorizing school district in a grant application pursuant to section 22-11-703. The supplemental performance report supplements the information that is submitted by the local education provider and included on the performance reports described in section 22-11-503. The supplemental performance report may include information concerning achievement of:

(I) The additional measures adopted by the local education provider through the local accountability system to determine achievement of the statewide performance indicators; and

(II) The additional local performance indicators of student success, including system support for student success measured by the local education provider through the local accountability system.

(b) The information provided in a supplemental performance report does not affect the accreditation rating assigned to a school district pursuant to section 22-11-208 or the type of plan that a school is required to adopt pursuant to section 22-11-210.

(c) The department shall publish the supplemental performance reports submitted by a local education provider pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section on the data portal and provide public access to the supplemental performance reports that is adjacent to the public school and school district performance reports described in section 22-11-503.

(2) (a) A local education provider that chooses to implement a local accountability system may provide to the department, as an alternative to the plan format provided by the department, a different format for the type of plan that is associated with the local education provider's accreditation rating pursuant to section 22-11-208, if the local education provider is a school district, or the type of plan that the local education provider is required to implement pursuant to section 22-11-210, if the local education provider is a charter school. A plan provided in an alternative format must take into account the data collected through the local accountability system and any associated improvement efforts that the local education provider implements. A plan provided in an alternative format must meet the state and federal reporting requirements, as identified by the department, that apply to the plan types implemented pursuant to this article 11. If a local education provider uses an alternative format, a public school operated by the local education provider may also use an alternative format for the type of plan that the public school is required to implement, which format is compatible with that used by the local education provider.

(b) A local education provider that uses an alternative plan format shall submit the plan in accordance with the deadlines established by the state board for performance, improvement, priority improvement, and turnaround plans, including submitting the plan on a biennial basis for a local education provider that is a school district and accredited or accredited with distinction or a local education provider that is a charter school and required to implement a performance plan.

(c) The department shall publish a local education provider's alternatively formatted plan on the data portal and provide public access to the plan.
C.R.S. § 22-54-104.1 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-104.1
22-54-104.1. General fund appropriations requirements - maintenance of effort base
Status: repealed

22-54-104.1. General fund appropriations requirements - maintenance of effort base. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-11-604 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 22-11-604
22-11-604. Colorado school awards program - distribution of award
Status: in_force

22-11-604. Colorado school awards program - distribution of award. (1) Any award presented by the state board pursuant to this part 6 shall be spent or distributed for use within the public school as the principal of the public school, after consultation with the school accountability committee for the public school, deems appropriate.

(2) Any moneys made available to a district public school in the form of an award pursuant to the provisions of this part 6 shall not supplant moneys made available to the public school from funding received by the school district pursuant to article 54 of this title or pursuant to the taxing authority of the school district. Any moneys made available to an institute charter school in the form of an award pursuant to the provisions of this part 6 shall not supplant moneys payable to the institute charter school pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
C.R.S. § 22-60.5-119 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 60.5 / Part 1 / Section 22-60.5-119
22-60.5-119. Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules
Status: in_force

22-60.5-119. Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules. (1) Every application by an individual for a license issued by the department of education or any authorized agent of such department shall require the applicant's name and address, and either the applicant's social security number, the applicant's individual taxpayer identification number, or another document verifying the applicant's identity as determined by the state board of education.

(2) The department of education or any authorized agent of the department shall deny, suspend, or revoke any license pursuant to the provisions of section 26-13-126, C.R.S., and any rules promulgated in furtherance thereof, if the department or agent thereof receives a notice to deny, suspend, or revoke from the state child support enforcement agency because the licensee or applicant is out of compliance with a court or administrative order for current child support, child support debt, retroactive child support, child support arrearages, or child support when combined with maintenance or because the licensee or applicant has failed to comply with a properly issued subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding. Any such denial, suspension, or revocation shall be in accordance with the procedures specified by rule of the department of education, rules promulgated by the state board of human services, and any memorandum of understanding entered into between the department of education or an authorized agent thereof and the state child support enforcement agency for the implementation of this section and section 26-13-126, C.R.S.

(3) (a) The department of education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state child support enforcement agency, which memorandum shall identify the relative responsibilities of the department of education and the state child support enforcement agency in the department of human services with respect to the implementation of this section and section 26-13-126, C.R.S.

(b) The appropriate rule-making body of the department of education is authorized to promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

(4) For purposes of this section, "license" means any recognition, authority, or permission that the department of education or any authorized agent of such department is authorized by law to issue for an individual to practice a profession or occupation or for an individual to participate in any recreational activity. "License" may include, but is not necessarily limited to, any license, certificate, certification, letter of authorization, or registration issued for an individual to practice a profession or occupation or for an individual to participate in any recreational activity.
C.R.S. § 22-82.9-209 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 82.9 / Part 2 / Section 22-82.9-209
22-82.9-209. Program - funding
Status: in_force

22-82.9-209. Program - funding. (1) For the 2023-24 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department, by separate line items in the annual general appropriation bill, the amount necessary to implement the program, including the amount required to reimburse participating school food authorities for eligible meals provided to students pursuant to section 22-82.9-204, and including the amount distributed as local food purchasing grants pursuant to section 22-82.9-205, subject to available appropriations, and the amount distributed pursuant to section 22-82.9-206 to increase the wages or provide stipends for staff who prepare and serve school meals, subject to available appropriations. The department may expend not more than one and five-tenths percent of the total amount annually appropriated pursuant to this section to offset the direct and indirect costs incurred by the department in implementing this part 2.

(2) For the 2023-24 budget year and the 2024-25 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate money from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution to cover program costs for which there is not sufficient money in the healthy school meals for all cash fund.
C.R.S. § 22-33-110 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 33 / Part 1 / Section 22-33-110
22-33-110. Jurisdiction - board of education
Status: in_force

22-33-110. Jurisdiction - board of education. Nothing in this article, except for the provisions of section 22-33-104 (2)(b) and the attendance records required under section 22-1-114, shall be construed to give the state board of education or any board of education jurisdiction over the internal affairs of any nonstate independent or parochial school in this state.
C.R.S. § 22-7-805 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 8 / Section 22-7-805
22-7-805. Summer school grant program - application - criteria
Status: in_force

22-7-805. Summer school grant program - application - criteria. (1) A school district or institute charter school that seeks to receive a grant pursuant to this part 8 shall submit an application to the department in accordance with rules promulgated by the state board. A school district shall submit an application on behalf of all grade-appropriate schools in the district, including the district charter schools within the district. The application shall include the following information:

(a) The number of eligible students enrolled in the school district or institute charter school, as applicable;

(b) A description of the educational services that the school district or institute charter school anticipates providing through a summer school program;

(c) A description of the method that the school district or institute charter school will use to measure an eligible student's academic progress throughout the program;

(d) A description of the goals that the school district's or institute charter school's summer school program is expected to achieve and the method by which the school district or institute charter school will measure achievement of the goals; and

(e) Any additional information required by rule of the state board promulgated pursuant to section 22-7-803 (4).

(2) The department shall review the applications received from school districts and institute charter schools pursuant to this section and shall make recommendations to the state board concerning the awarding of grants and the amounts of the grants. The state board shall take into consideration the recommendations of the department and shall annually award grants to school districts and institute charter schools in amounts specified by the state board. In awarding grants pursuant to this part 8, the state board shall:

(a) Consider whether the school district's or institute charter school's summer school program complies with the requirements of section 22-7-804;

(b) Consider the geographic location of the school district or institute charter school, as applicable, and, to the extent possible, ensure that grant moneys are awarded to school districts and institute charter schools throughout the state;

(c) Award grants to school districts and institute charter schools that are implementing summer school programs using curricula that are research-based and that have been used with demonstrated success either by the applying school district or institute charter school or by another school district; and

(d) Award grants to school districts and institute charter schools that demonstrate success in improving the academic performance of eligible students in the area of reading, writing, or mathematics, as applicable.
C.R.S. § 22-7-607 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 22-7-607
22-7-607. School accountability reports - nonpublic schools
Status: repealed

22-7-607. School accountability reports - nonpublic schools. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-2-119.5 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 22-2-119.5
22-2-119.5. Department of education - duty to report - convictions
Status: in_force

22-2-119.5. Department of education - duty to report - convictions. (1) Upon receiving a report from a court pursuant to section 13-1-130, C.R.S., that a person has been convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or received a deferred sentence for an offense specified in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall immediately report such fact to the school district that is the current employer or the last-known employer of the person.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply to the following offenses:

(a) A felony;

(b) A misdemeanor offense specified in section 18-7-302 (2)(b), C.R.S., or part 4 of article 3, part 4 of article 6, or part 4 of article 7 of title 18, C.R.S., or any counterpart municipal law of this state;

(c) A misdemeanor, the underlying factual basis of which has been found by the court on the record to involve domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3 (1), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 22-55.5-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 55.5 / Section 22-55.5-103
22-55.5-103. Educator pay raise fund - created
Status: in_force

22-55.5-103. Educator pay raise fund - created. The educator pay raise fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund. Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department shall distribute money from the fund to assist school districts and charter schools to increase the salary paid to teachers and the hourly wage paid to nonlicensed employees.
C.R.S. § 22-7-1003 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 22-7-1003
22-7-1003. Definitions
Status: repealed

22-7-1003. Definitions. As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Assessment" means the method used to collect evidence of what a student knows and is able to do and to measure a student's academic progress toward attaining a standard.

(2) "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.

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

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

(5) "District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title. A district charter school is a "district charter high school" if it serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(6) "Division of child care" means the division within the department of human services that is responsible for child care regulation.

(7) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of higher education appointed by the governor pursuant to section 24-1-114, C.R.S.

(8) "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. An institute charter school is an "institute charter high school" if it serves any of grades nine through twelve.

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

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

(11) "P-20 council" means the P-20 education coordinating council appointed by the governor pursuant to executive order B 003 07.

(11.5) "Performing arts" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(b).

(12) to (14) Repealed.

(15) "Postsecondary and workforce readiness" means the knowledge and skills that a student should have attained prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma, as adopted by the state board and the commission pursuant to section 22-7-1008.

(16) Repealed.

(17) "Postsecondary and workforce readiness program" means a program of study that, prior to or beginning in ninth grade and continuing through twelfth grade, is designed to prepare a student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.

(18) "Postsecondary education" means all formal public education that requires as a prerequisite the acquisition of a high school diploma or its equivalent. "Postsecondary education" includes programs resulting in 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.

(19) "Regional educator meeting" means a meeting convened pursuant to section 22-7-1011 by the commissioner and the executive director in a regional service area.

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

(21) "School readiness" means the level of development that indicates a child is able to engage in and benefit from elementary school classroom environments, as adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1004.

(22) "Standard" means a clear, measurable, learning target for what a student should know or be able to do relative to a particular instructional area.

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

(24) "State plan" means the state plan required by the federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001", 20 U.S.C. sec. 6301 et seq.

(25) "Visual arts" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(c).
C.R.S. § 22-54-135 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 54 / Section 22-54-135
22-54-135. Average daily membership study - fund created - repeal
Status: repealed

22-54-135. Average daily membership study - fund created - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 22-81-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 81 / Part 1 / Section 22-81-101
22-81-101. Short title
Status: in_force

22-81-101. Short title. This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "Pre-K-16 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Improvement Act of 1990".
C.R.S. § 22-9.5-101 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 9.5 / Section 22-9.5-101
22-9.5-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-9.5-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Scholarship program" means the principal development scholarship program created in section 22-9.5-102.

(2) "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. § 22-35-111 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 35 / Section 22-35-111
22-35-111. Rules
Status: in_force

22-35-111. Rules. (1) On or before July 1, 2010, the state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., for the administration of this article. The rules, at a minimum, shall establish:

(a) Guidelines for local education providers to use in creating standard concurrent enrollment application forms, as described in section 22-35-104 (2)(c); and

(b) Guidelines for principals, counselors, and teacher advisors to use in approving or disapproving academic plans of study, as described in section 22-35-104 (3).

(2) The state board shall adopt rules to specify the number of postsecondary credits in which a qualified student must be concurrently enrolled to qualify for full-time membership for purposes of the "Public School Finance Act of 2025", article 54 of this title 22.
C.R.S. § 22-12-103 — CO Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Section 22-12-103
22-12-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

22-12-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Educational entity" means the state board of education, a school district board of education, and a governing body of a charter school.

(2) "Employee" means an individual elected or appointed to an educational entity and an individual who is an employee of an educational entity or who provides student-related services to an educational entity on a contractual basis. "Employee" includes an authorized volunteer who provides student-related services to an educational entity.