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CO Code § 22-54-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-123. Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act - Appropriation of State Matching Funds

  For the 2001-02 budget year and budget years thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate by separate line item an amount to comply with the requirements for state matching funds under the federal “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq. The department of education shall develop procedures to allocate and disburse the funds among participating school food authorities each year in an equitable manner so as to comply with the requirements of said act.    As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “school food authority” means:   A school district or the state charter school institute;  (a.3) A charter school collaborative formed pursuant to section 22-30.5-603 ;   (a.5) A board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title that elects to operate as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-5-120 ; or     A district charter school or an institute charter school that:   The commissioner of education or his or her designee provisionally authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (6); or    The department of education authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section 22-32-120 (5).           History. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 365, § 35, effective April 16. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1643, § 50, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended,(SB 09-230), ch. 227, p. 1035, § 7, effective May 4. L. 2010: (1) amended,(HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1905, § 15, effective June 10; (2)(a) amended and (2)(a.5) added,(HB 10-1335), ch. 326, p. 1513, § 6, effective August 11; (2)(b)(I) amended,(HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2078, § 46, effective August 11. L. 2011: (2)(a.3) added,(HB 11-1277), ch. 306, p. 1505, § 37, effective August 10.
CO Code § 22-54-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-126. Declining Enrollment Districts With New Charter Schools - Additional Aid - Definitions

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Declining enrollment district” means a district whose funded pupil count is greater than the sum of the district's pupil enrollment, preschool program enrollment, and online pupil enrollment.    “New charter school enrollment” means the number of pupils enrolled in a new district charter school of a declining enrollment district on the pupil enrollment count day in the budget year in which the new district charter school is opened in the declining enrollment district minus the number of pupils enrolled as of that date in an online program or an online school who are also enrolled in the new district charter school of the declining enrollment district.    “Pupil enrollment count day” has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-54-103 (10.5).       Beginning in the 2006-07 budget year, in any budget year in which a new district charter school is opened in a declining enrollment district, the declining enrollment district shall receive additional aid as specified in this section to help mitigate the impact of the enrollment of pupils in the new district charter school who might otherwise have attended a traditional school in the declining enrollment district. The additional aid shall be available only for the first year of operation of a new district charter school in a declining enrollment district.    For the 2006-07 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate moneys from the general fund or any other source for additional aid to a declining enrollment district in which a new charter school is opened. The additional aid shall be distributed to all declining enrollment districts in which new charter schools are opened in the budget year for which the aid is appropriated. The additional aid shall be distributed among the declining enrollment districts in which new charter schools are opened in the proportion that the declining enrollment district's new charter school enrollment bears to the total new charter school enrollment in all declining enrollment districts statewide in which new charter schools are opened in the budget year for which the additional aid is appropriated; except that for the 2007-08 budget year and budget years thereafter, a declining enrollment district shall not receive more than three hundred thousand dollars of additional aid pursuant to this section.     History. Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 682, § 24, effective April 28. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 736, § 7, effective May 9. L. 2009: (1)(a) amended,(SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1965, § 66, effective August 5. L. 2012: (1)(b) amended and (1)(c) added,(HB 12-1090), ch. 44, p. 157, § 21, effective March 22; (1)(b) amended,(HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1331, § 47, effective June 4.    Editor's note:   Amendments to subsection (1)(b) by House Bill 12-1090 and House Bill 12-1240 were harmonized.
CO Code § 22-54-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-130. Hold-Harmless Full-Day Kindergarten funding.(repealed)

 History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1201, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2019: Entire section repealed,(HB 19-1262), ch. 245, p. 2401, § 11, effective May 21.
CO Code § 22-54-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-131. Full-Day Kindergarten Funding - Guidelines - Technical Assistance - Legislative Intent - Legislative declaration.(repealed)

 History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1202, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2019: Entire section repealed,(HB 19-1262), ch. 245, p. 2401, § 11, effective May 21.
CO Code § 22-54-136 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-136. At-Risk per Pupil Additional Funding - Definitions

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “at-risk per pupil additional funding” means an amount equal to five million dollars divided by the total district at-risk pupils for the applicable budget year.    For the 2015-16 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate five million dollars to the department of education for distribution as at-risk per pupil additional funding to districts and institute charter schools as provided in this section.        For the 2015-16 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall distribute to each district an amount equal to the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the district at-risk pupils for the applicable budget year. (a) (I)For the 2015-16 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall distribute to each district an amount equal to the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the district at-risk pupils for the applicable budget year.    Each district that is an authorizer for a charter school shall distribute to the district charter school an amount equal to one hundred percent of the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the number of at-risk pupils enrolled in the district charter school for the applicable budget year.         For the 2015-16 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall distribute to the state charter school institute for distribution to the institute charter schools an amount equal to the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the total number of at-risk pupils enrolled in the institute charter schools for the applicable budget year. (b) (I) For the 2015-16 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall distribute to the state charter school institute for distribution to the institute charter schools an amount equal to the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the total number of at-risk pupils enrolled in the institute charter schools for the applicable budget year.    The state charter school institute shall distribute to each institute charter school an amount equal to one hundred percent of the at-risk per pupil additional funding multiplied by the number of at-risk pupils enrolled in the institute charter school for the applicable budget year.           History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added,(SB 15-267), ch. 295, p. 1203, § 6, effective June 5.
CO Code § 22-54-140 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 1994|§ 22-54-140. Additional Funding for Rural Schools - 2018-19 Budget Year - Definitions - repeal.(repealed)

 History. Source: L. 2018: Entire section added,(HB 18-1379), ch. 250, p. 1538, § 3, effective May 24.    Editor's note:   Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, p. 1540 .)
CO Code § 22-55-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55 - State Policies Relating to Section 17 of Article Ix of the State Constitution|§ 22-55-106. Statewide Base per Pupil Funding - Increases

     For school district budget years 2001-02 through 2010-11, the general assembly shall annually increase the statewide base per pupil funding for public education from preschool through the twelfth grade by at least the rate of inflation for the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding school district budget year plus one percentage point.    For the school district budget year 2011-12 and each school district budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually increase the statewide base per pupil funding for public education from preschool through the twelfth grade by at least the rate of inflation for the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding school district budget year.       The general assembly may annually appropriate moneys in the state education fund, the general fund, any other state fund, or some combination thereof, as necessary in the sole discretion of the general assembly, to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, and such moneys shall be distributed to public school districts and the state charter school institute in accordance with the provisions of the “Public School Finance Act of 1994”, article 54 of this title.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 576, § 1, effective May 30; entire article added, p. 678, § 1, effective May 30. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1646, § 53, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section was enacted as section 22-55-103 in Senate Bill 01-082 and as section 22-55-105 in Senate Bill 01-204 but has been renumbered for ease of location and harmonized with House Bill 01-1262.
CO Code § 22-55-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55 - State Policies Relating to Section 17 of Article Ix of the State Constitution|§ 22-55-107. Categorical Programs - Increases in Funding

     For school district budget years 2001-02 through 2010-11, the general assembly shall annually increase the total state funding for all categorical programs by at least the rate of inflation for the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding school district budget year plus one percentage point.    For the school district budget year 2011-12 and each school district budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually increase the total state funding for all categorical programs by at least the rate of inflation for the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding school district budget year.       The general assembly may annually appropriate moneys in the state education fund, the general fund, any other state fund, or some combination thereof, as necessary in the sole discretion of the general assembly but consistent with section 17 (5) of article IX of the state constitution, to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. The general assembly may annually determine the particular categorical programs for which state funding will be increased for purposes of complying with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, and the allocation of such increase shall be reflected in the annual general appropriation bill.    For the 2008-09 budget year and each budget year thereafter, on or before February 15, the education committees of the house of representatives and senate, or any successor committees, may submit to the joint budget committee of the general assembly a joint recommendation regarding the allocation of the increase in total state funding for all categorical programs as required by subsection (1) of this section for the next budget year. The joint budget committee shall consider but shall not be bound by any joint recommendations made pursuant to this subsection (3) when developing the annual general appropriation bill for the budget year for which the joint recommendation is made.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 577, § 1, effective May 30; entire article added, p. 678, § 1, effective May 30. L. 2007: (3) added, p. 743, § 22, effective May 9.    Editor's note:   This section was enacted as section 22-55-104 in Senate Bill 01-082 and as section 22-55-106 in Senate Bill 01-204 but has been renumbered for ease of location and harmonized with House Bill 01-1262.
CO Code § 22-55-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55 - State Policies Relating to Section 17 of Article Ix of the State Constitution|§ 22-55-108. Accountability

 Each school district in the state shall adopt a continuous plan for the use of revenues distributed to the school district pursuant to sections 22-55-106 and 22-55-107 . The plan shall be annually updated by the school district to reflect any changes in the use of the revenues distributed to the school district pursuant to sections 22-55-106 and 22-55-107 . The plan shall include, but need not be limited to, a statement concerning the need for lower class sizes in school districts with a total enrollment of more than six thousand pupils and the need for increased funding for textbooks in the school district as determined based on discussions in public meetings held in the school district to address the class size and textbook funding issues and whether the need will be addressed by the plan. Each school district shall also include in its electronic transmissions required by section 22-11-501 (4)(d) an accounting of the impact of such revenues on student achievement.   History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 679, § 1, effective May 30. L. 2009: Entire section amended,(SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1545, § 53, effective May 21.    Editor's note:   This section was enacted as section 22-55-105 in Senate Bill 01-082 but has been renumbered for ease of location and harmonized with Senate Bill 01-204 and House Bill 01-1262.
CO Code § 22-55.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55.5 - Educator Pay Raise Funding|§ 22-55.5-101. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds that:   Research demonstrates that, when considering the elements of the education system within public schools, the classroom teacher has the most significant effect on a student's learning and academic growth;    Each adult working within a school and interacting with students has the potential to positively influence the students within the school and increase learning and academic growth;    For the 2019-20 school year, the department of education reported that Colorado had an average teacher salary of about fifty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars;    In 2020-21, school districts and charter schools in Colorado paid a minimum teacher salary that ranged from a low of about twenty-five thousand dollars to a high of about fifty-three thousand dollars;    For the 2020-21 school year, of the one hundred seventy-eight school districts in the state, all but thirty reported a minimum teacher salary of less than forty thousand dollars;    Many of these school districts are rural school districts with low assessed property value and therefore limited ability to raise local property tax revenue; and    The total program amount calculated for each school district pursuant to section 22-54-104, which represents the financial base of support for each school district, has been reduced for most school districts by the budget stabilization factor each budget year since the 2010-11 budget year, further restricting the ability of some school districts to increase their teacher salaries and the hourly wage for other employees.       It is therefore the intent of the general assembly to establish a fund to assist school districts and charter schools in increasing the salary paid to teachers and the hourly wage paid to nonlicensed employees. It is further the intent of the general assembly that a school district or charter school that receives money from the fund must use the money received to supplement, not supplant, the amount that the school district or charter school would otherwise budget for educator salaries and wages.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added,(SB 21-172), ch. 485, p. 3470, § 1, effective July 7.
CO Code § 22-55.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55.5 - Educator Pay Raise Funding|§ 22-55.5-102. Definitions

 As used in this article 55.5, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Charter school” means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.    “Department” means the department of education created in section 24-1-115.    “Educator” means a teacher employed by a school district or charter school or an employee of a school district or charter school.    “Employee” means a person employed by a school district or charter school who provides paraprofessonal services, clerical services, custodial and maintenance services, food services, transportation services, technical services, skilled trade services, security services, or health and student services.    “School district” means a school district authorized by section 15 of article IX of the state constitution and organized pursuant to article 30 of this title 22. “School district” also includes a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 if it is operating a public school.    “Teacher” means an individual who is employed by a school district or charter school to instruct, direct, or supervise the instructional program or to provide services as a school nurse and who may hold a teacher's license or a special services license issued pursuant to article 60.5 of this title 22. “Teacher” does not include a person who holds an authorization issued pursuant to section 22-60.5-111 or who holds a principal or an administrator license and is employed as a principal of a school or an administrative officer of a school district.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added,(SB 21-172), ch. 485, p. 3471, § 1, effective July 7.
CO Code § 22-55.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55.5 - Educator Pay Raise Funding|§ 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.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added,(SB 21-172), ch. 485, p. 3472, § 1, effective (see editor's note).    Editor's note:   Section 2 of chapter 485, (SB 21-172), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that this section takes effect only if, at a statewide election held no later than November 2027, a majority of voters approve a measure that increases state tax revenue and requires the increased tax revenue to be deposited into the educator pay raise fund created in this section, in which case this section takes effect simultaneously with the measure.
CO Code § 22-61-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 61 - Teacher Employment|§ 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.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 761, § 1. CSA: C. 146, § 234(1). CRS 53: § 123-17-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-5. History. Source: L. 51: P. 761, § 1. CSA: C. 146, § 234(1). CRS 53: § 123-17-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-5.
CO Code § 22-61-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 61 - Teacher Employment|§ 22-61-105. Penalty

 [ ] A person who, being in charge of a public school, state university, college, local district college, community college, or technical college within the state of Colorado, allows or permits a teacher to enter upon the discharge of his or her duties or give instruction therein, unless such teacher shall have taken the oath or affirmation or signed the pledge as provided in sections 22-61-103 and 22-61-104 , is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 21: P. 720, § 3. C.L. § 8443. CSA: C. 146, § 237. CRS 53: § 123-17-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-8. L. 69: P. 1025, § 3. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-296), ch. 313, p. 1688, § 8, effective June 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3222, § 396, effective March 1, 2022. History. Source: L. 21: P. 720, § 3. C.L. § 8443. CSA: C. 146, § 237. CRS 53: § 123-17-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-8. L. 69: P. 1025, § 3. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-296), ch. 313, p. 1688, § 8, effective June 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3222, § 396, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 22-61-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 61 - Teacher Employment|§ 22-61-105. Penalty

 [ ] A person who, being in charge of a public school, state university, college, local district college, community college, or technical college within the state of Colorado, allows or permits a teacher to enter upon the discharge of his or her duties or give instruction therein, unless such teacher shall have taken the oath or affirmation or signed the pledge as provided in sections 22-61-103 and 22-61-104 commits a petty offense.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 21: P. 720, § 3. C.L. § 8443. CSA: C. 146, § 237. CRS 53: § 123-17-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-8. L. 69: P. 1025, § 3. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-296), ch. 313, p. 1688, § 8, effective June 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3222, § 396, effective March 1, 2022. History. Source: L. 21: P. 720, § 3. C.L. § 8443. CSA: C. 146, § 237. CRS 53: § 123-17-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-17-8. L. 69: P. 1025, § 3. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-296), ch. 313, p. 1688, § 8, effective June 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3222, § 396, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 22-61.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 61.5 - Colorado Teacher of the Year|§ 22-61.5-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Teacher of the Year Act”.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1240), ch. 236, p. 1076, § 1, effective August 5.