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CO Code § 22-7-804 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 8 - Summer School Grant Program|§ 22-7-804. Summer School Programs - Requirements

  A school district or institute charter school that receives a grant to provide a summer school program pursuant to this part 8 is subject to the following requirements:   The summer school program shall be research-based, pursuant to the federal “No Child Left Behind Act of 2001”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 6301 et seq., as amended, and shall be delivered by teachers who are trained in the use of the program.    The school district or institute charter school conducting the summer school program shall administer, in the subject areas in which the summer school program will focus, a test to every eligible student participating in the program. The school district or institute charter school shall administer the test before the program begins and upon completion of the program to evaluate the progress of each eligible student who participates in the program.    The goal of the summer school program shall be to enable eligible students participating in the program to progress from scoring at the unsatisfactory proficiency level in reading, writing, or mathematics, as applicable, to scoring at the proficient level in reading, writing, or mathematics, as applicable.        History. Source: L. 2006: Entire part RC&RE, p. 671, § 11, effective April 28.
CO Code § 22-7-805 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 8 - Summer School Grant Program|§ 22-7-805. Summer School Grant Program - Application - Criteria

  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:   The number of eligible students enrolled in the school district or institute charter school, as applicable;    A description of the educational services that the school district or institute charter school anticipates providing through a summer school program;    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;    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    Any additional information required by rule of the state board promulgated pursuant to section 22-7-803 (4).       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:   Consider whether the school district's or institute charter school's summer school program complies with the requirements of section 22-7-804;    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;    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    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.        History. Source: L. 2006: Entire part RC&RE, p. 672, § 11, effective April 28.
CO Code § 22-7-806 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 8 - Summer School Grant Program|§ 22-7-806. Reporting Requirements

  On or before October 1 of each year following a budget year for which moneys were appropriated for the grant program, each school district and institute charter school that receives a grant pursuant to this part 8 shall submit a report to the department after completion of its summer school program. The report shall include the following information:   The number of eligible students who participated in the school district's or institute charter school's summer school program, as applicable;    The levels of performance in the subject area in which the summer school program was offered demonstrated by the eligible students participating in the summer school program both at the beginning of the program and at the end of the program, based on tests administered to the eligible students before and after participating in the program; and    Such other information as the state board may by rule, promulgated pursuant to section 22-7-803 (4), require to assess the effectiveness of the summer school programs operated by school districts and institute charter schools.        History. Source: L. 2006: Entire part RC&RE, p. 673, § 11, effective April 28.
CO Code § 22-7-807 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 8 - Summer School Grant Program|§ 22-7-807. Summer School Grant Program - Funding

  For the 2006-07 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, subject to available appropriations, the general assembly shall annually appropriate moneys from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution to the department to be used to award grants for summer school programs pursuant to this part 8.    The department may annually withhold a portion of the moneys appropriated for the purposes of this part 8 to offset the direct costs incurred in administering the grant program and in evaluating the progress of each summer school program pursuant to the requirement of section 22-7-803 (3). The amount withheld by the department in any budget year shall not exceed three percent of the amount appropriated for the purposes of this part 8 in that budget year.     History. Source: L. 2006: Entire part RC&RE, p. 673, § 11, effective April 28.
CO Code § 22-7-1001 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1001. Short Title

 This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the “Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act”.   History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 740, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 22-7-1004 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1004. School Readiness Description - School Readiness Assessment - Adoption - Revisions

  On or before December 15, 2008, the state board shall adopt a description of school readiness. The state board, in adopting the school readiness description shall ensure that, at a minimum, school readiness includes physical well-being and motor development, social and emotional development, language and comprehension development, and cognition and general knowledge.      On or before December 15, 2010, the state board shall adopt one or more assessments that are aligned with the description of school readiness and are suitable for measuring students' levels of school readiness. In adopting assessments of students' school readiness, the state board shall consider assessments that are research-based; recognized nationwide as reliable instruments for measuring school readiness; and suitable for determining the instruction and interventions students need to improve their readiness to succeed in school. School readiness assessments shall not be used to deny a student admission or progression to kindergarten or first grade.    School readiness assessment results shall not be publicly reported for individual students. Following adoption of the school readiness assessment, the state board shall adopt a system for reporting population-level results that provide baseline data for measuring overall change and improvement in students' skills and knowledge over time.         On or before July 1, 2017, and on or before July 1 every six years thereafter, the state board shall review the school readiness description and shall adopt any appropriate revisions to the description. The state board shall review the school readiness assessments and adopt any appropriate revisions to the school readiness assessments when the board reviews the assessments as specified in section 22-7-1006 (5).    The state board shall ensure that any revisions adopted pursuant to this subsection (3) continue to meet the requirements for the description of school readiness and the school readiness assessments specified in this section.        History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 746, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2010: (3)(a) amended, (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1908, § 23, effective June 10.
CO Code § 22-7-1008 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1008. Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Description - Adoption - Revision

     On or before December 15, 2009, the state board and the commission shall negotiate a consensus and adopt a description of postsecondary and workforce readiness. In describing postsecondary and workforce readiness, the state board and the commission shall, at a minimum:   Describe the knowledge and skills that are required for a student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness;    Ensure that postsecondary and workforce readiness includes demonstration of postsecondary planning skills and the ability to apply those skills;    Describe the level of English language competency that a student must demonstrate in order to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness;    Ensure that postsecondary and workforce readiness includes demonstration of a sufficiently high level of comprehension or skill to successfully complete, without need for remediation, the core academic courses identified by the commission pursuant to section 23-1-125 (3), C.R.S.; and    Ensure that, to the extent practicable, postsecondary and workforce readiness requires a student to demonstrate creativity and innovation skills; critical-thinking and problem-solving skills; communication and collaboration skills; social and cultural awareness; civic engagement; initiative and self-direction; flexibility; productivity and accountability; character and leadership; information technology application skills; and other skills critical to preparing students for the twenty-first-century workforce and for active citizenship.       The state board and the commission may modify the description of postsecondary and workforce readiness as necessary based on the recommendations received through the peer review process on the amended state plan pursuant to section 22-7-1012 to ensure alignment of the postsecondary and workforce readiness description with the standards and assessments.       The state board, in adopting state assessments pursuant to section 22-7-1006, shall ensure that the state assessments administered to students enrolled in high school are aligned with the Colorado academic standards and are sufficient to enable a student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness by the time the student graduates from high school.      meet the requirements for the description of postsecondary and workforce readiness specified in subsection (1) of this section.    Repealed.         History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 752, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2010: (2)(a) and (3)(b), (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1909, § 26, effective June 10. L. 2015: (1)(b) and (2) amended and (3)(b) repealed, (HB 15-1323), ch. 204, p. 730, § 50, effective May 20.
CO Code § 22-7-1012 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1012. State Plan - Amendments - Peer Review - Final Adoption

  Repealed.      As soon as practicable under federal law, based on information received by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1010 and on any information received from the regional educator meetings pursuant to section 22-7-1011, the department of education shall submit to the federal department of education amendments to the state plan for peer review and approval. The amendments, at a minimum, shall include:   Amendments to incorporate the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1005; and    Amendments to incorporate the system of assessments adopted pursuant to section 22-7-1006.       Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in order to preserve flexibility and adaptability at the state level, the amended state plan shall include only those components of the aligned preschool through postsecondary public education systems that are required by or subject to approval under federal law and shall not include any components of the aligned preschool through postsecondary public education systems that are not required by or subject to approval under federal law.    The limitations on the contents of the state plan specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) shall not be construed to prohibit the state board and the commission from adopting, and the state board and the commission are encouraged to adopt, descriptions, standards, assessments, and other components of the aligned preschool through postsecondary public education systems that exceed the minimum requirements of federal law and that are comparable in scope, relevance, and rigor to the highest national and international standards that have been implemented successfully and are consistent with and relevant to achievement of the goals specified in section 22-7-1002.       The department of education shall provide public notice of the amendments to the state plan, any comments and suggestions received through the peer review process, and any changes made to the amendments in response to the peer review comments.      History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 758, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2015: (1) repealed and IP(2)(a) and (2)(a)(I) amended, (HB 15-1323), ch. 204, p. 731, § 51, effective May 20.
CO Code § 22-7-1016.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1016.5. Exchange of Student Records

  The department of education and the department of higher education shall establish a procedure that allows for the direct, electronic exchange of student unit record data for students enrolled in Colorado public high schools.    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-2-111 (3)(a), the department of education, in collaboration with the department of higher education, shall identify the student data relevant to high school students' transitions to the postsecondary system to which the department of education has access and that shall be shared with the department of higher education.    The department of education shall collect student authorization for the transfer of data where necessary and practicable through existing systems for the collection of student data.    The implementation of the data exchange procedure established pursuant to this section and section 23-1-119.3, C.R.S., must utilize student unit record data collected and maintained by the department of education and must be administered at no charge to local education providers, public institutions of higher education, or students.    The data exchange procedure established pursuant to this section and section 23-1-119.3 must ensure that the exchange of information is conducted in compliance with all state and federal laws and regulations concerning the privacy of information, including but not limited to the federal “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended, and all federal regulations and applicable guidelines adopted in accordance therewith.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added,(SB 13-053), ch. 112, p. 385, § 2, effective April 8. L. 2017: (5) amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1394, § 44, effective May 25.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 112, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
CO Code § 22-7-1017 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1017. High School Diploma - Endorsement - Effect

     Following adoption by the state board, pursuant to section 22-7-1009, of the criteria for endorsing a diploma as reflecting postsecondary and workforce readiness, a local school board, a BOCES, or an institute charter high school may choose to grant a postsecondary and workforce readiness endorsement to each graduating high school student who meets the criteria.    Following adoption by the state board of the criteria for endorsing a diploma as reflecting extraordinary academic achievement or exemplary demonstration by a student of postsecondary and workforce readiness, a local school board, a BOCES, or an institute charter high school may choose to grant such an endorsement to each graduating high school student who meets the criteria.    A local school board, a BOCES, or an institute charter high school may also choose to grant endorsements in specified areas of focus and achievement, following adoption of the criteria for said endorsements by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1009.       Following approval of the criteria by the commission and the governing boards of the state institutions of higher education, as provided in section 22-7-1009 (3), a student who graduates with a high school diploma that includes a postsecondary and workforce readiness endorsement shall be guaranteed:   To meet minimum academic qualifications for admission to, and to be eligible, subject to additional institutional review of other admission and placement qualifications, for placement into credit-bearing courses at all open, modified open, or moderately selective public institutions of higher education in Colorado; and    To receive priority consideration, in conjunction with additional admissions criteria, and to be eligible, subject to additional institutional review of other admission and placement qualifications, for placement into credit-bearing courses at all other public institutions of higher education in Colorado. The additional admissions criteria shall be determined by each institution of higher education.        History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 764, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 22-7-1019 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 10 - Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment|§ 22-7-1019. Preschool to Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness - Progress Reports - Effectiveness Reports

  Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before February 15, 2009, and on or before February 15 each year thereafter, the department of education shall submit to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report summarizing the actions taken by the state board, the commission, and local education providers in implementing the requirements specified in this part 10. The department may include in the report recommendations, as may be necessary, for legislative changes in the timeline for implementation of this part 10.    Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before February 15, 2014, and on or before February 15 each year thereafter, the department of education shall submit to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report concerning the results achieved through implementation of school readiness, the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, and postsecondary and workforce readiness.      At a minimum, the report shall include the following information for the preceding academic year:   The levels of school readiness demonstrated by students enrolled in kindergarten;    The number of students enrolling in the postsecondary and workforce readiness programs and the number of students making adequate longitudinal progress through and completing the postsecondary and workforce readiness programs;    The levels of postsecondary and workforce readiness demonstrated by high school students; and    Beginning with the report submitted in 2016, the number of students receiving a high school diploma that includes an endorsement, identified by type of endorsement.       The department of education shall present the information in the report on a statewide basis and shall disaggregate the information by school district, school, grade level, free or reduced-cost lunch eligibility status, gender, and ethnicity, and by any other characteristic deemed by the department to be meaningful.       Each local education provider shall cooperate with the department of education in providing the information necessary for the reports prepared pursuant to this section.      History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 767, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1911, § 32, effective June 10. L. 2017: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 17-1267), ch. 242, p. 994, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 22-7-1201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 12 - Colorado Read Act|§ 22-7-1201. Short Title

 This part 12 is known and may be cited as the “Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act” or “Colorado READ Act”.   History. Source: L. 2012: Entire part added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 646, § 2, effective July 1.
CO Code § 22-7-1204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 7 - Educational Accountability|Part 12 - Colorado Read Act|§ 22-7-1204. Early Literacy Education

 Each local education provider that enrolls students in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade shall provide to the students enrolled in said grades the instructional programming and services necessary to ensure to the greatest extent possible that students, as they progress through kindergarten, first, second, and third grade, develop the necessary reading skills to enable them to master the academic standards and expectations applicable to the fourth-grade curriculum and beyond. The instructional programming and services for teaching students to read must be evidence based and scientifically based and must focus on reading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency including oral skills, and reading comprehension.   History. Source: L. 2012: Entire part added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 649, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (SB 19-199), ch. 154, p. 1824, § 3, effective May 10.