CO Code § 19-2.5-1511 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 19 - Children's Code|Article 2.5 - The Colorado Juvenile Justice System|Part 15 - Facilities|§ 19-2.5-1511. Juvenile Detention Services and Facilities to Be Provided by Department of Human Services - Education - Expenses - Definition

     Except as set forth in subsection (1)(c) of this section, the department of human services shall provide detention services for temporary care of a juvenile, pursuant to this article 2.5. The department of human services shall consult on a regular basis with the court in any district where a detention facility is located concerning the detention program at that facility. The department of human services may use staff secure facilities to provide preadjudication and postadjudication detention services.    Detention facilities operated by or under contract with the department of human services, subject to limitations on physical capacity and programs, shall receive and provide care for any juvenile arrested for or convicted of a violation of any provision of articles 1 to 15 of title 33, or any rule promulgated thereunder, or any article of title 42, or any municipal or county ordinance and for any juvenile found in contempt of court in connection with a violation or an alleged violation of any of those articles or any municipal or county ordinance.    The department of human services is not required to receive and provide care for any juvenile who is ten years of age and older but less than thirteen years of age, unless such juvenile has been arrested or adjudicated for a felony or weapons charge pursuant to section 18-12-102, 18-12-105, 18-12-106, or 18-12-108.5.       Detention facilities operated in part by a state court, pursuant to section 13-3-108, must be operated in the same manner by the department of human services, within the limits of available funds appropriated for such purpose.        Juveniles in a juvenile detention facility are exempt from compulsory school attendance requirements pursuant to section 22-33-104 (2)(f). However, it is the intent of the general assembly that the juvenile detention facility and school district in which the facility is located cooperate to ensure that each juvenile who is in detention is offered educational services at the grade level identified for the juvenile in a time frame that aligns with the hourly requirements for attendance specified in section 22-33-104 (1). (a) (I)Juveniles in a juvenile detention facility are exempt from compulsory school attendance requirements pursuant to section 22-33-104 (2)(f). However, it is the intent of the general assembly that the juvenile detention facility and school district in which the facility is located cooperate to ensure that each juvenile who is in detention is offered educational services at the grade level identified for the juvenile in a time frame that aligns with the hourly requirements for attendance specified in section 22-33-104 (1).    The school boards of the school districts that a juvenile detention facility serves or in which the juvenile detention facility is located, when requested by the judge of the juvenile court, shall furnish teachers and any books or equipment needed to provide educational services that align with, and are designed to assist each juvenile in achieving, the statewide model content standards adopted pursuant to section 22-7-1005 for each juvenile's identified grade level. The school districts and the personnel at the detention facility shall cooperate to ensure that the educational services are available to the juveniles in the facility in a time frame that aligns with the hourly requirements for attendance specified in section 22-33-104 (1).       The expenses incurred by a school district pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, minus the total amount of per-pupil revenues that the school district receives pursuant to article 54 of title 22 for the juveniles in the juvenile detention facility, shall be shared and paid by each school district served in the proportion that the enrollment of each school district bears to the total enrollment of all the districts served.      For the 2006-07 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the expenses incurred by a school district pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section shall be shared and paid by the school district, each charter school of the district, and each institute charter school located in the school district. Each charter school of the district and institute charter school shall pay in the proportion that the charter school of the district's or institute charter school's enrollment bears to the total district enrollment. (c) (I) For the 2006-07 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the expenses incurred by a school district pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section shall be shared and paid by the school district, each charter school of the district, and each institute charter school located in the school district. Each charter school of the district and institute charter school shall pay in the proportion that the charter school of the district's or institute charter school's enrollment bears to the total district enrollment.    For the purpose of this subsection (3)(c), “total district enrollment” means the total of the pupil enrollment in the school district, plus the district online enrollment, the district preschool program enrollment, and the pupil enrollment in each institute charter school that is located within the school district, as determined in accordance with article 54 of title 22.           History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 694, § 2, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 19-2-402 as it existed prior to 2021.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The Evolution of Colorado's School Attendance Laws: Moving Toward Prevention and Restoration”, see 43 Colo. Law. 63 (July 2014).   Duty of department of institutions to provide detention services is mandatory under subsection (1)(a). People in Interest of S.C., 802 P.2d 1101 (Colo. App. 1989) (decided under former law).