CO Code § 22-55.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 55.5 - Educator Pay Raise Funding|§ 22-55.5-104. Educator Pay Raise Fund Task Force - Created - Recommendations - Report - Repeal

  There is created the educator pay raise fund task force, referred to in this section as the “task force”, to make recommendations for the process by which the department will disburse money from the educator pay raise fund created in section 22-55.5-103 to school districts and charter schools to increase salaries and wages for educators. The recommended process must include a requirement that, as a condition of receiving a distribution of money from the fund, a school district or charter school must at least maintain the level of funding for educator salaries and wages from other revenue that would have existed without the distributions, such that the distributions supplement and do not supplant funding for salaries and wages. The recommended process must also include, at a minimum, consideration of:   The number of educators that a school district or charter school employs;    The salary amounts and hourly wage amounts that a school district or charter school pays relative to other school districts or charter schools;    A school district's or charter school's ability to recruit and retain educators; and    The degree of financial need that a school district or charter school demonstrates.         The task force consists of twelve persons appointed as follows:   Four persons, each of whom is either a teacher or an employee, appointed with the advice of a statewide association that represents educators;    Two persons who are public school administrators employed by rural school districts or small rural school districts, as defined in section 22-7-1211 (4), appointed with the advice of a statewide association that represents educators;    Two persons who are public school administrators employed by school districts that are not rural school districts or small rural school districts, as defined in section 22-7-1211 (4), one of whom is employed as a school district superintendent, and both of whom are appointed with the advice of a statewide association that represents school executives;    Two persons who serve as directors on school district boards of education, appointed with the advice of a statewide association that represents school district boards of education; and    Two persons who are employed by charter schools, one of whom is a teacher and one of whom is an administrator, both of whom are appointed with the advice of a statewide advocacy group for charter schools.       By August 1, 2021, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint two of the persons described in subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section and one of the persons described in each of subsections (2)(a)(II) to (2)(a)(V) of this section to the task force. In appointing persons to serve on the task force, the president and the speaker shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the membership of the task force reflects the gender, ethnic, and racial demographics of the state and includes persons with disabilities and persons from all areas of the state. The persons appointed to the task force serve without compensation and without reimbursement for expenses.    The task force shall hold its first meeting no later than August 15, 2021, at the call of the speaker of the house of representatives. At the first meeting, the task force shall select from among its members a person to serve as chair of the task force. The task force shall meet at the call of the chair as often as necessary to complete its duties. The members of the task force may participate in meetings electronically.    The commissioner of education shall appoint a person from the department to serve as a consultant to the task force in developing the recommendations.       On or before January 15, 2022, the task force shall submit to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report of the task force recommendations.    This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.      History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added,(SB 21-172), ch. 485, p. 3472, § 1, effective July 7.