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CO Code § 22-45-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board of education” or “board” means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any school district.    “Capital outlay expenditures” means those expenditures that result in the acquisition of fixed assets or additions to fixed assets that the board anticipates will have benefits for more than one year. They are expenditures, whether by purchase or lease, for land or existing buildings, improvements of grounds, construction of buildings, additions to buildings, software licensing agreements, or initial, additional, or replacement equipment. Equipment shall include, but not be limited to, those items set forth in the financial policies and procedures handbook authorized in section 22-44-203.  (2.2) “Eligible elector” means an elector who has complied with the registration provisions of article 2 of title 1, C.R.S., and who resides within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision calling the election.   (2.3) “Instructional capital outlay” includes those expenditures which result in the acquisition of fixed assets for instructional purposes, or additions thereto, which the board of education anticipates will have benefits for more than one year.  (2.5) “Instructional supplies and materials” includes, but is not limited to, supplies, textbooks, library books, periodicals, warehouse inventory adjustment, and other supplies and materials.    “School district” or “district” means a school district or a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 627, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-1. L. 65: P. 1025, § 1. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 751, § 5, effective July 1. L. 88: (2.3) and (2.5) added, p. 815, § 22, effective May 24. L. 92: (2.2) added, p. 840, § 37, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 520, § 4, effective August 2. History. Source: L. 64: P. 627, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-1. L. 65: P. 1025, § 1. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 751, § 5, effective July 1. L. 88: (2.3) and (2.5) added, p. 815, § 22, effective May 24. L. 92: (2.2) added, p. 840, § 37, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 520, § 4, effective August 2.
CO Code § 22-45-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-102. Accounts

     Each school district shall use the full accrual basis of accounting when budgeting and accounting for any enterprise funds included in the district budget. The board of education of each school district shall cause financial records to be kept in accordance with generally accepted principles of governmental accounting. The financial transactions of the school district shall be recorded in general, appropriation, revenue, and expenditure records. Appropriate entries from the adopted budget shall be made in the records for the respective funds. Separate accounts shall be maintained for each of the several funds prescribed by this article. Continuing balances of the various budgetary accounts shall be maintained on at least a monthly basis.    The board of education of each school district shall review the financial condition of said school district at least quarterly during the fiscal year. The board shall require the secretary, treasurer, or any employee who has duties which relate to the fiscal affairs of said school district to submit a financial report covering the fiscal actions involving the general fund, and other funds that the board may request, at least quarterly. At a minimum, the report shall include:   The actual amounts spent and received as of the date of the report from each of the several funds budgeted by the district for the fiscal year, expressed as dollar amounts and as percentages of the annual budget;    The actual amounts spent and received for each fund for the same period in the preceding fiscal year, expressed as dollar amounts and as percentages of the annual budget;    The expected year-end fund balances, expressed as dollar amounts and as percentages of the annual budget; and    A comparison of the expected year-end fund balances with the amount budgeted for that fiscal year.          All records shall be maintained at the principal administrative offices of the school district. Accounts shall be posted and reconciled with fund resources at least monthly. Records shall be open for public inspection during reasonable business hours. The state board of education shall prescribe the minimum accounts to be maintained under the provisions of this article.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 627, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-2. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 1284, § 4, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 64: P. 627, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-2. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 1284, § 4, effective July 1.
CO Code § 22-45-103.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-103.5. Legislative Declaration - Construction of Statute - No Impairment of Contract

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that a small number of school districts have entered into financing arrangements which contemplate that moneys in the districts' bond redemption fund may be used, or that a levy for the bond redemption fund may be made, to pay for capital projects which have not been authorized by the voters of the districts. In light of the long-standing view that the bond redemption fund is reserved for voter-approved projects, the general assembly finds that such financing arrangements are not in the interests of school district taxpayers and declares that its intent in enacting section 22-45-103 (1)(b) is to assure that such arrangements will not be entered into in the future.    In recognition of the fact that some school districts have entered into financing arrangements which may not comply with the provisions of section 22-45-103 (1)(b), the general assembly declares that nothing in said section or in any other law shall be construed to impair any contract in existence on May 31, 1985, if said contract was validly entered into under the statutes in force at the time of entering said contract. Nothing in this section or in section 22-45-103 (1)(b) shall be construed to validate or to invalidate any financial arrangement entered into prior to May 31, 1985.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 733, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 22-45-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-104. Fees - Fines - Disposition

 All moneys collected from fees or fines fixed and imposed by the board of education of any school district shall be paid over to the treasurer of such board as received, or in no event later than the tenth day of the month following that in which collected, and shall be credited and deposited in the same manner as other moneys belonging to the district.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 629, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-4. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 707, § 6, effective July 14. History. Source: L. 64: P. 629, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-4. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 707, § 6, effective July 14.
CO Code § 22-45-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-108. Report of County Treasurer

  The county treasurer shall, no later than the tenth day of each month, render a monthly itemized statement of account, on a form prescribed by the state board of education, to each school district in his county, and to each joint school district if the headquarters thereof are located in his county, in cases where the board of education of such school district or joint school district has elected, pursuant to law, to have school district moneys received by the county treasurer paid over to the treasurer of the district.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 630, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-8. L. 88: (2) repealed, p. 824, § 39, effective May 24. History. Source: L. 64: P. 630, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-8. L. 88: (2) repealed, p. 824, § 39, effective May 24.
CO Code § 22-45-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-110. Violation - Malfeasance

 Any school director, officer, or employee of any school district who knowingly or willfully fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this article is guilty of malfeasance in office and, upon conviction thereof, the court shall enter judgment that such director, officer, or employee so convicted shall be removed from office or his position of employment.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 631, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-10. History. Source: L. 64: P. 631, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-10.
CO Code § 22-45-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-111. Local College Districts - Powers

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict the power of any local college district to pledge to the payment of revenue bonds all or part of the revenue of such district, other than revenues derived from ad valorem taxes of the district, pursuant to section 23-71-122 (1)(r) , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 631, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-11. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 304, § 36, effective May 20. History. Source: L. 64: P. 631, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-11. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 304, § 36, effective May 20.
CO Code § 22-45-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 45 - Accounting and Reporting|§ 22-45-113. Validation - Effect - Limitations

  All bonds issued and other contracts, leases, or agreements executed by school districts, all district bond elections held and carried, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to July 1, 1973, by or on behalf of such districts, preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, and issuance of all bonds, the authorization and execution of all other contracts, leases, or agreements, and the exercise of other powers in section 22-45-103 are hereby validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed, notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in such bonds, acts, and proceedings, in such authorization, execution, sale, and issuance, and in such exercise of powers; and such bonds and other contracts, leases, or agreements are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the district to which they appertain in accordance with their terms and their authorization proceedings.    This section shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to accomplish the validations provided and authorized in this section but shall be limited to validations consistent with all provisions of applicable law in effect at the time of such action or other matter. This article shall not operate to validate any action or other matter the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceedings pending and undetermined prior to July 1, 1973, nor to validate any action or other matter which has been determined in any legal proceedings prior to July 1, 1973, to be illegal, void, or ineffective.     History. Source: L. 73: P. 1277, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-13. History. Source: L. 73: P. 1277, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-33-13.
CO Code § 22-51-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 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.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 714, § 1, effective July 14. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 773, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1587, § 16, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1401, § 45, effective May 27. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1396, § 51, effective May 25.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 22-51-101 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 22-51-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 22-51-103. Creation of the Public School Transportation Fund

  There is hereby created, in the office of the state treasurer, a fund to be known as the public school transportation fund, to which shall be credited such moneys as may be appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this article, excluding moneys appropriated as a lump sum for reimbursement for pupil transportation in a school district subject to a court-ordered desegregation order, and which shall be held by the state treasurer and paid out as provided in this article. Any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of any budget year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the state general fund or any other fund.    For the 2006-07 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the net amount recovered by the department of education during the applicable budget year pursuant to section 22-51-105 as overpayments made to school districts, the state charter school institute, and facility schools shall be transferred to the state treasurer for deposit in the public school transportation fund. Such amount shall be available for appropriation to the department in the budget year in which the transfers are made or in subsequent budget years.    Any appropriation made from the public school transportation fund from moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall not be included in the calculation of total state funding for all categorical programs as defined in section 22-55-102 (19).     History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 715, § 1, effective July 14. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1794, § 8, effective June 4. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 677, § 17, effective April 28. L. 2007: (2) amended and (3) added, p. 1827, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 1402, § 47, effective May 27.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 22-51-102 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 22-51-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 22-51-105. Certifications by School Boards, Governing Boards, and Facility Schools - Rules

  On or before September 15 of each year, the school board of each school district entitled to and desiring reimbursement under this article 51, the state charter school institute board, and each facility school entitled to and desiring reimbursement under this article 51 shall certify to the state board of education, on forms provided by the commissioner of education, any information the board deems necessary to determine the reimbursement entitlement of the district, the institute, or the facility school. The information includes, but is not limited to, the total amount of the school district's, institute's, or facility school's current operating expenditures for pupil transportation during the preceding entitlement period, the total number of miles traveled and the total number of pupils transported on the pupil enrollment count day, as defined in section 22-54-103 (10.5), during the preceding entitlement period by vehicles operated by or for the school district, the institute, or the facility school in providing pupil transportation, and the transportation route descriptions in effect on the pupil enrollment count day.    The department of education shall promulgate rules to allow for verification of the accuracy and appropriateness of the route mileages submitted by school districts, the institute, and facility schools pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. If the department determines that an overpayment has been made due to the submission of inaccurate or inappropriate route mileages, the department shall recover from the school district, the institute, or the facility school an amount equal to the overpayment plus a penalty of not more than twenty percent of the overpayment.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 715, § 1, effective July 14. L. 88: Entire section R&RE, p. 775, § 4, effective May 29. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1589, § 19, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1403, § 49, effective May 27. L. 2017: (1) amended,(SB 17-052), ch. 5, p. 9, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2021: (1) amended,(SB 21-268), ch. 222, p. 1172, § 4, effective June 11.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 22-51-104 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 22-51-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 22-51-107. Requirements for Participation

 Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner of education, a school district, the state charter school institute, or a facility school shall not be entitled to any reimbursement under this article if the school district, the institute, or the facility school has not filed the certifications required by section 22-51-105 on or before the date provided in said section or has not complied with the rules promulgated by the state board of education pursuant to section 22-51-108 .   History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 716, § 1, effective July 14. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1590, § 21, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1405, § 51, effective May 27.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 22-51-108 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 22-51-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 22-51-108. Rules

 The state board of education shall promulgate rules for the administration of this article. Such rules shall include reasonable and adequate standards of safety in the maintenance and operation of buses, the maintenance of records by school districts, the state charter school institute, and facility schools, the length of bus routes, the number of children to be transported in the various types of buses, and such other rules pertaining to pupil transportation as will promote the welfare of the students and afford reasonable protection to the public.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 716, § 1, effective July 14. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1590, § 22, effective June 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1405, § 52, effective May 27.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 22-51-109 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 22-51-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 51 - Public School Transportation Fund|§ 22-51-109. County Treasurers' Fees

 No fees shall be charged by the county treasurers of the state for receiving or crediting funds of the school districts received under the provisions of this article.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, § 1, effective July 14.
CO Code § 22-52-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 52 - Second Chance Program for Problem Students|§ 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.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 722, § 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 22-52-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 52 - Second Chance Program for Problem Students|§ 22-52-102. Eligible Students

  In order to be eligible to participate in the second chance program, a child shall be a dropout between seventeen and twenty-one years of age who has been recommended for participation in the program by his or her school district of residence with the concurrence of the child, the child's parent, and the receiving district; but no such child shall be eligible to participate in the second chance program if he or she has achieved a high school diploma or its equivalent.    Once enrolled in the program, a student who makes satisfactory progress may continue in the program until he obtains a high school diploma or its equivalent or until he reaches twenty-one years of age. A student who does not progress satisfactorily may be dropped from the program but shall be eligible to reapply until he reaches twenty years of age.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 722, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1) amended, p. 1213, § 7, effective July 1, 2007.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 265, Session Laws of Colorado 2006.
CO Code § 22-52-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 22 - Education|Article 52 - Second Chance Program for Problem Students|§ 22-52-103. Eligible Schools

  Any of the following schools are eligible to apply to the department of education to participate in the second chance program:   Public schools located in school districts that have a dropout rate above the statewide average dropout rate;    Public schools in districts contiguous to districts specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1);    Public schools offering vocational, technical, or adult education programs;    Schools operated by boards of cooperative services;    A community college.       As a condition of continued participation in the second chance program, an eligible school shall provide to the school district in which it is located an accurate monthly report on each eligible student's attendance and performance.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 722, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1)(e) added, p. 610, § 37, effective August 7.