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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-103.2 - District total program formula report

(1)
Beginning January 2026, and each January thereafter, the department of education shall report, At a minimum, the information described in subsection (2) of this section to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, as part of the "SMART Act" presentation required pursuant to part 2 of article 7 of title 2.
(2)
In its report described pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the department of education shall report, at a minimum, data demonstrating:
(a)
The successes and challenges of determining a district's total program pursuant to section 22-54-103.3 for reports concerning the 2025-26 budget year through the 2029-30 budget year, and the successes and challenges of determining a district's total program pursuant to section 22-54-103.5 for reports concerning the 2030-31 budget year and each budget year thereafter;
(b)
How district total program, determined pursuant to section 22-54-103.3 for reports concerning the 2025-26 budget year through the 2029-30 budget year and determined pursuant to section 22-54-103.5 for reports concerning the 2030-31 budget year and each budget year thereafter, is being used at the school level, including traditional public schools, district charter schools, and institute charter schools, and information currently reported by the department of education in district performance snapshots; and
(c)
Trends and challenges with declining pupil enrollment, influxes of new arrival students, and students who enroll in or disenroll from any public school, including charter schools.
(3)
At a minimum, the data described in subsection (2) of this section must include:
(a)
The statewide average amount of per pupil revenue for an at-risk pupil;
(b)
The statewide average amount of per pupil revenue for an English language learner pupil;
(c)
The statewide average amount of per pupil revenue for a special education pupil;
(d)
The district average amount of per pupil revenue for an at-risk pupil;
(e)
The district average amount of per pupil revenue for an English language learner pupil;
(f)
The district average amount of per pupil revenue for a special education pupil;
(g)
The per pupil revenue for each public school in the district; and
(h)
The projected share of per pupil revenue for each public school in the district, based on enrollment.
(4)
Notwithstanding the requirement in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the requirement to submit the report required in this section continues indefinitely.
Added by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 5, eff. 5/23/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-104.1 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 14, eff. 5/23/2024.
L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 345, § 8, effective April 16. L. 2002: (3) amended and (4) added, p. 163, § 1, effective March 27; (5) added, p. 1732, § 1, effective June 7. L. 2003: (1), (4), and (5) amended, p. 10, § 1, effective March 5; (1), (4), and (5) amended, p. 520, § 10, effective March 5. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1350, § 2, effective June 3. L. 2006: (3) repealed, p. 619, § 43, effective August 7. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10 - 10 13), ch. 399, p. 1902, § 11, effective June 10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-104.5 - [Repealed]

L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 789, § 2, effective April 27. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1235, § 72, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-106.5 - Fiscal emergency restricted reserve - calculation of reserve amount

(1)
For the 2009-10 budget year, the general assembly determines that a state financial crisis requires each district and the state charter school institute to budget an amount to a fiscal emergency restricted reserve pursuant to section
22-44-119
. Using the total amount to be budgeted for the reserve as specified in subsection (3) of this section, the department of education shall calculate the amount to be budgeted to the fiscal emergency restricted reserve by each district and the state charter school institute. The amount budgeted by each district and the state charter school institute shall be released for expenditure by the district or for distribution to institute charter schools by the state charter school institute, as applicable, on January 29, 2010, if a negative supplemental appropriation to effect a recision of the total amount of restricted reserve as specified in subsection (3) of this section, or any portion thereof, has not been enacted and become law by said date.
(2)
The department of education shall calculate the amount to be budgeted to the fiscal emergency restricted reserve for the 2009-10 budget year by dividing the total amount to be budgeted for the 2009-10 budget year, as specified in subsection (3) of this section, by the sum of the total program of all districts and institute charter school funding. The department shall calculate the amount to be budgeted by each district as an amount equal to the total restricted reserve multiplied by the district's total program as calculated pursuant to section
22-54-104 (2)(a)(VIII) or (2)(b)
, whichever is applicable. The department shall calculate the amount to be budgeted by the state charter school institute for each institute charter school based on the total restricted reserve multiplied by the total program of the accounting district for each institute charter school.
(3)
For the 2009-10 budget year, the total amount of the restricted reserve shall be one hundred ten million dollars.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09 -256), ch. 294, p. 1551, § 4, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-108.7 - Authorization of additional local revenues for cash funding of capital construction, new technology, existing technology upgrade, and maintenance needs - definition

(1)
(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any district that chooses to raise and expend local property tax revenue in excess of the district's total program, and in addition to any revenue generated by property tax levied pursuant to sections
22-54-106
,
22-54-107
,
22-54-107.5
,
22-54-108
, and
22-54-108.5
, may submit the question of whether the district should be authorized to raise and expend additional local property tax revenue, thereby authorizing an additional levy in excess of the levy authorized under sections
22-54-106
,
22-54-107
, and
22-54-108
, to provide ongoing cash funding for the capital construction, new technology, existing technology upgrade, and maintenance needs of the district. A question authorized by this subsection (1)(a) must be submitted at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and title 1.
(b)
If a majority of the votes cast in an election held pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) are in favor of the question, the district shall levy an additional mill levy each year and shall deposit the revenue received from the additional mill levy into the supplemental capital construction, technology, and maintenance fund of the district created in section
22-45-103 (1)(j)
.
(2)
For purposes of this section, "capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-30-1301 (2)
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 23, eff. 5/23/2024.
Added by 2016 Ch. 166, § 3, eff. 5/17/2016.
L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1354), ch. 166, p. 529, § 3, effective May 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-109 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Attendance in district other than district of residence

(1)
Districts paying tuition for pupils of residence in the district to attend public schools in other Colorado school districts and in school districts of adjoining states shall report and be entitled to support for such pupils; except that no district shall report any pupil who is from another district and whose tuition is paid by the pupil's district of residence.
(2)
Any court of record, the department of social services, or any other agency authorized to place a child in a residential child care facility shall notify the school district of residence of such child, the district in which the child will receive educational services, and the department of education of such placement within fifteen days after the placement.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1197, § 8, effective May 22, 2008.)
(4)
For a child with disabilities residing in a particular school district but receiving educational services from another school district, the state average per pupil revenues shall be the district of residence's total responsibility under this article for the education of that child. The provisions of this subsection (4) shall not apply to children with disabilities enrolled in an interdistrict participating school district pursuant to the provisions of article
36
of this title.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 796, § 2, effective April 27. L. 2008: (3) and (4) amended, p. 1197, § 8, effective May 22. L. 2010: (4) amended, (HB 10 - 10 13), ch. 399, p. 1915, § 43, effective June 10.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-104 as it existed prior to 1994.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act amending subsections (3) and (4), see section 1 of chapter 286, Session Laws of Colorado 2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-109 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Attendance in district other than district of residence

(1)
Districts paying tuition for pupils of residence in the district to attend public schools in other Colorado school districts and in school districts of adjoining states shall report and be entitled to support for such pupils; except that no district shall report any pupil who is from another district and whose tuition is paid by the pupil's district of residence.
(2)
Any court of record, the department of human services, or any other agency authorized to place a child in a residential child care facility shall notify the school district of residence of such child, the district in which the child will receive educational services, and the department of education of such placement within fifteen days after the placement.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1197, § 8, effective May 22, 2008.)
(4)
For a child with disabilities residing in a particular school district but receiving educational services from another school district, the state average per pupil revenues shall be the district of residence's total responsibility under this article for the education of that child. The provisions of this subsection (4) shall not apply to children with disabilities enrolled in an interdistrict participating school district pursuant to the provisions of article
36
of this title.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 155,§ 12, eff. 8/7/2024.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 796, § 2, effective April 27. L. 2008: (3) and (4) amended, p. 1197, § 8, effective May 22. L. 2010: (4) amended, (HB 10 - 10 13), ch. 399, p. 1915, § 43, effective June 10.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-104 as it existed prior to 1994.
2024 Ch. 155, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act amending subsections (3) and (4), see section 1 of chapter 286, Session Laws of Colorado 2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-111 - Adjustments in valuation for assessment

(1)
For each budget year, in calculating the total amount of revenue which a district is entitled to receive from the property tax levy for the general fund of a district during the budget year, the valuation for assessment of a district shall be adjusted as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
If the valuation for assessment of a district includes the value of a certain property that was formerly tax-exempt but becomes taxable as a result of a change in the applicable state law and said inclusion is challenged by administrative appeal or litigation or both and the property taxes attributable to said property are not paid pending the outcome of said challenge, the valuation for assessment attributable to said property shall be subtracted from the valuation for assessment of the school district. If said property is finally determined to have been properly included in the district's valuation for assessment, the valuation for assessment attributable to said property shall be restored to the district's valuation for assessment, and the state general fund shall be reimbursed in full by the school district after collection of taxes, plus interest at the same rate as provided by statute for penalty interest on unpaid property taxes.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 798, § 2, effective April 27.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-118 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-113 - County public school fund

(1)
There is hereby created in the office of the county treasurer of each county a continuing fund, to be known as the county public school fund, into which shall be paid the proceeds of all county school moneys.
(2)
Each district in the county shall be entitled to receive distribution during a budget year of moneys in the county public school fund in the proportion that its funded pupil count in the county is to the aggregate of the funded pupil counts of all districts in the county.
(3)
The department of education shall determine the proportionate part of the county public school fund to be paid during the budget year to each district in the county and, on or before the first day of each budget year, shall certify such determination to the county treasurer. The certified proportions shall be the basis upon which the moneys in the fund shall be distributed during the ensuing budget year. At the end of each month during such year, the county treasurer shall credit or pay over the proper proportions of the moneys in the fund to the general funds of the districts in the county.
(4)
For the purpose of determination and certification by the state board and distribution of moneys in the fund, the funded pupil count of a joint district shall be apportioned and assigned to the portion of the district in each county having territory in the district in the same proportion as the portion of the district's funded pupil count attributable to pupils resident in each county bears to the total funded pupil count of the joint district. The secretary of the board of education of each joint district shall certify to the state board the required information applicable to each county.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 799, § 2, effective April 27.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-120 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-116 - Notice to taxpayers - assistance by department of education

The department of education shall assist each district in complying with the requirements of section
22-40-102 (6)
, concerning notice to taxpayers of the reduced mill levy attributable to funds received pursuant to this article.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 801, § 2, effective April 27.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-123 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-118 - Joint districts

(1)
The board of education of a joint district shall determine the location of its administrative headquarters and shall notify both the state board and the treasurer of each county in which any territory of such joint district is situated of such location.
(2)
Allocation of moneys in the county public school fund to a joint district partially situated in a county shall be made on the basis set forth in section
22-54-113
.
(3)
All moneys collected under this article by the county treasurer of a county in which part of a joint district is situated shall be credited to such joint district and at the end of each month shall be paid over to the treasurer of the county in which the administrative headquarters of such joint district is located and forthwith credited or paid over to the general fund of such joint district. The treasurer of the county in which the administrative headquarters of the joint district is located shall make no charge for collection of moneys transferred from other counties. Warrants of a joint district shall be drawn only upon the treasurer of the county in which its administrative headquarters is located in those cases where a district has not elected under law to withdraw its funds from the custody of the county treasurer.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 803, § 2, effective April 27.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-125 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-119 - General provisions

(1)
The county treasurer shall charge a collection fee of one-quarter of one percent upon moneys collected for or distributed to any district located in whole or in part in the county from taxes levied for the general fund of the district.
(2)
Nothing in this article shall affect or limit the authority of any district to make such other tax levies as are provided by law.
(3)
Nothing in this article shall in any manner affect the rights of districts to moneys allowable or payable to such districts under the provisions of other laws.
(4)
The department of education shall issue a separate school code to the following programs:
(a)
The APEX homeschool program in St. Vrain Valley school district RE-1J;
(b)
The options school in Aurora public schools; and
(c)
Any similar student enrichment program approved for a new code by the department of education on or after May 21, 2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 237, § 11, eff. 5/26/2022.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 803, § 2, effective April 27. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 177, § 4, effective 1/1/2000.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-126 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-120 - Rules and regulations

(1)
The state board shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this article.
(2)
All reports and certifications required from secretaries of boards of education and from institute charter schools pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be made in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the state board.
L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 803, § 2, effective April 27. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1642, § 48, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-53-127 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-121 - [Repealed]

L. 97: Entire section added, p. 596, § 35, effective August 6. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 965, § 6, effective May 27.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-123 - Richard B. Russell national school lunch act - appropriation of state matching funds - definition

(1)
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.
(2)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "school food authority" means:
(a)
A school district or the state charter school institute;
(a.2)
The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind authorized pursuant to section 22-80-102;
(a.3)
A charter school collaborative formed pursuant to section
22-30.5-603
;
(a.4)
An approved facility school or facility, as defined in section 22-2-402;
(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
(b)
A district charter school or an institute charter school that:
(I)
The commissioner of education or his or her designee provisionally authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section
22-32-120 (6)
; or
(II)
The department of education authorizes as a school food authority pursuant to section
22-32-120 (5)
.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 18,§ 3, eff. 3/8/2024.
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 - 10 13), 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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-125 - [Repealed]

L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1737, § 9, effective June 7. L. 2003: Entire section repealed, p. 522, § 15, effective March 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-127 - [Repealed]

L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 681, § 23, effective April 28.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective January 1, 2007. (See L. 2006, p. 681.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-128 - [Repealed]

L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 2085, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2010: IP(2), (4), (6), and (8) amended and (9) added, (HB 10 - 10 13), ch. 399, p. 1905, § 16, effective June 10. L. 2012: (1)(b) amended and (1)(c) added, (HB 12-1090), ch. 44, p. 157, § 22, effective March 22; entire section repealed, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1313, § 20, effective June 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-130 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Ch. 245, § 11, eff. 5/21/2019.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1201, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2019: Entire section repealed, (HB 19-1262), ch. 2401, p. 2401, § 11, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-131 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Ch. 245, § 11, eff. 5/21/2019.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1202, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2019: Entire section repealed, (HB 19-1262), ch. 2401, p. 2401, § 11, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-132 - [Repealed]

L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1203, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2009: IP(2), (4), and (5) amended, (SB 09 -215), ch. 134, p. 579, § 4, effective April 17.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2009, p. 579.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-133 - [Repealed]

L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1205, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (HB 10 - 10 13), ch. 399, p. 1906, § 17, effective June 10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-134 - [Repealed]

L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1206, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09 -1189), ch. 99, p. 371, § 4, effective April 3.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2009. (See L. 2008, p. 1206.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-135 - [Repealed]

L. 2010: Entire section added, (SB 10 -008), ch. 149, p. 514, § 1, effective April 21.
Subsection (11) provided for the repeal of this section, effective October 21, 2011. On October 21, 2010, the revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in subsection (4) related to the repeal. For more information about the repeal and notice, see SB 10-008. ( L. 2010, p. 514.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-136 - At-risk per pupil additional funding - definitions

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
(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.
(II)
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.
(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.
(II)
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.
Added by 2015 Ch. 295, § 6, eff. 6/5/2015.
L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-267), ch. 295, p. 1203, § 6, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-137 - [Repealed]

Added by 2015 Ch. 217, § 10, eff. 5/22/2015.
L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1321), ch. 217, p. 800, § 10, effective May 22.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2016. (See L. 2015, p. 800.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-140 - [Repealed]

Added by 2018 Ch. 250, § 3, eff. 5/24/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (HB 18-1379), ch. 250, p. 1538, § 3, effective May 24.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, p. 1540.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-141 - [Repealed]

Added by 2019 Ch. 151, § 4, eff. 5/10/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-246), ch. 1787, p. 1787, § 4, effective May 10.
Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2019, p. 1787.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-142 - [Repealed]

Added by 2020 Ch. 248, § 20, as passed by voters in the 11/3/2020 election in Proposition EE, eff. 1/1/2021.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1427), ch. 1204, p. 1204, § 20, effective December 31.
This section was enacted by HB 20-1427. That bill contained a referendum clause and was approved by a vote of the registered electors of the state of Colorado on November 3, 2020. This section was effective upon the proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020. The vote count for the measure was as follows:
FOR: 2,134,608
AGAINST: 1,025,182
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-143 - [Repealed]

Repealed by subsection (7), eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 222, § 9, eff. 6/11/2021.
Added by 2021 Ch. 9, § 3, eff. 3/15/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21 -053), ch. 49, p. 49, § 3, effective March 15; (4) amended, (SB 21-268), ch. 1174, p. 1174, § 9, effective June 11.
For the legislative declaration in SB 21-053, see section 1 of chapter 9, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-144 - [Repealed]

Added by 2022 Ch. 4, § 3, eff. 3/1/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 54 - Public School Finance Act of 2025 (§§ 22-54-101 — 22-54-147) › Section 22-54-146 - Hold-harmless at-risk funding - 2023-24 and 2024-25 budget years - repeal

(1)
(a)
For the 2023-24 budget year, a district's at-risk funding, as determined pursuant to section
22-54-104 (4)
, is the greater of the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2022-23 budget year or the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2023-24 budget year.
(b)
For the 2024-25 budget year, a district's at-risk funding, as determined pursuant to section 22-54-104 (4), is the greater of the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2023-24 budget year or the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2024-25 budget year.
(2)
(a)
If, pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, a district's at-risk funding amount for the 2022-23 budget year was greater than the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2023-24 budget year, any additional amount owed to that district for at-risk funding for the 2023-24 budget year must be paid after mid-year revisions are made to replace projections with actual figures.
(b)
If, pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section, a district's at-risk funding amount for the 2023-24 budget year was greater than the district's at-risk funding amount for the 2024-25 budget year, any additional amount owed to that district for at-risk funding for the 2024-25 budget year must be paid after mid-year revisions are made to replace projections with actual figures.
(3)
This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 235,§ 11, eff. 5/23/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 189,§ 5, eff. 5/15/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55 - STATE POLICIES RELATING TO SECTION 17 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION (§§ 22-55-101 — 22-55-108) › Section 22-55-106 - Statewide base per pupil funding - increases

(1)
(a)
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.
(b)
For the school district budget year 2011-12 and each school district budget year thereafter through the 2022-23 budget year, 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.
(c)
For the school district budget year 2023-24 and for each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually increase the statewide base per pupil funding for public education from kindergarten through the twelfth grade by at least the rate of inflation for the calendar year ending in the immediately preceding school district budget year.
(2)
The general assembly may annually appropriate money 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 the money must be distributed to public school districts and the state charter school institute in accordance with the provisions of the "Public School Finance Act of 2025", article 54 of this title 22.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 58, eff. 5/23/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 123, § 16, eff. 7/1/2022.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55 - STATE POLICIES RELATING TO SECTION 17 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION (§§ 22-55-101 — 22-55-108) › Section 22-55-107 - Categorical programs - increases in funding

(1)
(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55 - STATE POLICIES RELATING TO SECTION 17 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION (§§ 22-55-101 — 22-55-108) › Section 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.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55.5 - EDUCATOR PAY RAISE FUNDING (§§ 22-55.5-101 — 22-55.5-104) › Section 22-55.5-101 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly finds that:
(a)
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;
(b)
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;
(c)
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;
(d)
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;
(e)
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;
(f)
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
(g)
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.
(2)
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.
Added by 2021 Ch. 485,§1, eff. 7/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-172), ch. 3470, p. 3470, § 1, effective July 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55.5 - EDUCATOR PAY RAISE FUNDING (§§ 22-55.5-101 — 22-55.5-104) › Section 22-55.5-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 55.5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"Department" means the department of education created in section
24-1-115
.
(3)
"Educator" means a teacher employed by a school district or charter school or an employee of a school district or charter school.
(4)
"Employee" means a person employed by a school district or charter school who provides paraprofessional services, clerical services, custodial and maintenance services, food services, transportation services, technical services, skilled trade services, security services, or health and student services.
(5)
"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.
(6)
"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.
Added by 2021 Ch. 485,§1, eff. 7/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-172), ch. 3471, p. 3471, § 1, effective July 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55.5 - EDUCATOR PAY RAISE FUNDING (§§ 22-55.5-101 — 22-55.5-104) › Section 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.
Added by 2021 Ch. 485, § 1, eff. 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 code section, in which case the section takes effect simultaneously with the measure.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-172), ch. 3472, p. 3472, § 1, effective (see 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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - CONTINUED (§§ 22-53-101 — 22-58-101) › Article 55.5 - EDUCATOR PAY RAISE FUNDING (§§ 22-55.5-101 — 22-55.5-104) › Section 22-55.5-104 - [Repealed]

Repealed by subsection (4), eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 485, § 1, eff. 7/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-172), ch. 3472, p. 3472, § 1, effective July 7.