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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-102.5 - Definition of homeless child

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that, because of the growing number of children and families who are homeless in Colorado, there is a need to ensure that all homeless children and youth receive a proper education. It is the intent of the general assembly that no child or youth shall be denied the benefits of a free education in the public schools because the child or youth is homeless.
(2)
(a)
As used in this article 1, unless the context otherwise requires, "homeless child" means:
(I)
A school-aged child or youth, including preschool, who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including but not limited to:
(A)
A child or youth who is living in a motel, hotel, or camping ground due to a lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
(B)
A child or youth who is living in an emergency or transitional shelter; and
(C)
A child or youth who is abandoned in a hospital;
(D)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2018.)
(II)
A school-aged child or youth, including preschool, who has a primary nighttime residence that is:
(A)
A supervised, publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for persons with behavioral or mental health disorders; or
(B)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2018.)
(C)
A public or private place not designed for, nor ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including but not limited to an automobile, a park, an abandoned building, a bus or train station, or a similar setting; or
(III)
A child or youth who is sharing the housing of another due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or for similar reasons.
(b)
"Homeless child" shall not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained pursuant to an act of congress or a state law.
(c)
"Homeless child" shall include a migrant school-aged child, including preschool, who meets the requirements of this subsection (2).
(d)
"Homeless child" shall include a school-aged child, including preschool, who meets the requirements of this subsection (2) who is not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 364,§ 5, eff. 8/8/2018.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263,§ 169, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1040, § 2, effective April 3. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 205, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2006: (2)(a)(II)(A) amended, p. 1404, § 61, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP(2)(a) and (2)(a)(II)(A) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1318, § 169, effective May 25. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1306), ch. 364, p. 2182, § 5, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1306, see section 1 of chapter 364, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-103 - Policy of state to instruct in English - exceptions

Instruction in the common branches of study in the public schools of this state shall be conducted principally through the medium of the English language; except that it shall be the policy of the state also to encourage the school districts of the state to develop bilingual skills and to assist pupils whose experience is largely in a language other than English to make an effective transition to English with the least possible interference in other learning activities.
G.L. § 2523. L. 1883: p. 271, § 12. G.S. § 3073. L. 1887: p. 401, § 37. L. 01: p. 362, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6010. L. 19: p. 599, § 1. C.L. § 8497. CSA: C. 146, § 291. CRS 53: § 123-21-3. L. 59: p. 675, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-3. L. 69: p. 1029, § 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-104.5 - Teaching of visual arts and performing arts - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Course" includes, but need not be limited to, a traditional class, an online course of study, an internship, an externship, a mentor experience, or an independent study course that culminates in an integrative or specialized performance, showcase, or exhibition.
(b)
"Performing arts" means art forms that are expressed by individuals or groups that involve performance through multi-sensory experiences, which performances may include, but need not be limited to, dance, music, theater, and digital or electronic productions.
(c)
"Visual arts" means art works created by individuals or groups using a variety of media and processes, which art works may include, but need not be limited to, drawing, painting, ceramic arts, sculpture, photography, graphic arts, printmaking, media arts, electronic or digital design, textiles, jewelry, glass arts, and fine woodworking.
(2)
Each public school in the state is strongly encouraged to provide courses in visual arts and in performing arts, which courses shall be based on content standards for visual arts and performing arts and provided in compliance with state and federal law. School districts and public schools are strongly encouraged to explore and implement innovative delivery mechanisms for performing arts and visual arts courses, including but not limited to using on-site technology and software, online education, and collaboration among community colleges, other school districts or public schools, boards of cooperative services, and regional service areas.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1273), ch. 233, p. 1020, §2, effective May 18.
For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 233, Session Laws of Colorado 2010.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-104.7 - Teaching of Holocaust and genocide studies - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Genocide" means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group:
(I)
Killing members of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group;
(II)
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group;
(III)
Deliberately inflicting on a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(IV)
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group; or
(V)
Forcibly transferring children of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group to another group.
(b)
"Holocaust" means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews and five million individuals targeted for their religion, disability, or identity by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
(c)
"Holocaust and genocide studies" means studies on the Holocaust, genocide, and other acts of mass violence, including but not limited to the Armenian Genocide.
(2)
(a)
For school years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, each school district board of education and charter school shall incorporate the standards on Holocaust and genocide studies developed by the state board pursuant to section
22-7-1005
(2.7) into an existing course that is currently a condition of high school graduation.
(b)
The provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section applies only if the standards are adopted by the state board on or before July 1, 2023.
(3)
A school district or charter school may utilize the resource bank created pursuant to section
22-2-127.3
or other alternative programs or materials to implement the provisions of this section. Any programs or materials used in teaching Holocaust and genocide studies must represent best practices and be developed using input from experts in the area of Holocaust and genocide studies.
Added by 2020 Ch. 252, § 1, eff. 7/8/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1336), ch. 1227, p. 1227, § 1, effective July 8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-105 - [Repealed]

L. 21: p. 728, § 2. C.L. § 8499. CSA: C. 146, § 293. CRS 53: § 123-21-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-5. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 579, § 1, effective February 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-106 - Information as to honor and use of flag

(1)
The commissioner of education shall provide the necessary instruction and information so that all teachers in the grade and high schools in the state of Colorado may teach the pupils therein the proper respect of the flag of the United States, to honor and properly salute the flag when passing in parade, and to properly use the flag in decorating and displaying.
(2)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 166, § 1, effective March 17, 2004.)
(3)
Each school district shall provide an opportunity each school day for willing students to recite the pledge of allegiance in public elementary and secondary educational institutions. Any person not wishing to participate in the recitation of the pledge of allegiance shall be exempt from reciting the pledge of allegiance and need not participate.
L. 23: p. 550, § 1. CSA: C. 146, § 294. CRS 53: § 123-21-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-6. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2367, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 166, § 1, effective March 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-107 - Pupils to be instructed

Upon such information and instruction being furnished, it is the duty of each teacher in such schools to see that the pupils therein receive such instruction and information.
L. 23: p. 550, § 2. CSA: C. 146, § 295. CRS 53: § 123-21-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-108 - Federal constitution to be taught

In all public and private schools located within the state of Colorado, there shall be given regular courses of instruction in the constitution of the United States.
L. 25: p. 447, § 1. CSA: C. 146, § 296. CRS 53: § 123-21-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-109 - Taught at what stages

Such instruction in the constitution of the United States shall begin not later than the opening of the junior high schools or seventh grade and shall continue in the high school course and in courses in state colleges, universities, and the educational departments of state and municipal institutions to an extent to be determined by the commissioner of education.
L. 25: p. 447, § 2. CSA: C. 146, § 297. CRS 53: § 123-21-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-110 - Effect of use of alcohol and controlled substances to be taught

The nature of alcoholic drinks and controlled substances, as defined in section
18-18-102(5)
, C.R.S., and special instruction as to their effects upon the human system in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, as to the physical, emotional, psychological, and social dangers of their use with an emphasis upon the nonuse of such substances by school-age children, and as to the illegal aspects of their use shall be included in the branches of study taught to school-age children during grades kindergarten through twelve in the public schools of the state. They shall be studied and taught, as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like required branches are taught in said schools, by the use of instructional materials and strategies designated by the board of directors of the respective school districts.
L. 1887: p. 378, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6011. C.L. § 8500. CSA: C. 146, § 298. CRS 53: § 123-21-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-10. L. 82: Entire section amended, p. 254, § 12, effective May 3. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 718, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1625, § 63, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-110.5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2013 Ch. 303,§1, eff. 5/28/2013.
L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 1373, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (5) to (9) added, p. 828, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1081), ch. 303, p. 1600, § 1, effective May 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-111 - [Repealed]

L. 1887: p. 379, § 2. R.S. 08: § 6012. C.L. § 8501. CSA: C. 146, § 299. CRS 53: § 123-21-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-10. L. 82: Entire section amended, p. 254, § 11, effective May 3. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 718, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-112 - School year - national holidays

The school year shall begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June. The term "national holidays" in this title shall be construed to mean Thanksgiving day, Christmas day, New Year's day, the third Monday in January, observed as the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Labor day, Independence day, and Veterans' day.
G.L. § 2524. G.S. § 3074. L. 1887: p. 401, § 38. R.S. 08: § 6013. C.L. § 8502. L. 25: p. 455, § 1. CSA: C. 146, § 300. CRS 53: § 123-21-12. L. 61: p. 681, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-12. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 670, § 5, effective 1/1/1986.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-113 - [Repealed]

L. 19: p. 575, § 1. L. 21: p. 696, § 1. C.L. § 8503. CSA: C. 146, § 301. CRS 53: § 123-21-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-13. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 594, § 2, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-114 - Statements from private schools

Whenever requested by the board of education of the school district in which a private school is located, if not more often than once per month, the person or corporation in charge and control of any school other than a public school shall certify in writing, and, if so requested, upon forms or blanks furnished by the said school district for that purpose, a statement containing the name, age, place of residence, and number of days of attendance at school during the preceding month or since the preceding report of all children of school age who then are or since the preceding report have been attending any such school.
L. 21: p. 697, § 2. C.L. § 8504. CSA: C. 146, § 302. CRS 53: § 123-21-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-115 - School census - school age

A school census is a census embracing all persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. School age is any age over five and under twenty-one years; but any child attaining school age during the school year may be admitted to school subject to the requirements for admission fixed by the school board of the district in which he or she applies for enrollment.
G.L. § 2525. G.S. § 3075. R.S. 08: § 6014. C.L. § 8505. CSA: C. 146, § 303. CRS 53: § 123-21-15. L. 61: p. 682, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-15. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 69, § 3, effective March 25.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-116 - School children - sight and hearing tests

The sight and hearing of all children in the kindergarten, first, second, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth grades, or children in comparable age groups referred for testing, shall be tested during the school year by the teacher, principal, or other qualified person authorized by the school district. Each school in the district shall make a record of all sight and hearing tests given during the school year and record the individual results of each test on each child's records. The parents or guardian shall be informed when a deficiency is found. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any child whose parent or guardian objects on religious or personal grounds.
L. 09: p. 490, § 1. C.L. § 8506. CSA: C. 146, § 304. CRS 53: § 123-21-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-16. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1052, § 1, effective May 18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-117 - Secret fraternities forbidden

It is unlawful for any pupil who is registered in and attending any high school, district, primary, or graded school which is partially or wholly maintained by public funds to join or become a member of any secret fraternity, sorority, or society wholly or partially formed from the membership of pupils attending any such schools or to belong to or to take part in the organization or formation of any fraternity, sorority, or society, except such societies or associations as shall be sanctioned by the board of directors of the school districts wherein such schools are maintained.
L. 13: p. 575, § 1. C.L. § 8509. CSA: C. 146, § 306. CRS 53: § 123-21-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-118 - School board to enforce

The boards of directors of all school districts shall enforce the provisions of section
22-1-117
, and shall have full power to make, adopt, and modify all rules and regulations which in their judgment and discretion may be necessary for the proper governing of such schools and for the enforcing of all the provisions of section
22-1-117
.
L. 13: p. 575, § 2. C.L. § 8510. CSA: C. 146, § 307. CRS 53: § 123-21-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-21-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-119 - Students - dispensing of drugs to - liability

Any school employee who dispenses any drug, as such term is defined in section
12-280-103(16)
, to a student in accordance with written instructions from a parent or legal guardian shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceedings for an adverse drug reaction suffered by the student as a result of dispensing such drug.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§ 115, eff. 10/1/2019.
L. 81: Entire section added, p. 706, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 1625, p. 1625, § 64, effective July 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 1682, p. 1682, § 115, effective October 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-119.1 - [Effective until 8/7/2024] Policy for employee and agent possession and administration of opioid antagonists - definitions

(1)
A school district board of education of a public school, the state charter school institute for an institute charter school, or the governing board of a nonpublic school may adopt and implement a policy whereby:
(a)
A school under its jurisdiction may acquire and maintain a stock supply of opioid antagonists; and
(b)
An employee or agent of the school may, after receiving appropriate training, administer an opioid antagonist on school grounds to assist an individual who is at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose event. The training provided pursuant to this subsection (1)(b) must include risk factors for overdose, recognizing an overdose, calling emergency medical services, rescue breathing, and administering an opioid antagonist.
(2)
An employee or agent of a school acting in accordance with a policy adopted pursuant to this section is not subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution, as specified in sections
13-21-108.7 (3)
and
18-1-712 (2)
, respectively.
(3)
As used in this section:
(a)
"opioid antagonist" has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-30-110 (7)(d).
(b)
"Opioid-related drug overdose event" means an acute condition, including a decreased level of consciousness or respiratory depression, that:
(I)
Results from the consumption or use of a controlled substance or another substance with which a controlled substance was combined;
(II)
A layperson would reasonably believe to be caused by an opioid-related drug overdose event; and
(III)
Requires medical assistance.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 458,§ 19, eff. 6/6/2024.
Added by 2019 Ch. 273, § 1, eff. 5/23/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-227), ch. 2575, p. 2575, § 1, effective May 23.
Section 17(2) of chapter 273 (SB 19-227), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after May 23, 2019.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-119.2 - [Effective until 8/7/2024] Policy for employee and agent furnishing non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests - definition

(1)
A school district board of education of a public school, the state charter school institute for an institute charter school, or the governing board of a nonpublic school may adopt and implement a policy whereby a school under its jurisdiction may acquire and maintain a supply of non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests, and an employee or agent of the school may furnish non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests on school grounds to any individual.
(2)
As used in this section, "non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection test" means a product that is intended or designed to detect the presence of a synthetic opiate.
Added by 2022 Ch. 225, § 20, eff. 7/1/2022.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-119.2 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Policy for employee and agent furnishing synthetic opiate detection tests and non-laboratory additive detection tests - legislative intent - definitions

(1)
A school district board of education of a public school, the state charter school institute for an institute charter school, or the governing board of a nonpublic school may adopt and implement a policy whereby a school under its jurisdiction may acquire and maintain a supply of non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests, non-laboratory additive detection tests, or both, and an employee or agent of the school may furnish non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests, non-laboratory additive detection tests, or both, on school grounds to any individual.
(2)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Non-laboratory additive detection test" means a product that is intended or designed to detect the presence of an additive to a synthetic opiate or an immediate precursor to a synthetic opiate.
(b)
"Non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection test" means a product that is intended or designed to detect the presence of a synthetic opiate.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 121,§ 3, eff. 8/7/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 225, § 20, eff. 7/1/2022.
2024 Ch. 121, 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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-119.7 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Student possession and administration of opiate antagonists and possession of non-laboratory detection tests

(1)
A school district or the state charter school institute shall not prohibit a student of the school district or institute charter school from, or discipline a student of the school district or institute charter school for possessing or administering an opiate antagonist on school grounds, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored event.
(2)
A school, school district, or the state charter school institute shall not prohibit a student of the school district or institute charter school from possessing a non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection test or non-laboratory additive detection test on school grounds, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored event.
(3)
A student is not subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution if the student acts as specified in sections 13-21-108.7, 13-21-108.8, or 18-1-712.
Added by 2024 Ch. 121,§ 4, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 121, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-124 - Sex offender information

At the beginning of each school year, each public school in the state shall provide to the parents of children attending the school a statement identifying where and the procedures by which members of the community may obtain the law enforcement agency information collected pursuant to section
16-22-110(6)
, C.R.S., concerning registered sex offenders. In addition, a school may post the statement on a website.
L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 632, § 1, effective March 18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-125 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Ch. 251,§3, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 383, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2008: (5) amended, p. 804, § 5, effective May 14. L. 2009: (5) amended, (SB 09-010), ch. 187, p. 187, §2, effective March 25. L. 2019: Entire section repealed, (HB 19-1183), ch. 251, p. 2431, § 3, effective August 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-125.5 - Requirement for certification of public school athletic coaches in cardiopulmonary resuscitation - use of automated external defibrillators - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Currently certified in CPR" means that the person has completed training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a nationally recognized evidence-based certification program within the preceding two years.
(b)
"Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of this title, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of this title, or a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article
5
of this title that operates one or more public schools.
(c)
"State board of education" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
(2)
No later than January 1, 2015, coaches of athletic programs employed by local education providers must be currently certified in CPR and must have received instruction in the effective use of an automated external defibrillator. The state board shall promulgate rules concerning the coaching staff positions that are included in this requirement.
(3)
Nothing in this section abrogates or limits:
(a)
The protections applicable to:
(I)
Any person or entity that renders emergency assistance through the use of an automated external defibrillator pursuant to section
13-21-108.1
and article
53
of title
25
; or
(II)
Volunteers and board members pursuant to sections
13-21-115.7
and
13-21-116
, C.R.S.; or
(b)
The limits or protections applicable to public entities and public employees pursuant to the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article
10
of title
24
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 251,§ 2, eff. 8/2/2019.
Added by 2014 Ch. 215,§ 3, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1276), ch. 215, p. 807, § 3, effective August 6.
For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1276, see section 1 of chapter 215, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-126 - Safe2tell program

As described in section
24-31-606
, C.R.S., there is established the safe2tell program with the primary purpose of providing students and the community with the means to relay information anonymously concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, to appropriate law enforcement and public safety agencies and school officials.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 241,§ 3, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 685, § 2, effective May 3. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-079), ch. 58, p. 213, § 5, effective March 24. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 892, § 3, effective August 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-127 - Incentives for school enrollment or attendance - prohibited - exceptions - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Item of value" means an item, cash, or an instrument or device that can be used to obtain cash, credit, property, services, or any other thing of value, which item, cash, or instrument or device exceeds twenty dollars in value.
(b)
"Local education provider" means:
(I)
A school district, other than a local college district, organized and existing pursuant to law;
(II)
A board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article
5
of this title that operates one or more public schools;
(III)
A public school of a school district, including but not limited to a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of this title;
(IV)
An institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of this title; and
(V)
The state charter school institute established in section
22-30.5-503
.
(c)
"Parent" means the biological or adoptive mother or father or stepmother or stepfather of a child or any other person having legal or physical custody of a child.
(2)
A local education provider shall not offer or provide to a school-aged child or the child's parent an item of value prior to, upon, or after enrolling in or attending an educational program operated by the local education provider unless:
(a)
The local education provider makes the item of value available to the child continuously or at regular intervals throughout the school year and ceases providing the item of value if the child leaves the education program prior to the end of the school year;
(b)
The local education provider awards the item of value at the end of the school year or upon matriculation in recognition of student performance; or
(c)
The local education provider pays the item of value to the school-aged child or to his or her parent in exchange for services rendered by the child or by the child's parent at the request of the local education provider. For purposes of this paragraph (c), "services rendered" does not include school attendance or enrollment.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1125), ch. 113, p. 477, §1, effective April 16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-129.5 - Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators - guidelines and content standards - definition

(1)
Each public school in the state is strongly encouraged to adopt curriculum for instruction to students in grades nine through twelve on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. The curriculum must include a training and education program included on the list maintained by the office of cardiac arrest management pursuant to section
25-53-202
, and the instruction must:
(a)
Incorporate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(b)
Use an automated external defibrillator.
(2)
As used in this section, "psychomotor skills" means skills using hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.
Added by 2023 Ch. 25, § 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 25, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-131 - Online instruction - student protections - short title - definitions

(1)
The short title of this section is "Isaiah's Law".
(2)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Local education provider" means a school district created pursuant to article
30
of this title 22, a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article
5
of this title 22, 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.
(b)
"Online instruction" means the delivery of educational programming via an internet format by a local education provider to a student who is enrolled in the local education provider and is receiving the educational programming at a location that is remote from a school. "Online instruction" includes, but is not limited to, educational programming delivered through an online program, as defined in section
22-30.7-102(9)
; an online school, as defined in section
22-30.7-102
(9.5); and a supplemental online education course, as defined in section
22-2-130(2)(f)
.
(c)
"Parent" means a biological parent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or any other person having legal custody of a child.
(3)
A local education provider that delivers educational programming to a student using online instruction shall not:
(a)
Prohibit or attempt to prohibit the student's parent from being in the same room as the student while the student participates in online instruction or otherwise suggest that the parent should not be in the same room while the student participates in online instruction; except that the person leading the online instruction may require a student's parent to leave the area if the parent continues to actively engage in behavior that disrupts the student or the class after the person leading the online instruction asks the parent to discontinue the behavior;
(b)
Require a student to use a camera to provide a live digital image of the student while the student participates in online instruction if the student's technology does not allow for such use of a camera.
(4)
A local education provider shall not suspend or expel a student based on the presence of an item that an employee of the local education provider observes within the student's physical environment while the student is participating in online instruction or based on the student's behavior while participating in online instruction; except that a local education provider may suspend a student in accordance with sections
22-33-105
and
22-33-106
.
Added by 2021 Ch. 200,§1, eff. 5/28/2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-136 - Student identification cards - information required

Each student identification card issued to a public school student must contain the phone number, website address, and text talk number for Colorado crisis services, as defined in section
27-60-104
, and the safe2tell program created in section
24-31-606
. The public school may also include information regarding other available crisis services on the identification card. If a public school does not issue student identification cards, the public school shall display the materials described in section
27-60-104(10)
at the school and send information related to Colorado crisis services to parents or guardians at the beginning of each school year.
Added by 2022 Ch. 453,§1, eff. 6/8/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-137 - [Repealed]

Added by 2022 Ch. 424, § 1, eff. 6/7/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-138 - Information collected and posted on department website

On or before August 31, 2023, the department of education shall standardize the reporting method that school districts, including charter schools of a school district and institute charter schools, use to collect and report data concerning suspensions and expulsions, arrests and referrals, chronic absenteeism, incidents of violence, and harassment and bullying, and the safe school reporting requirements set forth in section
22-32-109.1
. In making its determination regarding the standardization, the department of education shall consult with school districts and school administrators, school board members, teachers, law enforcement representatives, school resource officers, K-12 advocates, and other relevant stakeholders. In making its determination, the department of education shall ensure all student-level data is kept confidential and reporting complies with the "Colorado Privacy Act", established pursuant to part 13 of article
1
of title
6
, the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974",
20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g
, and the "Student Data Transparency and Security Act", created pursuant to article
16
of this title 22, which must include the application of data suppression policies to avoid the re-identification of any individual in any public reports. As part of the process, the department of education may consider whether to adopt new reporting categories or require additional or different data to be collected to improve accuracy, consistency, and quality of data.
Added by 2022 Ch. 243,§1, eff. 5/26/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-140 - Corporal punishment prohibited - definition

(1)
A person employed by or volunteering in a public school, as defined in section
22-1-101
, shall not impose corporal punishment on a child.
(2)
(a)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "corporal punishment" means the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child.
(b)
"Corporal punishment" does not include:
(I)
An amount of force that is reasonable and necessary to quell a disturbance that threatens physical injury to persons or damage to property, necessary for purposes of self-defense, or used to obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within the control of a child; or
(II)
Physical pain or discomfort caused by athletic competition or other similar physical activity in which a child is voluntarily engaged.
Added by 2023 Ch. 93,§ 2, eff. 4/20/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-142 - Tribal regalia at school graduation ceremonies - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Graduation attire" means attire that a school or school district requires a student to wear as part of the dress code for a graduation ceremony.
(b)
"Qualifying student" means a student who is a descendant of people who were living in North America prior to the time people from Europe began settling in North America, is an enrolled member of a federally recognized or state-recognized Indian tribe, or is a lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or grandparent.
(c)
"Tribal regalia" means a tribe's traditional dress or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance and includes the following items of cultural significance:
(I)
Tribal symbols;
(II)
Beads; and
(III)
Feathers, in line with the federal "Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918".
(d)
"Tribe" means a tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native village that is recognized by federal law or that a state formally acknowledges.
(2)
A qualifying student may wear tribal regalia during a graduation ceremony; except that a qualifying student who is not an enrolled member of a tribe shall not wear eagle feathers. Wearing tribal regalia includes decorating graduation attire with tribal regalia; except that a qualifying student who is not an enrolled member of a tribe shall not decorate with eagle feathers.
(3)
(a)
An immediate family member of a qualifying student may wear and display tribal regalia during the qualifying student's graduation ceremony if the immediate family member is:
(I)
An enrolled member of a tribe;
(II)
Eligible to be enrolled as a member of a tribe; or
(III)
A lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or grandparent.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of this section, an immediate family member who is not an enrolled member of a tribe shall not wear eagle feathers.
(4)
A school or school district shall not prohibit a qualifying student or the qualifying student's immediate family from wearing and displaying tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony.
(5)
This section applies to all public school graduations, including, but not limited to, kindergarten, middle school, junior high school, and high school graduations.
Added by 2023 Ch. 149,§ 1, eff. 5/4/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-1-147) › Section 22-1-145 - Use of a student's chosen name - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Chosen name" means any name that a student requests to be known as that differs from the student's legal name, to reflect the student's gender identity.
(b)
"Gender identity" means an individual's innate sense of the individual's own gender, which may or may not correspond with the individual's sex assigned at birth.
(c)
"Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22, or a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 that operates one or more public schools.
(d)
"Public school" means an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, high school, or district charter school of a school district that enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through twelve or an institute charter school that enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through twelve.
(2)
A public school employee, educator, and contractor as defined in section 22-1-143 shall address a student by the student's chosen name and use the student's chosen name in school and during extracurricular activities.
(3)
Unless done at a student's request, knowingly or intentionally using a name other than the student's chosen name or the knowing or intentional avoidance or refusal to use a student's chosen name is discriminatory.
(4)
A student who is subject to discrimination pursuant to subsection (3) of this section may file a report with the public school in accordance with the requirements of section 22-1-143 (2) or file a complaint under the public school's or local education provider's policy adopted pursuant to Title IX of the federal "Education Amendments of 1972", 20 U.S.C. secs. 1681 et seq., as amended.
(5)
A local education provider shall implement a written policy outlining how the local education provider will honor a student's request to use a chosen name and may include a process for including a student's chosen name on school records. A written policy adopted pursuant to this subsection (5) must comply with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended, and section 22-1-123.
Added by 2024 Ch. 127,§ 1, eff. 4/29/2024.