2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 22-80-101 — 22-108-109) › Article 106 - Colorado Student Leaders Institute (§§ 22-106-101 — 22-106-105) › Section 22-106-104 - Colorado student leaders institute - state board of education - duties

(1)
The state board of education, when operating the student leaders institute, has the following duties and powers:
(a)
Oversee and direct the operations of the institute;
(b)
(I)
The department of education, on behalf of the state board of education, shall follow the applicable provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles
101
to
112
of title
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, to choose a higher education institution to host the institute. The department may enter into a multi-year contract with a public or private institution of higher education, subject to annual review and renewal.
(II)
The contract to host the institute must require the host institution, at a minimum, to provide the following services in managing the institute:
(A)
Establish requirements for and create the form of the applications that students submit to participate in the institute and establish the timelines for submitting applications and selecting participants;
(B)
Review applications received from students and annually select students to participate in the institute. In reviewing applications and selecting students to participate in the institute, the host institution must ensure that at least fifty percent of the students selected to attend the institute each year are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch pursuant to the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act",
42 U.S.C. sec. 1751
et seq., or would be the first in their immediate families to attend an institution of higher education; that the students who are selected reside in areas throughout the state and represent gender, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity of the state; that the students represent the educational program options available throughout the state; and that the students demonstrate through their individual career and academic plans a commitment to continuing postsecondary education after high school graduation.
(C)
Annually solicit educators to participate as faculty for the institute and annually select faculty and courses for the institute;
(D)
Provide space for classes, lectures, and seminars;
(E)
Provide living and eating facilities for students who participate in the institute; and
(F)
Collect any necessary data for the report and compile it as required under subsection (1)(d) of this section.
(c)
The state board of education may appoint an advisory board consisting of persons in the community who are supportive of education to assist the state board of education and host institution in marketing the institute and soliciting public and private gifts, grants, and donations for the institute. Any persons appointed to an advisory board pursuant to this subsection (1)(c) serve without compensation and without reimbursement for expenses.
(d)
Beginning in 2024, the host institution shall annually report to the state board and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, the host institution's progress and success in implementing the institute. The host institution must, at a minimum, report the success of the institute as measured by the enrollment and progress of institute alumni in postsecondary educational programs.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
23-77-104
and amended by 2023 Ch. 117,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.