2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.7 - ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAMS (§§ 22-30.7-101 — 22-30.7-113) › Section 22-30.7-107 - Funding

(1)
Repealed.
(2)
For purposes of determining total program funding pursuant to article 54 of this title 22:
(a)
(I)
A school district that is providing a single-district online program or online school, or a school district in which a district charter school is providing a single-district online program or online school, shall include each student who is enrolled in the single-district online program or online school as of the pupil enrollment count day of the applicable budget year in the school district's pupil enrollment for the applicable budget year and shall receive the school district's per-pupil funding for each student enrolled in the single-district online program or online school.
(II)
An institute charter school that is providing a single-district online program or online school shall include each student who is enrolled in the single-district online program or online school as of the pupil enrollment count day of the applicable budget year in the institute charter school's pupil enrollment for the applicable budget year and shall receive the per-pupil funding of the institute charter school's accounting district for each student enrolled in the single-district online program or online school.
(b)
(I)
A school district that is providing a multi-district online school, or a school district in which a district charter school is providing a multi-district online school, shall include each student who is enrolled in the multi-district online school as of the pupil enrollment count day of the applicable budget year in the school district's online pupil enrollment for the applicable budget year and must receive online funding as specified in article 54 of this title 22.
(II)
An institute charter school that is providing a multi-district online school shall include each student who is enrolled in the multi-district online school as of the pupil enrollment count day of the applicable budget year in the institute charter school's online enrollment for the applicable budget year and must receive online funding as specified in article 54 of this title 22.
(3) and (4)
Repealed.
(5)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing funding to the online division for online education is a permissible use of the moneys in the state education fund because the moneys are being used for accountable education reform, for accountable programs to meet state academic standards, for class-size reduction, for expanding technology education, and for accountability reporting as authorized by section 17 (4)(b) of article IX of the state constitution.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 40, eff. 5/23/2024.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1076, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (4)(d) and (5) added, (HB 09-1182), ch. 97, p. 364, §§ 1, 2, effective April 3. L. 2012: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 12-1090), ch. 44, p. 151, § 11, effective March 22; (2) amended and (3) repealed, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, pp. 1325,1311, §§ 40, 13, effective June 4.
(1) Subsection (1)(d) provided for the repeal of subsection (1), effective July 1, 2008. (See L. 2007, p. 1076.)
(2) Subsection (4)(d)(I) provided for the repeal of subsection (4), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2009, p. 364 .)
(3) Amendments to subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) by House Bill 12-1090 and House Bill 12-1240 were harmonized.