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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-116 - Approval of the plan and submission to the commissioner

After the public hearings required under section
22-30-115
, the committee may make such changes in the proposed plan of organization as it deems appropriate. The committee shall formally approve the proposed plan of organization within sixty days after the last such public hearing. Within ten days after such approval, the committee shall forward to the commissioner a copy of the approved proposed plan of organization, with a map showing the proposed boundaries of each school district affected by the proposed plan of organization. The commissioner shall either approve the proposed plan of organization as submitted by the committee or return the proposed plan of organization to the committee with suggested modifications or amendments. The commissioner and the committee shall work together to develop a plan of organization that is mutually acceptable to both parties.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 504, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 55, § 6, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-116 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-117 - Special school district organization election scheduled

(1)
The plan of organization shall be approved by the commissioner and the committee within one hundred twenty days following the last public hearing held pursuant to section
22-30-115
and shall be designated as the final approved plan of organization. At that time, the committee shall call for and establish the date of a special school district organization election wherein the eligible electors in each school district affected by the final approved plan of organization shall vote upon the adoption or rejection of the final approved plan of organization. The committee shall name a designated election official who shall be responsible for conducting the election. Such election shall be held on the date specified in the final approved plan of organization. The expense of the election shall be apportioned among the affected school districts based on population according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(2)
If the estimated maximum increase in the mill levy for a new district or the mill levy to be imposed on annexed territory, as set forth in the plan of organization, represents an increase in the levy imposed on any property affected by the plan of organization, the question of the increase in the mill levy to be imposed upon the affected territory shall be submitted to the eligible electors residing in the affected territory prior to or at the special school district organization election as the final approved plan of organization. Approval of the increased levy by a majority of the eligible electors voting on the question who reside in the affected territory shall be a prerequisite to the implementation of the plan of organization.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 504, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 7, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 433, § 4, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-118 - Meeting to explain final approved plan

Prior to the special school district organization election, the committee shall meet with the eligible electors of each area affected by the final approved plan of organization in a convenient place within each area to explain the final approved plan of organization. The committee shall arrange for such meeting and shall give public notice thereof as required in section
22-30-115(2)
and in such other manner as may be deemed appropriate by the committee.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 504, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 66, § 25, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-119 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-119 - Certificate of return - map

(1)
After the county clerk and recorder in each county in which the special school district organization election is held has surveyed the returns of such election, a certificate of return shall be retained on file in each office of the county clerk and recorder.
(2)
If the majority vote in each affected school district is in favor of the final approved plan of organization and any increase in the mill levy to be imposed on territory affected by the plan of organization is approved by the eligible electors residing within the affected territory, the plan of organization shall be deemed adopted. If the plan of organization is adopted and it results in creation of a new school district, the county clerk and recorder in each county in which the special school district organization election was held shall furnish to the commissioner a map and legal description of the new school district with the name and number by which the same shall be designated. If the plan of organization is adopted and it results in the detachment and annexation of territory between existing school districts, the county clerk and recorder in each county in which the special school district organization election was held shall furnish to the commissioner a map and legal description of the affected school districts following detachment and annexation of the territory.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 504, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 8, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-123 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-120 - New school district - powers

(1)
Where the final approved plan of organization results in the creation of a new school district, if a majority of the votes cast in each affected school district in the special school district organization election are in favor of the final approved plan of organization and a majority of the eligible electors residing in the new school district voting on the question approve the estimated maximum increase in the mill levy, if any, to be imposed within the new district, then on the date specified in the final approved plan of organization, but in no event prior to the certification of the special school district organization election, the new school district shall become a body corporate and as such shall organize under the name and number stated in the final approved plan of organization and in such name may take, hold, and convey property, both real and personal, and be a party to suits and contracts.
(2)
If the final approved plan of organization results in the detachment and annexation of territory between existing school districts and a majority of the votes cast in each affected school district in the special school district organization election are in favor of the final approved plan of organization and the eligible electors residing within the affected territory approve the imposition of the mill levy imposed in the annexing school district, if greater than that imposed in the detaching school district, the detachment and annexation shall be effective for all purposes on the date specified in the plan of organization but in no event prior to the certification of the special school district organization election. The detaching school district and the annexing school district shall continue as bodies corporate in the same manner as prior to the detachment and annexation.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 505, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 57, § 9, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-124 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-120.5 - Effective date for purposes of school finance

Notwithstanding the provisions of section
22-30-120
, for purposes of determining funding pursuant to the "Public School Finance Act of 2025", article 54 of this title 22, any plan of organization approved at a special school district organization election must take effect on the next July 1 following certification of the election results.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 236,§ 31, eff. 5/23/2024.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 57, § 10, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-121 - Rejection of final approved plan

(1)
The plan of organization shall be deemed rejected if:
(a)
The majority vote in any affected school district at the special school district organization election is not in favor of the final approved plan of organization; or
(b)
A majority of the eligible electors who reside in territory that would be subject to an increase in the mill levy, if required by the final approved plan of organization, does not approve the mill levy increase.
(2)
(a)
If the final approved plan of organization involves fewer than three existing school districts and the final approved plan of organization is rejected, the committee shall be dissolved.
(b)
If the final approved plan of organization involves three or more existing school districts and the final approved plan of organization is approved in at least two of the affected school districts, the members of the planning committee who were appointed from the approving school districts may continue as a planning committee and prepare and submit a new plan of organization involving only those school districts in which the plan of organization was approved.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 505, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 58, § 11, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-125 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-121.5 - New school district - election concerning financial matters

When there is a reorganization under the provisions of this article and the final approved plan of organization requires an election concerning financial matters, the chair of the committee shall call for a special election concerning financial matters in the new or annexing school district. The special election shall be held on the date specified in the final approved plan of organization and may be held in conjunction with the election on the approved plan of organization. If a mill levy increase is required under the final approved plan of organization for any territory affected by the final approved plan of organization, approval of such a mill levy increase by the eligible electors residing in such territory is a prerequisite to adoption of the final approved plan of organization.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 58, § 12, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-125 - Election on assuming the existing bonded indebtedness

(1)
The committee may submit the issue of assuming the bonded indebtedness of any school district, or of any portion thereof, existing at the time of inclusion in the proposed new school district or proposed to be included in a detachment and annexation to the eligible electors of such new or annexing school district. If the committee so decides, the question shall be submitted at the special school district organization election.
(2)
(a)
The election shall be held pursuant to the provisions of section
22-30-104
. The outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by more than one school district, or the proportionate shares thereof, may be assumed simultaneously by a new school district under the provisions of this section through the submission of a single ballot, but voting on separate amounts or alternative voting on one ballot shall be prohibited.
(b)
If one or more whole school districts have been included in a new school district, the ballot shall contain a statement of the amount or amounts of outstanding bonded indebtedness proposed to be assumed by the new school district.
(c)
If only a portion of the territory of an old school district has been included in a new school district, the ballot shall contain a statement of the proportionate share of the outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by said old school district to be assumed by the new school district as set forth in the plan of organization.
(d)
If printed ballots are used, the ballot shall be printed or typewritten and shall contain the words "official ballot", below which shall be set forth the amount of outstanding bonded indebtedness to be assumed, or that a proportional share of such amount is proposed to be assumed, as the case may be, by the new or annexing school district, the name and number of each old school district that incurred said bonded indebtedness, and, if the ballot contains more than one amount to be assumed, the total of such amounts.
(3)
If a majority of the eligible electors voting on the proposed question vote for the assumption of the bonded indebtedness, the public officials shall perform the duties set forth in sections
22-42-117
to
22-42-121
that are necessary to assure that the assumed bonded indebtedness is paid in the manner provided by law for the paying of any bonded indebtedness that the new or annexing school district contracts.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 511, § 1, effective June 1. L. 94: (2)(c) amended, p. 1278, § 3, effective May 22. L. 96: (1), (2)(d), and (3) amended, p. 59, § 15, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-137 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-125.5 - Authorization of new bonded indebtedness or assumption of existing bonded indebtedness

No new bonded indebtedness shall be authorized and no existing bonded indebtedness shall be assumed unless approved by a majority of votes cast by the eligible electors of the school district that will issue or assume such bonded indebtedness at the same election at which the plan of organization is approved or at a subsequent election.
L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1278, § 4, effective May 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 1 - NEW OR ANNEXING SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-129) › Section 22-30-126 - Limit of bonded indebtedness - new school district

(1)
Any new school district organized under this article shall have a limit of bonded indebtedness of the greater of the following:
(a)
Twenty percent of the latest valuation for assessment of the taxable property in such school district, as certified by the county assessor to the board of county commissioners; or
(b)
Six percent of the most recent determination of the actual value of the taxable property in the school district, as certified by the county assessor to the board of county commissioners.
(2)
The indebtedness of the old school districts or parts of school districts constituting the new school districts shall not be considered in fixing the limit of bonded indebtedness; but, if any new school district shall assume the bonded indebtedness of any school district or school districts, or a proportionate share thereof, existing at the time of inclusion in the new school district, pursuant to the provisions of section
22-30-125
, such bonded indebtedness shall be included in the limitation.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 513, § 1, effective June 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 60, § 16, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 22-30-129 as it existed prior to 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 2 - JOINT TAXATION DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-201 — 22-30-202) › Section 22-30-201 - Joint taxation districts - authorized

(1)
(a)
A plan of organization in which one or more new school districts are formed within the boundaries of an existing school district may provide that any two or more school districts included in the plan shall comprise a joint taxation district. The boundaries of the original school district shall be the boundaries of the joint taxation district. A joint taxation district formed pursuant to this part 2 shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state.
(b)
A joint taxation district may be formed to incur bonded indebtedness for the purposes listed in section
22-42-102(2)(a)
and raise and expend property taxes to retire such bonded indebtedness or to raise and expend additional local property tax revenues in excess of the participating school districts' total program, pursuant to section
22-54-108
or
22-54-108.5
.
(2)
(a)
A plan of organization that involves a joint taxation district may provide that two or more school districts that result from the reorganization of a single school district may share the valuation for assessment of the taxable property in each school district for the purposes stated in the plan of organization, as limited under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section.
(b)
For the purpose of determining the limit of bonded indebtedness pursuant to section
22-42-104
for any school district that is participating in a joint taxation district, a portion of the bonded indebtedness of the joint taxation district, determined pursuant to the apportionment formula in the plan of organization, shall be added to the bonded indebtedness of the school district. The total bonded indebtedness of the joint taxation district, as apportioned among and added to the bonded indebtedness of the participating school districts, shall not cause any of the participating school districts to exceed its limit of bonded indebtedness pursuant to section
22-42-104
.
(c)
The plan of organization:
(I)
May place a limit on the bonding capacity of the joint taxation district in addition to any other limitation on bonded indebtedness;
(II)
Shall specify whether the joint taxation district shall continue indefinitely or for a specified period of time;
(III)
Shall include a formula for the equitable apportionment of tax revenues from any property tax levied by the joint taxation district;
(IV)
Shall include a formula for apportioning the bonded indebtedness of the joint taxation district for the purposes of section
22-42-104
among the participating school districts;
(V)
Shall provide that the joint taxation district becomes a body corporate at the time the reorganization becomes effective or at some other time as specified in the plan of organization.
L. 96: Entire part added, p. 60, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(b) amended, p. 38, § 3, effective March 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30 - School District Organization Act of 1992 (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-30-202) › Part 2 - JOINT TAXATION DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-201 — 22-30-202) › Section 22-30-202 - Joint taxation board

(1)
(a)
Any plan of organization that establishes a joint taxation district shall provide for the creation of a joint taxation district board and shall specify the membership of the board and the method of election or appointment and terms of office for members of the board. A joint taxation district board shall consist of not fewer than five members, with each participating school district board of education entitled to at least one member on the joint taxation district board.
(b)
The joint taxation district board created pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall have the powers granted to it in the plan of organization as necessary to implement the provisions of this part 2. These powers may include, but are not limited to:
(I)
Calling for and certifying elections with regard to bonded indebtedness;
(II)
Calling for and certifying elections to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the participating school districts' total program, pursuant to section
22-54-108
or
22-54-108.5
;
(III)
Any other powers that a school district may have with regard to issuing, paying, or refunding bonded indebtedness of the joint taxation district.
(2)
For purposes of calling for and certifying elections with regard to bonded indebtedness, revenue, or spending limits that are under the authority of the joint taxation district board pursuant to the plan of organization, the joint taxation district board shall assume the powers and duties granted by law to a school district or a school district board of education.
L. 96: Entire part added, p. 62, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(b)(II) amended, p. 38, § 4, effective March 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-101 - Short title

This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "Charter Schools Act".
L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1051, § 1, effective June 3. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 667, § 3, effective May 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-104.5 - [Repealed]

L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1412), ch. 248, p. 1106, §1, effective May 21.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective August 30, 2011. (See L. 2010, p. 1106.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-107.3 - Optional charter school application timeline for rural school districts

(1)
A school district designated as rural or small rural by the department may either accept charter applications pursuant to section
22-30.5-107
or, upon notice to the department and the public through posting on the school district's website, the school district may accept charter applications pursuant to section
22-30.5-107
with the following modifications:
(a)
The time for submission of a charter application is from June 1 through August 1, or the first weekday after August 1, as long as the school district has a method to receive physical or electronic applications during that time;
(b)
If applicable, the school district shall notify applicants that an application is incomplete no later than August 15 or the first weekday after August 15;
(c)
Review by the school district accountability committee, as described in section
22-30.5-107
(1.5), is permitted but not required;
(d)
The local school board shall rule by resolution on the application no later than October 15 or the first weekday after October 15; and
(e)
The state board shall hear appeals pursuant to section
22-30.5-108 (3)(a)
within thirty days after the date a notice of appeal is filed.
Added by 2023 Ch. 110,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023, app. to charter applications submitted after 12/31/2023.
2023 Ch. 110, 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) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-111 - Charter schools - employee options

(1)
During the first year that a teacher employed by a school district is employed by a charter school, such teacher shall be considered to be on a one-year leave of absence from the school district. Such leave of absence shall commence on the first day of services for the charter school. Upon the request of the teacher, the one-year leave of absence shall be renewed for up to two additional one-year periods upon the mutual agreement of the teacher and the school district. At the end of three years, the relationship between the teacher and the school district shall be determined by the school district and such district shall provide notice to the teacher of the relationship.
(2)
The local board of education shall determine by policy or by negotiated agreement, if one exists, the employment status of school district employees employed by the charter school who seek to return to employment with public schools in the school district.
(3)
Employees of a charter school shall be members of the public employees' retirement association. The charter school and the teacher shall contribute the appropriate respective amounts as required by the funds of the association.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 259,§ 51, eff. 8/5/2015.
L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1059, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2015: (3) amended, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 955, § 51, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-112.3 - Charter schools - additional aid from district

(1)
(a) and (a.5)
Repealed.
(a.7)
(I)
For the 2003-04 budget year and each budget year thereafter, a qualified charter school, as defined in section
22-54-124(1)
(f.6), shall receive state education fund moneys from the school district that granted its charter in an amount equal to the percentage of the district's certified charter school pupil enrollment that is attributable to pupils expected to be enrolled in the qualified charter school multiplied by the total amount of state education fund moneys distributed to the district for the same budget year pursuant to section
22-54-124(3)
.
(II)
As used in this paragraph (a.7), "pupils" means pupils, other than pupils enrolled in an online program or online school, as defined in sections
22-30.7-102(9)
and
22-30.7-102
(9.5), who are enrolled in a charter school.
(b)
Funding received pursuant to paragraph (a), (a.5), or (a.7) of this subsection (1) shall be in addition to any funding provided pursuant to section
22-30.5-112
.
(c)
A district shall provide funding to each qualified charter school, as defined in section
22-54-124(1)
(f.6), by making a monthly payment to the qualified charter school as soon as possible after the district receives a monthly payment of state education fund moneys pursuant to section
22-54-124(4)
.
(2)
(a)
A charter school shall use moneys it receives pursuant to subsection (1) of this section solely for capital construction, as defined in section
22-54-124(1)(a)
.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section
22-30.5-112
(4.5), any moneys received by a charter school pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for the 2001-02 budget year that are not expended by January 31, 2003, shall be transferred back to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 348, § 10, effective April 16. L. 2002: (1)(a) and (1)(c) amended, p. 1751, § 27, effective June 7. L. 2003: (1)(a)(I), (1)(c), and (2) amended and (1)(a.5) added, p. 517, § 8, effective March 5; (1)(a)(I), (1)(b), and (1)(c) amended and (1)(a.7) added, pp. 2133, 2134, §§ 29, 30, effective May 22. L. 2006: (1)(a) and (1)(a.5) repealed and (1)(c) amended, p. 606, §§ 21, 22, effective August 7. L. 2007: (1)(a.7)(II) amended, p. 1090, § 20, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1)(c) amended, (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1896, §1, effective June 10. L. 2012: (1)(a.7)(II) amended, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1317, § 29, effective June 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-112.5 - Charter schools - transportation plans

If a charter school's charter or contract includes provision of transportation services by the school district, the charter school and the school district shall collaborate in developing a transportation plan to use school district equipment to transport students enrolled in the charter school to and from the charter school and their homes and to and from the charter school and any extracurricular activities. The transportation plan may include, but need not be limited to, development of bus routes and plans for sharing the use of school district equipment for the benefit of students enrolled in charter schools of the school district and students enrolled in other schools of the school district.
L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 368, § 37, effective April 16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-113 - State board - department of education - duties - charter schools - evaluation - report

(1)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136 (11)(a)(I)
, beginning in the 2004-05 budget year, and at least every three years thereafter through the 2021-22 budget year, the department shall prepare a report and evaluation for the governor and the house and senate committees on education on the success or failure of charter schools and of institute charter schools authorized pursuant to part 5 of this article 30.5, their relationship to other school reform efforts, and suggested changes in state law necessary to strengthen or change the charter school program described in this article 30.5. The department is authorized to collect information as necessary to prepare the report. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, the department shall annually prepare a report and evaluation described in this subsection (1).
(2)
The state board shall compile evaluations of charter schools received from local boards of education and evaluations of institute charter schools prepared by the state charter school institute created in section
22-30.5-503
. The state board shall review and report on information regarding the statutes, regulations, and policies governing charter school oversight and support and statutes, regulations, and policies from which charter schools were released pursuant to section
22-30.5-105
and from which institute charter schools were released pursuant to section
22-30.5-508
to determine if the releases assisted or impeded the charter schools or the institute charter schools in meeting their stated goals and objectives.
(3)
In preparing the report required by this section, the state board shall compare the performance of charter school pupils and institute charter school pupils with the performance of ethnically and economically comparable groups of pupils in other public schools who are enrolled in academically comparable courses.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 189,§ 12, eff. 5/15/2023.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 242, § 10, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1061, § 1, effective June 3. L. 98: (2) repealed, p. 1076, § 6, effective June 1. L. 2004: Entire section R&RE, p. 1591, § 26, effective June 3; (1) and (3) amended, p. 1633, § 35, effective July 1. L. 2017: (1) amended, (HB 17-1267), ch. 242, p. 995, § 10, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-114 - [Repealed]

L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1061, § 1, effective June 3. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 668, § 7, effective May 2. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 164, § 1, effective April 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-115 - Construction of article - severability

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 755, § 9, effective May 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-116 - Charter schools - school bullying policies required

(1)
On or before October 1, 2011, each charter school shall adopt and implement a policy concerning bullying prevention and education. Each charter school's policy, at a minimum, shall set forth appropriate disciplinary consequences for students who bully other students and for any person who takes any retaliatory action against a student who reports in good faith an incident of bullying, which consequences shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "bullying" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section
22-32-109.1(1)(b)
.
(3)
Each charter school is encouraged to ensure that its policy, at a minimum, incorporates the biennial administration of surveys of students' impressions of the severity of bullying in their schools, as described in section
22-93-104(1)(c)
; includes character building; and includes the designation of a team of persons at each school of the school district who advise the school administration concerning the severity and frequency of bullying incidents that occur in the school, which team may include, but need not be limited to, law enforcement officials, social workers, prosecutors, health professionals, mental health professionals, counselors, teachers, administrators, parents, and students.
L. 2011: Entire section added, (HB 11-1254), ch. 173, p. 653, §3, effective May 13. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 747, § 35, effective May 19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-117 - Developmental education placement or assessment tests - intervention plans

(1)
Each charter school that includes any of grades nine through twelve may administer to students enrolled in those grades the developmental education placement or assessment tests that are administered to matriculated first-time freshman students pursuant to section
23-1-113
. The charter school may administer the tests to a student at any time and as often as it deems necessary while the student is enrolled in any of grades nine through twelve, but the department of education shall allocate money to each charter school to offset the costs incurred in administering each of the test units only once per student while he or she is enrolled in those grades.
(2)
If a charter school chooses to administer the developmental education placement or assessment tests, each student's individual career and academic plan must include the scores achieved by the student on the developmental education placement or assessment tests and, based on an analysis of the scores, the student's level of postsecondary and workforce readiness at the time he or she takes the tests. If a student's scores indicate that he or she is at risk of being unable to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon graduating from high school, school personnel shall work with the student and the student's parent or legal guardian to create an intervention plan that identifies the necessary courses and education support services the student requires to be able to achieve postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon graduating from high school and to be prepared to continue into the postsecondary education option, if any, selected by the student in his or her individual career and academic plan without need for developmental educational services. If appropriate, the charter school, the student, and the student's parent or legal guardian may choose to enroll the student in gateway courses in English or mathematics, as defined in section
23-1-113(11)
(b.5), with additional supports through supplemental academic instruction, as defined in section
23-1-113(11)(e)
, at an institution of higher education, through the "Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act", article
35
of this title 22.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 133,§ 8, eff. 4/25/2019.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 726, § 14, effective May 19.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act adding this section, see section 11 of chapter 188, Session Laws of Colorado 2012. For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1206, see section 1 of chapter 133, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-119 - Mill levy for charter school operating revenues

(1)
With the agreement of all charter schools that will receive the revenues generated by a mill levy to collect additional local revenues, the local board of education may, at any time at which a ballot issue arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution may be decided, submit to the eligible electors of the school district a question to authorize additional local revenues pursuant to section
22-40-102
(1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5 to provide operating revenues for one or more charter schools chartered by the school district. The local board of education shall consult with all affected charter schools that will receive the revenues before determining the amount of the additional local revenues. The local board of education has the discretion to combine the ballot question to authorize additional local revenues with any other tax question that the school district is submitting to the eligible electors of the district or to submit the ballot question as a separate question.
(2)
An election called pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S. Each charter school that is to receive a portion of the additional local revenues shall bear the costs of submitting the ballot question in proportion to the amount of revenues it is to receive unless the charter schools and the school district agree to other cost-sharing arrangements.
(3)
If the majority of votes cast at an election held pursuant to this section are in favor of the question, the mill levy of the school district for additional local revenues is as approved by the eligible electors of the district, and taxes shall be levied as approved. Additional local revenues that are approved pursuant to this section by a ballot question submitted as provided in section
22-40-102
(1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5 are subject to the limitations on the amount and use of the revenues specified in section
22-40-102
(1.5) or (1.7), 22-54-108, or 22-54-108.5, respectively.
(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section
22-30.5-118 (6)
and any provisions of this section to the contrary, a school district shall not impose a mill levy pursuant to this section to benefit a charter school unless the charter school and the school district enter into a contract specifying that the ownership of any items purchased by the charter school using the revenues received from the mill levy automatically reverts to the school district if:
(a)
The charter school's charter is revoked or not renewed;
(b)
The charter school becomes insolvent and can no longer operate as a charter school; or
(c)
The charter school otherwise ceases to operate.
Added by 2014 Ch. 206, § 1, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1314), ch. 206, p. 760, § 1, effective August 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 1 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-120) › Section 22-30.5-120 - Charter schools - child sexual abuse and assault prevention plan

(1)
Each charter school is encouraged to adopt a child sexual abuse and assault prevention plan. Each charter school is encouraged to include in the plan delivery of a comprehensive, age-appropriate curricula for each grade level that the charter school serves regarding child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention. The curricula may address, but need not be limited to:
(a)
The skills to recognize:
(I)
Child sexual abuse and assault;
(II)
Boundary violations and unwanted forms of touching and contact; and
(III)
Behaviors that an offender uses to groom or desensitize a victim; and
(b)
Strategies to:
(I)
Promote disclosure;
(II)
Reduce self-blame; and
(III)
Mobilize bystanders.
(2)
Each charter school is encouraged to include in the child sexual abuse and assault prevention plan professional development for school personnel and parents in preventing, identifying, and responding to child sexual abuse and assault. Professional development may include providing training in preventing, identifying, and responding to child sexual abuse and assault, including using the child abuse reporting hotline system created pursuant to section
26-5-111
, C.R.S., and distributing resources to raise the awareness of school personnel and parents regarding child sexual abuse and assault and preventing child sexual abuse and assault.
(3)
A charter school is encouraged to use curricula and professional development materials, training, and other resources available from the school safety resource center pursuant to section
24-33.5-1809
, C.R.S.
(4)
As used in this section, "school personnel" includes teachers, administrators, school resource officers, and other employees of a charter school.
Added by 2015 Ch. 277,§ 4, eff. 6/5/2015.
L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-020), ch. 277, p. 1134, § 4, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 2 - [Repealed] (§ 22-30.5-201) › Section 22-30.5-201 - to 22-30.5-209 - [Repealed]

(1) This part 2 was added in 1996.
(2) Section 22-30.5-209 provided for the repeal of this part 2, effective July 1, 2003. (See L. 96, p. 667.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 3 - INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS (§§ 22-30.5-301 — 22-30.5-308) › Section 22-30.5-301 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds that section 2 of article IX of the state constitution requires the general assembly to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a thorough and uniform system of free public schools. The state therefore has an obligation to ensure that every student has a chance to attend a school that will provide an opportunity for a quality education. If a school is not providing a thorough and adequate education, as determined by the annual performance review conducted by the department pursuant to section
22-11-210
, the state has an obligation to the students enrolled in that school to make changes to ensure that they have an opportunity to receive a quality education comparable to students in other public schools in the state.
(2)
Therefore, the general assembly finds it necessary to establish a system for independent charter schools to operate within local school buildings when school districts have failed to provide adequate educational opportunities.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 351, § 8, effective April 10. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1536, §29, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115) › Article 30.5 - Charter Schools (§§ 22-30.5-101 — 22-30.5-704) › Part 3 - INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS (§§ 22-30.5-301 — 22-30.5-308) › Section 22-30.5-302 - Definitions

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Applicant" means the person or group of persons submitting a proposal for an independent charter to operate an independent charter school pursuant to the provisions of this part 3. An "applicant" may include, but shall not be limited to, an individual, a group of individuals, a nonprofit or for-profit company, an existing public school, a school district, or an institution of higher education.
(2)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed pursuant to section
22-2-110
.
(3)
"Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section
24-1-115
, C.R.S.
(4)
"Independent charter" means the agreement between a local board of education and an independent charter school governing the existence and operation of the independent charter school.
(5)
"Independent charter proposal" means a proposal for the operation of an independent charter school submitted in response to a request for proposals pursuant to the provisions of this part 3.
(6)
"Independent charter school" means a charter school approved pursuant to this part 3 that is a public school of a school district.
(7)
"Local board of education" means the board of education of the school district in which the independent charter school is or is proposed to be located.
(8)
"State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 351, § 8, effective April 10.