reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-150) › Section 22-2-143 - [Repealed]

Added by 2017 Ch. 204,§1, eff. 5/18/2017.
L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1211), ch. 204, p. 755, § 1, effective May 18.
Subsection (8) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2017, p. 755.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-150) › Section 22-2-144 - Bullying prevention and education policies - short title - study

(1)
The short title of this section is "Ashawnty's Law".
(2)
(a)
The department shall research approaches, policies, and practices related to bullying prevention and education used by education providers in other states. On or before July 1, 2019, after consideration of the research conducted pursuant to this subsection (2)(a), the department, in consultation with the school safety resource center created in section
24-33.5-1803
, shall develop a model bullying prevention and education policy. The research and model policy described in this subsection (2)(a) must be updated every three years. The department shall utilize a stakeholder process when updating the model bullying prevention and education policy, which process must include participation by the parents of students who have been bullied.
(b)
On or before July 1, 2019, and every three years thereafter, the department shall publish the results of the research and model policy required by subsection (2)(a) of this section on its website as guidance for school districts, charter schools, and the charter school institute to consider when developing and implementing bullying prevention and education policies.
(3)
At a minimum, the model policy developed pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section must:
(a)
Clearly differentiate between a conflict and bullying and between harassment and bullying; and
(b)
Clarify the role of cyberbullying during online instruction, which may occur on or off school property.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 209,§2, eff. 6/7/2021.
Added by 2018 Ch. 140,§1, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (SB 18-151), ch. 915, p. 915, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended and (3) added, (HB 21-1221), ch. 1085, p. 1085, § 2, effective June 7.
For the short title ("Jack and Cait's Law") in HB 21-1221, see section 1 of chapter 209, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-150) › Section 22-2-149 - Summer electronic benefits transfer for children program - duties

(1)
The department is the designated partner agency for the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program created in the department of human services pursuant to section
26-2-309
.
(2)
To administer the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program, the department shall:
(a)
Develop an outreach plan and conduct outreach to local education providers, as defined in section
22-16-103
, and school food authorities, as defined in section
26-2-309
;
(b)
Provide technical assistance to school food authorities, specifically school food authorities located in rural areas; and
(c)
Collect the minimum student-level data necessary to gather and maintain eligibility information required by the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program and share the data with the department of human services for the administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program as set forth in section
26-2-309 (5)
.
(3)
The department of human services and the department shall jointly:
(a)
Develop protocols for the sharing of relevant data necessary for the administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program and outreach to households with students who are eligible for the program;
(b)
Streamline data collection; and
(c)
Develop and provide an opt-out process for parents, legal guardians, and emancipated students, to the extent allowable pursuant to the federal requirements for the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program.
(4)
(a)
For state fiscal year 2023-24, the general assembly shall appropriate one hundred sixty-nine thousand eight hundred seventy dollars to the department from the general fund for purposes of this section. Any money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4)(a) that is not expended prior to July 1, 2024, remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2024-25 state fiscal year without further appropriation.
(b)
For state fiscal year 2024-25, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred ninety-three thousand eight hundred six dollars to the department from the general fund for purposes of this section. Any money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4)(b) that is not expended prior to July 1, 2025, remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2025-26 state fiscal year without further appropriation.
Added by 2023EX1 Ch. 5,§ 2, eff. 11/28/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-150) › Section 22-2-150 - Department of education - implementation of oral health screening statewide - report - definitions - repeal

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Oral health screening" means a visual and manual inspection of the mouth that is performed to identify probable oral disease or other oral conditions or risk factors that may require management by oral health professionals.
(b)
"Report" means the report of the department of public health and environment concerning the implementation and outcomes of the oral health screening pilot program created in section 25-21.5-104 (3) for oral health screening in kindergarten and third grade, including best practices for expanding future oral health screening activities in kindergarten and third grade.
(2)
On or before December 1, 2027, the department shall develop a plan for implementation of oral health screening in kindergarten and third grade in all public schools. In developing the plan, the department shall consider:
(a)
The report and any other relevant data and information provided by the department of public health and environment concerning oral health screening;
(b)
Feedback from public school professionals, including administrators, school nurses, fiscal staff, and other professionals;
(c)
Data and information relating to practices in states that have broad oral health screening programs; and
(d)
Any other data or information relevant to the implementation and cost of a statewide oral health screening program in kindergarten and third grade.
(3)
The department shall submit its plan for implementation of oral health screening in kindergarten and third grade for all public schools to the house of representatives health and human services committee, the senate health and human services committee, and the joint budget committee, or their successor committees.
(4)
This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2033.
Added by 2024 Ch. 481,§ 4, eff. 6/7/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 2 - [Repealed] SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT (§ 22-2-201) › Section 22-2-201 - to 22-2-203 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire part repealed, p. 581, § 1, effective February 17.
This part 2 was numbered as article 27 of chapter 123 in C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-301 - Short title

This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the "Data Reporting and Technology Act".
L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1059, § 1, effective May 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-303 - Definitions

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
(2)
"Current data technology system" means the data technology system or systems in use by the department as of May 23, 2007.
(3)
"Data dictionary" means an essential component of data management adopted by the department pursuant to section
22-2-305
that defines all of the data elements the department collects from school districts and public schools and describes the methods by which the department collects the data through the single statewide data collection system.
(4)
"Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section
24-1-115
, C.R.S.
(5)
"EDAC" means the education data advisory committee created pursuant to section
22-2-304
.
(6)
"Public school" means a public school as provided in section
22-1-101
, including a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of this title or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of this title.
(7)
"State board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 104,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1060, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2013: (6) amended, (HB 13-1219), ch. 104, p. 357, § 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 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-307 - Data reporting requirements - interpretation of federal law - suspension

(1)
On or before October 1, 2009, and periodically thereafter, the state board shall review the rules for implementing the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974",
20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g
, and shall adopt an interpretation of said act that will facilitate the exchange and sharing of student information to the greatest extent possible in compliance with the federal regulations for implementing said act. The state board shall consult with the EDAC in determining its interpretation of said act.
(2)
The department shall periodically review its interpretation of federal regulations pertaining to education data collection and reporting and shall ensure that it takes into consideration the interpretations adopted by the departments of education in neighboring states.
(3)
(a)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in any year in which the general assembly does not appropriate moneys to implement a state program in which the department, a school district, the state charter school institute, or a public school was participating, any reporting requirements that are required under the provisions of the state program are suspended, and the department, school districts, the state charter school institute, and public schools need not comply with said reporting requirements; except that a participating school district, the state charter school institute if it is participating, or a participating public school shall comply with requirements to report information concerning the entity's participation in the state program during the period in which it was funded.
(b)
For purposes of this subsection (3), "state program" means a program specifically created in state statute and for which the statute creating the program specifically provides funding to a participating school district, the state charter school institute, or a public school.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1214), ch. 198, p. 889, §3, effective April 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-308 - Data reporting requirements - office of legislative legal services

Notwithstanding the provisions of section
2-3-505
, C.R.S., the office of legislative legal services, created in section
2-3-501
, C.R.S., shall notify EDAC of any legislation introduced that creates by specific language a new requirement for a local education agency to report data to any state or federal agency.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 104,§ 4, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1309, § 4, effective June 4. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1219), ch. 104, p. 357, § 4, 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 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-309 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2016 Ch. 355,§2, eff. 8/10/2016.
Added by 2014 Ch. 366,§2, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1294), ch. 366, p. 1750, § 2, effective August 6. L. 2016: Entire section repealed, (HB 16-1423), ch. 355, p. 1475, § 2, effective August 10.
This section was relocated to article
16
of this title in 2016. Former subsection numbers are shown in editor's notes following the C.R.S. sections in article 16 containing those subsections that were relocated.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-310 - Data reporting - instructional hours - report

(1)
(a)
By the beginning of the 2025-26 school year, the department shall standardize the reporting method that schools of a school district, district charter schools, school districts, institute charter schools, and the state charter school institute use to collect and report data concerning:
(I)
Instructional hours;
(II)
School calendars; and
(III)
The number of hours students spend on instructional time during the school year.
(b)
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, and each school year thereafter, the department shall collect from schools of a school district, district charter schools, school districts, institute charter schools, and the state charter school institute, at a minimum, the following data:
(I)
Days of instruction for elementary and secondary schools;
(II)
Instructional hours for elementary and secondary schools;
(III)
Estimated non-Instructional hours, school closures, snow days, and time spent on lunch and passing between classes; and
(IV)
The number of days and percentage of the school year students were placed on abbreviated school day schedules, as defined in section 22-20-123.
(2)
The department shall annually publish the data in an accessible report on the department's website, including on the department's web page for school and district data.
Added by 2024 Ch. 436,§ 2, eff. 6/5/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 3 - DATA REPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY (§§ 22-2-301 — 22-2-311) › Section 22-2-311 - Colorado statewide longitudinal data system - postsecondary workforce readiness programs

(1)
The department shall contribute education and workforce readiness data beginning in the 2025-26 budget year, as necessary, to the Colorado statewide longitudinal data system consistent with the governance practices established by the Colorado statewide longitudinal data system governing board pursuant to section 24-37.5-125 (4).
(2)
Upon the department's request, a local education provider, as defined in section 22-35-103, shall submit to the department any data that the department reasonably requires for purposes of subsection (1) of this section.
Added by 2024 Ch. 238,§ 12, eff. 5/23/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 4 - FACILITY SCHOOLS UNIT (§§ 22-2-401 — 22-2-412) › Section 22-2-403 - Office of facility schools - created

(1)
There is created within the department the office of facility schools. The head of the office is the director of facility schools and is appointed by the commissioner of education in accordance with section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.
(2)
The office of facility schools and the office of the director of facility schools exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department, the commissioner of education, and the state board of education. The office of facility schools and the office of the director of facility schools are
type 2
entities, as defined in section
24-1-105
.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 88,§ 3, eff. 4/20/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 21, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1376, § 1, effective May 27.
2022 Ch. 469, 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 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 4 - FACILITY SCHOOLS UNIT (§§ 22-2-401 — 22-2-412) › Section 22-2-408 - Approved facility schools - funding

(1)
For the 2008-09 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, each approved facility school shall submit its pupil enrollment to the department and receive funding from the department in accordance with the provisions of section
22-54-129
.
(2)
(a)
For the 2009-10 budget year, through the 2021-22 budget year, the department shall annually withhold two percent of the amount payable to each approved facility school. For the 2022-23 budget year, the department shall withhold four percent of the amount payable to each approved facility school. The amount withheld shall be allocated to the office to offset the costs incurred by the office and the facility schools board in implementing this part 4.
(b)
For the 2023-24 budget year, and for each budget year thereafter, funding for the administration of the office is provided through a separate appropriation.
(3)
In state fiscal year 2021-22 only, and within available appropriations, the department shall distribute supplemental payments to facility schools approved by the department as of October 1, 2021. The supplemental payments must be above and beyond the current daily per pupil revenue rate as established for the 2021-22 state fiscal year. The department shall determine the method through which the supplemental payments are distributed to all approved facility schools and shall ensure that the supplemental payments made pursuant to this subsection (3) are paid to the approved facility school prior to June 30, 2022.
(4)
In state fiscal year 2022-23 only, and within available appropriations, the department shall distribute supplemental payments to approved facility schools that are approved by the department as of October 1, 2022. The supplemental payments must be above and beyond the current daily per pupil revenue rate as established for the 2022-23 state fiscal year. The department shall determine the method through which the supplemental payments are distributed to all approved facility schools and shall ensure that the supplemental payments made pursuant to this subsection (4) are paid to the approved facility schools prior to June 30, 2023.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 88,§ 9, eff. 4/20/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 128, § 1, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 341, § 4, eff. 6/25/2021.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1218, § 31, effective May 22. L. 2021: (3) added, (SB 21-274), ch. 2227, p. 2227, § 4, effective June 25.
2022 Ch. 128, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 286, Session Laws of Colorado 2008. For the legislative declaration in SB 21-274, see section 1 of chapter 341, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 4 - FACILITY SCHOOLS UNIT (§§ 22-2-401 — 22-2-412) › Section 22-2-410 - Administration - licensing - reports

(1)
On or before November 1, 2023, the department, in collaboration with the department of human services, department of health care policy and financing, and department of public health and environment, shall develop an interagency resource guide to assist facilities to become licensed or authorized and funded as an approved facility school and that must be adopted across departments to support efficient licensure and approval for the following types of facilities:
(a)
A hospital licensed by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section
25-1.5-103
;
(b)
A residential child care facility, day treatment program, or other facility licensed by the department of human services pursuant to section
26-6-905
; and
(c)
A specialized day school authorized by the office pursuant to section
22-2-406 (5)
.
(2)
On or before November 1, 2023, the department shall submit a report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, and the joint budget committee, summarizing the following:
(a)
A plan for the implementation of the interagency resource guide described in subsection (1) of this section; and
(b)
Any recommended changes to statutes, rules, or administrative procedures as determined by each department participating in the development of the interagency resource guide pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to improve administrative efficiency and eliminate duplication or other unnecessary administrative obstacles to the licensing, authorization, approval, and funding of approved facility schools.
(3)
On or before October 1, 2024, the department shall submit a report summarizing the implementation of the interagency resource guide described in subsection (1) of this section to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, and the joint budget committee. The report may be submitted as part of the report required pursuant to section
22-2-407.5 (4)(e)
.
(4)
The office shall prominently post the interagency resource guide described in subsection (1) of this section on the office's website.
Added by 2023 Ch. 88,§ 10, 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 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 5 - TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION (§§ 22-2-501 — 22-2-505) › Section 22-2-501 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds that:
(a)
Teachers have a great impact in student achievement. Evidence shows that teacher quality can account for the majority of variances in student learning and test scores.
(b)
The teaching and learning conditions under which teachers practice their profession, though often overlooked, are essential elements to student achievement and teacher retention. These conditions must be systematically studied and addressed for Colorado to develop a critical mass of teachers who are well prepared to teach and who will remain in hardest-to-staff schools long enough to make a significant difference for students and their families.
(c)
Research also demonstrates that the negative effects of teacher shortages and distribution challenges have a disproportionate impact on the nation's most disadvantaged students, leaving poor and minority children more likely to be taught by less-qualified and under-prepared teachers.
(d)
Teachers who are truly highly qualified teach well-designed, standards-based lessons and are able to teach those lessons successfully because they know how and why their students learn. These teachers work effectively with their colleagues to push and lead school improvement and work steadily to sharpen their skills and increase their knowledge because they believe it is part of their professional responsibility to do so.
(e)
National board certification is a nationally accepted sign of quality in the teaching profession and offers a nationwide standard for evaluating and encouraging quality teaching. It is a means to recognize and reward the accomplished teachers the state needs to build competitive, world-class schools. National board certified teachers advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do.
(2)
The general assembly further finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, implementation of measures designed to improve teacher quality, recruitment, and retention through this part 5 and through House Bill 08-1384, as enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-sixth general assembly, is a critical element of accountable education reform, accountable programs to meet state academic standards, and performance incentives for teachers and, therefore, may receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1361, § 1, effective May 27.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 5 - TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION (§§ 22-2-501 — 22-2-505) › Section 22-2-502 - Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section
24-1-115
, C.R.S.
(1.5)
"Education support professional" means a Colorado school district paraprofessional who may not be licensed, as described in article
60.5
of this title 22, but provides direct instruction, supports licensed staff in an educational capacity, or supports instruction and the learning environment, including, without limitation:
(a)
Teaching assistant, regular education;
(b)
Teaching assistant, special education;
(c)
Title 1 teaching assistant;
(d)
Teaching or classroom technician;
(e)
Tutor;
(f)
Library or media assistant;
(g)
Bilingual assistant;
(h)
Educational interpreter;
(i)
Braillist;
(j)
Occupational therapist assistant;
(k)
Physical therapist assistant;
(l)
Health screener;
(m)
Counselor assistant;
(n)
Health-care technician;
(o)
Student monitor;
(p)
Child find coordinator;
(q)
Child care provider or group leader; and
(r)
Community liaison.
(2)
"Low-performing, high-needs school" means a school that is required to submit a priority improvement or turnaround plan pursuant to section
22-11-210
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 484,§1, eff. 7/7/2021.
L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1362, § 1, effective May 27. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1261), ch. 1306, p. 1306, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2021: (1.5) added, (HB 21-1087), ch. 3468, p. 3468, § 1, effective July 7.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 257, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 5 - TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION (§§ 22-2-501 — 22-2-505) › Section 22-2-503 - Teaching and learning conditions survey

(1)
Subject to available appropriations, the department shall administer a biennial teaching and learning conditions survey, referred to in this section as the "survey", to all preschool teachers, elementary teachers, secondary teachers, and education support professionals in public schools of the state. The survey must be designed to assess, at a minimum:
(a)
Teaching and learning conditions as predictors of student achievement;
(b)
The correlation, if any, between teaching and learning conditions and teacher retention;
(c)
The relationship, if any, between teaching and learning conditions and school administration; and
(d)
The relationship, if any, between teaching and learning conditions and measures of school climate, as experienced by students and teachers.
(2)
The survey results may be used by schools, school districts, the department, state policymakers, and researchers as a resource for:
(a)
School and program design;
(b)
Professional development programs;
(c)
School improvement plans;
(d)
School district continuous improvement programs;
(e)
State education reform initiatives concerning achievement gaps, teacher gaps, dropout rates, and graduation rates;
(f)
Other analyses to inform school improvement efforts; and
(g)
Improving ways to measure and improve school climate and teaching and learning environments.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 243,§3, eff. 5/26/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 484,§2, eff. 7/7/2021.
L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1362, § 1, effective May 27. L. 2009: IP(1) amended, (SB 09-214), ch. 111, p. 111, §1, effective March 18. L. 2021: IP(1) amended, (HB 21-1087), ch. 3469, p. 3469, § 2, effective July 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 2 - DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONER (§§ 22-2-101 — 22-2-505) › Part 5 - TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION (§§ 22-2-501 — 22-2-505) › Section 22-2-505 - Minority teacher recruitment - short title - legislative declaration - study - report

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a)
Diversity of teachers in K-12 classrooms is important not only because it helps provide positive role models for students but also because it offers a broader cultural understanding of learning strategies and needs;
(b)
The most recent data for Colorado shows that while approximately forty-four percent of students in Colorado are minorities, only twelve percent of teachers are minorities; and
(c)
Statewide, the number of minority teachers has not kept up with population growth and changes in student diversity.
(2)
The general assembly therefore declares that it is a matter of statewide concern to study and develop strategies to increase and improve the recruitment, preparation, and retention of high-quality minority teachers in Colorado's public school system.
(3)
The department shall study and develop strategies to increase and improve the recruitment, preparation, development, and retention of high-quality minority teachers in elementary and secondary schools in Colorado. On or before December 1, 2014, the department shall prepare a report on its findings, including current statewide and district demographics and recommendations, and submit it to the office of the governor, the state board of education, and the education committees of the house of representatives and senate, or any successor committees. The department shall present the report on its findings to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate, or any successor committees, on or before January 30, 2015.
(4)
This section shall be known as "Aliyah's Law".
Added by 2014 Ch. 359,§ 1, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1175), ch. 359, p. 1685, § 1, 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 3 - EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES (§§ 22-3-101 — 22-3-104) › Section 22-3-101 - Duties regarding eye protective devices

(1)
It is the duty of the governing board of every school district, university, college, or other institution of higher education, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, university, college, or other institution of higher education, in this state to provide eye protective devices for the use of all students, teachers, and visitors when participating in the courses and activities enumerated in section
22-3-102
.
(2)
It is the duty of the persons charged with the supervision of any such course or activity to require such eye protective devices to be worn by students, teachers, and visitors under the circumstances prescribed in section
22-3-102
.
L. 69: p. 1038, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-36-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 3 - EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES (§§ 22-3-101 — 22-3-104) › Section 22-3-102 - Courses in which devices to be used - substances and activities dangerous to eyes

(1)
Eye protective devices shall be worn in courses including, but not limited to, vocational or industrial art shops or laboratories and chemistry, physics, or combined chemistry-physics laboratories, at any time at which the individual is engaged in, or observing, an activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eyes.
(2)
Hazardous substances likely to cause physical injury to the eyes include materials which are flammable, toxic, corrosive to living tissues, irritating, strongly sensitizing, or radioactive or which generate pressure through heat, decomposition, or other means.
(3)
Activity or the use of hazardous substances includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a)
Working with hot molten metal;
(b)
Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, and stamping of any solid materials;
(c)
Heat treating, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;
(d)
Gas or electric arc welding;
(e)
Working with hot liquids, solids, or chemicals which are flammable, toxic, corrosive to living tissues, irritating, sensitizing, or radioactive or which generate pressure through heat, decomposition, or other means.
L. 69: p. 1039, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-36-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 3 - EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES (§§ 22-3-101 — 22-3-104) › Section 22-3-103 - Standards for devices

For the purposes of this article, the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality eye protective devices which meet the standards of the U.S.A. standard practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection, Z87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the United States of America Standards Institute, Inc.
L. 69: p. 1039, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-36-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 3 - EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES (§§ 22-3-101 — 22-3-104) › Section 22-3-104 - Implementation

The commissioner of education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this article.
L. 69: p. 1039, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-36-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 4 - [Repealed] (§ 22-4-101) › Section 22-4-101 - to 22-4-105 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire article repealed, p. 582, § 1, effective March 19.
This article was numbered as article 2 of chapter 123 in C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965".
L. 65: p. 1027, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-102 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly declares that this article is enacted for the general improvement and expansion of educational services of the public schools in the state of Colorado; for the creation of boards of cooperative services where feasible for purposes of enabling two or more school districts to cooperate in furnishing services authorized by law if cooperation appears desirable; and for the setting forth of the powers and duties of said boards of cooperative services.
L. 65: p. 1027, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-103 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the board of education of a school district or the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution.
(2)
"Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a regional educational service unit designed to provide supporting, instructional, administrative, facility, community, or any other services contracted by participating members.
(2.3)
"District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district board of education pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of this title.
(2.5)
Repealed.
(2.7)
"Institute charter school" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of this title.
(3)
"Postsecondary institution" means a community or technical college, a local district college, or a state-supported institution of higher education.
(4)
"School district" means any public school district existing pursuant to law.
(5)
"State board" means the state board of education.
L. 73: p. 1295, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-16. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 896, § 33, effective June 5. L. 92: (2.5) added, p. 470, § 2, effective May 29; (2.5) amended, p. 2183, § 60, effective June 2. L. 97: (2.5) amended, p. 460, § 4, effective August 6; (2.5) repealed, p. 948, § 2, effective August 6. L. 2010: (2.3) and (2.7) added, (SB 10-161), ch. 250, p. 1116, §3, effective August 11. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 716, § 3, effective May 19.
Subsection (2.5) was amended in House Bill 97-1219. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal of subsection (2.5) in House Bill 97-1253.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-105 - Organization of board of cooperative services - meetings

(1)
(a)
At its first meeting, the members of the board of cooperative services elected as set forth in section
22-5-104
shall elect from their membership a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose terms of office are for two years, unless their terms of office as board members expire earlier, in which case the officership shall similarly expire. The duties of the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer of the board of cooperative services are the same as set forth for similar offices of boards of education in sections
22-32-105
to
22-32-107
. Similarly, meetings of the board of cooperative services are called, held, and conducted as set forth in section
22-32-108
; except that, pursuant to section
22-5-104(5)
, a board of cooperative services may conduct meetings electronically, including by using video or audio conferencing technology.
(b)
A board of cooperative services that includes in its membership at least one school district that the department of education determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and that enrolls six thousand five hundred or fewer students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, may provide notice of special meetings by electronic mail as provided in section
22-32-108(2)(b)
.
(2)
At each meeting at which a board of cooperative services elects officers, each board member shall sign an affidavit stating that the board member is aware of and will comply with the confidentiality requirements and restrictions applicable to executive sessions of the board, as described in section
24-6-402
, C.R.S., regardless of whether the board member participates in the executive session in person or electronically in accordance with a policy adopted pursuant to section
22-5-104(5)
. The board of cooperative services shall keep and preserve the affidavits with the minutes of board meetings and other board documents.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 217,§ 6, eff. 5/22/2015.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 52,§ 3, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 65: p. 1028, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 898, § 35, effective June 5. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 127, § 2, effective March 24. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-015), ch. 52, p. 177, § 3, effective August 7. L. 2015: (1) amended, (HB 15-1321), ch. 217, p. 798, § 6, effective May 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-105.5 - [Repealed]

L. 92: Entire section added, p. 468, § 1, effective May 29; (4) and (5) amended, p. 2183, § 61, effective June 2.
Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1994. (See L. 92, p. 468.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-106 - Financing, budgeting, and accounting

(1)
(a)
Financing of the services performed under the direction of the board of cooperative services shall be by contributions from available moneys in any funds, which may be legally expended for such services, of the participating members on the basis of a proportionality agreed upon by the participating members and from the boards of cooperative services.
(b)
A board of cooperative services may finance all or a portion of the costs of an approved career and technical education program from funds received pursuant to part 1 of article
8
of title
23
.
(2)
A board of cooperative services shall adopt a budget and an appropriation resolution prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which adopted.
(3)
A board of cooperative services shall follow the provisions of the "School District Budget Law of 1964", being part 1 of article
44
of this title, wherever such provisions are applicable; except that the provisions of sections
22-44-112(3)(c), (4), and (6)
and
22-44-115(4)
shall not apply to a board of cooperative services.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 308,§6, eff. 6/23/2021.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 264,§42, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 65: p. 1028, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-5. L. 67: p. 793, § 1. L. 71: p. 1176, § 1. L. 73: p. 1293, § 2. L. 90: (2) amended, p. 1080, § 33, effective May 31. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 899, § 36, effective June 5. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 435, § 10, effective April 29. L. 2017: (1)(b) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 1394, p. 1394, § 42, effective May 25. L. 2021: (1)(b) amended, (HB 21-1264), ch. 1874, p. 1874, § 6, effective June 23.
Section 20 of chapter 308 (HB 21-1264), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section takes effect only if SB 21-288 becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of HB 21-1264 or SB 21-288, whichever is later. SB 21-288 became law and took effect June 11, 2021, and HB 21-1264 took effect June 23, 2021.
For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1264, see section 2 of chapter 308, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-106.5 - Short-term loans

A board of cooperative services may, upon approval of its members, negotiate or contract with any person, corporation, association, or company for a loan not to exceed the difference between the anticipated revenues for the current fiscal year for the budget of the board of cooperative services and the amount credited to date to said budget in order to pay current obligations. Such loan shall be liquidated within six months thereafter from moneys subsequently credited to said budget. The total principal, interest, and fees to be paid on such loan shall not exceed the total amount of the authorized budget for the same length of time.
L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1035, § 1, effective May 7. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 899, § 37, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-16-112) › Article 5 - BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1965 (§§ 22-5-101 — 22-5-122) › Section 22-5-107 - Duties of board of cooperative services

In addition to any other duty required to be performed by law, the board of cooperative services shall have the same duties as those for boards of education as set forth in section
22-32-109(1)(a) to (1)(m), (1)(q), (1)(r), and (1)(pp)
and section
22-9-106
.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 35,§ 7, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 65: p. 1029, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-6. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 471, § 1, effective April 29.