(1) The mission of the working group is to enhance school safety through the cost-effective use of public resources. The work of the working group will focus on evidence-based best practices.
(2) The working group shall:
(a) Study and implement recommendations of the state auditor's report regarding school safety released September 2019;
(b) Consider program organization and recommend reorganization if necessary;
(c) Identify shared metrics to examine program effectiveness;
(d) Facilitate interagency coordination and communication;
(e) Increase transparency and accessibility of state grants and resources, particularly for school districts without a grant writer, which includes improving outreach and may include developing common grant applications;
(f) Facilitate and address data sharing, including allowable data sharing at the local level, when appropriate and allowable under state and federal law; and
(g) Address school safety program challenges in a coordinated way.
(3) The working group may use available resources, modalities, and nonmembers from interested members of the community to focus on specific subject matters.
(4) The school safety resource center serves as the clearinghouse for all materials produced by the working group.
(5) The division of criminal justice in the department of public safety, in consultation with the department of education, shall provide resources for data collection, research, analysis, and publication of the working group's findings and reports.
Source: L. 2020: Entire article added, (SB 20-023), ch. 247, p. 1183, � 1, effective July 7.
24-25-104. Colorado working group on school safety cash fund - created - gifts, grants, and donations. (1) The department of public safety and the working group are authorized to accept gifts, grants, or donations, including in-kind donations from private or public sources, for the purposes of this article 25. All private and public money received through gifts, grants, or donations by the department of public safety or by the working group must be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Colorado working group on school safety cash fund, which is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall invest any money in the cash fund not expended for the purposes of this article 25 as provided in section 24-36-113. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the cash fund must be credited to the cash fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the cash fund at the end of any fiscal year remains in the cash fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
(2) The department of public safety is not required to solicit gifts, grants, or donations from any source for the purposes of this article 25.
Source: L. 2020: Entire article added, (SB 20-023), ch. 247, p. 1184, � 1, effective July 7. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2060, � 138, effective August 6.