Title 22, Education
0 chapters · 1,044 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-134 Unique student identifier - early childhood education - rules. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-134Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-134.5 Early childhood education programs - quality rating system - report. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-134.5Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-135 Food allergy and anaphylaxis management - rules
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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado School Children's Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act. (2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, appropriate staff means employees of a school whom the principal or equivalent execu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-136 Additional duty - state board - individual career and academic plans - standards - rules
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(1) (a) The state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the “State Administrative Procedure Act”, article 4 of title 24, to establish standards for individual career and academic plans for students enrolled in the public schools in the state. (b) An individual career and acade…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-137 State schools - legislative declaration - feasibility study - authority to contract - funding
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(1) The general assembly finds that some states have created state and residential schools to provide educational programs and student support services for students who are at risk of academic failure. The general assembly further finds that early reports of results achieved by s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-138 State environmental education plan - fund created
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(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the department, in consultation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and the state board shall adopt a state plan for environmental education. At a minimum, the state plan for environmental educat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-139 Memorandum of understanding - notification of risk - rules
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(1) On or before July 1, 2011, the state department of human services and the department of education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning the enrollment of students in the public school system from a state-licensed day treatment facility, facility school, or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-140 Digital learning study - legislative declaration - definitions - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-140Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-141 Early literacy assessment tool - request for proposals - software - hardware - training - distribution - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) By October 1, 2012, the department shall issue a request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use to obtain real-time assessments of the reading skill levels of students enrolled in kindergarten and first, second, and third…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-142 (Reserved)
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22-2-143. Discipline strategies pilot program - created - reporting - rules - definitions - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed) Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1211), ch. 204, p. 755, � 1, effective May 18. Editor's note: Subsection (8) provided for the rep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-143 Discipline strategies pilot program - created - reporting - rules - definitions - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-143Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-144 Bullying prevention and education policies - short title - study
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(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 researc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-145 Media literacy - committee - report - strategic plan - resource bank - definition - rules
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(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “media literacy” means the: (a) Ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act through the various forms of media; (b) Ability to analyze the reliability of information, claims, and sources presented …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-146 Department of education - COVID-19-related education loss - strategies - resources - report - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Due to the public health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public schools in Colorado have had to cease in-person instruction for repeated and extended periods of time during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years; (b) Research suggests th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-146.5 Department of education - improving mathematics outcomes - training and technical assistance - report - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Children with disabilities” has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-20-103. (b) “Evidence-informed” means a program or practice in mathematics that relies on peer-reviewed evidence to establish a bas…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-146.6 Colorado academic accelerator grant program - report - rules - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Colorado academic accelerator grant program” or “grant program” means the Colorado academic accelerator grant program created in subsection (2) of this section. (b) “Community-based organization” means a pub…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-146.8 Department of education - improving science outcomes - teacher professional development - report - appropriation - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Children with disabilities” has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-20-103. (b) “Colorado academic standards for science” means evidence-informed standards for student learning in science as adopted …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-147 Menstrual hygiene products accessibility grant program - eligibility - report - rules - definitions
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(1) There is created in the department the menstrual hygiene products accessibility grant program in order to provide menstrual hygiene products at no expense to students. A grant recipient shall ensure that menstrual hygiene products are accessible to a student regardless of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-148 Secondary school student substance use - committee - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-148Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-149 Summer electronic benefits transfer for children program - duties
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(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 depar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-150 Department of education - implementation of oral health screening statewide - report - definitions - repeal
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(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 healt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-301 Short title
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This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the Data Reporting and Technology Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1059, � 1, effective May 23.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-302 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) Pursuant to state statute and rules of the state board, school districts are required to submit extensive and duplicative data at different times throughout the year or to different divisions within the department of education; (b) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-303 Definitions
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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 th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-304 Education data advisory committee - creation - duties - approval
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(1) The state board shall designate at least five volunteer school districts and two volunteer boards of cooperative services and a volunteer charter school, that are representative of the state as to pupil size and population, to send representatives to form a voluntary committe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-305 Data dictionary - legislative declaration - creation - contents - report
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds that there is a need for consistency in electronic data submission protocols and requirements to allow school districts and public schools to submit data for multiple reports in one transaction. Under the existing data submission system, school …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-306 Advance notice - legislative declaration - data collection - data submission changes - website update - submission windows
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(1) The general assembly finds that it is imperative that school districts and public schools receive adequate advance notice of changes in data submission requirements to enable them to effectively comply with the new requirements. The general assembly further finds that the dep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-307 Data reporting requirements - interpretation of federal law - suspension
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(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 exc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-308 Data reporting requirements - office of legislative legal services
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-309 Student data - accessibility - transparency - accountability - short title - definitions. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-2-309Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-310 Data reporting - instructional hours - report
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(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 da…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-311 Colorado statewide longitudinal data system - postsecondary workforce readiness programs
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(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 syste…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) A significant number of children in Colorado are placed in day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, other out-of-home placement facilities, or hospitals and receive their education through programs provided by these…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Approved facility school means an educational program that is operated by a facility to provide educational services to students placed in the facility and that, pursuant to section 22-2-407 (2), has been placed o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-403 Office of facility schools - created
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(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 facili…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-404 Facility schools board - created - membership
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(1) There is created the facility schools board to adopt curriculum standards and set graduation requirements for facility schools and to collaborate with and advise the office. The facility schools board consists of seven members appointed by the state board as set forth in this…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-405 Facility schools office - duties
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(1) In addition to any other duties that may be required by law, the office shall: (a) Develop and maintain, as described in section 22-2-407, the list of approved facility schools and the list of approved facility schools that receive accreditation; (b) Make recommendations to t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-406 Facility schools board duties - curriculum - graduation standards - report - rules
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(1) In addition to any other duties provided by law, the facility schools board shall: (a) Adopt curriculum to be provided by approved facility schools. At a minimum, the facility schools board shall align the curriculum for the core subjects of reading, writing, mathematics, sci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-407 List of approved facility schools - application - criteria - rules
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(1) Pursuant to the State Administrative Procedure Act, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the facility schools board shall promulgate rules for the creation and maintenance as provided in this section of a list of facility schools that are approved to receive reimbursement for provi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-407.5 Facility schools - sustainable model of education for facility students - work group - created - membership - duties - reporting requirements - funding
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(1) (a) On or before July 1, 2021, the department shall convene a work group of the stakeholders described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. The purpose of the work group is to develop and implement a sustainable model with capacity to meet the educational needs of children a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-408 Approved facility schools - funding
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(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 ye…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-409 Notification of risk
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(1) Beginning August 15, 2010, a state-licensed day treatment facility, facility school, or hospital licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-3-101 shall notify the appropriate child welfare education liaison, designated pursuant to section 22-32-138 (2)(a), of a student who:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-410 Administration - licensing - reports
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(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 l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-411 Shared operational services grant program - creation - report - rules - definitions - repeal
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Agency” means an independent agency that oversees approved facility schools. (b) “Eligible applicant” means an approved facility school that applies to the grant program on behalf of itself and one or more o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-412 Technical assistance center - creation - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Administrative unit has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-20-103. (b) Board of cooperative services or BOCES means a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 that…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-501 Legislative declaration
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(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 pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-502 Definitions
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-503 Teaching and learning conditions survey
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(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 publi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-504 National certification compensation - definition - study
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(1) Beginning with the 2009-10 school year for teachers, school counselors, and principals who hold a certification from the national board for professional teaching standards, and school counselors who hold a certification from the national board for certified counselors, and be…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-2-505 Minority teacher recruitment - short title - legislative declaration - study - report
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(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 mo…