Title 22, Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the School District Organization Act of 1992. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 496, � 1, effective June 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 22-30-101 as it existed prior to 1992.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby declares that this article is enacted for the general improvement of the public schools in the state of Colorado; for the equalization of the benefits of education throughout the state; for the organization of public school districts in the state a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 30, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commissioner means the commissioner of education. (2) Committee means the school organization planning committee authorized to study school district organization and develop a plan for reorganization. (3) Cons…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-104 Conduct of elections
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(1) All elections authorized in this article 30 must be conducted pursuant to articles 1 to 13 of title 1. For each election, the governing body authorized to call the election shall name a designated election official who shall be responsible for calling and conducting the autho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-105 Activation of the school district organization planning process
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(1) The appointment of a school organization planning committee charged to study school district organization must occur when the commissioner is notified that any of the following conditions exist: (a) One or more school district boards of education request the appointment of a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-106 School organization planning committee
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(1) Upon determination that one or more of the conditions described in section 22-30-105 exist, the commissioner shall notify the boards of education and committees responsible for appointing members of a school organization planning committee as stated in this section and call f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-107 Duties of the committee
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(1) The committee shall have the following duties: (a) To appoint a chair, vice-chair, and secretary; (b) To establish parameters of the study; (c) To make a careful study of the public school systems within the parameters of the study established by the committee; (d) To develop…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-107.5 Duties of affected school districts
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The school district board of education of each school district affected by appointment of a committee shall cooperate with the committee by providing any information requested by the committee to assist in formulating the plan of organization. Source: L. 98: Entire section added,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-108 Vacancies
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After a committee is formed, in case of a vacancy on the committee by death, resignation, failure to accept membership thereon, or discontinuation of the enrollment of a parent member's child in a school in the affected school district, the vacancy shall be filled in the same man…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-109 Meetings - notice
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All meetings of the committee shall be open to the public pursuant to the provisions of section 24-6-402, C.R.S., and shall be held only after full and timely public notice. The chair may call special meetings upon notice mailed by the secretary to each member at least five days …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-110 Names certified to commissioner
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When any committee has been appointed, as provided in section 22-30-106 (2), the secretary thereof shall certify to the commissioner the names and post office addresses of each member of such committee, indicating the persons elected as chair and vice-chair. Any change in the per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-111 Compensation - expenses
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Members of the committee shall not receive compensation for service on such committee from state moneys. The affected school districts shall compensate committee members for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this article. For purposes of this secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-112 Department consultants
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The state board is authorized to employ such consultants, assistants, and other personnel, within the limits of appropriations to the department of education for salaries and travel expenses of personnel, as may be necessary to render all reasonable assistance to the various comm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-113 Duties of the attorney general
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The attorney general shall be the legal counsel and advisor of the state board, the commissioner, and, when requested by the commissioner, any of the committees organized pursuant to the provisions of this article for purposes related to the proper administration of this article.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-114 Requirements for plan of organization
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(1) The plan of organization must include, but need not be limited to, consideration of the following: (a) The educational needs of pupils in the affected school districts, including the convenience and welfare of pupils; (b) The provision of diverse educational opportunities for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-115 Hearing on a plan of organization
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(1) When a plan of organization has been tentatively agreed upon by the committee, the proposed plan of organization with the attached map and legal description of the proposed boundaries of each school district affected by the proposed plan of organization shall be filed with th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-116 Approval of the plan and submission to the commissioner
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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 hearin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-117 Special school district organization election scheduled
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-118 Meeting to explain final approved plan
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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 committe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-119 Certificate of return - map
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(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 major…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-120 New school district - powers
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-120.5 Effective date for purposes of school finance
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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 ne…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-121 Rejection of final approved plan
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(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 i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-121.5 New school district - election concerning financial matters
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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 scho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-122 Election of school directors in new school districts
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(1) When a new school district is formed under the provisions of this part 1, the chair of the committee shall call for a special election in such new school district for the selection of a board of education for the school district, to be held on the day specified in the final a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-123 Status of old school district - assets
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(1) When a portion of the territory of a school district is included within a new school district organized under the provisions of this article, such portion of the territory of the old school district shall be detached by operation of law when the new school district becomes a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-124 Existing bonded indebtedness
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(1) The bonded indebtedness of any school district outstanding at the time of inclusion of all or any part of such school district's territory in a new school district organized under this part 1, or in an existing school district as part of a detachment and annexation under this…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-125 Election on assuming the existing bonded indebtedness
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(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 o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-125.5 Authorization of new bonded indebtedness or assumption of existing bonded indebtedness
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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 pla…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-126 Limit of bonded indebtedness - new school district
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(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 th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-127 New school district - bonded indebtedness
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(1) Any new school district organized under the provisions of this article has the power and authority to contract bonded indebtedness in the same manner and under the same procedure for the issuance of bonds as is provided by law for the issuance of such bonds by other school di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-128 Detachment and annexation of territory - exemptions from school district organization planning process
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, where territory in a school district has been erroneously included on the property tax rolls of an adjoining school district for at least one year and the error was unintentional, said territory may be detached and annexed to sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-129 Dissolution and annexation - exemptions from the school district organization planning process
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 30 to the contrary, a school district board of education and one or more of the contiguous school districts’ boards of education may follow the procedures and requirements specified in this section for the dissolution and annexati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-201 Joint taxation districts - authorized
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-30-202 Joint taxation board
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(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 jo…