Title 22, Education

(1) Beginning January 2026, and each January thereafter, the department of education shall report, at a minimum, the information described in subsection (2) of this section to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, …

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for the 2025-26 budget year through the 2030-31 budget year, the department of education shall determine each district's total program pursuant to this section. The district's total program is available to the district…

(1) (a) For the 2031-32 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall use this section to determine each district's total program. The district's total program is available to the district to fund the costs of providing public education, and, exce…

[Editor's note: This section takes effect only if Senate Bill 26-135 is approved by the voters at the 2026 statewide election and becomes law.] (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "New formula district total program calculation" means a distric…

(1) (a) For every budget year through the 2024-25 budget year, this section must be used to determine each district's total program. The district's total program is available to the district to fund the costs of providing public education, and, except as otherwise provided in sec…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the increase in the at-risk factor pursuant to section 22-54-104 (5)(f)(II) for districts whose percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide …

(1) to (2.6) Repealed. (2.7) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article 54, a district's total program for the applicable budget year must not exceed the district's total program for the prior budget year multiplied by one hundred percent plus the district's maximum annua…

(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that implementing an improved at-risk measure for identifying students who are at risk of below-average academic performance because of socioeconomic disadvantages or poverty will benefit Colorado students by: (I) Ensuring that publ…

(1) (a) Prior to the 2009-10 budget year, every district shall budget the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) to be allocated, in the discretion of the board of education, to the instructional supplies and materials account, the instructional capita…

(1) (a) (I) For property tax years before the 2020 property tax year, every district shall levy the number of mills determined pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, and the amount of property tax revenue that a district is entitled to receive from the levy, assuming one …

(1) For the 2009-10 budget year, the general assembly determines that a state financial crisis requires each district and the state charter school institute to budget an amount to a fiscal emergency restricted reserve pursuant to section 22-44-119. Using the total amount to be bu…

(1) (a) If a district levies the number of mills calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2)(a)(II) for property tax years before the 2020 property tax year, or the number of mills calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2.1)(c)(I) for the 2021 property tax year and property t…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2001, any district that desires to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program, as determined in accordance wi…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Additional mill levy revenue per pupil amount" means the amount of an eligible district's additional mill levy revenue, as defined in section 22-32-108.5, for a budget year, divided by the eligible district'…

(1) Effective July 1, 1994, a district which desires to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program may submit the question of whether the district should be authorized to raise and expend additional local property tax revenues, subject …

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2007, any district that chooses to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district's total program, and in addition to any property tax revenues levied pursuant to sections 22-54-107 and 22-…

(1) (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any district that chooses to raise and expend local property tax revenue in excess of the district's total program, and in addition to any revenue generated by property tax levied pursuant to sections 22-54-106, 22-54-107, 22-54-10…

(1) Districts paying tuition for pupils of residence in the district to attend public schools in other Colorado school districts and in school districts of adjoining states shall report and be entitled to support for such pupils; except that no district shall report any pupil who…

(1) (a) (I) Upon approval by the state treasurer of an application to participate in an interest-free or low-interest loan program submitted by a district pursuant to paragraph (a.5) of this subsection (1), the state treasurer shall make available to such district in any month of…

(1) For each budget year, in calculating the total amount of revenue which a district is entitled to receive from the property tax levy for the general fund of a district during the budget year, the valuation for assessment of a district shall be adjusted as provided in subsectio…

(1) On or before November 15 of each year, the property tax administrator shall certify to the state board the valuations for assessment of all taxable property within each county and for each district or portion of a joint district in each county, with the exception of the city …

(1) There is hereby created in the office of the county treasurer of each county a continuing fund, to be known as the county public school fund, into which shall be paid the proceeds of all county school moneys. (2) Each district in the county shall be entitled to receive distri…

(1) There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer a fund, separate from the general fund, to be known as the state public school fund. There shall be credited to said fund the net balance of the public school income fund existing as of December 31, 1973, and all di…

(1) No later than June 30 of each year, the state board shall determine the amount of the state's share of the district's total program for the budget year beginning on July 1, and the total thereof for all districts. The department of education shall pay the unpaid amount of the…

The department of education shall assist each district in complying with the requirements of section 22-40-102 (6), concerning notice to taxpayers of the reduced mill levy attributable to funds received pursuant to this article. Source: L. 94: Entire article added with relocation…

(1) (a) The general assembly shall annually determine the amount to appropriate to the contingency reserve fund, which is created in the state treasury. In deciding the amount to appropriate to the contingency reserve fund, the general assembly may take into consideration any rec…

(1) The board of education of a joint district shall determine the location of its administrative headquarters and shall notify both the state board and the treasurer of each county in which any territory of such joint district is situated of such location. (2) Allocation of mone…

(1) The county treasurer shall charge a collection fee of one-quarter of one percent upon moneys collected for or distributed to any district located in whole or in part in the county from taxes levied for the general fund of the district. (2) Nothing in this article shall affect…

(1) The state board shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this article. (2) All reports and certifications required from secretaries of boards of education and from institute charter schools pursuant to the provisions of t…

(1) (a) For the 1998-99 budget year through the 2007-08 budget year, a district shall be eligible for aid pursuant to this section if: (I) The district has more than one elementary or secondary school attendance center; and (II) The district operates one or more elementary or sec…

(1) The general assembly may appropriate by separate line item an amount to comply with the requirements for state matching funds under the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq. The department of education shall develop procedures to …

(1) (a) For the 2002-03 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly may appropriate by separate line item an amount to assist school food authorities that are providing a school breakfast program through participation in programs authorized under the federal…

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Capital construction" means construction, demolition, remodeling, maintaining, financing, purchasing, or leasing of land, buildings, or facilities used to educate pupils enrolled in or to be enrolled in a charter school. (b) "Charter school" mean…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (I) Repealed. (II) "Declining enrollment district" means, for the 2023-24 budget year and budget years thereafter, a district whose funded pupil count is greater than the sum of the district's pupil enrollmen…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Approved facility school" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-2-402 (1). (a.5) "Baseline funding" means a funding amount based on student enrollment projections that is intended to provide …

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Charter school" means a charter school that enrolls pupils in any of grades nine through twelve and is authorized as a district charter school pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or as an instit…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Large rural district" means a district in Colorado that the department of education determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the district and the distance of the district from the nearest large, …

(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) The department is committed to improving the postsecondary and workforce readiness options and outcomes for students across the state; (b) Postsecondary and workforce readiness opportunities increase student engagement, decrease dropout ra…

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of education, created in section 24-1-115. (2) "Industry-recognized credential" means an industry certification and a nondegree credential, as both are defined in section 23-5-145…

(1) For the 2025-26 budget year through the 2027-28 budget year, the department shall use this section to determine each local education provider's postsecondary and workforce readiness start-up funding. (2) (a) A local education provider's start-up funding is determined by a for…

(1) Beginning in the 2028-29 budget year, the John W. Buckner postsecondary and workforce readiness innovation grant program is created in the department to provide grants to local education providers that: (a) Are required to adopt a priority improvement plan or a turnaround pla…

(1) For the 2026-27 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the department shall use this section to determine each local education provider's postsecondary and workforce readiness sustain funding. To the extent possible, the department shall use existing data and each loca…

(1) On or before January 30, 2026, and on or before January 30 each year thereafter, the department and the work force development council, in collaboration with the department of higher education, the department of labor and employment, the Colorado community college system, and…

The department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 2. Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (SB 25-315), ch. 237, p. 1190, § 1, effective May 23.

(1) Beginning January 2028, and each January thereafter, the department of education shall report, at a minimum, findings regarding the effectiveness of having consolidated the postsecondary and workforce readiness programs that the department administered into the funding stream…