Title 22, Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Teacher Employment, Compensation, and Dismissal Act of 1990. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1117, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 22-63-101 as it existed prior to 1990.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that this article is enacted to ensure that the educational system of the state of Colorado is being served by the best teachers available while at the same time allowing such teachers the academic freedom necessary to provide the be…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Academic year means that portion of the school year during which the public schools of a school district are in regular session, beginning about the first week in September and ending about the first week in June…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-104 Teacher employment and compensation committee - creation - issues to be studied. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-63-104Statutes 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. § 22-63-201 Employment - license required - exception
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the board of a school district shall not enter into an employment contract with any person as a teacher, except in a local college district or in an adult education program, unless such person holds an initial or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-202 Employment contracts - contracts to be in writing - duration - damage provision
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(1) Except for a part-time or substitute teacher, every employment contract entered into by any teacher or chief administrative officer for the performance of services for a school district shall be in writing. (2) (a) A teacher or chief administrative officer and the board may m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-203 Probationary teachers - renewal and nonrenewal of employment contract
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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) For any school district that has implemented the performance evaluation system based on quality standards pursuant to section 22-9-106 and the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-9-105.5, the provisions of this section shall apply only to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-203.5 Nonprobationary portability
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Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, a nonprobationary teacher, except for a nonprobationary teacher who has had two consecutive performance evaluations with an ineffective rating, who is employed by a school district and is subsequently hired by a different school district ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-204 Interest prohibited
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(1) It is unlawful for any teacher of a school district to take or receive any part or portion of moneys from the sale, proceeds, profit, or items in lieu thereof of any book, musical instrument, school supplies, school apparatus, or other materials, including custodial, office, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-205 Exchange of teachers - exchange educator interim authorization
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(1) The board of a school district has authority to provide for the exchange of teachers with a school district in this state or in another state or with a foreign government or agency thereof. The department of education and boards are authorized and urged to effect such exchang…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-206 Transfer - compensation - definitions
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(1) (a) A teacher may be transferred upon the recommendation of the chief administrative officer of a school district from one school, position, or grade level to another within the school district, if the transfer does not result in the assignment of the teacher to a position of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-301 Grounds for dismissal
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A teacher may be dismissed for physical or mental disability, incompetency, neglect of duty, immorality, unsatisfactory performance, insubordination, the conviction of a felony or the acceptance of a guilty plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or a deferred sentence for a felony, or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-302 Procedure for dismissal - judicial review
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (11) of this section, a teacher shall be dismissed in the manner prescribed by subsections (2) to (10) of this section. (2) The chief administrative officer of the employing school district may recommend that the board dismiss a teac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-401 Salary schedule - adoption - changes
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(1) The board of a school district shall adopt by resolution a salary schedule that may be by job description and job definition, a teacher salary policy based on the level of performance demonstrated by each teacher, or a combination of the salary schedule and salary policy. Suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-402 Services - disbursements
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No order or warrant for the disbursement of school district moneys shall be drawn in favor of any person for services as a teacher, except for services performed for a local college district or in an adult education program, unless the person holds a valid teacher's license or au…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-63-403 Payment of salaries
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Upon the termination of employment of a teacher prior to the end of the employment contract and prior to receiving all salary installments, said teacher is entitled to a pro rata share of the salary installments due and payable pursuant to said contract for the period during whic…