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Title 22, Education

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1001 Short title
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This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the "Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act". Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 740, § 1, effective May 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1002 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) Since 1993, implementation of standards-based education has resulted in significant increases in the ability of school districts and the state to measure what each student knows and is able to demonstrate at various levels in the st…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1003 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Assessment" means the method used to collect evidence of what a student knows and is able to do and to measure a student's academic progress toward attaining a standard. (2) "Board of cooperative services" or "B…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1004 School readiness description - school readiness assessment - adoption - revisions
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(1) On or before December 15, 2008, the state board shall adopt a description of school readiness. The state board, in adopting the school readiness description shall ensure that, at a minimum, school readiness includes physical well-being and motor development, social and emotio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1005 Preschool through elementary and secondary education - aligned standards - adoption - revisions - notice to revisor of statutes

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(1) On or before December 15, 2009, the state board shall adopt standards that identify the knowledge and skills that a student should acquire as the student progresses from preschool through elementary and secondary education. (2) (a) The state board shall ensure that the presch…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1006 Preschool through elementary and secondary education - aligned assessments - adoption - revisions

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(1) (a) On or before December 15, 2010, or as soon thereafter as fiscally practicable, the state board shall adopt a system of assessments that are aligned with the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards and are designed to measure students' levels of atta…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1006.3 State assessments - administration - rules - definitions

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(1) (a) The department of education, in collaboration with local education providers, shall administer the state assessments in the instructional areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, as adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1006,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1006.5 Pilot program - alternative assessment

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(1) There is created a pilot program to allow local education providers to create or select assessments, which the local education provider may administer to prove the validity and reliability of the assessments and the comparability of the assessments with the state assessments.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1008 Postsecondary and workforce readiness description - adoption - revision

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(1) (a) On or before December 15, 2009, the state board and the commission shall negotiate a consensus and adopt a description of postsecondary and workforce readiness. In describing postsecondary and workforce readiness, the state board and the commission shall, at a minimum: (I…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1009 Diploma endorsements - adoption - revisions

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(1) On or before July 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as fiscally practicable, the state board shall adopt criteria that a local school board, BOCES, or institute charter high school may apply if the local school board, BOCES, or institute charter high school chooses to endorse hi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1009.3 Diploma endorsement - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Granting local education provider" means a local school board, BOCES, district charter high school, or institute charter high school that chooses to grant a STEM diploma endorsement to a student who demonstr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1009.5 Diploma endorsement - biliteracy - bilingualism - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Advanced placement test" means the final test administered at the completion of a course that delivers a college-level curriculum in a particular world language and that may result in the awarding of college…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1009.7 Diploma endorsement - seal of climate literacy - report - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Climate literacy" means an understanding of the essential principles of the earth's climate system, assessing scientifically credible climate information, learning to communicate about the climate in a meani…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1010 State board - commission - public input - staff assistance

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(1) In fulfilling their duties pursuant to this part 10, the state board and the commission, at a minimum, shall: (a) Meet with interested persons throughout the state, including but not limited to: (I) Early care and education providers; (II) Representatives of early childhood c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1011 Regional educator meetings - purpose - recommendations - definition

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(1) Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year, the commissioner and the executive director, at least annually, shall convene meetings of professional educators in preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education within each of the regional service areas created by the s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1012 State plan - amendments - peer review - final adoption

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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) As soon as practicable under federal law, based on information received by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1010 and on any information received from the regional educator meetings pursuant to section 22-7-1011, the department of education shall subm…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1013 Local education provider - preschool through elementary and secondary education standards - adoption - academic acceleration - definition

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(1) (a) On or before December 15, 2011, each local education provider shall review its preschool through elementary and secondary education standards in comparison with the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards adopted by the state board pursuant to secti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1014 Preschool individualized readiness plans - school readiness - assessments

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(1) (a) Beginning in the fall semester of 2013, each local education provider that provides a preschool or kindergarten program shall ensure that each student enrolled in a preschool or kindergarten program operated by the local education provider receives an individualized readi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1015 Postsecondary and workforce readiness program - technical assistance - appropriation

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(1) On or before December 15, 2011, each local education provider shall review the curricula provided by the public high schools operated by the local education provider in the subject matter areas included in postsecondary and workforce readiness. The local education provider sh…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1015.5 Postsecondary, workforce, career, and education grant program - created - application - criteria - awards - appropriation - repeal

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(1) There is created in the department of education, referred to in this section as the "department", the postsecondary, workforce, career, and education grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", to award grants to local education providers to improve the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1016 Assessments in high school - transcripts - definition

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(1) Upon receiving the results following administration of the assessments administered pursuant to section 22-7-1006.3 to students enrolled in high school, the local education provider shall provide to each student a printed copy of the student's assessment results, and a teache…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1016.5 Exchange of student records

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(1) The department of education and the department of higher education shall establish a procedure that allows for the direct, electronic exchange of student unit record data for students enrolled in Colorado public high schools. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-2…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1017 High school diploma - endorsement - effect

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(1) (a) Following adoption by the state board, pursuant to section 22-7-1009, of the criteria for endorsing a diploma as reflecting postsecondary and workforce readiness, a local school board, a BOCES, or an institute charter high school may choose to grant a postsecondary and wo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1018 Cost study

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(1) (a) On or before September 15, 2009, the department of education, in consultation with the department of higher education, shall contract with an independent entity to conduct a study of the costs of implementing the provisions of this part 10. At a minimum, the study shall a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1019 Preschool to postsecondary and workforce readiness - progress reports - effectiveness reports

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(1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before February 15, 2009, and on or before February 15 each year thereafter, the department of education shall submit to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1201 Short title

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This part 12 is known and may be cited as the "Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act" or "Colorado READ Act". Source: L. 2012: Entire part added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 646, § 2, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1202 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) All students can succeed in school if they have the foundational skills necessary for academic success. While foundational skills go beyond academic skills to include such skills as social competence and self-discipline, they must also inc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1203 Definitions

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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Body of evidence" means a collection of information about a student's academic performance which, when considered in its entirety, documents the level of a student's academic performance. A body of evidence, at …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1204 Early literacy education

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Each local education provider that enrolls students in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade shall provide to the students enrolled in said grades the instructional programming and services necessary to ensure to the greatest extent possible that students, as they progres…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1205 Reading competency - assessments - READ plan creation - parental involvement

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(1) (a) Each local education provider that enrolls students in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade shall ensure that teachers measure each student's reading competency using interim reading assessments at least once during the spring semester of the 2012-13 school year …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1206 Reading to ensure academic development (READ) plan - contents - implementation

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(1) (a) A teacher, and other skilled school professionals that the local education provider may choose to select, shall create a READ plan for each student who has a significant reading deficiency. The teacher and any other personnel shall create the plan in collaboration with th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1207 Advancement - decision - parental involvement

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(1) Beginning no later than the 2013-14 school year, if, within forty-five days before the end of any school year prior to a student's fourth-grade year, a teacher finds that a student has a significant reading deficiency, personnel of the local education provider shall provide t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1208 Local education providers - procedures - plans - training - rules

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(1) Each local education provider shall adopt the procedures necessary to comply with the requirements specified in this part 12. In adopting procedures, a local education provider shall comply with and may exceed the requirements of this part 12. Procedures may include, but need…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1209 State board - rules - department - duties - independent evaluations

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(1) The state board shall promulgate rules in accordance with the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, as necessary to implement the provisions of this part 12, which rules must include, but need not be limited to: (a) The minimum reading competency skill …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1210 Early literacy fund - created - legislative declaration - repeal

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(1) The early literacy fund is created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of: (a) Any moneys remaining in the read-to-achieve cash fund as of June 30, 2012; (b) and (c) Repealed. (d) (I) For the 2013-14 budget year, an amount…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1210.5 Per-pupil intervention money - uses - distribution - monitoring

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(1) (a) To distribute the money appropriated pursuant to section 22-7-1210 (4) for per-pupil intervention money, the department shall annually calculate the per-pupil amount by dividing the amount of money available by the total number of students enrolled in kindergarten and fir…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1211 Early literacy grant program - created - definitions

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(1) (a) There is created in the department the early literacy grant program to provide money to local education providers to implement literacy support and intervention instruction programs, including but not limited to related professional development programs, to assist student…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1212 Summer school literacy programs

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(1) A local education provider may choose to use per-pupil intervention money to provide an evidence-based or scientifically based summer school literacy program to assist students who are enrolled in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade and who have significant reading …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1213 Reporting requirements

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(1) Each local education provider shall annually report to the department information necessary to determine: (a) The prevalence of significant reading deficiencies among students in kindergarten and first through third grades; (a.3) The amount of academic growth to standard in r…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1215 Funding for part - state education fund - legislative declaration

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(1) Beginning for fiscal year 2026-27, the general assembly shall annually appropriate at least thirty-four million dollars from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution for the following purposes: (a) To implement the public info…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-301 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) Although education reform efforts are ongoing at both the state and local levels, Colorado continues to experience an unacceptably high dropout rate, inequalities in the academic achievement levels of students from different racial …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-302 Definitions

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-303 Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education - created - membership

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(1) There is created in the department of education the Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education. The council consists of members appointed as provided in this section and has the powers and duties specified in this part 3. The council is a type 2 entit…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-304 Council - advisory duties - technical assistance - report

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(1) The council shall inform, at a minimum, the early childhood councils, public schools, school districts, the state charter school institute, the department, the state board, the department of higher education, the Colorado commission on higher education, and the governing boar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-305 Parent involvement in education grant program - creation - rules - fund - reports

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(1) (a) There is hereby created in the department the parent involvement in education grant program to provide moneys to assist public schools in creating and implementing programs to support greater parent involvement in the schools. The council shall assist the department in im…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-306 Repeal of part

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(1) This part 3 is repealed, effective September 1, 2030. (2) Prior to said repeal, the council shall be reviewed as provided in section 2-3-1203. Source: L. 2009: Entire part RC&RE, (SB 09-090), ch. 291, p. 1434, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (SB 19-1…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-602 Definitions

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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Alternative education campus" means a public school, including a charter school, that receives a designation pursuant to section 22-7-604.5. (1.5) Repealed. (2) to (4) Repealed. (5) "Department" means the departm…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-604.5 Alternative education campuses - criteria - application - rule-making - report - definition

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(1) A public school may apply to the state board for designation as an alternative education campus. The state board shall adopt rules specifying the criteria and application process for a public school to be designated an alternative education campus. The rules must include but …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-611 Closing the achievement gap program - strategies - assistance - criteria - rule-making

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Eligible district" means a school district that has been identified by rule of the state board as having a significant achievement gap. (b) "Eligible school" means a public school that has been identified by…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-701 Short title

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This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the "Teacher Development Act". Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1973, § 1, effective June 2.