Title 22, Education

(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…

(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 resea…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

(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) …

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 b…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 pro…

(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…

(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…

(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:…

(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…

(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 2…

(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…

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 lice…

(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 pub…

(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…

(1) It is the duty of the governing board of every school district, university, college, or other institution of higher education, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, university, college, or other institution of higher education, in this sta…

(1) Eye protective devices shall be worn in courses including, but not limited to, vocational or industrial art shops or laboratories and chemistry, physics, or combined chemistry-physics laboratories, at any time at which the individual is engaged in, or observing, an activity o…

For the purposes of this article, the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality eye protective devices which meet the standards of the U.S.A. standard practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection, Z87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof…

The commissioner of education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this article. Source: L. 69: p. 1039, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-36-4.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965". Source: L. 65: p. 1027, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-1.

The general assembly declares that this article is enacted for the general improvement and expansion of educational services of the public schools in the state of Colorado; for the creation of boards of cooperative services where feasible for purposes of enabling two or more scho…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of education of a school district or the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution. (2) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a regional educational ser…

(1) Whenever the boards of education of two or more school districts or the board of education of a school district and the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperat…

(1) (a) At its first meeting, the members of the board of cooperative services elected as set forth in section 22-5-104 shall elect from their membership a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose terms of office are for two years, unless their terms of of…

(1) (a) Financing of the services performed under the direction of the board of cooperative services shall be by contributions from available moneys in any funds, which may be legally expended for such services, of the participating members on the basis of a proportionality agree…