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Colorado Statutes, Title 22

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Title 22, Education

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) Promoting the quality of primary and secondary public education is a compelling state interest; (b) Maintaining a safe environment is an important component of learning. At times, educators may feel they lack the authority to mainta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Educational entity" means the state board of education, a school district board of education, and a governing body of a charter school. (2) "Employee" means an individual elected or appointed to an educational e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-104 Liability
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(1) An educational entity and its employees are immune from suit for taking an action regarding the supervision, grading, suspension, expulsion, or discipline of a student while the student is on the property of the educational entity or under the supervision of the educational e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-105 False reports - misdemeanor
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person eighteen years of age or older who intentionally makes a false accusation of criminal activity against an employee of an educational entity to law enforcement authorities, school district officials or personnel, or both c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-106 Frivolous actions - attorney fees - costs

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(1) In a civil action or proceeding against an educational entity or its employee in which the court finds the educational entity or its employee is immune from suit or from liability pursuant to the provisions of section 22-12-104, the court shall award costs and reasonable atto…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-107 Insurance

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Unless otherwise provided by statute, the existence of a policy of insurance indemnifying an educational entity against liability for damages is not a waiver of a defense otherwise available to the educational entity or its employees in the defense of a claim. Source: L. 2003: En…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-108 Applicability

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This article shall be supplemental to the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of title 24, C.R.S. An action that is barred under the provisions of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", including but not limited to section 24-10-109, C.R.S., shall be barred under …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-109 Special rule

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This article shall not infringe on any right provided under the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1400 et seq. Source: L. 2003: Entire article added, p. 1219, § 1, effective August 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-101 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Developing high-quality leadership for struggling schools has become a clear priority nationwide to systematically improve academic performance among low-achieving students; (b) Leadership for low-performing schools is fundamentally differ…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-102 Definitions

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As used in this part 1, 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 an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-103 School transformation grant program - created - rules

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(1) There is created in the department the school transformation grant program to provide funding to: (a) Assist in the design of turnaround leadership development programs and to provide funding to support training and development of school turnaround leaders for the public scho…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-104 Turnaround leadership development programs - providers - design grants - review

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(1) The department shall issue a request for proposals from providers who seek to participate in the program. The department shall review the responses received and, based on the criteria adopted by rule of the state board, identify one or more providers to participate in the pro…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-105 School transformation grants - application - awards - report

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(1) For grants issued on or before June 30, 2026, the state board, subject to available appropriations, shall award school transformation grants to one or more school districts or charter schools or to the institute to use in: (a) Identifying and recruiting practicing and aspirin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-201 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Effective school leadership is second only to teaching with regard to the in-school components identified as having the greatest effect on student learning and outcomes; (b) A recent report by the department of education and the department…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-202 Definitions

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115. (2) "Entity" means a nonprofit entity or a public or private institution of higher education that offers a principa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-203 School leadership program - created - participation - rules

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(1) There is created in the department of education the school leadership program to provide embedded, experiential professional development to improve the quality of school principals and empower them to exercise distributive and collaborative leadership that supports collaborat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-101 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) The state of Colorado has placed a high priority on reducing the number of student dropouts in Colorado, including establishing the goal of decreasing the high school dropout rate by half by the 2017-18 academic year; (b) The Colora…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-102 Definitions

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As used in this article 14, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Completion" means a student graduates from high school or receives a certificate or other designation of high school completion such as a general educational development certificate. (2) "Department" means th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-103 Office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement - created - purpose - duties

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(1) (a) There is hereby created within the department of education the office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement. The head of the office shall be the director of the office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement and shall be appointed by the commissioner of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-104 Report of effective policies and strategies - creation - use

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(1) On or before December 31, 2009, the office shall review the existing research and data from this state and other states and compile a report of effective dropout prevention and student engagement and re-engagement policies and strategies implemented by local education provide…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-105 Assessment of statewide student attendance data - report

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Beginning in the 2009-10 academic year, the office, with assistance from other divisions within the department, shall annually analyze data collected by the department from local education providers throughout the state concerning student attendance and the implementation of scho…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-106 Local education provider practices assessment - technical assistance - rules

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(1) (a) Each high priority and priority local education provider shall conduct a practices assessment as described in subsection (2) of this section. Each high priority and priority local education provider's practices assessment shall consider community partnerships with state a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-107 Student graduation and completion plans - adoption - evaluation

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(1) (a) Based on the completed practices assessment, by a date specified by rule of the state board, but not later than October 1, 2010, each high priority local education provider shall adopt a student graduation and completion plan for the schools operated or approved by the hi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-108 Local education provider - notice to parent of dropout status

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(1) Each local education provider shall adopt and implement policies and procedures pursuant to which the local education provider or the public school in which the student was enrolled shall notify a student's parent if the student drops out of school, even if the student is not…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-109 Student re-engagement grant program - rules - application - grants - report

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(1) There is hereby created within the department the student re-engagement grant program to provide grant money to local education providers to use in providing educational services and supports, including work-based learning, to students to maintain student engagement and suppo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-109.5 Ninth-grade success grant program - created - criteria - use of grant money - appropriation - report - rules - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute purs…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-110 State board - rules

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(1) The state board shall promulgate, pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, such rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this article 14. At a minimum, the rules must include: (a) The rules required pursuant to section 22-14…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-14-111 Report to general assembly, state board, and governor - exception to three-year expiration

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(1) On or before February 15, 2010, through February 15, 2016, and on or before March 15, 2017, and on or before March 15 each year thereafter, the office shall submit to the state board, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-101 Short title

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The short title of this article is the "Student Data Transparency and Security Act". Source: L. 2016: Entire article added, (HB 16-1423), ch. 355, p. 1457, § 1, effective August 10.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-102 Legislative declaration

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The general assembly recognizes that, with the increasing use of technology in education, it is imperative that information that identifies individual students and their families is vigilantly protected from misappropriation and misuse that could harm students or their families. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-103 Definitions

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Aggregate data" means data collected and reported at the group, cohort, or institutional level that is aggregated using protocols that are effective for preserving the anonymity of each individual included in th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-104 State board of education - duties - rules

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(1) The state board shall: (a) Create, publish, and make publicly available a data inventory and dictionary or index of data elements with definitions of individual student data fields used in the student data system including: (I) Individual student personally identifiable infor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-105 Department of education - duties

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(1) The department shall assign to each student who is enrolled in a public school a unique student identifier that must neither be nor include the social security number of a student in whole or in sequential part. (2) (a) The department shall develop a process to consider and r…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-106 Department - support for local education providers

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(1) The department shall develop data security guidance that may be used by local education providers. The department's data security guidance must include: (a) Guidance for authorizing access to the student data system and to student personally identifiable information, includin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-107 Local education provider - data collection - data security policy

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(1) (a) Each local education provider shall post and maintain on its website clear information that is understandable by a layperson explaining the data elements of student personally identifiable information that the local education provider collects and maintains in the local e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-108 School service contract provider - data transparency

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(1) Each school service contract provider shall provide clear information that is understandable by a layperson explaining the data elements of student personally identifiable information that the school service contract provider collects, the learning purpose for which the schoo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-109 School service contract provider - use of data

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(1) (a) A school service contract provider may collect, use, and share student personally identifiable information only for the purposes authorized in the contract between the school service contract provider and a public education entity or with the consent of the student who is…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-110 School service contract provider - data security - data destruction

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(1) Each school service contract provider shall maintain a comprehensive information security program that is reasonably designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of student personally identifiable information. The information security program must…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-111 Use of data - exceptions - application of article

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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, this article does not prohibit the use of student personally identifiable information to: (a) Use adaptive learning or design personalized or customized education; (b) Maintain, develop, support, improve, or diagn…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-16-112 Parent rights - complaint policy

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(1) The parent of a student enrolled by a local education provider has the right: (a) To inspect and review his or her child's student personally identifiable information maintained by the local education provider; (b) To request from the local education provider a paper or elect…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-101 Short title

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Exceptional Children's Educational Act". Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1258, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-22-1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 775, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-102 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly, recognizing the obligation of the state of Colorado to provide educational opportunities to all children that will enable them to lead fulfilling and productive lives, declares that the purpose of this article is to provide means for identifying and educ…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-103 Definitions

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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Administrative unit" means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a multi-district administrative unit, a charter school network, a charter school collaborative, or the state charter school institute…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-104 Administration - advisory committee - rules

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(1) (a) The department shall administer this part 1. Administration of this part 1 includes the recommendation to the state board of reasonable rules necessary to implement this part 1, including but not limited to: (I) Minimum standards for administrative units, state-operated p…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-106 Special education programs - early intervening services - rules

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(1) (a) Every school district in the state is either an administrative unit in itself or in a board of cooperative services that the department designates as an administrative unit or is participating in a multi-district administrative unit. The department shall not recognize or …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-107 Authority to contract with institutions of higher education or case management agencies

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(1) An administrative unit may contract with an institution of higher education, a case management agency, or an entity, as those terms are defined in section 25.5-6-1702, as provided in section 25.5-10-206, for the provision by the administrative unit of an education and trainin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-107.5 District of residence of a child with a disability - jurisdiction - rules

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22-1-102 (2), for the purposes of this article 20, the district of residence of a child with a disability is the school district in which such child lives on a day-to-day basis, including a child placed in a foster home pursuant to se…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-108 Determination of disability - enrollment

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(1) (a) The determination that a child has a disability and is eligible for special education services shall be made by a multidisciplinary team that shall include, at a minimum, the parent of the child and professionally qualified personnel designated by the responsible administ…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-109 Tuition - rules

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(1) (a) An administrative unit of residence may contract with another administrative unit or an approved facility school to provide a special education program for a child with a disability. An administrative unit may purchase services from one or more administrative units where …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-111 Equipment

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An administrative unit, a state-operated program, or an eligible facility may purchase equipment for the instruction or support of children with disabilities. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1263, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-22-11. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 778, § 8, effective July 1…