Title 22, Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-603.7 Academic growth awards - rules - definitions
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(1) (a) Subject to available appropriations, the state board shall annually present an award to the public high school that demonstrates the highest levels of student academic growth within each classification. The awards presented pursuant to this section must be in the form of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-604 Colorado school awards program - distribution of award
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(1) Any award presented by the state board pursuant to this part 6 shall be spent or distributed for use within the public school as the principal of the public school, after consultation with the school accountability committee for the public school, deems appropriate. (2) Any m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-605 School awards program fund - creation - contributions
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(1) The department may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations from any source, public or private, to make financial awards and purchase tangible items of recognition, such as banners or trophies, to award to public schools pursuant to the provisions of this part 6. The de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-701 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) The statewide accountability system relies substantially on large-scale, state-administered assessment results to measure public school and school district performance. Using these results provides a limited picture of the successes of and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-702 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Accountability system partner means a public or private institution of higher education, or a private nonprofit entity, that works with local education providers to implement education policy initiatives and that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-703 Local accountability system - grant program established
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(1) There is established in the department the local accountability system grant program. A local education provider or group of local education providers may establish and seek funding through the grant program to support a local accountability system that supplements the state …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-704 Local accountability systems - supplemental performance reports - alternatively formatted plans
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(1) (a) A local education provider that chooses to implement a local accountability system may submit to the department a supplemental performance report for the local education provider and for each public school operated by the local education provider. A district charter schoo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-11-705 Local accountability systems - report
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(1) To support communication and the ability of the state and of local education providers to learn from the efforts of the local education providers that choose to implement local accountability systems, before July 15, 2020, and on or before July 15 each year thereafter, the de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-12-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Teacher and School Administrator Protection Act. Source: L. 2003: Entire article added, p. 1216, � 1, effective August 6.
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 entit…
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 the …
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 pa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-103 School transformation grant program - created - rules - repeal
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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) 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 aspiring school turnaround leaders; (b) Subsidizing t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-106 School turnaround leaders development fund - created - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-13-106Statutes 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. § 22-13-201 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 principal pr…
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. § 22-13-204 School leadership pilot program - reporting
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(1) On or before March 15, 2020, the department shall report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, concerning the design of the program and the plans for implementing the program during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 bud…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-13-205 Repeal of part. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1002), ch. 405, p. 3584, � 1, effective May 31. L. 2022: Entire section repealed, (HB 22-1248), ch. 213, p. 1408, � 3, effective May 24.
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 the de…
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 - repeal
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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 22-14-1…
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. § 22-15-101 (Repealed)
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Editor's note: (1) This article was added in 2015. For amendments to this article prior to its repeal in 2019, consult the 2018 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. (2) Section 22-15-101 …
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 the …
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…