Title 22, Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-103.5 Legislative declaration - construction of statute - no impairment of contract
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that a small number of school districts have entered into financing arrangements which contemplate that moneys in the districts’ bond redemption fund may be used, or that a levy for the bond redemption fund may be made, to pay fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-104 Fees - fines - disposition
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All moneys collected from fees or fines fixed and imposed by the board of education of any school district shall be paid over to the treasurer of such board as received, or in no event later than the tenth day of the month following that in which collected, and shall be credited …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-105 Moneys from school activities. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 64: p. 629, � 5. C.R.S. 1963: � 123-33-5. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 708, � 10, effective July 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-106 Food-service or lunchroom account. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 64: p. 630, � 6. C.R.S. 1963: � 123-33-6. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 708, � 10, effective July 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-107 Audit of certain moneys. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 64: p. 630, � 7. C.R.S. 1963: � 123-33-7. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 708, � 10, effective July 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-108 Report of county treasurer
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(1) The county treasurer shall, no later than the tenth day of each month, render a monthly itemized statement of account, on a form prescribed by the state board of education, to each school district in his county, and to each joint school district if the headquarters thereof ar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-109 Financial statements - publication. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 64: p. 631, � 9. C.R.S. 1963: � 123-33-9. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 708, � 10, effective July 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-110 Violation - malfeasance
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Any school director, officer, or employee of any school district who knowingly or willfully fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this article is guilty of malfeasance in office and, upon conviction thereof, the court shall enter judgment that such director, offi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-111 Local college districts - powers
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict the power of any local college district to pledge to the payment of revenue bonds all or part of the revenue of such district, other than revenues derived from ad valorem taxes of the district, pursuant to section 23-71-122 (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-112 Sale of assets
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(1) Except as authorized by subsection (2) or (3) of this section, if lands, buildings, or lands and buildings are sold by a school district, the proceeds, less the costs, of such sale shall be deposited in and expended from either the bond redemption fund or the capital reserve …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-112.5 Sale of certificates of participation - use of proceeds. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-45-112.5Statutes 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 Servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-45-113 Validation - effect - limitations
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(1) All bonds issued and other contracts, leases, or agreements executed by school districts, all district bond elections held and carried, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to July 1, 1973, by or on behalf of such districts, preliminary to and in the authorization,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-101 Legislative declaration
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It is declared to be the policy of this state to furnish financial aid to school districts and the state charter school institute of the state for the transportation of pupils to and from their places of residence and the public schools which they attend, including transportation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 51, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (a) Current operating expenditures for pupil transportation means expenditures for providing pupil transportation, exclusive of purchase or lease of pupil transportation vehicles or other capital outlays. The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-103 Creation of the public school transportation fund
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(1) There is hereby created, in the office of the state treasurer, a fund to be known as the public school transportation fund, to which shall be credited such moneys as may be appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this article, excluding moneys appropriated as…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-104 Methods of determining reimbursement entitlement
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, for financial aid in providing pupil transportation, for entitlement periods ending on June 30, 1988, and thereafter, each school district, the state charter school institute, and each facility school shall hav…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-105 Certifications by school boards, governing boards, and facility schools - rules
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(1) On or before September 15 of each year, the school board of each school district entitled to and desiring reimbursement under this article 51, the state charter school institute board, and each facility school entitled to and desiring reimbursement under this article 51 shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-106 Certification to and payment by state treasurer - deficiency in fund
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(1) (a) On or before November 15 of each year, the commissioner of education shall certify to the state treasurer the amount of the advance reimbursement entitlement of each school district, the state charter school institute, and each facility school for the current entitlement …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-107 Requirements for participation
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Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner of education, a school district, the state charter school institute, or a facility school shall not be entitled to any reimbursement under this article if the school district, the institute, or the facility school has not filed the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-108 Rules
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The state board of education shall promulgate rules for the administration of this article. Such rules shall include reasonable and adequate standards of safety in the maintenance and operation of buses, the maintenance of records by school districts, the state charter school ins…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-109 County treasurers' fees
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No fees shall be charged by the county treasurers of the state for receiving or crediting funds of the school districts received under the provisions of this article. Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, � 1, effective July 14.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-110 Effective date. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, � 1, effective July 14. L. 88: Entire section repealed, p. 777, � 7, effective May 29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-51-111 Study of alternative transportation services. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 776, � 6, effective May 29. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1239, � 89, effective August 7. SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the problem of children who do not succeed in the educational system is of grave concern. It is the intent of the general assembly that this article give these children a second chance by providing a variety of educational opportunities f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-102 Eligible students
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(1) In order to be eligible to participate in the second chance program, a child shall be a dropout between seventeen and twenty-one years of age who has been recommended for participation in the program by his or her school district of residence with the concurrence of the child…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-103 Eligible schools
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(1) Any of the following schools are eligible to apply to the department of education to participate in the second chance program: (a) Public schools located in school districts that have a dropout rate above the statewide average dropout rate; (b) Public schools in districts con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-104 Application - payment
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(1) After July 1, 1986, and each school year thereafter, an eligible student may apply to the school board of his school district of residence to participate in the second chance program. Application and acceptance procedures shall be governed by rules and regulations promulgated…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-105 Duties of the department of education
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(1) The department of education shall have the following duties regarding the second chance program: (a) To notify all school districts of the procedures to be followed in processing applications from eligible students; (b) To gather information on participating schools and adver…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-106 Rules and regulations
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(1) The state board of education shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this article, pursuant to section 24-4-103, C.R.S. Such rules and regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (a) Student eligibility criteria con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-107 Funding of second chance program
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The responsibilities and duties specified in this article must be performed by the department of education and the participating school districts through the funding available pursuant to the Public School Finance Act of 2025, article 54 of this title 22. Source: L. 85: Entire ar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-52-108 Repeal of article. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 724, � 3, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section repealed, p. 837, � 7, effective June 20. FINANCING OF SCHOOLS - Continued
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 54 is the Public School Finance Act of 2025. Source: L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 779, � 2, effective April 27. L. 2024: Entire section amended, (HB 24-1448), ch. 236, p. 1480, � 1, effective May 23. 22-54-102. Statewide applica…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-102 Statewide applicability - intergovernmental agreements - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that this article 54 is enacted in furtherance of the general assembly’s duty under section 2 of article IX of the state constitution to provide for a thorough and uniform system of public schools throughout the state; that a thorough a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-103 Definitions - repeal
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As used in this article 54, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2117, � 1, effective May 22, 2003.) (1.3) Accounting district means the district within whose geographic boundaries an institute charter school is physically located. (1.4) (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-103.1 Protection of student data
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Notwithstanding any provision of this article 54, the department of education, the state charter school institute, and each school district and public school shall comply with all federal and state laws regarding the protection of student data, including the federal Family Educat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-103.2 District total program formula report
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(1) Beginning January 2026, and each January thereafter, the department of education shall report, at a minimum, the information described in subsection (2) of this section to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-103.3 District total program - 2025-26 through 2030-31 budget years - definitions - repeal
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for the 2025-26 budget year through the 2030-31 budget year, the department of education shall determine each district’s total program pursuant to this section. The district’s total program is available to the district…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-103.5 District total program - rules - legislative declaration - repeal
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(1) (a) For the 2031-32 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the department of education shall use this section to determine each district’s total program. The district’s total program is available to the district to fund the costs of providing public education, and, exce…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104 District total program - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal
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(1) (a) For every budget year through the 2024-25 budget year, this section must be used to determine each district’s total program. The district’s total program is available to the district to fund the costs of providing public education, and, except as otherwise provided in sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.1 General fund appropriations requirements - maintenance of effort base. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-54-104.1Statutes 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 Servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.2 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the increase in the at-risk factor pursuant to section 22-54-104 (5)(f)(II) for districts whose percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.3 Total program for budget years - special provisions
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(1) to (2.6) Repealed. (2.7) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article 54, a district's total program for the applicable budget year must not exceed the district's total program for the prior budget year multiplied by one hundred percent plus the district's maximum annua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.5 School finance study. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 789, � 2, effective April 27. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1235, � 72, effective August 7. 22-54-104.6. Implementation of at-risk measure - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) (a) The general assembly finds and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.6 Implementation of at-risk measure - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that implementing an improved at-risk measure for identifying students who are at risk of below-average academic performance because of socioeconomic disadvantages or poverty will benefit Colorado students by: (I) Ensuring that publ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.7 Public school finance - task force - creation - duties - report - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 22-54-104.7Statutes 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 Servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-105 Instructional supplies and materials - capital reserve and insurance reserve - at-risk funding - preschool funding
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(1) (a) Prior to the 2009-10 budget year, every district shall budget the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) to be allocated, in the discretion of the board of education, to the instructional supplies and materials account, the instructional capita…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-106 Local and state shares of district total program - legislative declaration - definition - repeal
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(1) (a) (I) For property tax years before the 2020 property tax year, every district shall levy the number of mills determined pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, and the amount of property tax revenue that a district is entitled to receive from the levy, assuming one …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-106.5 Fiscal emergency restricted reserve - calculation of reserve amount
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(1) For the 2009-10 budget year, the general assembly determines that a state financial crisis requires each district and the state charter school institute to budget an amount to a fiscal emergency restricted reserve pursuant to section 22-44-119. Using the total amount to be bu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-107 Buy-out of categorical programs - total program reserve fund levy
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(1) (a) If a district levies the number of mills calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2)(a)(II) for property tax years before the 2020 property tax year, or the number of mills calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2.1)(c)(I) for the 2021 property tax year and property t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-107.5 Authorization of additional local revenues for supplemental cost of living adjustment
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2001, any district that desires to raise and expend local property tax revenues in excess of the district’s total program, as determined in accordance wi…