| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Indicates that Colorado will participate as a governing board member, at least until January 2014, in the consortium of states that are developing and will implement assessments that support the Common Core State Standards. The state board is encouraged to conduct a fiscal and student achievement benefit analysis of Colorado remaining as a governing board member.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A386D89EDA600136872579820026D8D7?Open&file=1240_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240 (section 58)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Allows charter schools that are authorized to provide kindergarten to also offer preschool programs. Addresses requirements for the preschool programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A386D89EDA600136872579820026D8D7?Open&file=1240_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240 (section 51)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Prohibits a public school or institute charter school from making available to a student a food item that contains any amount of industrially produced trans fat. The prohibition applies to all food and beverages made available to a student on school grounds during each school day and extended school day, including but not limited to a food or beverage item made available to a student in a school cafeteria, school store, vending machine, or other food service entity existing upon school grounds or through any fundraising effort conducted by one or more students, teachers, or parents..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5864FF87D6435B0A87257981007E0502?Open&file=068_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 68
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Revises current statute to distinguish between online schools and online programs. Incorporates online programs into statutes that apply to online schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A386D89EDA600136872579820026D8D7?Open&file=1240_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240 (section 14)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Current law prohibits an employee of a school or school district from requiring a student to participate in a survey, analysis, or evaluation that addresses or requests certain information unless the student's parent provides written consent for the student's participation. This bill adds assessments to the documents for which parental consent is required. In addition to the existing list of information, the employee must obtain parental consent if the document requests a social security number or information concerning the student's or parent's religious beliefs or practices. For a parent's consent to be valid, the employee must make a written copy of the document available for inspection at convenient locations and times.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FF17422673A6E9EF87257981007F434A?Open&file=036_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 36
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. |
Allows the Colorado commission on higher education to take into account the rigor of a student's high school courses in establishing academic
admission standards for state institutions of higher education. Directs the commission to ensure the remedial education policy is aligned with the
academic admission standards, and therefore allows multiple measures for admissions and course placement. In setting the standards for remedial
education, the commission may differentiate the mathematics requirements based on a student's chosen area of study. While only certain institutions
may provide remedial courses, the commission may authorize other institutions to provide supplemental academic instruction for students who enroll
in credit-bearing courses but are identified as having limited skill deficiencies.
Under current law, the commission is charged with recommending a performance funding model for institutions. The bill directs the commission, in
preparing its recommendations, to analyze the effects of differentiated Colorado opportunity fund (COF) stipend amounts and of limiting the funding
for credit hours taken in excess of a certain limit. The bill lowers the existing lifetime limit on eligibility for COF stipends, and a student cannot receive
a COF stipend for any course for which the student has received an incomplete 2 or more times.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C3361BBB1CA6C187257981007DBE2F?Open&file=1155_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1155
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill changes the name of Western state college of Colorado to Western state Colorado university and makes conforming amendments..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/68F44DBC0330DCDE872579BB006CB707?Open&file=1331_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1331
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Standards--Common Core State Standards |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Directs the state to participate as a governing board member, at least until january 1, 2014, in a consortium of states that focuses on the readiness of students for college and careers by developing a common set of assessments. Directs the state board to rely upon the assessments developed by the consortium of states. http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6C71FAF6592604C5872579C600661842?Open&file=172_ren.pdf
Title: S.B. 172
Source: leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends stipends for teachers who are nationally board certified to principals who meet standards for principal certification. Allows nationally board certified teachers and principals to receive additional stipends if they are employed in a low-performing, high-needs school, and to continue to receive the additional stipend if the school improves.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/58272B973D2FFFDE87257981007F39A1?Open&file=1261_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1261
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used for first-time college freshmen. Districts can administer the test as often as necessary, but the state education department will offset the costs for administrating each exam only once per student. Districts that administer the tests will inlcude the results and college/workforce readiness level in students' individual career and academic plan (ICAP). Intervention plans will be developed for students with scores that indicate a lack of readiness to help prepare them for postsecondary education without the need for remediation. If appropriate, students can enroll in one or more basic skills courses at a higher education institution through the state's concurrent/dual enrollment program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Community College |
The bill authorizes a community college to agree with a local education provider to create a dropout recovery program through which a student who has dropped out of high school or who is at risk of dropping out of high school can concurrently enroll in the community college and the local education provider to complete his or her high school graduation requirements. The student attends classes exclusively at the community college, and all earned credits count toward high school graduation. The dropout recovery program differs from the usual concurrent enrollment program with regard to the student's age, the number and type of course credits authorized, and funding. The community college and the local education provider enter into an agreement that specifies many aspects of the dropout recovery program, including the tuition rate the local education provider will pay on the student's behalf, which rate cannot exceed the student's share of tuition at a community college. The local education provider will include the student in its pupil enrollment, and the community college will receive college opportunity fund (COF) stipend payments on the student's behalf.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C36A199A8DBC555487257981007F33B2?Open&file=1146_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1146
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
The bill extends the time for the notice from 3 to 4 months for a charter school to give notice of intent to apply for financial assistance through the building excellent schools today (BEST) program. The bill changes the factors that apply to charter school applicants. The amount of match moneys calculated for charter schools must be comparable to the amounts calculated for school districts in the same year. The bill creates the charter school matching moneys loan program to assist charter schools in obtaining up to 50% of the matching moneys required for financial assistance through the BEST program. To be eligible to participate, a charter school must qualify for payments from the state charter school debt reserve fund. An eligible charter school that participates in the loan program must comply with several requirements, including authorizing the state treasurer to withhold the amount of the loan payments from moneys otherwise payable to the charter school and putting 6 months of loan payments into escrow for the benefit of the state. The loans are funded through the lease-purchase agreements the state treasurer enters into for the charter schools' construction projects.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8586A7A758D6112A87257981007F3E3A?Open&file=121_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 121
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
The bill allows a Colorado community college to offer a two-year degree program with academic designation in nursing or dental hygiene without a valid student transfer agreement..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F46C5C7574E6067F87257981007DBFF9?Open&file=1214_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1214
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
The state board of education must require schools and charter schools to assist students and their parents/gardians to develop and maintain the student's Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) no later than the beginning of 9th grade. The board may require schools to help students develop ICAPs in earlier grades. Schools must assist students to use the plan effectively to direct course selection and performance expectations in at least grades 9-12; assist students with meeting their career goals; and enable students to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness at a level that allows them to progress toward their postsecondary goals without the need for remediation.The same requirements apply to institute charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sections 12 and 15)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
If, during a high school student's 12-grade year, the number of credit hours the student needs for graduation is less than full-time enrollment, the bill requires the school district, charter school, or board of cooperative services in which the student is enrolled to give the student the choice of graduating early, continuing to take high school courses, or concurrently enrolling for a maximum of 15 credit hours per semester in an institution of higher education that the student chooses. The student may continue to concurrently enroll until the student completes his or her 12-grade year. The local education provider must enter into a collaborative agreement for concurrent enrollment with the student's selected institution, if possible. Because the student has completed the graduation requirements, the student need not receive high school credit for the courses he or she completes through concurrent enrollment..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E62B63499128E95387257981007DC5F7?Open&file=1043_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1043
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
The bill directs the department of education to commission a study of the issues surrounding integration of digital learning into the statewide system of public education in Colorado. The study, at a minimum, should examine the following related to digital learning: student eligibility for and access to digital learning; demonstration of students' competencies based on assessments; quality of instruction, content and materials; financial benefits and impacts; required infrastructure; accountability; credit transfer, etc. The study is funded by gifts, grants, or donations. If the department does not receive sufficient moneys to complete the study, it will not commission the study.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1F0EB7942C7D50B687257981007DB493?Open&file=1124_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1124
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) to provide to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade the instruction and evidence based interventions necessary to ensure to the greatest extent possible that early-grade students develop the reading skills necessary to enable them to succeed in later grades.
Beginning in 2012-13, requires LEPs to report to the department the number of early-grade students with significant reading deficiencies, based on the state board's definition. Beginning in the 2013-14 academic year, requires each LEP to measure reading competency for early-grade students using a combination of assessments approved by the department, which is required to create a list of approved instructional programs and professional development tools. The department will provide training, technical assistance, and coaching as necessary.
Creates a process for teachers, parents, and other personnel to create a Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) plan for when a student with significant reading deficiencies is identified. Provides the READ plan is part of the student's academic record until the student achieves reading competency.
Creates a process for parents and educators to determine if the student should advance to the next grade level in the next academic year. If the student is completing 3rd grade, the joint decision is subject to approval of the local superintendent, or his/her designee. If the student does not advance, the LEP must provide more rigorous instructional services to the student.
Creates the Early Literacy Grant Program in the department to provide funding to LEPs for literacy assessment, instructional support, and appropriate interventions for early-grade learners. Creates the Early Literacy Fund to support the implementation of the act and to provide a source of funds for the grant program. Also describes how funding will be calculated for the program and for per student support.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BE80872E0CC93D2987257981007DC105?Open&file=1238_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1238
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires the education department to issue 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 K-3 students, and, based on the results, create intervention plans and materials. Describes requirements for the assessment software and procedures for using the assessment tool/software in districts and schools. Requires the department to a report that includes the following information: percentage of students receiving services using the assessment tool; improvements in reading levels; and cost of purchasing the assessment tool and licenses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sec. 7)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends membership of the Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education appointed by the state board of education. Changes the members who are parents from grades 1-12 to K-12. Two of the parents must be members of a school or district accountability committee. Replaces member from parent and information centers with representatives from two state-based nonprofits specializing in promoting parent involvement from underserved populations. Makes other changes to the advisory council membership.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8B566F0AC43197AC872579AD0065BF04?Open&file=160_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 160
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. |
Details authority, responsibility of Commission on Higher Education to authorize, revoke right of private nonprofit or for-profit institutions for operating in Colorado. Requires institutions to have regional or national accreditation, release financial data to prove solvency. Directs Commission to adopt new procedures for renewal of institutional authorization by January 2013.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C3361BBB1CA6C187257981007DBE2F?Open&file=1155_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1155 (sections 12 to 20)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill changes the name of Adams state college to Adams state university and makes conforming amendments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/721F8B65680B486287257981007DDA5E?Open&file=1080_enr.pdf.
Title: H.B. 1080
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill changes the admission standards for Colorado Mesa university from "moderately selective" to "selective". The number of members of the board of trustees is increased from 11 to 13..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/47B05C8D50EB8DA2872579B2007FEA5F?Open&file=1324_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1324
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Includes, among other provisions, safe school components. Requires local boards to adopt a mission statement that includes making safety for all students and staff a priority in each school. Requires each district to take reasonable measures to ensure that each student is familiar with the district's conduct and discipline code. Allows a teacher to remove a disruptive student from his or her classroom but provides that it cannot be for the remainder of the term unless the principal or designee has developed and implemented a behavior plan for the student. Such a plan must be developed after the second removal. In creating and enforcing a school conduct and discipline code, each board is required to imposed proportionate disciplinary interventions and consequences, including but not limited to in-school suspensions, in response to student misconduct, which interventions and consequences are designed to reduce the number of expulsions, out-of-school suspensions, and referrals to law enforcement (except for such referrals to law enforcement as are required by state or federal law). School conduct and discipline code is to include plans for the appropriate use of prevention, intervention, restorative justice, peer mediation, counseling, or other approaches which are designed to minimize student exposure to the criminal and juvenile justice system. School administration cannot order a victim's participation in restorative justice or peer mediation if the alleged misconduct constitutes unlawful sexual behavior, domestic violence or stalking. A student being denied admission or expelled for one year (after a hearing) has 10 days to appeal the decision if the board authorizes the appeal.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sec. 22+)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Includes sections on the use of school resource officers (22-32-146) and requires annual reports on the number of students investigated by the office for delinquent offenses, including the number of students investigated for each type of delinquent offense, the number of students arrested by the office, including the offense for which the arrest was made; the number of summonses or tickets issues to students; the age, gender, school and race/ethnicity of each student arrested or to whom the officer issued a summons, ticket or other notice requiring an appearance in court. Sec. 20-1-113 requires reporting of criminal proceedings involving public school students that includes the number of offenses filed in court, including the total number of each type of offense, the disposition of each case, and the age, gender, school, and race or ethnicity of each student prosecuted. Also includes the number of offenses that were referred to the district attorney by a law enforcement agency and were not filed in court, including the total number of each type of offense; and the number of offenses for which the offender was referred to a juvenile diversion program or other alternative program, including the total number of each type of offense.Sec. 24-31-312 describes school resource officer training and encourages completion of such training.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 - School Resource Officers, Reporting of Delinquency
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends reasons for expelling an habitually disruptive student to include committing one of the following offenses on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event: possession of a dangerous weapon without the authorization of the school/district; use, possession, or sale of a drug or controlled substance; commission of an act, that if committed by an adult, would be robbery or assault that would be 3rd degree assault if committed by an adult; making a false accusation of criminal activity. Encourages each district -- prior to expelling a student -- to consider the student's age, disciplinary history, presence of a disability, seriousness of the violation committed, whether the violation threatened the safety of any student or staff member, or whether a lesser intervention would properly address the violation committed. For a firearm, however, expulsion is automatic unless the superintendent modifies the requirement on a case-by-case basis.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 - Suspension/Expulsion Details
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
To the extent possible, requires state agencies to produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and college credential production. The report also should indicated anticipated credentials that high school vocational programs, apprenticeships and other workforce training programs are expected to issue.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/76D69C40F5D0891387257981007DB71F?Open&file=1061_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1061
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal and revocation. Addresses requirements and procedures if charter school must implement a turnaround plan. Provisions also apply to institute charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7658F626024B85A387257981007E053D?Open&file=061_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 61
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
The bill requires each charter school, effective July 1, 2013, to incorporate as a nonprofit corporation. The bill prohibits a board of education of a school district or the state charter school institute board (authorizer) from approving a charter application submitted by, or entering into a charter contract with, a for-profit entity. Beginning September 1, 2012, an authorizer may not renew a charter or charter contract with a for-profit entity..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/04F6DDE9FDD5F76087257981007E078C?Open&file=067_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 67
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Indicates the circumstances under which the education department may issue a Native American Language and Cultural instruction authorization to an individual. A district may adopt a policy to grant general education or world language credit for successful completion of Native American language course work for languages of fedrally recognized tribes.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE919C4DC5DD2AF487257981007DB7B8?Open&file=057_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 57
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill authorizes each system of higher education and each campus of each state institution of higher education to employ an unlimited number of non-tenure-track classroom teachers under renewable 5-year employment contracts. The employment contract must include a provision that allows the employing system or campus to terminate the contract without penalty if the system or campus can demonstrate financial exigencies and a provision that renders the contract unenforceable if the employing system or campus ceases to be an enterprise and does not have sufficient financial reserves to satisfy the contract.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7820234AB393E07D87257981007E0D50?Open&file=1144_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1144
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
Specifies and expands the higher education institutions that are eligible for state controlled maintenance funding.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE6E62B1C1A6F52887257981007E0669?Open&file=040_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 40
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill changes the name of Metropolitan state college of Denver to Metropolitan state university of Denver and makes conforming amendments..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/48E30F1839B3AAF487257981007E0A96?Open&file=148_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 148
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill establishes the governance structure for Colorado state university - global campus (CSU global campus), which will be a baccalaureate and graduate on-line university. CSU global campus will be governed by the CSU system board of governors, which is expanded by two advisory members to include one CSU global campus student and one CSU global campus professor. The bill makes several clarifying and conforming changes to the board of governors statutes.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4D98C2F7383E1B3F872579880055454E?Open&file=1220_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1220
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. |
The bill requires a 4-year state institution of higher education to notify a 2-year institution when a student who transferred from the 2-year institution accumulates 60 credits. The 2-year institution shall conduct a degree audit to determine whether the student meets the requirements for an associate degree and shall award the degree to the student unless the student declines the award. The 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education shall inform students about the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/479AA0B83425E2C287257981007E03F2?Open&file=045_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
The bill directs districts to consider adopting procedures by which the schools use available data to identify and provide intervention services to students in grades 6 through 9 who are exhibiting behaviors that indicate the students are at increased risk of dropping out of school. Institute charter schools are also directed to consider adopting procedures to identify and provide intervention services to this population of students.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/35EE79D285DB890B87257981007E03BB?Open&file=1013_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Changes the language of the annual pupil count day from October 1 to Pupil Enrollment Count Day to provide flexibility in case Oct. 1 falls on a weekend, holiday or other situation. The education department can establish alternative dates for year-round schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8BDB374F4B137C9587257981007F192D?Open&file=1090_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1090
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that a "single-district program" means an on-line program that serves only students who reside within a single school district. The defintion previously indicated that in cases in which programs authorized by one or more districts, or a board of cooperative services, an on-line program that serves only students who reside within the authorizing districts. or within the member districts of the authorizing board
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9CA5C3F1539AB57B8725798B0073AC0B?Open&file=1212_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1212
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
Postsec. |
Requires the commission on higher education and postsecondary institutions to develop criteria for awarding credit for students' prior learning though work experience, military service, community involvement or independent study and to define a process to assess prior learning.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/845EEEEA117B030387257981007E03A0?Open&file=1072_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1072
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 |
Senate Bill 10-191, enacted in 2010, requires the general assembly to review and approve the rules adopted by the state board of education implementing a statewide system to evaluate the effectiveness of licensed personnel employed by school districts and boards of cooperative services (statewide system). The bill contains the recommendations of the committee on legal services to approve the rules of the state board of education, department of education, adopted on November 9, 2011, to implement the statewide system. The bill postpones the scheduled expiration of the rules on the statewide system, thereby continuing the rules.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7DA622E1E23231E387257981007F53B2?open&file=1001_ren.pdf
Link to rules:http://www.cde.state.co.us/EducatorEffectiveness/downloads/rulemaking/1CCR301-87EvaluationofLicensedPersonnel11.9.11.pdf
Title: H.B. 1001
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
High School--College Readiness |
Final Regulations 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes Standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans ('ICAP') for students enrolled in public schools.Each ICAP shall include a career planning, guidance and tracking component and a portfolio that inlcudes, among other items:
(a) Documentation of the student's efforts in exploring careers, including: a written postsecondary and workforce goal for the student; yearly benchmarks for reaching that goal; interest surveys that the student completes; and anticipated postsecondary studies;
(b) The student's academic progress including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery and any concurrent enrollment credits earned;
(c) Relevant assessment scores;
(d) Student's postsecondary studies as the student progresses through high school;
(e) Data reflecting student progress toward postsecondary and workforce readiness, including the student's understanding of the financial impact of postsecondary education.
The rules also address district responsibilities and evaluation of the ICAP program.
Title: 1 CO ADC 301-81:1.00; 1 CO ADC 301-81:2.00, 01, 02, 03
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ , Department of |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Defines "restorative justice". The general assembly encourages each district to implement training and education in the principles and practices of restorative justice to ensure that capable personnel and resources are available to successfully facilitate all steps of the restorative justice process. Encourages each district and the state charter school institute to develop and utilize restorative justice practices that are part of the disciplinary program of each district school and institute charter school.
Pages 11-13 of 15: http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2011A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D9ABC2E028CA4D3487257808008012EA?Open&file=1032_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1032
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Concerns increasing the state's oversight of the program that allows the financing of capital construction for charter schools. Addresses other aspects of charter funding, including debt reserve. Creates new requirements for revoking or not renewing a charter for a charter school. School boards or institute boards must notify state of intent to revoke or not renew a charter, but the decision will be placed on hold temporarily to determine of alternative exists.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1B5BD07EC238CCBC8725783E006F8C42?Open&file=188_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 188
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Directs the commission on higher education to design a master plan that achieves the following goals: increasing the overall number of degrees and certificates awarded in a year by 30% in a decade to provide support for economic development; renegotiating performance contracts with individual postsecondary institutions; and creating a performance-based funding plan that will make 25% of institutional funding based on student success metrics.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63B087D7A1DC83D687257801006051AC?Open&file=052_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 52
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates a voluntary contribution designation benefiting the Public Education Fund to appear on the state individual tax return forms. Allows taxpayers to designate a contribution to the fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3311C7596869A9FD87257808008009AC?Open&file=109_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 109
Source: http://www.leg.state.co |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Task Force on Student Academic Success. The overall charge of the task force is to identify the junctures at which grade-level performance are critical to student progress and to ensuring they are college and career ready upon graduation. More specifically, the task force will examine best practices and strategies for providing intervention services in K-12 and postsecondary remedial education; review the use of individual student career and academic plans; and review social promotion practices and recommend alternative strategies to ensure students are making sufficient progress. The task force also will examine and recommend potential policy changes to ensure high school graduates can demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness, and to assist postsecondary institutions in providing remedial education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0216DB5B1A8D04D9872578250057DEF1?Open&file=111_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 111
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Repeals the Colorado Early Learning Council Advisory Team.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/67F42E4F689F9AAC87257872007BDDE1?Open&file=247_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 247
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Revises policies related to guaranteed tuition and fee rates by higher education institutions. Limits the contracts between students and institutions to addressing only tuition and clarifies that the contracts are not included in an institution's financial accountability plan. Shifts setting of most fee policies from Colorado commission on higher education to institutional governing boards.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3DF6454C7E1E0EF187257808008011E6?Open&file=1301_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1301
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates a student bullying prevention and education grant program for schools in the department of education.Spells out terms and requirements of the grant program, funding and the department's responsibilities. Also clarifies and strengthens anti-bullying provisions in existing safe school plans for school boards. Adds new bullying prevention requirements for charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C41FA88143FD6AE687257801006047CF?Open&file=1254_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1254
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates a task force to study school discipline practices and zero tolerance policies and the use of law enforcement and other juvenile justice sanctions for school behavior.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4573402A707373F18725781800719E8A?Open&file=133_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 133
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Adds criminal offenses and circumstances that disqualify individuals from employment at districts and schools, based primarily on background checks. The bill also describes offenses and circumstances that prompt suspending or revoking a license, certificate or endorsement.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4DDFC21CE9178BCD87257808008040AC?Open&file=1121_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1121
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires background checks for employees of entities that contract to perform direct services for public schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/67F9E1DC764543C587257879007BFB36?Open&file=266_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 266
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Revises special education statutes. Expands definition of children with disabilities to include conditions such as autism and serious emotional disability, and ages birth through two years. Clarifies that "educational placement" means providing services along a continuum of alternative placements, but not a specific place. Clarifies types of settings special education students may be placed, such as certain facilities, foster or group homes. Revises description of least restrictive environments, and clarifies and expands definition of "parent." Defines special education expenditures and which employees, costs, materials and services the funds can support. Describes requirements, circumstances and procedures for administrative units to purchase special education services. Describes procedures and requirements for special education students who enroll in charter schools and online programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A58089DC75F0EAB18725780800800FD9?Open&file=1277_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1277
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Revises statutes related to teacher preparation and evaluation and expands several sections to include principals. Some areas of revision include: screening potential teaching candidates' academic preparation as well as dispositions that would be appropriate for educators; number of hours of field experience required; and higher education commission policies to monitor and improve effectiveness of preparation programs and their graduates. Spells out data that the department of education is required to collect from higher education institutions regarding educator preparation programs. Indicates new policies and procedures for the commission to evaluate and possibly discontinue educator preparation programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/62D9FB44048D63E5872578640052A500?Open&file=245_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 245
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Encourages districts to adopt policies to increase parental involvement. Requires schools that must develop improvement plans to notify parents of the issues giving rise to the need for such a plan, and to include other relevant information about the plan and timeline.The same policy applies to charter schools required to develop improvement plans.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C61264FC2538048725780800800CFC?Open&file=1126_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1126
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. Spells out the minutes required for physical activity based on the length of time students attend school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9CF56533FEFE87598725780800800FBF?Open&file=1069_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1069
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Institutions |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies the information sharing by higher education institution police to various individuals and entities regarding campus safety and incidences.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A55150534810636987257808008004BA?Open&file=1169_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1169
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 |
To renew a professional educator license, a licensee must show that he or she completed certain professional development activities. The department of education checks to ensure that the licensee actually completed the activities and that he or she meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for professional development activities. The bill creates an affidavit of completion of ongoing professional development activities that a licensee seeking renewal will submit. The department is not required to verify the information in the affidavit. The bill also changes the license fee from an annual to a continous appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/402C1F8F8BD538B68725781C007AA828?Open&file=1201_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1201
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Encourages school districts and courts to consider detention and incarceration as a last resort approach for addressing the problem of student truancy.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/66711011838931938725780800800B28?Open&file=1053_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1053
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Concerns procedures for charter schools that apply for grants.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/72F3BE6445179D0087257808008049CA?Open&file=1089_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1089
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Revises process for parents or guardians to appeal decisions related to special education students.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AA346691179A6B4E872578080080E898?Open&file=061_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 61
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Revises policies and practices for identifying and serving gifted students and students with disabilities.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1A5CF1E8E715B76F8725780800801246?Open&file=1077_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1077
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-16 or P-20 |
Issued 01/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Governor's Education Leadership Council as the state's P-20 council, to be housed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor and chaired by the Lieutenant Governor. Establishes council membership. Provides that the council will provide a forum to discuss efforts intended to address:
--Improving school readiness
--Reducing dropout rates
--Easing transitions between systems and institutions
--Closing achievement gaps by race and income
--Reducing postsecondary remediation rates
--Increasing student retention and graduation rates
--Increasing the number of certificates and degrees awarded
--Removing barriers for entry into college and the performance of graduates.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Executive+Order+B-2010-010.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251683643718&ssbinary=true
Title: E.O. B 2010-010
Source: www.colorado.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Concerns successful transitions back to the public school system for juveniles in out-of-home placement who have demonstrated behavior that is detrimental to the safety or welfare of themselves or others during the previous twelve months.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2BEB050086ADA620872576A80026B96A?open&file=1274_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1274
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Charter School and Charter Authorizer Standards Review Committee which is charged with making recommendations to the state board of education and the educational committees concerning standards for such schools and authorizers.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DF1E0EFB0034EE8E8725770000706851?open&file=1412_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1412
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a charter school to enter into contractual agreements with a board of cooperative services or another charter school for buildings and services; authorizes a board of cooperative services to contract with a district charter school or an institute charter school to provide services and buildings; authorizes charter schools to form charter school collaboratives to perform any function appropriately performed by a charter school; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4EB57F2E2E9DC4B5872576B0007BD1F1?open&file=161_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing arts education into the standards, assessments, and postsecondary and workforce readiness program that the state board of education and local education providers adopt.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/177FD55E4CCFB7F6872576B00057D6E7?open&file=1273_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1273
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires a county department of social services to provide information to a mandatory reporter concerning the mandatory reporter's report to the county department of suspected child abuse or neglect; authorizes a county department to provide this information only to certain mandatory reporters, including but not limited to hospitals, physicians, nurses, school employees and officials, and mental health professionals.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/928CF9D55605EAC3872576A8002A3BBA?open&file=152_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 152
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Calls for the development of a teacher evaluation system in which at least 50% of the evaluation is determined by the academic growth of the teacher's students. The evaluation system must include multiple measures of student performance in conjunction with student growth expectations. Bases at least 50% of a principal's evaluation on the academic growth of students and the effectiveness or improvement in the effectiveness of his/her teachers.The new evaluation system is to be implemented statewide in 2013-14. Expectations of student academic growth must take diverse factors into consideration, including student mobility, special education status and classrooms in which 95% of the student population meets the statutory definition of "high-risk student." Standardizes "effectiveness" by directing the newly-formed State Council for Educator Effectiveness to recommend to the state board a definition of "effectiveness" (upon which the state board must adopt rules by September 2011).
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EF2EBB67D47342CF872576A80027B078?open&file=191_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 191
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Early Childhood Leadership Commission to advance a comprehensive service delivery system for children from birth to 8 years of age using data to improve decision-making, alignment, and coordination among federally funded and state-funded services and programs targeted at young children and their families; includes child care, child health, child mental health, child protection, early learning, family support and parent education; requires use of interagency data.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2052DEBA06AD20D0872576EE0064595F?open&file=195_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 195
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides greater flexibility to improve the financial position of state higher eduation institutions. Requires a common course number system in conjunction with the guaranteed transfer program and to develop articulation agreements for degree programs; relates to the ratio of resident and non- resident students; regulates financial aid eligibility requirements; relates to information technology rules, financial data statements and audits; implements measures to reduce student debt.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E7D30EB79557E237872576A80026B0CD?open&file=003_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns college savings accounts for job retraining for adult learners; provides a tax exemption for employer matching contributions; relates to postsecondary educational opportunities and job retraining goals.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2B56FAFB1BCB42E8872576EE00665024?open&file=202_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 202
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Allows a nonpublic institution of higher education to choose to participate in public higher education core course guidelines; provides that a nonpublic institution, for a fee, may request the department of higher education to review the institution's core courses and include them in the matrix of core courses for which credit may transfer from one institution of higher education to another; provides that the commission on higher education will set the amount of the fee for reviewing the courses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE981CC68F5486FA872576AA00699CEF?open&file=108_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 108
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Concerns the provision of educational services for juveniles against whom charges have been filed in district court; requires a school district to provide educational services during the school year to a juvenile who is held, pending trial as an adult, in a jail located within the school district; requires the school district to comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act if the juvenile has a disability; relates to reimbursement to districts.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E7D30EB79557E237872576A80026B0CD?open&file=003_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 54
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to a data reporting request based on individual student identifiers, including dropouts, and those enrolled in literacy programs and college basic skills courses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/42E285F47258D0C6872576AC0055EA3A?open&file=1171_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1171
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Expands the definition of high-risk student to include children with disabilities, migrant children, homeless children, children with a documented history of serious psychiatric or behavioral disorders, and children who are 2 or more years behind grade level as determined by statewide assessments or by other assessments approved by the department of education for this purpose.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/903A715DA3C47D20872576A80027B652?open&file=154_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 154
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the state education department to contract with an organization to evaluate the feasibility of a system based on the average number of days that a student is enrolled in a district during the year rather than on a single count date.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3A6FD049FFBD68BE872576A8002A88E5?open&file=008_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 8
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the alternative school funding models pilot program to encourage school districts and charter schools to collect data that will be used to compare the effects of alternative school funding models with those of the actual school funding method.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E0E6094B51A15E3C872576AA0069924D?open&file=1183_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1183
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Farm-To-School Healthy Kids Act, and, in connection therewith, establishing an interagency task force to develop farm-to-school program policies.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B61242203E488371872576AA00699224?open&file=081_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 81
Source: ttp://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the early childhood educator development scholarship program in the department of education. The program will provide scholarships to persons who are employed in early childhood development who are pursuing an associate of arts degree in early childhood education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E5651CFE1C233C14872576A80026B1B6?open&file=1030_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1030
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Quality in Child Care Incentive Grant Program with the objective of providing incentives to county or district departments of social services to increase the quality of early care and education providers and facilities in the county while allowing each grantee to retain flexibility concerning how to utilize its resources.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/486192A5F140B210872576A80026B13F?open&file=1026_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1026
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of the early childhood educator development scholarship program; creates the Early Childhood Educator Development Scholarship Program in the Department of Education to provide scholarships to persons who are employed in early childhood development who are pursuing an associates or arts degree in such education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E5651CFE1C233C14872576A80026B1B6?open&file=1030_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1030
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Authorizes Colorado mountain college to offer baccalaureate degrees that address the needs of the communities within its service area.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/45C7C63C518F2BAF872576A80026AF4E?open&file=101_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 101
Source: http://www.leg.state.co. |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Authorizes community colleges and junior colleges to offer 2-year degree programs with academic designation; provides a community college must submit the degree program designation for a review and approval by the state board for community colleges and occupational education and a junior college must submit the degree program designation for review and approval by its board of trustees.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/242CCCDAF99E1FF1872576A80026B7CD?open&file=088_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires statewide degree transfer agreements to transfer associate of arts degrees and associate of science degrees from one state institution of higher education to another.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63784B94CCDAAD9A872576AC007ED905?open&file=1208_enr.pdf/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63784B94CCDAAD9A872576AC007ED905?open&file=1208_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1208
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Adds vocational programs to the educational programs that are offered by the department of corrections pursuant to the Correctional Education Program Act of 1990; Amends an objective of the Act to ensure that every person in a correctional facility who has an expectation of release from custody within five years receives adult basic education instruction if he or she lacks basic and functional literacy skills.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/175CD03D31D90049872576AB0059E514?open&file=1112_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1112
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downloadable format, for free public access.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F10BD6CCC8325304872576A80026B22A?open&file=1036_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
P-3 Governance |
Issued 03/2010 |
P-12 |
The Commission is to ensure and advance a comprehensive service delivery system for children from birth to age eight using data to improve decision-making, alignment, and coordination among federally-funded and state-funded services and programs. The Early Childhood Colorado Framework will be the Commission's guide for developing this service delivery system across child health, child mental health, early learning, and family support and parent education. The initial charge of the Commission will be to focus on the development of an interagency data system, established by H.B. 09-1285, which expanded data tracking and usage across the multiple agencies and programs. This data system will provide the infrastructure to monitor progress towards meeting the outcomes identified in the Framework.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D636%2F716%2FB+2010-002+%28Early+Childhood+Leadership+Commission%29+Search.pdf&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251607769244&ssbinary=true
Title: Exec. Order B 2010-002
Source: http://www.colorado.gov |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Issued 03/2010 |
P-12 |
The purpose of the Council is to provide a forum for considering options and providing recommendations to ensure that every educator (teachers and principals) is: Evaluated using multiple fair, transparent, timely, rigorous, and valid methods, at least 50% of which is determined by the academic growth of their students; afforded a meaningful opportunity to improve their effectiveness; and provided the means to share effective practices with other educators statewide.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D780%2F593%2FB+2010-001+%28RTTT%29+Search.pdf&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251606172565&ssbinary=true
Title: Exec. Order B 2010-001
Source: http://www.colorado.gov |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 02/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes criteria for identifying high priority and priority local education providers and implements the Student Re-engagement Grant Program.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 Colorado State Board of Education&ccrDocID=3074&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-84 Rules Concerning Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
Title: 1 CCR 301-84
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 |
Intends to decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates by assisting students in developing and maintaining a personalized postsecondary plan that ensures readiness for postsecondary workforce success. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalAgencyList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education
Title: 1 CCR 301-81
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/ |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the Department of Education to prepare an annual report analyzing educator preparation program effectiveness; provides for information to be shared with educator preparation programs to improve programs and curriculum; part of the evaluation will look at the correlation between educator preparation program and student academic growth.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D14EB0E02CF9CED1872576A8002A2A9B?open&file=036_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 36
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School Safety |
Adopted 12/2009 |
P-12 |
Outlines the procedures to be followed in the administration of restraint of students, staff training, documentation requirements, and the review of the use of restraint.
Restraints shall only be used in an emergency and with extreme caution and is limited to situations in which there is serious, probable and imminent threat of bodily harm by a student with the present ability to cause such harm. In all other situations less restrictive alternatives including, but not limited to, positive behavior supports, constructive, non-physical deescalation and re-structuring of the ehvironment shall be used. The rule also specifies the actions to be taken by school personnel.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 Colorado State Board of Education&ccrDocID=2052&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-45 RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROTECTION OF PERSONS FROM RESTRAINT ACT
Title: 1 CCR 301-45
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Colorado Youth Challenge Corps Program Act; authorizes the department of military and veterans affairs department to operate a residential youth challenge corps program through the use of contract personnel and National Guard facilities and equipment; provides a program for at-risk youth; defines an at-risk youth as a person at least 15 years of age but less than 20 years of age who has been suspended or expelled from school, habitually truant, or is habitually disruptive.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0EDCB45A1E01DEC18725754E007B2C52?open&file=1280_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1280
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns specified related duties to the State Board of Education in regard to accountability to include measuring student academic growth, school district and charter school accreditation contracts, public school restructuring, school and district academic growth indicators, school performance monitoring, education related data, and school and district turnaround plans.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E45E06A4FE98EA6587257551006471C8?open&file=163_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 163
Source: |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Adopted 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Expands mandatory school age to match current law and revises timelines for implementation of the on-time graduation and completion rates.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2866&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-67%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20COLORADO%20DATA%20REPORTING%20FOR%20SCHOOL%20ACCREDITATION
Title: 1 CCR 301-67
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the healthy choices dropout prevention pilot program in the department of education to reduce the dropout rate of adolescent students in certain public schools. Requires the department to administer the program. Requires the department to develop a standard application form for a school district to use in applying on behalf of a school for a grant from the program. Requires the commissioner of education or his or her designee to review each application.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E362C7681949F00387257545007F5CB5?open&file=123_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 123
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement in the department of education to collaborate with local education providers (LEPs) to reduce the student dropout rate and increase the student graduation and completion rates. Specifies the office's duties. Directs the office to identify high priority and priority LEPs to receive technical assistance and support from the office. Requires the office to compile a report of effective dropout prevention.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FBD23A5659D388698725754C0053707B?open&file=1243_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1243
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Includes career and technical education program providers among the institutions of higher education that are permitted to offer concurrent enrollment opportunities to high school students; adds representatives of career and technical education program providers to the concurrent enrollment advisory board; prohibits the concurrent enrollment of a student in a course that is offered by the program provider under certain conditions; relates to teaching credentials; relates to school district funding.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8CFEC02A1C75DCC38725757D0073F9CD?open&file=285_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 285
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules establishing a policy for the management of food allergies and anaphylaxis among students enrolled in schools of school districts and institute charter schools. Requires the State Board to consult with the Department of Public Health and Environment in adopting the statewide policy. Specifies mandatory provisions for the statewide policy.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7F710B3DE461F78A87257555005F434A?open&file=226_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 226
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Repeals the high school fast track program, the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, and the Fast College Fast Jobs Act. Allows school districts to partner with institutions of higher education to offer college courses to qualified high school students. Requires school districts to notify middle school, junior high school, and high school students and their parents or legal guardians of the opportunity for qualified students' concurrent enrollment in courses offered by institutions.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1E0CD0AF8CFD8C268725753C006E97B4?open&file=1319_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1319
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative oversight commission. Sets forth membership requirements and administrative functions for the commission. Outlines the scope of issues the commission is charged with studying. Grants the commission permission to request legislative changes in a manner similar to that of a legislative interim committee. Creates a cash fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/86FB14AA4CA4443387257591004F8937?open&file=1343_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1343
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the state advisory council for parent involvement in education in the department of education. Specifies the council membership. Directs the council to advise public education entities concerning best practices and strategies, aligned with national standards, for increasing parent involvement in public education and promoting family and school partnerships.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AB811B08F9A2ED0987257537001D221E?open&file=090_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 90
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows an employee of a qualified employer to take unpaid leave to attend parent-teacher conferences; limits the unpaid leave; permits the employer to require specified increments of leave; requires written verification from the school; relates to children in private schools or a nonpublic home-based educational program; does not include independent contractors, domestic servants employed in and about private homes, seasonal workers, or farm and ranch labor.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/72A677413BD8FA8F87257537001A374C?open&file=1057_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1057
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the renewable energy and energy efficiency for schools loan program to fund renewable energy projects and battery-powered and hybrid-electric bus projects in qualified school districts; makes the administration of the program a permissible use of moneys appropriated from the Public School Energy Efficiency Fund; extends the repeal date associated with that fund; creates the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Schools Loan Program Fund to finance district renewable energy projects.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/593577B568AC03B887257537001A2A30?open&file=1312_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1312
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Extends the repeal date for the quality teachers commission and redefines the time frames within which the commission must accomplish certain tasks. Creates the educator identifier pilot program (program) in the department of education. Outlines the scope and purposes of the program and the data obtained through the program. Sets forth reporting requirements. Establishes the educator identifier fund. Repeals the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0297ACA8CC0BDE5587257537001A35B9?open&file=1065_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1065
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Renames the teacher in residence program to be the 2-year alternative teacher program, and relocates the provisions for that program in statute to the alternative teacher program. Renames the current alternative teacher program to be the one-year alternative teacher program. Requires both the one- year and 2-year alternative teacher programs to meet the Colorado performance-based standards for teachers. Requires both the one-year and 2-year programs to receive a 5-year evaluation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/efae7110a1fdde29872575400064fc4c?OpenDocument&Click=87257426007F3773.8975551e51fa01d087256dd30080e1d5/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 160
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Concerns education data reporting requirements; clarifies that the Education Data Advisory Committee is directed to review the reporting requirements imposed on districts and public schools; directs the committee to inform agencies of the estimated cost to districts and schools of complying with the proposed requirements; requires the committee to publish a written report listing data reporting requirements that are not cost-effective or that are duplicative; makes related changes.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DC92B80DFED82CF48725754C000D957D?open&file=1214_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1214
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a school food authority to establish, maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility; requires a board of education of a school district either to allow a district charter school of the school district to transfer the maintenance, supervision, and operation of the district charter school's food-service facility from the school district to a school food authority or to agree to provide food services to the district charter school according to terms that the district charter school requests.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BB267B13A49BB6F087257553007ECA26?open&file=230_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 230
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Permits, rather than requires, a school district to suspend or expel a student for brandishing an artificial firearm; permits a school district to suspend a student while determining whether the student's conduct could be grounds for suspension or expulsion.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/01DF9C20498006C68725755A0063A2B6?open&file=237_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 237
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires that costs associated with a college-level academic program for an inmate shall be borne by the inmate unless he or she receives financial aid or scholarships for the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/884C0DCA60E427B487257546000B8384?open&file=1264_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1264
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates the Teacher of the Year Program in the Department of Education; requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for the implementation of the program, including rules concerning the rewards, duties, and opportunities for the teacher named Teacher of the Year; provides that the program may include as a reward a sabbatical from teaching responsibilities, a cash gift, and the opportunity to receive additional training or education; creates the Teacher of the Year Fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/58CF35AF5408F9708725753900727A7C?open&file=1240_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Education Research |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Education Innovation Institute within the University of Northern Colorado to collaborate with institutions to leverage research, funding, expertise, and other resources, discover and study innovations in teaching and learning, create, pilot, and advocate for innovations in educational delivery methods, and work to align the public education system from preschool through postsecondary and workforce readiness with an objective of universal proficiency for all students; creates a funding mechanism.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FCCE1B03FF61A0AA87257537001A2B3C?open&file=032_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 32
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district board of education to make a recording of each regular and special meeting of the board and to make the recording available to the public. Requires the board to utilize the best technology available to the school district at the time the recording is made. Allows an individual or entity to request a copy of the recording, and requires the individual or entity to pay the costs incurred in providing the copy.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/162B15555BD3B11F87257537001FA672?open&file=1082_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1082
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Adds children enrolled in state-subsidized early childhood education programs operated by public schools and who are eligible for reduced-cost lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act to the list of qualifying students eligible to receive a free lunch under the child nutrition school lunch protection program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3E0D0EC009ECA5BA87257537001A2CF2?open&file=033_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 33
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates an online university to be known as Colorado state university - global campus. States that the university will have moderately selective admission standards and will offer undergraduate and master's degrees.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7910FC2C849D861387257537001FDB6E?open&file=086_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 86
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires that the department of human services make available to foster parents training concerning individualized education programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C50B0213BCC4F56B87257537007221D9?open&file=1078_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 |
Preserves and protects the nutritional integrity of Food and Nutrition Service operations in public schools and districts. Strengthens and clarifies the agreements for providing school food services.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2025&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-3%20FOOD%20AND%20NUTRITION%20SERVICES
Title: 1 CCR 301-3
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 02/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows the general assembly to determine annually whether to appropriate moneys for the alternative teacher compensation plan grant program; repeals the 2008-09 fiscal year appropriation of $ 1 million for the grant program; relates to grants to school districts.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B0D88A8489357D3887257552000135CC?open&file=213_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 213
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 |
Addresses an alternative teacher compensation plan grant program to be administered through the Department of Education and directs that funds be provided for a competitive grant program to school districts that seek to develop alternative teacher compensation plans.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=3019&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-80%20Rules%20for%20the%20Administration%20of%20the%20Alternative%20Teacher%20Compensation%20Plan%20Grant%20Program
Title: 1 CCR 301-80
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Attendance |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides specificity for consistency in reporting attendance and truancy data across school districts and BOCES. Allows the usage these indicators to leverage resources to support the complete success of children and youth in school.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 State Board of Education , Colorado&ccrDocID=3012&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-78 RULES CONCERNING THE STANDARDIZED CALCULATION FOR COUNTING STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND TRUANCY
Title: 1 CCR 301-78
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Adopted 01/2009 |
P-12 |
Describes beverages that school districts and schools may permit to be sold to students. Establishes minimum standards for beverages. Describes specific events occurring outside of the regular and extended school day.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 State Board of Education , Colorado&ccrDocID=3013&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-79 RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTHY BEVERAGES POLICY
Title: 1 CCR 301-79
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Assessment |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Addresses the administration of the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Assessments Pilot Program. Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year, directs the department to implement a pilot program for the purpose of evaluating standards and collecting data regarding student performance on postsecondary and workforce planning, preparation, and readiness assessments from assessment vendors and local education providers that volunteer to participate in the pilot program.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=3001&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-77%20RULES%20FOR%20THE%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20POSTSECONDARY%20AND%20WORKFORCE%20READINESS%20ASSESSMENTS%20PILOT%20PROGRAM
Title: 1 CCR 301-77
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the administration, certification and oversight of Colorado online education programs. Establishes quality standards for online programs, promote online program student participation, and establish a process and timeline for continual review of the Multi-District Online Program after certification.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2981&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-71%20RULES%20FOR%20THE%20ADMINISTRATION,%20CERTIFICATION%20AND%20OVERSIGHT%20OF%20COLORADO%20ONLINE%20PROGRAMS
Title: 1 CCR 301-71
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Rejected by voters 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution concerning the manner in which the state funds public education from preschool to 12th grade; requires that any revenue that the state would otherwise be required to refund pursuant to the constitutional limit on state fiscal year spending be transferred instead to the state education fund; creates an education fund savings account; requires that a portion of income tax revenues be deposited into the savings account.
http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=1084
Title: Amendment 59
Source: http://www.elections.colorado.gov/ |
P-3 |
Adopted 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Addresses early access to educational services for children with disabilities who are less than six years of age.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2027&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-8%20RULES%20(FOR%20THE)%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20EXCEPTIONAL%20CHILDREN'S%20EDUCATIONAL%20ACT
Title: 1 CCR 301-8
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Rule Adoption 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to the development, expansion, implementation, and management of regional service areas. On or before December 1, 2008, the State Board, in consultation with the Department, school districts, and boards of cooperative services, shall divide the state into twelve regional service areas throughout the state. Each regional service area shall consist of at least two school districts and one or more boards of cooperative services. Each plan for a regional service area shall be administered by a locally appointed regional service council.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2999&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-76%20RULES%20RELATED%20TO%20THE%20DEVELOPMENT%20EXPANSION%20IMPLEMENTATION%20AND%20MANAGEMENT%20OF%20THE%20REGIONAL%20SERVICE%20AREAS
Title: 1 CCR 301-76
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Rejected by voters 08/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Eliminates a credit against the severance tax on oil and gas for property taxes paid by oil and gas producers and interest owners; reduces the level of production that qualifies wells for an exemption from the tax; requires the tax revenues to be credited to the severance tax trust fund, the local government severance tax fund, and a new trust fund for college scholarships, native wildlife habitat preservation, renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.
http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=1083
Title: Amendment 58
Source: http://www.elections.colorado.gov/ |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Approved by voters 08/2008 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution concerning limited gaming; allows voters in Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote on extending casino hours of operation, approved games and maximum single bets; provides for distributions from the Limited Gaming Fund for administrative expenses, student financial aid and classroom instruction at community colleges; requires any increase in gaming taxes to be approved at a statewide election.
http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=1067
Title: Amendment 50
Source: http://www.elections.colorado.gov/ |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the School Counselor Corps Grant Program, including application procedures, review criteria and reporting requirements.
Establishes rules for HB 1370 that provides moneys to school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools for increasing the number of school counselors for secondary students and the level of school counseling services provided.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2996&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-74%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20SCHOOL%20COUNSELOR%20CORPS%20GRANT%20PROGRAM
Title: 1 CCR 301-74
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
Approved by voters 07/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Proposes and amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting; allows exceptions to the prohibition when reasonably necessary or when action is necessary to establish or maintain eligibility for federal funds.
http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=1036
Title: Amendment 46
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/ |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Vetoed 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Excepts from the calculation of a school's academic performance ratings and from determining accreditation, the assessment scores of students absent on the days assessments are administered under the student assessment program and students' scores that are invalidated as a result of a failure to administer the assessment pursuant to the Department of Education's guidelines; prohibits a school district or a public school from penalizing a student who is absent on the days the assessments are administered.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EEC203BE6C42C5C1872573680059FB28?open&file=1186_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1186
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides for the oversight of educational programs for children placed within day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, other out of home placement facilities, and hospitals, either as the result of a court order or other public entity action or because the child is homeless; relates to educational materials, background checks and other personnel hiring procedures, curriculum standards, academic performance measures, student records, and financing for facility educational programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/25215ABAA491E14E87257395005D1BC8?open&file=1204_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1204
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Concerns criminal background investigations of school employees; adds to the list of entities able to conduct inquiries concerning prospective employees, the governing board of a charter school or institute charter school; relates to whether a person's educator license or certification has ever been denied, suspended, revoked, or annulled for a crime involving unlawful sexual behavior or behavior involving children; relates to a background investigation fee.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C93C45E7DF96C376872573F6000039D2?open&file=208_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 208
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Education to respond to a background query concerning a prospective employee within a certain amount of time; directs a school district to report to the department after a dismissal or resignation as a result of an allegation of unlawful behavior with a child, including unlawful sexual behavior, which is supported by a preponderance of the evidence; relates to immunity and the notice requirement for an action arising out of a failure to perform an employment background check.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5FFDF844AF37903E872573ED00663A11?open&file=1344_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1344
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Innovation Schools Act of 2008; authorizes school district boards of education to implement policy innovations in public schools through the development of an innovation plan designed to meet the educational needs of a diverse and constantly changing student population. Offers individual schools greater autonomy and managerial flexibility. Provides schools with greater control over levels of staffing, personnel selection and evaluation, scheduling and educational programming.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/29D0572E004723E68725739C00534FFE?open&file=130_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 130
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to school funding, funded pupil count, on- line pupil enrollment, preschool, supplemental and full day kindergarten, charter schools, special education, child nutrition programs, at risk pupils, education within a day treatment center, residential child care facility, hospital, or other licensed health care facility, declining enrollment study, school facility construction, alternative teacher compensation, and a districts authority to levy and collect taxes pursuant to an election.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AB9BA3666B8E5F95872573D40054A973?open&file=1388_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1388
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Youth Advisory Council to formally advise and make recommendations to elected officials on issues affecting youth in the State; establishes eligibility for membership, terms of office, and the process for appointment to the council; outlines the duties of the council, including reporting requirements; creates the Youth Advisory Council Cash Fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/29B4ABF9CDE29D1C872573680055F204?open&file=1157_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1157
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns tuberculosis screening for higher education students; allows each college and university in the state to create a tuberculosis screening process which may include a questionnaire, and education policy, a clinical review process and follow-up testing procedures for at-risk students; requires colleges and universities that work to create a screening process to report to the Health and Human Services Committees regarding legislative recommendations.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A78C9638FB338468872573A80067EA8A?open&file=044_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 44
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the child nutrition school lunch protection program and child nutrition school lunch protection program fund to eliminate the reduced price paid by children who are eligible for reduced-cost lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/
Title: S.B. 123
Source: |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the school leadership academy program within the Department of Education to provide comprehensive leadership and professional training to qualified persons for leadership positions in public schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/25D79DF401A3DB02872574100080921A?open&file=1386_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1386
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Enacts the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act; ensures that a student who enters school ready to succeed and achieves the required level of proficiency on standards as he or she progresses through elementary and secondary education will have achieved postsecondary and workforce readiness upon graduation form high school; requires various state education agencies to work in close collaboration to create a seamless system of public education standards, expectations and assessments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E59947996C92A16F872573D3005F88ED?open&file=212_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 212
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Recodifies existing statutory provisions related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with significant developmental delays or disabilities; recodifies the coordination system of payment for early intervention services for infants and toddlers as it relates to part C child find activities of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6D353392C9B4CE6E872573DE0079D8F5?open&file=1366_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1366
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies the authority related to the authorization to do business for private colleges or universities, bible colleges, and seminaries; permits the Commission on Higher Education to establish fees payable by institutions related to the administration of degrees; specify procedures by which students may file complaints; provides for investigation of complaints; authorizes the commission to take action to remedy a meritorious complaint if it is not resolved by the institution and the student.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/882205586E336245872573DA008193E8?open&file=167_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 167
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Allows members of the Colorado National Guard who are eligible for in-state tuition status to receive college opportunity fund moneys.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C30A40B345FA9950872573E6005E0D8E?open&file=166_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 166
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides assignment of in-state student tuition classification to a student who is a United States citizen who has attended high school or completed a general equivalency diploma in the state within a specified period of time prior to the date the student enrolled in a State institution of higher learning.
Classifies student for in-state tuition if: the student graduated from a public or private high school in Colorado; AND the student attended a public or private high school in the states for at least three years; OR the student completed a GED in Colorado and resided in the state for at least three years.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7BDEE532ED92F22187257398007FCEBE?open&file=079_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Education to make available to school districts, administrative units, and local education agencies technical assistance and training pertaining to students with literacy challenges, including dyslexia, and to base the training on a tiered continuum of intensity for intervention; encourages the department to coordinate the training with current best practices and teacher preparation at state higher education; requires an annual report.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/33DFFB3D4C82ADD78725736F0079DBBF?open&file=1223_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1223
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the School Safety Resource Center in the Department of Public Safety to create and operate a first responder school mapping system to provide first responders immediate access to maps of school buildings and other information in the event of an emergency at a school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F39432A59660A571872573680050E7BF?open&file=1267_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1267
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the School Safety Resource Center to assist schools in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and crisis situations; sets forth the duties of the center and authorizes the center to employ staff and contract for services; creates the School Safety Resource Center Advisory Board; provides for funding.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/95F67A329B47E88687257392007241E4?open&file=001_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 1
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of a system of Regional Service Cooperatives throughout the state to support economic efficiencies in the delivery of effective public education services. Expands existing regional services areas from 8 to 12, including representation by community colleges, teachnical colleges, higher education institutions, early childhood councils, and businesses. Also expands the types of services provided by cooperatives.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/35AFBA7E1B24C325872573680052EEB6?open&file=038_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 38
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition of gifted children to include children who are 4 years of age; permits an administrative unit to include in its program plan provisions to identify and serve gifted children who are 5 years of age and for whom early access to kindergarten is deemed appropriate by the administrative unit; establishes criteria and a process by which an administrative unit may determine whether a child who is 5 years of age is a gifted child for whom early access to school is appropriate.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FEE1586BC76E238887257395005D1BE8?open&file=1021_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1021
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Standards |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Directs the State Standards and Assessments Development and Implementation Council, the State Board of Education, and school districts to add financial literacy standards to the mathematics content standards and to recommend and adopt statewide assessments that are aligned with the financial literacy standards.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0073E839636E1F3A872573680059FA3F?open&file=1168_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1168
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates a data collection development council to increase the efficiency of state government and enhance the ability of mulitiple state agencies to provide services. The data will assist policymakers and others to determine the effectiveness of state policies
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/12CF992B0A83DE6D872573CD0057FEE5?open&file=1364_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1364
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Makes legislative findings concerning the importance of school counseling services for students in middle, junior high, and high schools; creates the School Counselor Corps Grant Program to provide moneys to school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools for increasing the number of school counselors for secondary students and the level of school counseling services provided.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/744186C0692144BE8725740200640365?open&file=1370_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1370
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Students |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents; facilitates on-time graduation, timely enrollment, student placement, and transfer of education records of children of military families.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BAB68718C7F52EF2872573AA007AC55E?open&file=1317_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1317
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Education to administer a biennial teaching and learning conditions survey to all teachers to be used for planning and designing future programs; provides stipends to certain teachers employed by a school district, a board of cooperative services, or a charter school who holds national teaching standards certification or based on certain school performance data; creates an exchange teacher interim authorization for participants who are able to teach in another country.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2008A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersHouse?openFrameset
Title: H.B. 1384
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Expands the definition of rural school district to allow more teachers who teach in rural areas to qualify for the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; specifies that the general assembly may appropriate general fund moneys to fund the program; removes the provisions that limit the program to repaying only CollegeInvest loans; increases the dollar amount that all teachers under the program can seek in loan forgiveness; extends the repeal date of the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A29F05E307E5444887257363008228ED?open&file=1255_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1255
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the Teach Colorado Scholarship Program to provide scholarships to a limited number of undergraduate students who are simultaneously pursuing teaching licenses and undergraduate degrees in high need areas and who commit to teaching in state public schools following graduation for a period equal to the number of years the student received scholarship benefits; provides that high need areas may include math, science, special education, english language acquisition and world languages.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D5466CE82D879ED4872573680059F86F?open&file=133_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 133
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for the standardized calculation of unexcused absences of students; requires a school district to report annually to the department concerning the number of students who are habitually truant; requires the department to post this information on the Internet; allows a school district to include truant students when identifying students who are at risk of suspension or expulsion from school; allows for grants for services to serve truant students.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A22AB294A072C406872573A700643FE1?open&file=1336_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1336
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to technical education; replaces the term vocational education with the term career and technical education in certain statutes; requires career and technical education funds to be distributed based on actual expenditures by participating school districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools; amends the standards for eligibility for grants.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D33C245489ABC665872573A1005DC03C?open&file=1079_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 04/2008 |
P-12,
Community College |
Clarifies rules regarding the Colorado Vocational Act of 1970, including changing the phrase "Vocational Education" to "Career and Technical Education", revising the process of distributing monies to the districts so they're based on actual costs and actual student full-time equivalent (FTE) and outlines changes to the issuance of credentials.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=8&deptName=1504%20Department%20of%20Higher%20Education&agencyID=92&agencyName=1504%20State%20Board%20for%20Community%20Colleges%20and%20Occupational%20Education&ccrDocID=2764&ccrDocName=8%20CCR%201504-2%20RULES%20FOR%20THE%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20COLORADO%20VOCATIONAL%20ACT
Title: 8 CCR 1504-2
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Concerns State Charter School Institutes; relates to open meetings and records laws; relates to school district charter school exclusive authority; provides procedures by which a charter school may request revocation of such exclusive authority; relates to specified requirement by a charter school board; provides procedures to for conversion to a institute charter school; relates to at-risk students and institute charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/74890A616876910687257376007B0E1D?open&file=1159_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1159
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including physical education (PE), nutrition, and mental health counseling; expands the Comprehensive Health Education Act to include local student wellness programs; allows funding for a local student wellness programs only if the school district has adopted an expanded wellness policy and for wellness programs that include PE only if every PE teacher is licensed in that field.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CF367448128B8FCD872573680050E8B1?open&file=1224_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1224
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires each School District Board and the State Charter School Institute to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits the sale of certain beverages to students from any source without first establishing a memorandum of understanding setting forth nutritional guidelines; creates an exception for beverages that are sold during specified school events; includes in the policy maximum portion sizes for beverages sold at elementary, middle, and high schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/921B1DCE9AA73C76872573C9007A23C8?open&file=129_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 129
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Allows a member of the Colorado National Guard to receive tuition assistance when enrolled at a private institution of higher education in a certificate or degree program in homeland security.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/676553E59D3DACB9872573680054EED8?open&file=1252_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1252
Source: |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Improves coordination among agencies when responding to school incidents; requires the Department of Public Safety to place on its web site a description of the National Incident Management System and a listing of online courses required to become NIMS certified; requires each Board of Education to establish a crisis management policy and be in compliance with NIMS; allows licensed educators to take the necessary classes for NIMS compliance at community and occupational colleges without charge.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F8FCF1B1742ABEBA872573680052EE58?open&file=181_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 181
Source: |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Concerns school bus safety signals requirements; replaces current statutory equipment standards for a school bus with the current federal regulation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A22AB294A072C406872573A700643FE1?open&file=1336_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1339
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows an administrative unit to use no more than a specified percentage of the funding it receives under the Exceptional Children's Educational Act to provide early intervening services to students; requires that administrative units report information to the Department of Education on the number of students receiving early intervening services; directs the state board of education to determine the activities and programs, and the associated expenses, that qualify as early intervening services.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BCF7B63FBB2406D0872573680054F143?open&file=089_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 89
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires each school district to appoint a person to act as the child welfare education liaison; provides that when a student in out-of-home placement transfers from one school to another, the district or school is to transfer the records after receiving a request for transfer; requires the district or school to immediately enroll the transferring student; requires the sending school to certify the course work the student has fully or partially completed; relates to authorized absences.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7FE3532F9A728BA2872573A70064404F?open&file=1019_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1019
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Allows department of education to issue a military spouse interim authorization that allows to employ a person who is certified or licenced, or eligible for certificatiuon, as a teacher, special services provider, principal or administrator in another state and who has not completed professional competencies requirements. This person must be a military spouse.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/21D43C766B159EC3872573680053EECB?open&file=1162_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1162
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec. |
Concerns changes to the statutes related to higher education, and, in connection therewith, clarifying the roles of the department of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education, consolidating provisions related to the private occupational school division, and repealing obsolete provisions.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DC4745338CA663BB8725737F004D4557?open&file=018_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 18
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns peace officers employed by institutions of higher education; provides that state institutions of higher education are authorized to employ police officers to provide law enforcement and property protection; provides that the officers shall be under the supervision and control of the state higher education institution; provides that the officers shall have all the powers of police officers when operating on state institution of higher education property.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F77C07E784CAD511872573A6005A4568?open&file=1106_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1106
Source: |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the Governors energy office; provides that the energy office will work with communities, utilities, organizations and individuals to promote renewable energies, promote high performance buildings, make government and public schools more energy efficient, promote economic development, create a wind for schools project, distribute funds to the renewable energy authority, provide home energy efficiency improvements for low income homes and develop renewable energy curricula for higher education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7DCA9D63A44957D08725737F00732CD3?open&file=1025_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1025
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Adopted 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding student assessments by establishing a longitudinal growth model and the utilization of a Quantile Regression technique. COLORADO 9418
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 Colorado State Board of Education&ccrDocID=2982&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-72 RULES FOR THE LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
Title: 1 CCR 301-72
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns requirements for publishers of college educational products doing business with State institutions of higher education, requires enacting the College Textbook Affordability Act.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/90E08C2E9115DC388725738C007FE6A6?open&file=073_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 73
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 |
Concerns the statistical model for determining a longitudinal analysis of the state student assessment program assessments. Makes revisions and clarifications to existing statute regarding student academic growth model.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B52589BA37AB78BD8725739F0078AA75?open&file=1024_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1024
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding the Summer School Grant Program for Academic Achievement, including funding provisions, curriculum and assessments and evaluation of progress. COLORADO 9376
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-50.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-50
Source: CO Board of Education |
Special Education |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding the administration of the Exceptional Children's Educational Act, including special education provisions, and funding eligibility.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-8complete111706.pdf
COLORADO 9226
Title: 1 CCR 301-8
Source: CO Board of Education |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns in-state tuition for persons who move to Colorado as the result of an economic development incentive.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/98ABFF8BFE1278B587257251007B296B?open&file=1256_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1256
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Education Research |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. |
Concerns State matching funds for competitive Federally sponsored research projects at Colorado public universities; creates the Higher Education Competitive Research Authority and the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AE2BA436E6A7180E87257275007AA745?open&file=182_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 182
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns aid for school districts in which pupils who are the dependents of military personnel enroll after October 1.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A8FCDA3FB23E52418725725D00593121?open&file=1232_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1232
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district, a board of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute to serve every gifted child; requires the administrative units to develop and implement a program for the education of gifted children; requires each administrative unit to ensure that its constitqiluent schools and districts make available appropriate special provisions for gifted children.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3F9EF23B488A1A5D872572610064DEF3?open&file=1244_ren.pdf
Title: H.B. 1244
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns modifications to school accountability reports. Spells out various proceedures and requirements related to state and No Child Left Behind school, district and state accountability report cards.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DA90BC5DA6E1E7E58725727D005C73E7?open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the use of school district facilities by charter schools. Charter schools may purchase a building and grounds, at a district's descretion. If a charter school vacates the building, the district will have first right of refusal to reacquire and purchase the property.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E20107CBD7978AAE87257251007D498D?open&file=1178_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1178
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the adoption of science-based content standards for instruction regarding human sexuality. The standards are intended to help reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, and abortion among teenagers, and for teen pregnancy prevention program that encourage teenagers to return to abstinence and to teach the effective use of condoms and other means of contraception.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8BE351914A5391DD8725726400804B00?open&file=1292_ren.pdf
Title: H.B. 1292
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates and makes an appropriation for the Start Smart Nutrition Program. The program is intended to ensure all students have a nutritious breakfast. The goals are to eliminate the reduced price paid by students in the breakfast program, increase the students receiving breakfast, decrease health care costs, lessen risk of obesity and offer healthier diet to students.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/171CEFE777EF252687257251007B92D8?open&file=059_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 59
Source: Colorado Legislature |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns high school graduation requirements. Requires state board of education to set guidelines for high school graduation requirements for district school boards to use in developing local high school graduation requirements. The requirements must meet or exceed minimum standards set by state board. Prevents state board from identifying specific courses students must take or proficiency students must achieve.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5CBD607BCDE3BC2E87257251007B68B5?open&file=1118_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1118
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns reimbursement for supplemental on-line education courses. Designates one of the education service districts to contract with a provider to offer supplemental online education courses to districts, charter schools and other service districts. The legislature will annually appropriate funds for these contracts.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F9696758891E5C2B87257251007B2A8F?open&file=1066_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1066
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates a division in the department of education a division of on-line learning. The purposes of the division are: to support online programs, students, parents, authorizers and others by providing information and access to data, and to facilitate certification of multi-district programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E4DFB9DF18308CC487257251007C783E?open&file=215_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 215
Source: Colorado Legislature |
P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of a statewide system of early childhood councils to improve and sustain availability, accessibility, capacity and quality of services. The councils will be governed by the department of human services in collaboration with departments of education and public health.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0C67D8769581733687257251007A22ED?open&file=1062_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1062
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Read-to-Achieve Grant Program in which grants are given to fund intensive reading programs of eligible public schools for pupils whose reading readiness or literacy and reading comprehensive skills are below an established levels for pupils in specified grade levels; creates a Read-to-Achieve Board to solicit and review grant applications.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8074D42836CBD26187257251007B31D4?open&file=192_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 192
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Student Before-and After-School Project within the Tony Grampus Youth Service Program to provide funding for before-and-after school programs primarily for youth enrolled in grades 6 through 8; describes the programs that qualify for grants; creates a fund for the program; identifies the sources of moneys for the fund as gifts, grants, and donations and moneys collected from alcohol taxes.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9FDF138237AD5CE387257251007B8717?open&file=1248_ren.pdf
Title: H.B. 1248
Source: Colorado Legislture |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the Safe-2-Tell program for persons in schools. Sets forth the duties and functions of the safe-2-tell program and
telephone hotline ("program") to allow persons in schools a means to anonymously report dangerous, violent, or criminal activities. Requires
the program to establish methods to ensure the anonymity of a person who calls the safe-2-tell hotline. Requires the program to keep safe-2-tell records confidential and to produce them only upon court order.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D17688F4A23EFD6C872572730064EA7C?open&file=197_ren.pdf
Title: S.B. 197
Source: Colorado Legislature |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Expands and clarifies the immunity for persons acting in good faith under a safe school plan, with regard to civil prosecution and civil liability.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C665CD5CBD7FC082872572910060901F?open&file=227_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 227
Source: Colorado Legislature |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of the Public School Facilities Equity Act to address the capital construction needs of public schools in the State. Creates the Public School Facilities Act; establishes an advisory committee within the Department of Education for public school capital construction to assist the state board with the administration of grants for capital construction, to assist school districts in identifying capital outlay needs and grant application preparation, to assist districts in implementing the projects paid by the grants including contract negotiations and energy savings.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E99D43C3D65B051787257251007C6120?open&file=041_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 41
Source: Colorado Legislature |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns the School Security Infrastructure Grant Program; provides that the program may be used to remodel or renovate the infrastructure of schools to prevent intruders from entering schools and endangering children.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/472D5F3233F0A58287257251007B4394?open&file=1059_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1059
Source: Colorado Legislature |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns a comprehensive review of the State's educational data infrastructure; makes an appropriation. Authorizes the Department of Education to contract for the conduct of a comprehensive review and study of the state's education data collections and technology infrastructure; requires the contractor to report its findings and recommendations to the State Board of Education; requires the state board to report the findings and recommendations to the legislature.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CE67B54ED3A05D718725725D005DC383?open&file=1270_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: Colorado Legislature |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns education data management.The state board of education will designate at least five districts, two cooperative service boards and a charter school to form a committee, known as the Education Data Advisory Committee (EDAC). The committee will work with the department to review district reporting requirments and make recommendations for improvement.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5662930DE28B75258725727D0057CAAF?open&file=1320_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1320
Source: Colorado Legislature |
STEM |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") after-school education pilot grant program ("grant program") in the office of economic development. Allows a provider that coordinates STEM after-school education programs to apply for a grant to defray the administrative and personnel costs associated with coordinating the programs and to directly support secondary schools' participation in the programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/144854E94C771F3787257251007D5303?open&file=1243_ren.pdf
Title: H.B. 1243
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns the display of flags. Allows display of flags from countries other than the U.S. or the state of Colorado under particular circumstances, including for educational, cultural or historical purposes with the prior permission of the chief administrative officer of the state, county, municipal or other public building or grounds.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A5823CF3B65934EF87257251007B684B?open&file=1050_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1050
Source: Colorado Legislature |
High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Community College |
Concerns simultaneous enrollment in secondary and postsecondary institutions.Creates the Fast College Fast Jobs pilot program to allow students enrolled in target high schools to simultaneously complete a high school diploma and an associate's degree or career and technical education certificate in five years, beginning in the ninth grade.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C7315D527C63422287257251007C0374?Open&file=148_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 148
Source: Colorado Legislature |
P-16 or P-20 |
Issued 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Governor's P-20 Education Coordinating Council, to be known as the P-20 Council. The purpose of the P-20 Council will be to provide a forum for considering options and providing recommendations for the achievement of the education oriented initiatives found in the Colorado Promise. The council will facilitate statewide conversations and convene subcommittees as needed to discuss and formulate the legislative and policy remedies needed to accomplish the Colorado Promise.
http://www.colorado.gov/governor/press/pdf/executive-orders/2007/ExecutiveOrder-GovernorP20.pdf
Title: Exec. Order B 003 07
Source: Colorado Governors Office |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Changes the minimum age for compulsory education from seven to six years, on or before August 1 of each year. Compulsory attendance ages therefore would be six through seventeen years.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9396E573D25C481487257251007B74B0?Open&file=016_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 16
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Clarifies, changes and specifies the qualifications, tenure and performance review criteria for the state Commissioner of Education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C916FE7400E3D3FE87257251007B726E?Open&file=020_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 20
Source: Colorado Legislature |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Concerns requirements on providers of supplemental education services, such as those under No Child Left Behind. The department of education must provide an annual request application for service providers, which will result in a list of approved providers. All providers must meet certain criteria, with regard to tutor qualifications, employee background checks and payment advertisement.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9B463A0DFC95978D87257251007D54CC?Open&file=1077_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1077
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec. |
Concerns Higher Education Loan Repayment Assistance Programs for students from institutions of higher education who enter public service careers.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/975F12E94F4D635287257251007D6948?Open&file=1242_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1242
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec. |
Concerns changes to the membership requirements for the Board of Governors of the State University System.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/68DE14CBF2B0348587257251007B750E?Open&file=052_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 52
Source: Colorado Legislature |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates the Effective Teachers Commission to study development of a teacher identifer system. A primary purpose of the identifier system would be to document and track teacher qualifications across and within districts to address the "teacher quality gap."
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A2C0BE7DED4EE84487257251007D582B?Open&file=140_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 140
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows for the extension of alternative teacher programs and contracts beyone one year.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9E23A7A71DA8E2DF87257251007BF533?Open&file=1091_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1091
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Explains certification and experience requirements for physical education teachers.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F24050D0DD0CC15F87257251007B6049?Open&file=1122_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1122
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec. |
Changes statues to require the review of teacher preparation programs not more frequently than once every five years. Previous language required review at least every five years.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E1BDE5AD5E5AA3FC87257251007B7A81?Open&file=019_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 19
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Accountability |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic growth of students; requires the panel to develop a new method to identify schools that demonstrate the highest rate of academic growth for the Governor's distinguished improvement awards; requires the Department of Education to calculate adequate longitudianal growth for each student and each school every year.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A7771383FCF31AFB87257251007D6668?Open&file=1048_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: Colorado Legislature |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess full-day kindergarten costs. Allows the question submitted to the voters to also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to fund the capital construction needs associated with the school district's full-day kindergarten program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/17AF271E6545AD6087257251007B9651?Open&file=026_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 26
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Finance--District |
Rejected by voters 11/2006 |
P-12 |
(REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to require districts to spend at least 65% of their operational expenditures on classroom instruction beginning in the 2007-08 school year. Districts spending less than 65% would be required to increase spending on the specified items by two percentage points each year until the threshold is met. Districts would be authorized to request a one-year waiver from the spending requirement. The legislature would be authorized to sanction any school district that failing to comply with the spending requirement. Districts would be required to adopt an annual budget report, in a standard format, for public inspection, and would be allowed to hold elections to exempt them from these requirements.
Requires school districts to adopt an annual budget report, in a standard format, for public inspection, and to spend a percentage of operational budgets on direct classroom expenditures; concerns capital construction, charter school transfers, mill levies, local bonds and bond redemption funds; allows a district to hold an election to determine voter preference to exempt the district from requirements.
Title: Referendum J
Source: |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Rejected by voters 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Proposes a constitutional amendment to require that in each state fiscal year a school district spend at least 65% of its operational expenditures on classroom instruction.
Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act; requires school districts to adopt an annual budget report, in a standard format, for public inspection, and to spend a percentage of operational budgets on direct classroom expenditures; concerns capital construction, charter school transfers, mill levies, local bonds and bond redemption funds; allows a district to hold an election to determine voter preference to exempt the district from requirements.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/0506initrefr.nsf/89fb842d0401c52087256cbc00650696/d35caec1adcb56ae8725713e0058cb10/$FILE/ATTSVQLD/Amendment%2039.pdf
H.B. 1283
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/627AF3E860CE5FE1872570DE007CBF64?Open&file=1283_rer.pdf
Title: Amendment 39 (H.B. 1283)
Source: CO Secretary of State |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns school accountability; establishes that, if a school covers more than one school level, it shall be assigned one academic performance rating and one academic growth of students rating and receive one school accountability report.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7F98372AFBE9CA56872570C7006E5546?Open&file=069_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 69
Source: Colorado Legislature |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates the student delinquency prevention program, within the Tony Grampsas youth services program, to provide funding for before-and-after school programs for youth enrolled in grades 6 through 8; describes the types of before-and-after school programs that qualify for funding; creates the student delinquency prevention program fund, and identifies the source of moneys for the fund as gifts, grants, and donations and moneys collected from the juvenile crime prevention surcharge.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E757888D540771A587257102005E1899?Open&file=1363_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1363
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under the age of seventeen years (changed from 16), except as provided by this section, must attend public school for at least the following number of hours during each school year: (I) One thousand fifty-six hours if a secondary school pupil; or (II) Nine hundred sixty-eight hours if an elementary school pupil during each school year; except that in no case shall in a grade other than kindergarten; (III) Nine hundred hours if a full-day kindergarten pupil; or (IV) four hundred fifty hours if half-day kindergarten pupil.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1617BA178EE19B4F872570CA0062EC9C?Open&file=073_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 73
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing grants to school-based health centers; directs the division to develop criteria for the grants in consultation with school-based health centers; creates the school- based health center grant program fund; authorizes the annual transfer of moneys out of the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund to fund the grant program; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6199F0EF630E65F687257140005E782D?Open&file=1396_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1396
Source: Colorado Legislaure |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and the children's basic health plan; directs the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing to select school districts to participate in the demonstration project; establishes an advisory committee to make recommendations to the executive director on the demonstration project.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/897BB7820C50DDA9872570CE00794804?Open&file=1270_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
To governor 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Concerns suicidal behavior among students in higher education; authorizes selected state institutions of higher education to notify a designated contact person in the event that a person who has been designated by the state institution has a reasonable belief that the student is considering suicide or may be a danger to himself or herself; authorizes the institution to release to the contact person only such confidential information that is directly related to the student's suicide risk.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2006A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E67AEDFDD1187D6F8725706C006601E7?Open&file=067_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 67
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns recognition of community service performed by students; requires each school district to adopt a policy whereby a student may earn a certificate of community service to be reflected on the student's high school diploma; specifies the minimum contents of a policy to award certificates; identifies examples of community service that may qualify a student for receiving a certificate; identifies types of community service that may not qualify a student to receive a certificate.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EC9C67F8DD2F13F78725709A005E7DC3?Open&file=1121_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1121
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns principals in public schools; requires the state board of education to direct the department of education annually to survey school district superintendents who employ new principals; requires school districts to provide observations and written evaluations of principals with the same frequency as they are provided to teachers; creates the principal development scholarship program to provide stipends for professional development activities for principals on a need basis.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DA26A572932CE8B3872570C7007129B2?Open&file=1001_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1001
Source: Colorado Legislature |
P-16 or P-20 |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns the study of an education system ranging from pre-kindergarten through higher education, and, in connection therewith, creates a legislative oversight committee and special council; creates the P-16 council for continued examination of an integrated system of education from pre-kindergarten through higher education; specifies membership and identifies duties of the P-16 council, including issues to be studied.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B33741FAF449E1B08725708A0081074A?Open&file=046_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 46
Source: Colorado Legislature |
P-3 |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation and duties of a statewide system of integrated early childhood councils. Repeals the pilot program for community consolidated child care services; incorporates the pilot program into a new integrated statewide system of early childhood councils to address local needs and conditions; mandates an application process to receive designation as a council; sets forth the duties of the councils, including increasing and sustaining the quality, accessibility, capacity, and affordability of early childhood services for children 5 years of age or younger and their parents.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5891F5D37E7577928725713000654E40?Open&file=1397_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1397
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the creation of a task force to study the state's system of higher education financing; requires each state institution of higher education to have a program cost assessment completed by a national education finance organization to collect verifiable data regarding the actual cost to educate a student at the state institution; requires each state institution to submit the data collected from the completed cost analysis to the task force.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2006A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BDECF023167A230487257102005D1E57?Open&file=209_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Amends the statutes pertaining to each governing board of higher education to require that a member of the board who is appointed by the governor continue to serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed by the senate; states that it is the intent of the general assembly that the governor consider, when appointing members to governing boards of institutions of higher education, specified qualifications.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/66D5A824BA0C47DF8725711E007A0581?Open&file=204_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 204
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. |
Concerns underserved students at institutions of higher education; requires each institution of higher education performance contract to include an addendum requiring the institution to demonstrate its commitment to the retention and success of underserved students through the institution's use of support services.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/59C343C061F79739872570BA0061CD27?Open&file=1024_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1024
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates the educational materials for the blind and dyslexic grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that provide school districts with accessible educational materials for students who, because of a learning disability, visual impairment, or other physical disability, have difficulty reading the printed word; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A092B4FEC9E9B14487257068005300D1?Open&file=1004_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1004
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns requirements for educators; clarifies grounds on which the department of education may deny, annul, suspend, or revoke an educator's license; clarifies language relating to an educator terminating his or her employment contract and authorizes the department to suspend an educator's license if he or she does not give the required notice prior to terminating his or her employment contract.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4BCC55B87DD7BD9187257102005E1738?Open&file=176_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 176
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instructs the technical advisory panel on the measurement of longitudinal academic growth to determine the method by which to identify schools that demonstrate the highest rate of student academic growth in a school year toward state standards for proficiency.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/b89455312407ef2a872570bd0083a02c?OpenDocument&Click=872570040059C649.8975551e51fa01d087256dd30080e1d5/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1109
Source: Colorado Legislature |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the continuation of the statewide program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention; changes the required report date for the statewide program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention; extends the repeal date for the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/40136B02668FA1D287257115005DF692?open&file=1351_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1351
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the financing of public schools; increases the statewide base per pupil funding to account for a higher inflation rate; provides that if a school district's expenditures for instructional supplies and materials exceeds the amount required to be budgeted for the budget year, allows the district to subtract an amount equal to the amount of the excess expenditures from the amount required to be budgeted for instructional supplies and materials for the subsequent budget year.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E2B24623C224397987257147007DC269?Open&file=1375_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1375
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Allows public school teachers to receive professional development credit by attending an in-service program on juvenile mental health
issues, including awareness and prevention of youth suicide.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/07205A4A5D8B24FB872570930058AFFE?Open&file=1098_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1098
Source: CO Legislative Web Site |
Health--Nutrition |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the provision of healthy nutrition alternatives in public schools; requires each school district board of education to adopt a policy providing that at least 50% of all items offered in vending machines located in public schools of the school district meet acceptable nutritional standards.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0140982435F7AA61872570AE005C6D39?Open&file=1056_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1056
Source: Colorado Legislative Site |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns the provision of fresh produce in public schools; creates a program to make free fruits and vegetables available to students in public schools; requires that a certain percentage of the public schools participating in the program are schools that are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch under the National School Lunch Act; sets requirements with regard to the application process for schools that wish to participate in the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A9414CDE0E0000FC872570E4007BEAA9?Open&file=127_rer.pdf
Title: S.B. 127
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns reimbursement for supplemental on-line education courses. School districts and charter schools may receive reimbursement for all or a portion of the costs incurred in purchasing supplemental online education courses for students in grades 6-12. For example, such courses may allow districts and charter schools to offer a richer and more varied curriculum to students, especially in rural areas.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B4270585F78ABF15872570AD0057C329?Open&file=1008_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1008
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Postsecondary |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
Postsec. |
Requires all policies and amendments to existing policies adopted by the commission on higher education to be promulgated in accordance with the State Administrative Procedure Act.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/87BF5B4CF1B2A2978725711E0071C75D?Open&file=203_rer.pdf
Title: S.B. 203
Source: Colorado Legisature |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the membership requirements of boards created in the department of higher education; requires that at least 2 members of the commission on higher education have experience in the field of higher education; requires the commission to establish a process whereby the state institutions of higher education on a rotating basis shall designate the nonlegislative members of the commission's advisory committee, and outlines the qualifications of the nonlegislative members.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CDA16523E9C245F98725711F0000504C?Open&file=205_rer.pdf
Title: S.B. 205
Source: Colorado Legislature |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns reports of assaults in schools; adds third degree assaults, vehicular assaults, and disorderly conduct involving fighting to the types of assaults and fights that school districts must include in their reports of criminal assaults to the department of education. Improves and strengthens school safety reporting to department of education and to the public. Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 117
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5F35CD4EED5D661C872570D00077AB9E?Open&file=055_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 55
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns amendments to the exceptional children's educational act to conform with the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004; revises the list of recommendations by the state department of education to the state board of education concerning necessary rules for the implementation of the Exceptional Children's Act; repeals a section concerning depository and retrieval network for visually impaired and hearing- impaired children. Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 102
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/53B0A140D695B9EA872570D8007ECCE0?open&file=118_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 118
Source: Colorado Legislature |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns student data from the elementary to secondary education system through the postsecondary education system; requires a postsecondary institution that is eligible for the college opportunity fund program to begin using as the student's primary identifier the unique identification number assigned to the student while enrolled in the elementary to secondary education system.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FCC11C40BEB13B3E872570B40068D462?Open&file=024_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 24
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns physical education teachers employed by school districts; prohibits a school district from employing as a physical education teacher a person who does not hold a physical education endorsement on his or her teacher license or who is not highly qualified as determined by the school district.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3EDC1C55097897FF8725706D00681B4F?Open&file=1021_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1021
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Concerns measures to improve the academic performance of unsatisfactory public schools; allows a school that receives an overall academic performance rating of unsatisfactory to operate under a school improvement plan for 2 full school years; provides for review of the operations of the unsatisfactory school. The state board will review the operations of the school and determine whether it will continue with the school improvement plan, the district or the institue will modify the plan or whether the school will be converted into a charter school. Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 116
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E8DEBD6DD2EAD79287257068005412FF?Open&file=1240_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1240
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Vetoed 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes of additional school district revenues to fund costs associated with full-day kindergarten programs. Districts that receive voter approval for additional revenue must: use evidence-based research demonstrating the types of programs and methods appropriate for full-day kindergarten; not limit parents to enrolling their children in half-day programs; and not serve children through a full-day kindergarten component of the district's preschool program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/602F9F4FC4AEF24C8725708A0068082D?Open&file=1005_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1005
Source: CO Legislative Web Site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
Postsec. |
Concerns student loan programs in the Department of Higher Education; specifies that the Director of CollegeInvest shall be the Director of the Student Loan Division in the Department of Higher Education; repeals the Advisory Committee on Student Loans; increases the limit on the amount of outstanding bonds.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: H.B. 1260
Source: Colorado Legislature |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
To governor 03/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
On completion of the two-year or three-year residency program, the Colorado Department of Education may issue an initial teacher license to the teacher in residence if he or she successfully completes an induction program and the prescribed requirements. The department may issue a professional license to the teacher in residence to be employed by the school district as a teacher. Also allows the department of education to extend an alternative teacher license for up to one year if the licensee provides proof that he or she is unable to complete the alternative teacher preparation program in one year for reasons other than incompetence.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EA17790345A5882B872570BC00670BB6?Open&file=1023_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1023
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Achievement |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the administration of closing theachievement gap.
The Colorado State Board of Education must determine the criteria by which eligible schools shall be selected to participate in the voluntary Closing the Achievement Gap Program. Selection Criteria Eligibility for participation in the voluntary program will be limited to schools with an achievement gap meeting the following criteria: current and prior year reading gap is larger than the state average gap; and current and prior year math gap is larger than the state average gap; or the school has received an academic performance rating of unsatisfactory.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-69.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-69
Source: CO State Board of Education Regulations |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 |
The Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program requires the State Board of Education to define procedures for applying for a grant, and the criteria for awarding grants. The grant application requires a statement of student needs used to determine the program being submitted for funding, the capacity of the staff for the program to deliver the services and a description of how the program will be evaluated for effectiveness. The department will apply the following criteria for awarding grants: the demonstrated need for the program including dropout rates, the
extent to which the program utilizes an arts-based or vocational activity program, the percentage of minority students to be served, free and reduced lunch rates at the school, the quality of the program used to address the needs, the number of students who will participate in the program, the quality of the evaluation and the cost effectiveness of the services.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-66.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-66
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-16 or P-20 |
Issued 10/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates Colorado Education Alignment Council, sets membership rules and power and duties of council. Council is to study Colordo's secondary and postsecondary education systems, compare nationally and issue recommendations concerning alignment, assessments and standards.
http://www.colorado.gov/governor/eos/b00905.pdf
Title: Executive Order B 009 05
Source: http://www.colorado.gov/ |
Accountability |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to convene a working group of specified members to evaluate the current rules, definitions and reporting of incidents pertaining to school safety. Requires the working group to submit a report of its findings to the state by November 2005. Requires the findings to include examples of the types of incidents that should be reported for state safe school reporting requirements.
Also requires the state board to convene a panel of specified membership to conduct public meetings and make recommendations to the state board on the content, design and layout of the state accountability reports.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 3)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. Standardizes and requires the reporting of continuing education rates and mobility rates by school districts for accreditation. Requires one accreditation indicator to be the percentage of students enrolled in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate diploma program, or institution of higher education through a dual enrollment program. Requires districts to report achievement of accreditation indicators disaggregated for student year, race, low family income, students with disabilities, and English language learners. Requires districts and the state charter school institute to annually report the status of students who have not graduated in 4 years and remain enrolled in the district or an institute charter school. Permits the state board of education to audit accreditation data.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DFD64504612C4BC587256F5800587C38?Open&file=091_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 91
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Requires the evaluation to include:
(1) The impact of the accountability systems on learning and teaching;
(2) Public perception of and confidence in the accountability sytems;
(3) The effectiveness of the parties involved in the accountability systems, including the department, districts, state charter school institute, and public schools;
(4) Improvements that may be made to the data collected through the accountability systems; and
(5) Recommended changes to statutes or rules pertaining to the accountability systems.
Requires the report to include an evaluation of the state acceditation indicators and how districts or the state charter school institute can meet or fail to meet such standards.
Changes the school designations in the state accountability system from "excellent", "high", "average", "low" and "unsatisfactory" to "excellent", "high achieving", "achieving", "priority" and "high priority". Requires the state board to develop procedures for a district or the state charter school institute to appeal or waive a school's rating based upon unusual testing circumstances.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?Open&file=214_rev.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 1-2)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation added by paragraph (d), section 22-7-604.3.
Section 8: Creates new paragraph (d) in section 22-7-604.3. States that a diagnostic academic growth calculation showing each student's improvement from year to year might more accurately reflect a school's performance. Encourages the department to extend the use of the diagnostic academic growth calculation to the school level, and to use this method to evaluate schools for the state and federal accountability systems.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 7-8)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to identify volunteer districts, boards of cooperative services and a charter school to send representatives to form the "educational data advisory committee" to work with the department to review school data reporting requirements. Requires the committee, on its own or by written request of a district, board of cooperative services or the state charter school institute, to review these entities' reporting requirements to determine whether the costs of such requirements outweigh the benefits. Authorizes the committee to make recommendations to the state board on repealing or amending statutory and regulatory reporting requirements and requires the state board to forward all recommendations on alterations to statutory reporting requirements to the general assembly. Requires the committee to review each data reporting request not required by statute or rule and notify districts, boards of cooperative services and the state charter school institute whether compliance with the request is mandatory or voluntary.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DC1884F5438814D187256F6B0076EE38?Open&file=019_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 19
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished improvement awards. Repeals provision requiring the state board to contract with a nationally recognized, independent auditing firm to annually audit the process of preparing the accountability reports. Makes appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E3E46C5DD449721587256F8D0053612C?Open&file=1217_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1217
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports.
Section 5: Adds new subsection requiring the department to print selected school accountability reports in Spanish. Requires the department to work with each district and the state charter school institute to determine whether a school's report will be printed in Spanish and the number of reports to be printed in Spanish for each selected public school.
Section 6: Requires state acceditation process to be based on individual student improvement (in addition to student achievement), both in the subjects tested in the state assessment system (reading, writing, math and science) and in subjects for which there are state model content standards but no statewide assessment.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 4-6)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each district and the state charter school institute as to which, if any, of its schools received a "low" or "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. Requires the department to adopt a school performance review process for schools rated "unsatisfactory." Requires the school performance review process to include creation of one or more school support teams to review each school rated "unsatisfactory" and make recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Permits the department, provided funds are available, to provide reviews and training for school support teams for schools rated "low." Allows each district and the institute to establish its own school performance review process, subject to department approval and to request comprehensive training for school support teams thereby established, which training the department must provide.
Requires the department to provide comprehensive training to school support teams that must ensure each team member has a thorough knowledge of the department's standards and indicators for continuous school improvement and understands how to apply the standards and indicators in evaluating a school's performance.
Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating to undergo a review by a school support team and for the team to develop recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with an "unsatisfactory" rating is subject to restructuring or may cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle.
Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a district or the state charter school institute containing a school receiving a "low" rating that meets other additional criteria to review the school's operations and develop an improvement plan with corrective actions for the school. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with a school improvement plan thus created may cease to be subject to the school improvement plan.
Establishes procedures for a school support team to conduct a performance review of a school and requires the team to prepare a comprehensive performance review report for the school. Requires a school that has received a performance review report to develop an improvement plan with corrective actions based on the findings and recommendations in the report. Requires the improvement plan to identify one or more from a list of specified corrective actions.
Requires a school support team member to provide an implementation review for a school that has implemented an improvement plan for one full school year, and to prepare an implementation review report. Specifies content of report.
Requires a school subject to restructuring to alter its governance structure. Sets forth procedures and options for such. Allows a district or the state charter school institute to voluntarily restructure a public school at any point in the school improvement action cycle at least 60 days before the determination that a school is required to restructure. Such a restructuring plan is not subject to the aforementioned altered governance structure provisions. States that if the state board determines that the school's restructuring plan is a major restructuring of the school's governance, the school will cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle until such time as the school may again be subject to the school improvement action cycle by receiving an "unsatisfactory" or qualified "low" rating.
Sets forth procedures for a local board to convert a school subject to restructuring to a charter school.
Specifies that low-performing alternative education campuses are subject to the improvement plan and corrective action subsequent to a performance review report in the same manner as regular public schools.
Modifies closing the achievement gap program; deletes language that the program is to provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of being converted into a charter school. Replaces with language that the program must provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of governance restructuring as set forth in statute 22-7-909 (above).
Creates new paragraph allowing a charter to be revoked subsequent if it is determined that a charter school failed to show adequate improvement in its overall academic performance rating and is therefore subject to governance restructuring.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7FFA7A4A0AF5D39087256F4E0000C637?Open&file=1216_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1216
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the department of corrections to obtain information from each inmate on whether the inmate is the parent of a child under the age of 18 in Colorado, and if so, whether the child is enrolled in a school in the state and the district or charter school in which the child is enrolled, while not providing the inmate with information that might pose a safety threat to the child or child's family. Requires the department of corrections to collect information on programs that assist students whose parents are incarcerated.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B2C5BB6B29EBD39187256F39006FBF9E?Open&file=1088_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1088
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program to evaluate the program. Beginning January 1, 2006, requires the department to annually report to the general assembly on the outcomes and effectiveness of the program, related to school attendance, attachment and achievement.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/86586AF58A7872A987256FB6006E7A5F?Open&file=1311_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1311
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Curriculum |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes the statewide physical education recognition program to recognize and reward public schools and physical education teachers meeting established criteria. Creates the statewide physical education recognition board to establish objective criteria for a tiered rating to a physical education program or teach, solicit and review applications for recognition, rate physical education programs, and recommend annual monetary awards to the highest rated school programs and an outstanding physical education teacher in an elementary school, middle school and high school. Provides that if the fund does not receive at least $50,000 by June 1, 2006, repeals the act effective July 1, 2006. If the act is not repealed earlier, repeals the act effective July 1, 2010.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2EC8168D1E92E69187256F5E0067F7AB?Open&file=1237_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1237
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Curriculum--International Education |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Recognizes the importance of international education in public elementary and secondary schools. Directs the state board of education to appoint an international education advisory council to explore international opportunities for learning, professional development, exchange programs and the availability of curriculum materials. Requires the advisory council to make recommendations to the state board and commissioner of education on expanding international education programs and opportunities and ways of encouraging participation in such programs. Requires the advisory council to advise the state board and department of education on international education program opportunities and the availability of federal, state, local and non-profit agency funding for such programs. Requires the advisory council to survey districts, public schools and charter schools on existing international education programs, opportunities and activities.
Specifies the membership of the advisory council. Requires review of the council prior to repeal, effective July 1, 2015. Authorizes the department to receive public and private gifts, grants, and donations to implement the act, as well as legislative appropriations. Creates the international education fund for any moneys received by the department.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FF0C1AC4503DE89E87256F660055A6EF?Open&file=1087_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1087
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. |
Specifies that a student who is eligible to receive a stipend may receive a stipend for graduate level courses that apply toward the student's undergraduate degree. Requires the Colorado student loan program to reduce the amount of the stipend per credit hour for all students, if moneys in the college opportunity fund in any fiscal year are not sufficient to pay the rate per credit hour established by the general assembly. Changes for which courses that a student may receive a stipend payment, the courses that count toward the student's 145 lifetime-credit-hour limitation, and provisions relating to waivers of the credit-hour limitation. Allows the Colorado student loan program to authorize an advance from the college opportunity fund to a governing board and, upon such authorization, requires the state treasurer to make the advance without interest to the governing board to assist the governing board in managing its cash flow. Requires an advance to be repaid within the same state fiscal year in which the advance is made. Authorizes a governing board to approve and commence, without prior approval of the Colorado commission on higher education, capital construction projects that are funded without state capital construction or general fund moneys if: The capital construction project costs less than 5 million dollars; and the institution for which the capital project is being constructed has been designated as an enterprise.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A4058D1E27570DC987256F7E0059EAA8?Open&file=132_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 132
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Makes an accomodation for counting preschoolers and 3- and 4-year olds with disabilities enrolled (for state funding purposes) by letting schools count them on November 1 or the school date closest to November 1, instead of October 1.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E5270E41C6FE350A87256F4F00049514?Open&file=032_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 32
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes school districts to impose a fee for transportation by resolution of the board, rather than by a vote of the people. Adds that districts are authorized to impose the fee for transporting students who are eligible for a free or reduced lunch. Requires a district, prior to adopting a resolution to collect a transportation fee, to hold a public forum to sollicit recommendations from the community on the question of whether to impose the transportation fee and the proposed fee schedule. Requires the district to assess a transportation fee from only those students who use the transportation services. Allows the district to impose the transportation fee on students of charter schools of the district.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/027EE1799103C61A87256F5E005FA0B7?Open&file=1191_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1191
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Defines "unexpected and unexplained death" as a death that, prior to investigation, appears to have been caused by trauma, suspicious or obscure circumstances, or child abuse or neglect. Includes death from vehicular trauma, fire, drowning, abuse, suicide and unknown causes.
Allows each judicial district to establish a local child fatality prevention review team. Requires each local review team to consist of specified representatives of public and nonpublic agencies in the judicial district that provide services to children and their families and of other individuals who represent the community, including representatives from school districts.
Authorizes local review teams to include representatives from additional entities or groups in the judicial district. Requires local review teams to review specified cases of death of children 18 years of age and younger in the judicial district. Requires the local review teams to (1) review certain cases of unexpected and unexplained death in the judicial district; (2) review the findings concerning cause and manner of the death and attempt to determine if the local review team concurs with the findings; (3) evaluate means by which the death might have been prevented; (4) report case review findings to public and private agencies that have responsibilities for children and make recommendations to these agencies that may help to reduce the number of child deaths; (5) request a plan of action from an agency for improvements to prevent child deaths when the case involves a child in the custody of the agency at the time of death or involves identified system problems at the agency; and (6) submit specified information related to the local team's review to the state review team.
Authorizes local review teams, within existing appropriations and community resources, to (1) promote continuing education for professionals involved in investigating, treating and preventing child abuse and neglect; and (2) promote public education related to preventing child deaths.
Creates the Colorado State Child Fatality Prevention Review Team in the department of public health and environment. Requires the governor, on or before September 2005, to appoint 17 members to the state review team, and for other directors of state departments to appoint specified numbers of ex officio nonvoting members, including one ex officio nonvoting member appointed by the commissioner of education.
Requires the state review team to (1) form committees to review specified types of child deaths in the state; (2) outline trends and patterns of childhood death in the state; (3) identify and investigate risk factors that may lead to childhood death; (4) characterize groups of children who are at risk for childhood death; (5) evaluate the services offered and the system responses to children who are at risk of childhood death and request plans of action for improvement from agencies, when necessary; (6) take steps to improve the quality and scope of data obtained through investigations of childhood deaths; (7) steps to improve the quality and scope of data obtained through investigations and review of childhood deaths; (8) report to the governor and specific committees of the general assembly concerning recommendations for changes to law, rule, or policy that the state review team has determined will promote the safety and well-being of children; (9) subject to appropriations, distribute information to the public on risks to children and recommendations for promoting children's safety and well-being; and (10) performing any other functions necessary to enhance the state's capacity to reduce and prevent childhood injuries and death.
Provides state and local review teams with access to specified records, including records related to previous reports and investigations of suspected child abuse or neglect and records of coroner or medical examiner investigations. Establishes confidentiality requirements for members of state and local review teams and invited participants at meetings; provides for release of information to governmental agencies.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DB4E4D4BCE1D922987256F39006721E5?Open&file=1280_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1280
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Recognizes the importance of supplemental online education courses, especially to smaller districts and rural schools. States that such courses are eligible to receive funding from the state education fund created in article IX of the state constitution. Requires the department, on or before October 1, 2005, to contract with a supplemental on-line course provider to provide high-quality supplemental on-line education courses statewide for purchase by districts, boards of cooperative services, charter schools and the state charter school institute. Requires the contracting provider to work with these entities to allow schools to (1) offer courses for all students in all performance ranges, including gifted and talented students and students in need of remediation; (2) resolve class scheduling conflicts; (3) provide make-up credits for students and summer school options to help students graduate earlier; (4) offer courses for expelled and home-bound students; (5) offer courses for which local teachers are not available; (6) offer courses allowing students to meet higher education admission requirements; (7) meet federal requirements for highly qualified teachers; and (8) provide teacher professional development. Requires the supplemental online course provider to be a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization or school district, have documented evidence of program evaluation, and to meet other requirements. Specifies minimum provisions of a contract for supplemental online education courses, including that the contractor must provide at least 50 online courses in specified subject areas, the teachers meet the federal requirements for a highly qualified teacher, and that, where applicable, the courses are based on the state model content standards. Requires the contractors to annually report to the department and the legislature on specified details about the program during the preceding year. Makes an allocation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4723DE9EE54766D487256F810074794F?Open&file=139_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 139
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
Changes the name of the "school-readiness child care subsidization program" to the "school-readiness quality improvement program". Recognizes the early success of the program on a geographic pilot basis and expands the program to include additional eligible communities. Clarifies that the program will be a continuing program. Allows for the identification or establishment of early childhood care and education councils throughout the state, and comprised of representatives from various public and private stakeholders in the local early childhood community to develop and implement a comprehensive early childhood system. Requires councils to provide school-readiness quality improvement funding to early care and education providers.
Specifies that a community may identify a community consolidated child care pilot site agency or other existing entity to serve as an early childhood care and education council or establish a new early childhood care and education council. Changes the program by having school-readiness quality improvement funding flow through the early childhood care and education councils to local early care and education providers, rather than through county departments of social services to such providers. Clarifies that the program is not intended to create an entitlement. Includes school districts in the definition of early care and education providers. Expands the program to target the school readiness of young children who will ultimately attend eligible elementary schools that have received a CSAP academic improvement rating of "decline" or "significant decline" and that have, for that school year, received an overall academic performance rating of "average". Directs the early childhood care and education councils receiving school-readiness quality improvement funding through the program to report certain information to the department of human services. Directs the department of human services to report regularly to the education committees of the general assembly. Expands the child care voluntary credentialing system, which was previously limited to the community consolidated child care services pilot site agencies, statewide to further enhance the school readiness of young children throughout the state of Colorado. Makes conforming amendments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FD7C613BB159A9D687256F6A005711E7?Open&file=1238_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1238
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. |
Provides in-state tuition for members of the armed who are domiciled in Colorado for 12 continuous months
Title: S.B. 158
Source: |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. |
Provides tuition assistance for members of the Colorado National Guard who serve at least one year while they are receiving tuition and fee assistance.
Title: S.B. 53
Source: |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
Postsec. |
Requires that the voting members of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system ("CSU board") include 3 members, each of whom either resides in Fort Collins or is a graduate of Colorado state university, and 3 members, each of whom either resides in Pueblo or is a graduate of Colorado state university - Pueblo. Requires that no more than 5 of the voting members of the CSU board be of the same political party. Requires that the board of trustees of the university of northern Colorado ("UNC board") and the board of trustees of the Colorado school of mines ("Mines board") each have no more than 4 members from the same political party. Requires that the board of trustees of Adams state college ("Adams board"), the board of trustees of Fort Lewis college ("Fort Lewis board"), the board of trustees of Mesa state college ("Mesa board"), the board of trustees of Metropolitan state college of Denver ("Metro board"), and the board of trustees of Western state college ("Western board") each have no more than 5 members from the same political party. Mandates that the CSU board, UNC board, Mines board, Adams board, Fort Lewis board, Mesa board, Metro board, and Western board each have at least one member who is an active or retired educator with experience in higher education
Title: S.B. 204
Source: StateNet |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Provides that if, as part of a student's individual educational program (IEP), a student attends part-time a school or program away from the school where the student is enrolled, the district in which a student is enrolled may designate either the school of residency or the school of attendance as the school to which the student's scores will be assigned to calculate school academic performance ratings.
Requires the department to conduct a study of the administration of assessments for students with an IEP who are not eligible to take the CSAP-A (alternate assessment for students with most severe disabilities). Requires the study to examine and evaluate:
(a) THE EFFECT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENTS ON STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EFFECT ON STUDENTS WHO ARE DEEMED UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT;
(b) WHETHER, FOR STUDENTS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DESIGNATE IN A STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THE GRADE OR GRADES OF THE CSAP ASSESSMENTS THAT THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED.
(c) THE NEED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR TEACHING STATE CONTENT STANDARDS TO STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT;
(d) THE EFFECT OF BOTH INCLUDING AND NOT INCLUDING THE SCORES OF STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT IN THE CALCULATIONS OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE RATINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 22-7-604;
(e) A SURVEY OF THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS USED BY OTHER STATES IN ASSESSING STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPARABLE TO STUDENTS IN THIS STATE WHO HAVE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT, WHETHER OTHER STATES USE THOSE ASSESSMENT SCORES IN CALCULATING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE RATINGS, WHETHER THE ASSESSMENTS ALIGN WITH THE STATE MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 22-7-406, AND WHETHER THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN, OR WOULD LIKELY BE, APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND
(f) FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL, AND REGULATORY ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE CSAP-A ASSESSMENT AND HOW FEDERAL FUNDING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY BE IMPACTED BY ADMINISTERING SUCH ASSESSMENTS.
Provides for the creation of a bipartisan study committee to work with the department in conducting the aforementioned study. Requires the department to present its findings to the state board of education and the legislature by December 31, 2005.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AD6330E65A2E85AB87256F5C007F6625?Open&file=1246_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1246
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Defines "high-poverty school" and "rural school district." Expands teacher loan forgiveness pilot program to include teachers who (1) contract to teach in a high-poverty public elementary school in a rural school district or in a facility school in a rural school district; (2) work at least half-time in a qualified position in a rural district or, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, full-time in a qualified position if employed in a district other than a rural district; and (3) will be liable for an outstanding balance on a CollegeInvest loan or a loan through a lender with an agreement with CollegeInvest to offer loans.
Specifies that if a teacher qualifies for the teacher loan forgiveness pilot program by working in a high-poverty elementary school in a rural district and in a subsequent academic year the school is no longer classified as a high-poverty elementary school in a rural district, the teacher may continue to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness pilot program if he/she continues to teach in the same school. Adds, however, that a participating teacher who transfers to a nonqualifying school forfeits participant status.
Requires the department to annually identify high-poverty elementary schools in rural districts.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/77BA02C2AD41CBA087256F90007DF598?Open&file=191_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 191
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates the dropout prevention activity grant program to fund before- and after-school arts-based and vocational activity programs for students in grades 6-12, with the goal of reducing the student dropout rate. Defines as schools eligible to participate public and charter schools serving any grades 6-12 and that received a "low" or "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system for the school year preceding the school year in which the school is seeking a grant for the program.
States that a qualified school seeking grant program funding must apply to its local board for permission to apply to the department for a grant. If the district board grants permission, directs the qualified school to submit an application to the department. Defines a "qualified community organization" as a nonprofit or not-for-profit, nonsectarian, community-based organization that provides before- and after-school, arts-based or vocational activity programs to low-income youth in grades 6-12. Allows a qualified community organization to seek a program grant by entering into a partnership agreement with a qualified school. Requires the department to review each grant application received and to make recommendations to the state board on the awarding of program grants. Specifies that first priority must be given to schools that have had high dropout rates for the 3 years prior to the submission of the application, and that the department must also fund schools with high percentages of minority and low-income students. Also requires the department to consider the format of the program and determine its cost-effectiveness, the number of students who will be able to participate, and the quality of the experience offered, with the goal of funding arts-based and vocational activity programs that offer a large number of students the opportunity to directly participate in and experience an arts-based or vocational activity. Encourages the department to fund programs that have a school-business or include a community service component, so that programs demonstrate a connection with the community outside the school and provide a benefit to that community.
Creates the dropout prevention activity grant fund.
Requires each qualified school that receives a program grant to report to the department, for each year in which it receives a grant, a description of the arts-based or vocational activity program, the projects accomplished through the program, and the number of participating students. Directs the department to annually report to the education committees of the general assembly and to the governor on the number and amounts of dropout prevention activity program grants awarded, a description of the programs that received funding, the number of students participating in the programs, and the dropout rates for the schools where the funded arts-based and vocational activity programs were operated.
Requires that for income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2005, but before January 1, 2008, a voluntary contributor designation line for the program shall appear on individual income tax forms. Repeals voluntary contributor designation line for the program effective January 1, 2009.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0AF7F5020FB4A25987256F5C007F669F?Open&file=1024_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1024
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
From the fiscal note: This bill specifies that moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account shall be appropriated or transferred in the following manner:
• if the voters approve the ballot issue set forth in HJR05-1057 (submitted to the voters as Referendum "D"), the General Assembly may appropriate moneys from the General Fund Exempt Account to make payments on principal and interest on critical needs notes;
• if the voters do not approve Referendum "D", or if the principal and interest on the notes issued is less than $55 million in FY 2005-06, $95 million in FY 2006-07, or $125 million in each subsequent state fiscal year; or if the General Assembly elects not to appropriate moneys to repay the principal and interest on notes issued, the moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account would be used in a manner consistent
with Section 24-77-103.6(2) (as specified in HB05-1194); and
• if there are any moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account after the above appropriations or transfers are made, then all moneys remaining in the account would be split equally for funding health care; preschool through 12th grade education; and for students attending universities and community colleges. Furthermore, the bill establishes the types of uses in the account that qualify as funding health care, funding for preschool through 12th grade education, and funding for students attending universities and community colleges.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/ABDC71225BB51B1287256FEE004F2346?Open&file=1350_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1350
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Beginning in spring 2006, requires the commission on higher education to send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent of every 11th-grade student prior to the start of grade 12 if the student took the ACT or prior to the start of grade 11 if the student took the precollegiate exam. Requires the notice to include (1) a detailed description of what constitutes an inadequate school in math, reading or writing based on the commission's higher education admission guidelines; (2) information on a student's ability to take basic, precollegiate skills courses while enrolled in a public high school; and (3) notice that the parent may contact the student's school to develop a plan for the student to address the coursework needed to meet the commission's higher education admission guidelines.
Requires local boards and the state charter school institute to provide the opportunity for a student enrolled in a public school of the district or an institute charter school, respectively, to develop a plan for academic remediation upon the student's parent's request.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1D93D263DE99C9D187256F470064073C?Open&file=1027_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1027
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. |
Changes status of college admissions standards from "moderately selective" to "selective."
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9BC8F8C5EFD55F0A87256FAB0082015C?Open&file=194_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 194
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed by Governor 05/2005 |
Postsec. |
Subject to the approval of the office of state planning and budgeting ("OSPB") or the Colorado commission on higher education ("commission") and the capital development committee ("CDC"), and the joint budget committee ("JBC"), authorizes state departments and agencies and institutions of higher education to enter into lease agreements for up to 30 years for capital development projects. Provides that OSPB, the commission, CDC, and JBC approval are not required if the project was approved for funding by the CDC and the JBC prior to July 1, 2004. Specifies required and optional terms of a lease. Excludes a lease from the requirement for an independent appraisal and allows the state controller to waiver certain fiscal rules
Title: H.B. 1341
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Beginning with the spring of 2006, requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to annually send the parents of all eighth-graders in public schools, prior to enrollment in ninth-grade courses, a list of courses the district offers that satisfy the state's higher education admission guidelines. Requires the notice to specify: (1) that completion of such courses is necessary for but not a guarantee of admission to a state-supported postsecondary institution; (2) a student's potential need for remediation and any related financial obligations if the student wishes to apply to a 4-year state-supported institution but does not meet the higher education admission guidelines; (3) a student who fails a course in the higher education admission guidelines may complete a remedial course to satisfy the higher education admission requirements; (4) the availability of and instructions for obtaining information on financial aid to attend a postsecondary institution; (5) the annual state stipend amount set forth in statute 23-18-202; (6) the annual cost of in-state tuition at a state public postsecondary institution; (7) the amount of the student's share of tuition as determined by statute 23-18-207; and (8) notification that the tuition and the stipend amounts are subject to annual change.
Requires the charter school institute board and any local board contracting with a college preparation program to include a provision in the contract that the program must annually provide the Colorado Commission on Higher Education with the name of each student who was enrolled in and completed the program during the previous school year and enrolled in an institution of higher education within six months of completing the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/903E5395695CB80287256F4D0069B230?Open&file=1057_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1057
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. States that the notice should have the goal of attempting to return the student to school and of conveying ot the student's parent the long-term ramifications to the student of dropping out of school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3482A575C7AF359787256F81006BF303?Open&file=164_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 164
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to help districts develop and promote elementary- and secondary-level programs addressing the state model content standards for civics and promoting best practices in civic education. Authorizes these activities to be funded through the state education fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 14)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Federal |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to annually report to the legislature the total amount of federal funds received by the state board in the prior fiscal year, accounting how the funds were used, specifying the federal law or regulation governing the use of the federal funds, if any, and providing information on any flexibility the state board has in using the federal funds.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 18)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Increases the statewide base funding amount for at-risk students. Amends definition of "at-risk pupils" to include the number of district students who are English language learners plus the greater of (1) the number of district students eligible for free lunch or (2) the number of students calculated in accordance with the formula: district percentage of students eligible for free lunch X district student enrollment. Increases the district at-risk factor from 11.2% to 12%.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 1-4)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. In implementing such a full-day kindergarten program, allows a local board to contract with any other public or private entity, including a child care center or a head start agency, as defined in statute. Provides that student in such a full-day kindergarten program must be counted as a full-day student.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 5-7)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a student with asthma, severe allergies or another related, life-threatening condition to possess and self-administer prescribed medications during school, while at school-sponsored activities, or while in transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities, if there is an approved treatment plan. Requires a public school to approve a treatment plan that meets specified conditions. Authorizes the department of public health and environment to audit school records to determine asthma and severe allergic reaction rates within schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/56A37C41B27C036487256F55006A272B?Open&file=156_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 156
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Encourages district boards to adopt policies (by July 1, 2006) ensuring that every student has access to healthful food choices in appropriate portion sizes; that provides for healthful meals in the cafeteria made available to students with an adequate time to eat; healthful items in vending machines; healthful items for fundraisers, parties and rewards in schools; and that every student and guardian has access to information concerning the nutritional content of school breakfast and lunch programs and about competitive food sold or available anywhere on district property on a recurring basis during the school day. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/b22095692e95c60087256f4d006d5b5a?OpenDocument&Click=87256EE50072C919.8975551e51fa01d087256dd30080e1d5/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 81
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the state board to establish procedures for the filing and investigation of complaints alleging conduct that, if true, may establish grounds for denying, annulling, revoking or suspending an educator license or certificate.
Allows a person who converted his/her professional license to inactive status because called to active duty to, when returning professional license to active status, include in the notice to the department of education a copy of the official notice of honorable discharge or release from active service. Upon receipt of the notice and evidence of honorable discharge or release, the department must reissue the professional license with a new expiration date reflecting a period equal to the period remaining on the professional license as of the date the license holder converted to inactive professional license status plus the period during which the person was in active military service.
Authorizes the state board to require, in adopting minimum criteria for professional development activities, all or a portion of the activities to be related to increasing the license holder's competence or skills in his/her existing or potential endorsement area or in the teaching of literacy.
Specifies that teacher professional development related to assessment must pertain to effective use of assessments in planning for instructional delivery and in individualizing student instruction.
Specifies that to be accepted as a professional development activity, educational travel must be applicable to the endorsement area of the licensee's license.
Changes temporary educator eligibility authorization from three-year nonrenewable to one-year with two opportunities to renew for one year.
Specifies that an interim authorization authorizes a school district to employ as a principal, administrator or teacher a person who is eligible for certification or licensure.
Changes terminology from provisional licensure to initial licensure for administrators, principals, professional special service providers. Specifies that a person holding a provisional educator license as of the date this bill goes into effect is deemed to hold an initial educator license on and after said date, so long as the license is valid.
Strongly encourages all school districts to hire persons who hold alternative teacher licenses and teacher in residence authorizations to provide a wide range of experience in teaching and functional subject matter knowledge for the benefit of students.
Eliminates language allowing a district to hire as a teacher a person who is not certified. Replaces with language allowing district to hire a person with an alternative teacher license to teach as an alternative teacher pursuant to an alternative teacher contract. Authorizes a district to hire a person who holds a teacher in residence authorization to teach as a resident teacher pursuant to a teacher in residence program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0FC6014CF21E6B8D87256F3A0061BC79?Open&file=1026_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1026
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Effective July 1, 2005, allows a local board to adopt a resolution stating its intent to decline one or more federal funding sources of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and thereby be exempt from the requirements of the act. Requires the resolution to remain in place until rescinded by the local board. States that if a district adopts a resolution to decline federal funding sources in this manner, the action will nto affect the district's accreditation status, and the department and the state board may not impose any form of sanction on the district for its action in declining federal funds and not complying with the federal requirements from which it is exempt.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/081AB298840E623D87256F500058FF4D?Open&file=050_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 50
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 the number of children a district may apply to the department for authorization to serve through a full-day kindergarten component of the district's preschool program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 15)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Colorado Achievement Scholarship Program to promote the state's pre-collegiate curriculum. Requires eligible part-tme and full-time undergraduate students to attend a state postsecondary institution, junior college or area vocational school, be eligible for a federal Pell grant, and have a high school GPA of at least 2.5. Establishes Colorado Achievement Scholarship Trust Fund. Limits scholarship eligibility to 5 academic years.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/61CA43026873BD0387256F4E0064B713?Open&file=003_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety |
To governor 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Encourages districts to provide age-appropriate curriculum that covers safe use of the Internet. Concerns inclusion of an internet safety plan in each school district's safe school plan. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education |
Vetoed 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Adopts a comprehensive method of allocating the excess costs incurred in educating students with disabilities. Defines "selected special education option" as district other than the child's resident school district that special education student enrolls in, charter school or on-line program. Requires the resident school district to pay the selected special education option the tuition charge for the excess costs incurred in educating the student. Requires the state board to adopt rules on notifying the district of residence, types and amounts of allowable costs in excess of the per pupil funding for a student with a disability, and other program specifications.
Bill as sent to governor: http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9D49F9D805B1D0AC87256F5E0067F825?Open&file=1255_enr.pdf
Fiscal note: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9D49F9D805B1D0AC87256F5E0067F825?Open&file=HB1255_00.pdf
Title: H.B. 1255
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires all districts to offer kindergarten.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/24338C60B3B3DBFE87256F56006898F3?open&file=088_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Concerns the ability to attach public pension benefits if the pension participant engages in misconduct in connection with public property; relates to restitution for theft, embezzlement or wrongful conversion of public property. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6A6F025D25B5376887256F3A004D6C87?Open&file=093_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 93
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the State Charter School Institute. Includes procedures for acceptance of applications, evaluating and authorizing schools and overseeing procedures. http://www.cde.state.co.us/choice/download/CSIpermRulesFinal.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 302-1
Source: http://www.cde.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes emergency rules regarding administration of the State Charter School Institute.
Title: 1 CCR 302-1
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Rule Adoption 12/2004 |
Postsec. |
Repeals and incorporates rules regarding the student loan program. Changes the name from the Colorado Student Loan Program to the Colorado College Access Network. COLORADO REG 8010 (SN)
Title: 8 CCR 1504-3
Source: StateNet |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Rule Adoption 11/2004 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding the administration of Colorado Online Programs. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/brdbook/2004/NOVEMBER%202004/VIII-G-1.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-56
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding the administration of accountability for alternative campuses and processes for being designated an alternative campus. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/brdbook/2004/JULY%202004/VIII-A-1as.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-57
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed by Governor 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Education, no later than 15 days after the effective date of the act, to choose a public or private entity to develop a model to calculate students' annual academic growth for diagnostic purposes; directs the department to calculate annually the amount of each student's and each school's academic growth in reading, writing, and mathematics over the periods between the administration of the CSAP assessments. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F4561E2B63FB898087256DEF00574D0F?Open&file=1433_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1433
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed by Governor 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns charter schools and legislative intent to provide multiple avenues for obtaining charter school authorization, including the creation of state charter schools. Amends the charter school law to require charter school contracts to include goals, objectives and students performance standards for meeting state accreditation standards and goals and applicable federal standards and goals; measurable annual achievement goals based on state accreditation goals; a description of how the charter school will gather and use longitudinal assessment data to assess and improve student academic progress. Specifies how school districts may unilaterally impose conditions on charter schools or charter applicants. Requires the local board of education to annually report to the state department of education requested data to determine the effectiveness of charter schools. Prohibits the chartering authority from limiting the number of students a charter school may enroll except as negotiated between a charter school and the chartering authority based on specified criteria. A charter school's renewal application must include information on their students progress on Colorado student assessments. Charter schools should receive 100% of the district's per-pupil revenues except the district may retain the actual cost of central administrative costs for services in an amount of up to 5% of per-pupil revenues. Charter schools can appeal to the state board of education if the school believes the chartering district improperly withheld funds. Requires specified reports to the governor and the legislature.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/070DD2229CD69D4587256D78006373FB?Open&file=1141_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1141
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the authorization of institute charter schools, particularly schools for at-risk students, by the state Charter School Institute; deems institute charter schools to be part of the free public schools in the state, thereby adjusts the funding for free lunches provided to the students within the school district; creates a graduated reimbursement to school districts, and allows a school district to retain exclusive authority to authorize charter schools within the school districts boundaries. Intent of the Legislature is for the Institute to model best practices in authorizing charter schools and to make these practices available to school districts. Includes establishment of accountability requirements for student performance and school improvement at institute charter schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/012657ADB873A05C87256DB0004CFCFF?Open&file=1362_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1362
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
Curriculum |
Signed by Governor 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Encourages each school district and charter school to adopt a financial literacy curriculum and to make successful completion of the program a graduation requirement. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/88DE0C519CF9551087256D790053005C?Open&file=1360_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1360
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns reviews of school districts, and, in connection therewith, requiring pilot efficiency reviews of a limited number of school districts to identify administrative savings that can be gained through best practices. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7559053176F837C087256E19005E1CFA?Open&file=144_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 144
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Partial veto 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Allows the state department of education to add employees to assist with school capital construction. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9C325359D40DBB8D87256E850065FF92?Open&file=1464_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1464
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
High School |
Vetoed 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Creates a High School Commission to assess the quality of education provided in the state's public high schools and to make recommendations to school districts and the general assembly by December 31, 2004. The commission should address at least the following issues: whether Colorado high school graduates are ready for postsecondary education and employment and strategies to help districts improve readiness; focusing and clarifying high school graduation requirements and expectations; improving high school students' achievement levels; the effectiveness and availability of enrollment option including choice, charter school and educational voucher programs; and the existing data systems to measure the quality of high school education, student outcomes and student growth. The commission should consider local commissions recommendations and avoid duplication of local commissions' reform recommendations.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FCF5FBA591D5C19887256E1A0063628F?open&file=1283_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1283
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Changes the name of the Child Care Commission to the Early Childhood and School Readiness Commission; modifying the responsibilities of the commission. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64CD1EC1E0B64CA787256DB0004CB158?Open&file=1277_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1277
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. |
Specifies that the governing board of a state institution of higher or group of institutions that are designated as an enterprise may pledge up to 20% of tuition revenues of such an enterprise and all or a portion of a facility construction fee for a contract for the advancement of money on behalf of such institution; specifies that the governing board shall not pledge General Fund moneys appropriated by the General Assembly. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/482CDC2C2F9E8AAC87256E7D006C255D?Open&file=252_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 252
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
School Safety |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of A Safe Routes to School Program; directs the Department of Transportation to distribute federal funds to local governments to include projects that improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists in school areas.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/593025B536404D0287256DE100697A5C?Open&file=1309_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1309
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the financing of public schools; relates to calculations of pupil enrollment; relates to charter school contracts. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/28517E5E9054E56887256E0400738CE5?Open&file=1397_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1397
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Promotes "Colorado History Day" (NHD), a year-long academic enrichment program that engages students in grades six to twelve in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. and making an appropriation to schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CFD276C782F7232787256DDE00801172?Open&file=1202_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1202
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns limitations on education regarding manifestations of human sexuality. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6B239FC2932F199287256E1A00062311?Open&file=1375_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1375
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Leadership |
Signed by Governor 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns educator licensure. Provides requirements for authorization of adjunct instructor, special services intern, emergency applicant, temporary educator, substitute, teacher in residence, career and technical educator, school speech-language pathology assistant, educational interpreter, junior reserve officer training corps instructor, literacy instruction, principal authorization. Provides for issuance of licensures for alternative teachers, provisional teachers, and professional teachers. Provides for issuance of professional special services license, professional principal license, and professional administrator license. Authorizes school districts to develop and implement alternative principal programs to enable individuals from outside the education community to become school principals http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS2004A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F2FA701F38C118DC87256DB0004D3883?Open&file=1104_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1104
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. |
Establishes the fixed tuition and fee rate program. Beginning with the 2005-06 school year, state institutions designated as an enterprise institution may offer a fixed tuition and free rate to students willing to enter into a contract. Guarantees availability of classes so student can complete degree program within contract period. Includes provisions for flexibility to allow for additional fees and major/degree changes. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/080A0C1EB54B464187256DB0004D0212?Open&file=1207_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1207
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the College Opportunity Fund Program; requires each state and private institution of higher education which does not receive loan services through the Colorado Student Loan Program to pay an implementation fee and an on going disbursement fee; specifies the college opportunity fund shall be trust fund for eligible undergraduate students. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/e1e067acaeb853c887256df8005f11e2?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 189
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns the classification of a dependent of a member of the armed forces for purposes of determining tuition at public institutions of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2B214A80B7EA9C5887256DC50057712A?Open&file=1006_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1006
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns tuition assistance to members of the Colorado National Guard; allocates funds for tuition assistance. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/12F1E5BCFB26B76187256E1D0062F653?open&file=1347_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Directs the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education to adopt policies to ensure the transfer of credits from area vocational schools to institutions within the state system of community and technical colleges. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8728C3A121C617F687256E2900554012?Open&file=1361_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1361
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Enacts recommendations of governor's task force on the community college system; reduction of the system office's administrative costs by 35% and use of saved funds to finance recommendations including installation of a systemwide information technology system; restructuring of the distance learning system for all community colleges; limiting institutional research to the colleges; conducting a comprehensive review of career and technical education administrative costs. Any additional monies available because of reduced administrative costs should be used for classroom instruction and to support colleges. Develop a master plan for the use or sale of property at the Lowry Campus except for property used by the Community College of Aurora or by the Community College of Denver. Nothing in the law should prohibit allowing a charter school to be located or cause the displacement of a charter school located at the Lowry Campus prior to the development of the master plan. Proceeds from the Lowry property are to be used for system capital development projects. Required reports. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DDDD429D87C8711187256DC5005770B7?Open&file=1086_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1086
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns changes to the school accountability report to include a page that specifies certain information a parent may request from a school. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: H.B. 1217
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
The performance of alternative schools that qualify is to be measured under a different set of accountability indicators. Schools that serve a population that is more than 95% "at risk" as defined by the law must demonstrate baseline levels of and measurable annual benchmards on at least one measure of academic performance. These measures must be based upon progres of individual students or groups of students and include one or more other indicators; must measure nonacademic or behavioral improvement appropriate for the particular schools, including average daily attendance, student post-matriculation rates of enrollment, enlistment or employment, rates of stability or retention, reduced rates of suspension or other discipline, or attendance rates. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: S.B. 83
Source: |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district to submit the name, date of birth, and social security number from the fingerprint form for each nonlicensed employee of the school district to the Department of Education; directs the department to create and maintain a database; requires the school district to notify the department when a nonlicensed employee no longer works for the school district; provides for purge of records for persons no longer employed. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: S.B. 62
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns the treatment of American Sign Language as a foreign language in education that counts toward graduation requirements. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2004a/sl_74.htm
Title: H.B. 1037
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the election of school district directors from director districts. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/55a62238aee6f1b087256dff005a3670?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1230
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns the provision of information on meningococcal disease to students at postsecondary institutions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/b4b3641b6712e14987256de1006a0dfc?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 57
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns policies to increase the inclusion of nutritious choices in school vending machines; directs each school district to adopt a policy that at least 50% of all items offered in each machine shall be healthful foods and beverages; prohibits a school district from entering into a new or renewing a contract that provides unhealthy foods or beverages in such machines unless certain conditions are met. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/51afe890da41c49d87256df8005c8761?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 103
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. |
Modifies the criteria for determining which administrative employees of higher educational institutions are exempt from the state personnel system to focus on an employee's duties and responsibilities rather than whether the employee reports to an officer.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: S.B. 7
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Concerns state programs to assist higher education students in paying tuition. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/8665449929ab4b5f87256e1d0062f763?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1350
Source: Colorado LEgislative Web site |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns reports to the Education Committees of the General Assembly pursuant to the Information Coordination Act; repeals the reporting requirements concerning the implementation of the Information Technology Grant Program; repeals reporting requirements Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program and early Childhood Loan Program; repeals reporting requirements for the Colorado School of Mines and reporting of common course numbering by state colleges. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/fb578adc3298f8f387256e3f005b6ca0?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1380
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of a public school student's right to have a guardian present when the student signs a statement that could result in expulsion. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/0f42b06a7122dfff87256dbb000241a7?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1137
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Prohibits the payment of a teacher following the initiation of a prosecution for an offense that would result in the loss of licensure. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: S.B. 152
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the expansion of the teacher loan forgiveness pilot program to include a teacher who is hired to teach in a qualified position after his or her first year of teaching. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/572695bdbb70842787256d96005e1e4d?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: H.B. 1039
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Changes the state school accountability report to add information on adequate yearly progress; adds information on achievement levels for various subgroups of students. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C2D25CD76E178B3687256DE40060AE49?Open&file=1124_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1124
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns authorization for counties to increase participation in vocational education by Colorado works participants to meet federal requirements. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AF4C96D0CE809CD287256D8D006992C5?Open&file=1029_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1029
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends the Pledge of Allegiance statute to make the statute constitutional as required by the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in the 1992 decision of Sherman v Community Consolidated School District 21 of Wheeling Township;provides an opportunity for elementary and secondary students to recite the Pledge daily. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/4b69aaeb4cb752f487256d9500661f52?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/0.2F64
Title: H.B. 1002
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Community College |
Concerns an increase in the amount of moneys transferred by the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education from the Colorado Customized Training Program to the Colorado Existing Industry Training Program. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6F0C42C5766A932487256DEF00572AC8?open&file=1166_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1166
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the enterprise status of auxiliary facilities of state institutions of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/32AD98B37C17816487256DB9006E00A3?open&file=1005_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1005
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Concerns the modification of the process used to make matching grants for school district capital construction from the school construction and renovation fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/03DE7EE7F88A911587256DB0004D0816?Open&file=1055_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1055
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Teachers who have served in an administrative capacities may be assigned to another available position for which they are qualified at the salary corresponding to the position. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/32C9B0113B69294B87256D7C0072DA92?Open&file=1092_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1092
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Permits students to participate in activities in another district if activity is not offered within a student's school district. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0E61296035330B9087256E39000345C9?Open&file=1363_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1363
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes rules regarding the administration of the School Improvement Plan. COLORADO REG 7620 (SN)
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-52%20feb04va.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-52
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes emergency rules regarding the administration of cyberschools. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/Online%20Emergency%20Rules%20August%2003_Rev8-15-031.pdf
Title: 1 CCR 301-56
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns closing achievement gap; creates a program to assist schools that have received an unsatisfactory rating or have a significant achievement gap; establishes a commission to propose actions to close the achievement gap. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F2377ACD76563BFA87256C7500641173?Open&file=254_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 254
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires courts to report felony convictions to the Department of Education when the convicted person is a current or former employee of a school district or charter school in Colorado or the person holds an educator license or authorization. The reporting requirement includes incest offenses where the victim is under 18 years of age. The Department of Education would provide information regarding convictions for
misdemeanor crimes involving domestic violence upon an inquiry from school districts or a nonpublic school. After receiving information from the court or from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Education would report the following arrests or convictions to the school district that is the offender's current or last known employer: a felony offense; certain misdemeanors involving indecent exposure, unlawful sexual behavior, wrongs to children, child prostitution, and any counterpart municipal offenses; and misdemeanors involving domestic violence. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F6B2F2132B86C7C887256C5A0061E0FD?Open&file=1114_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1114
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates a requirement for the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each public school in the state. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/92F78D48B9E0622D87256D09006210EF?Open&file=1368_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1368
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Civic Education |
Passed 06/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the importance of history and civic education at the college level. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/DC1C87A2F74B970D87256CBC0064C346?Open&file=HJR1027_enr.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 1027
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns modifications to the program under which the State Treasurer makes loans to school districts with general fund cash deficits; authorizes the Treasurer to issue tax and revenue anticipation notes. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/AE38E74CA121215687256C91004C9E27?Open&file=1274_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1274
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any student or to test or require a test for a child's behavior without the prior written permission from the parents or guardians. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A9D9FDA2A5E7F0AF87256C5A0061D3CE?Open&file=1172_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1172
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns provisions governing the operations of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the institutions' missions, admissions' standards and degrees offered. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/EF9D291339411D6387256CAF0001637C?Open&file=304_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 304
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns provisions relating to selective service registration as a prerequisite for enrolling at a state supported institution of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6B883B08F7BCF89487256CC40063E431?Open&file=255_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 255
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Modifies the eligibility criteria for children in grades 1 through 3 for purposes of the "Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program" (HB03-1160) to require a child to have been continuously attending a public school during the previous school year and has been assessed below grade level on reading readiness or literacy and reading comprehension. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/4295E920CFF3C36387256D080063EA0F?Open&file=1369_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1369
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Specifies that the general assembly intends for the Department of Education, for purposes of Colorado family literacy programs, to actively pursue all federal moneys for family literacy available through the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/B52289055A2999FE87256C87004BAD0F?Open&file=1173_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1173
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school district retirement system to enter into an agreement to merge into another public employee retirement system including the public employees retirement association, provides for continuing fiduciary liability insurance. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6CE9F6D02FB03C9287256CD4006035C6?Open&file=250_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 250
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns an extension of the time in which retirees of the public employees retirement association may be employed to work as nonlicensed employees for schools without reducing the retirement benefits of the retirees. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/2EABA5EF22412BD387256CCA004C1CDD?Open&file=1327_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1327
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the requirement that the department of education print and provide to each public school a specified number of school accountability reports; eliminates the requirement that a public school distribute copies of its school accountability report to every parent or legal guardian of a student at the school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/EBCBEFA2DAA42A9987256CE600679E28?Open&file=275_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 275
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Assessment |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Suspends the administration of the reading and mathematics assessments for students in the ninth grade and the curriculum based, achievement college entrance exam to students in the eleventh grade. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/2003SLSEN.htm; http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 292
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Assessment |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns a suspension of the administration of statewide assessments in writing. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C2AD9B7F773A7D3287256CCB00775965?Open&file=309_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 309
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows the court to order a student with an individual education program to comply with this program as a condition of probation. The court must take into account the juvenile's intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior and emotional behaviors associated with his/her disability. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6FEE0BD67084DDEE87256C9200612869?Open&file=1025_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1025
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the financing of capital construction for qualified charter schools that have bonds issued on their behalf by the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6218A4F4A2D0D87687256C5A00676D8B?Open&file=1021_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1021
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed by Governor 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Repeals the statutory provisions that prohibit a religious entity from receiving tax-exempt bond financing through the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/B8D12A394DB4C10487256CFC0059DA85?Open&file=1363_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1363
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
P-3 |
Partial veto 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-risk student calculation; temporary reduction of number of children participating on the Colorado Preschool Program; changes in kindergarten funding including repeal of full-day kindergarten for unsatisfactory schools, reduction of full-day kindergarten component of preschool program, directions for use of federal funds for kindergarten programs; repeals funding for new on-line students approved by legislature in 2002; amends law regarding capital construction funding for school districts and charter schools; and makes an related appropriations in connection therewith. Governor vetoed section 43 of the bill related to kindergarten programs and two appropriation amendments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C9D735028416E02F87256C5A0066CD5A?Open&target=/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/billsummary/B2A9CC94F12AE86687256C4F00525F07
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C9D735028416E02F87256C5A0066CD5A?Open&file=248_enr.pdf
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/schfin/SummaryMemoSB03-248.pdf
Title: S.B. 248
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Vetoed 05/2003 |
Postsec. |
Authorizes an institution of higher education, a group of institutions of higher education, or a school or college within an institution of higher education that is managed by the governing body of such an institution or the board of directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to be designated as an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X on the state constitution (TABOR Amendment). http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/BD3228557D09DF7987256CE700679AC1?Open&file=264_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 264
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Permits a board of education of a school district to require the replacement or return of library resources by withholding a student's diploma, transcript, or grades at the end of a semester or school year; directs the school district to make a reasonable effort to obtain payment for the library resources; permits the school district to obtain payment through student to participate in graduation or continuation ceremonies. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6F76F6BF0B7805D887256CE800735601?Open&file=1333_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1333
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns operations of the Colorado school for the deaf and blind; provides for a school governing board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_235.htm
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the schedule by which the Department of Education releases school accountability reports; deletes the requirement that the department wait to update its website to include reports until after the department transmits the reports for printing. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/B43F5B5F6581B53187256CA2006BBA60?Open&file=117_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 117
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns a juvenile's right to counsel at proceedings under the School Attendance Law of 1963. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C38AB5E15B8915CF87256CAB000098EF?Open&file=1226_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1226
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes the "Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program" beginning in the '04-'05 school year, which requires school districts with eight or more low or unsatisfactory schools to allow eligible students to attend a participating nonpublic school under the terms of an opportunity contract between the child's parent and the school. Eligible students are those eligible for free- or reduced-cost school lunches who received an unsatisfactory rating on the state reading or math assessment. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/billcontainers/1CD19B474697FA4C87256C68004FC76C/$FILE/1160_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1160
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires a school district board of education to select a third party trustee to administer the school district's bond redemption fund, unless the county treasurer maintains the accounts and funds of the school district or the school district has given notice that it will not accept debt payments by the state treasurer. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_169.htm
Title: S.B. 237
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the board of education of a school district to use the modified accrual basis as its basis of budgetary accounting and to use generally accepted accounting principles in keeping its financial records; specifies that a school district budget shall not allow for expenditures in excess of available revenues and beginning fund balances. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_165.htm
Title: S.B. 149
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes emergency rules concerning schools, specifying the following: general provisions; grounds; sanitary facilities and controls; building, occupancy, space and use; mechanical requirements; equipment and supplies; school food service; laboratory, industrial, art, and vocational hazards; health service; prohibited chemicals; and restricted chemicals. http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/regs/consumer/101006schools.pdf
Title: 6 CCR 1010-6
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the sale of property of a school district related to fiscal shortfall. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_166.htm
Title: S.B. 158
Source: Colorado State Web site |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes satisfactory completion of a course on federal and state civil government a requirement of high school graduation in the state; directs each school district board to convene a community forum periodically to discuss adopted standards in civics and graduation requirements. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_159.htm
Title: S.B. 36
Source: Colorado State Web site |
No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns requirements related to student transfers; districts should consider adopting policies that give transfer enrollment priority to a student with unsatisfactory proficiency ratings attending a school rated unsatisfactory. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: H.B. 1087
Source: State legislative web site |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Requires each Colorado institution of postsecondary education to assign a unique identifying number to each student enrolled at the institution; prohibits the use of a student's social security number as the unique identifying number or any part of the unique identifying number; provides for phase in dates. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_148.htm
Title: H.B. 1175
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Postsecondary |
Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Establishes temporary rules concerning miscellaneous compensation and other benefits, specifying authorizing institutions and agencies of the Department of Higher Education to institute voluntary separation incentive plans for its non-classified employees, subject to approval by the State Controller and the Governor or his delegate. COLORADO REG 7275 (SN)
Title: 1 CCR 101-1, Rule 2-8
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns a standard policy for accepting international baccalaureate diploma students in Colorado institutions of higher education. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_153.htm
Title: H.B. 1108
Source: Colorado State Web site |
State Policymaking--Politics |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the distinction between major and minor political parties with respect to declaring political party affiliation for various elections including the State Board of Education. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_172.htm
Title: H.B. 1142
Source: Colorado State Web site |
Students--Records/Rights |
Became law without governor's signature 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Repeals of the requirement that transfer rules shall not prohibit a student's participation in extracurricular activities if the student enrolls in the transfer school within fifteen days after the school year begins and prior to participating in the activity during the same school year at the prior school of enrollment. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/billcontainers/D425BEBB4117967487256C5A006092F6/$FILE/1083.enr
Title: H.B. 1083
Source: Colorado Legislative WEb site |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns allegations against education providers; provides immunity from suit for an educational entity and its employees for any actions taken during the normal course of educational related activities or business and not willful and wanton violation of statutes, rules or regulations. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/FBDB82BCEE635D6D87256C87004D84D7?Open&file=1127_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1127
Source: Colorado Legislative web site |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Concerns certification of education paraprofessionals; relates to the approval of teacher paraprofessional preparation programs at institutions of higher education.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/30ADA69812E043D787256C9200612D90?Open&file=1159_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1159
Source: Colorado LEgislative Web site |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns modifications for notifying schools districts of unsatisfactory schools. Concerns deadlines for charter school proposals. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 137
Source: State legislative web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the continuation of the statewide pilot program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/2909E7C05A4AB41187256C87004DB7AE?Open&file=1028_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1028
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns a school district education board's oversight of a school district's participation in the interest-free loan program.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: H.B. 1032
Source: State legislative web site |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the amount of general fund appropriation for the states share of districts total program funding required to be made to be in compliance with the Constitution; makes provisions regarding public school finance.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 195
Source: State legislative web site |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Permits a board of education of a school district to award a diploma to an honorably discharged veterans. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 100
Source: State legislative web site |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the annual allowable cash funds for state supported institutions of higher education; adds funds received from student financial aid, tuition assistance, and scholarships to the maximum amount of cash funds that may be raised, spent, or transferred to reserves by such institutions.
Title: S.B. 189
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns authorization to move moneys from the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority Fund to funds established for the future payment of higher education expenses.
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the governance and funding of State colleges within the Colorado higher education system.
Title: H.B. 1093
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires each public school to provide the parents of students a statement identifying where and the procedures to obtain information concerning registered sex offenders and that the schools may post the statement on a website; requires the departments of Education and Public Safety to develop the statement and other related materials. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 72
Source: State legislative web site |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Concerns the elimination of the technology learning grant and revolving loan program.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 198
Source: State legislative web site |
Bilingual/ESL |
Rejected by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 |
The proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution: requires that all public school students be taught in English unless they are exempted under the proposal; requires students who do not speak English (English learners) to be taught English through English language immersion programs and to be transferred to a regular classroom, generally after one year; allows parents or legal guardians to request a waiver from English immersion requirements under certain circumstances and gives schools the power to approve or deny the request; authorizes a parent or legal guardian to sue for enforcement of the proposal; requires all English learners in grades two through twelve to be tested annually in English using a nationally standardized test of academic subject matter. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/2002/ballot/EnglishLanguage.htm
Title: Amendment 31
Source: Colorado Elections Division |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Active 09/2002 |
P-12 |
State Approved Supplemental Service Providers -- http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeunified/download/SS-AllProviders_ProgDescripts.pdf
Link to main supplemental services page: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeunified/suppedprov.htm
Source: Colorado Department of Education Web Site |
Postsecondary |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Bill changes name from the University of Southern Colorado to Colorado State University - Pueblo. The role and mission will change to create a regional, comprehensive university with moderately selective admissions standards. The university will offer baccalaureate programs with a strong focus on liberal arts and science as well as some master's programs.
Title: HB 1324
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amends current law to make available records of institution governing board meetings regarding nominations for awarding honorary degrees, medals and other awards or naming of a building after a person.
Title: SB 144
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Act requires higher education institutions to adopt guidelines to govern how they will provide information to the FBI, CIA, INS and Office of Homeland Security in connection with anti-terrorism investigations.
Title: SB 113
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary |
Enrolled 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
A bill concerning the clarification of the cost-neutral requirements in the performance plan for periodic salary increases for certain employees of the Department of Higher Education who are included in the state personnel system.
Title: HB 1477
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Changes existing legislation regarding Fort Lewis College to include guidelines for the Board of Trustees and the types of programs offered.
Title: HB 1419
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amends existing law concerning the operation of higher education student financial aid enterprises to provide guidelines for hiring personnel and new the powers of the division.
Title: HB 1452
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary Finance |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
An act to allow the liquor industry to provide financial assistance to institutions of higher education regardless of whether they hold a liquor license.
Title: SB 4
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary Finance |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Provides supplemental appropriation for higher education.
Title: HB 1426
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary Finance |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
An act concerning the repeal of provisions allocating certain moneys appropriated to the Department of Local Affairs from the waste tire recycling development cash fund for the Colorado Commission of Higher Education.
Title: SB 52
Source: State website |
Postsecondary Finance |
Enacted 07/2002 |
Postsec. |
Provides for supplemental appropriations to the Department of Higher Education.
Title: HB 1371
Source: Lexis |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs; establish statewide proficiency levels and accomodations on test; and disaggregate testing data to track the academic progress of ESL students who have been in a Colorado public school for three years or more or have subsequently been assessed as having attained proficiency in English. Also mandates creation of advisory commission within department and membership thereof to assist in implementing the above changes. Beginning July 1, 2005, requires districts to use single test developed by department to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs. Requires districts to annually report to the department the number of non-English languages which are the primary language of students served, as well as the number of students who speak each non-English language as their primary language. Requires as an accreditation indicator the results of the assessments of students whose dominant language is other than English but who have been enrolled in a Colorado public school for at least three years or have been assessed as proficient in English, and are consequently required to take the state assessment in English. Authorizes the state board to recommend to the general assembly any format or content changes to the school accountability reports, as well as to reconfigure and rearrange the data due to space limitations. Beginning in the 2005-06 academic year, provided there are sufficient funds from "No Child Left Behind," school accountability reports must provide a chart indicating the progress of students on the test to determine if the student's dominant language is one other than English. Requires scores of students whose dominant language is not English and who have attained a proficient score in English in each component of the test to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs to be included in the calculation of school academic performance ratings and accreditation. Requires the department to administer reading assessments in Spanish for 3rd- and 4th-graders whose dominant language is Spanish and a writing assessment in Spanish to such 4th-graders. Provided there are sufficient funds provided by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," the board must develop and, starting spring 2003 the department must administer a writing assessment in Spanish for 3rd-graders whose dominant language is Spanish http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/5FC3C9C533C2716287256B3C0059EE95?Open&file=109_enr.pdf.
Title: S.B. 109
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Expands inquiry process at nonpublic schools from applicants to include employees of such schools. If nonpublic school employee is subject of inquiry, he/she must submit a complete set of his/her fingerprints to the governing board of the school. Requires department to forward nonpublic school employee fingerprints to state bureau of investigation for completion of state and national criminal history record check. Department is designated as authorized agency to receive and disseminate information concerning the results of a national criminal background check of nonpublic school employee, and department must inform the governing board whether the background check has confirmed any conviction, plea of no contest, deferred sentence or deferred prosecution. Expands requirement beyond misdemeanor to add that when there is good cause to believe a nonlicensed staff member of a school district has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor traffic offense or traffic infraction, the district must require such person to provide the district with a complete set of his/her fingerprints within 20 days of receipt of written notification from the district. Eliminates phrase that this requirement shall apply to only those personnel employed by the district since January 1, 1991. Eliminates language exempting from this requirement any person who has submitted fingerprints to any Colorado school district in the two-year period immediately preceding date of receipt of written notification requesting fingerprints and who has given written consent to the transfer of copies of previously submitted fingerprints to the requesting district. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/06A41A17C4F3B75587256B3D00642F0C?Open&file=1459_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1459
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Creates the "Charter School Facilities Financing Act" to increase charter school access to the school district capital funding and planning process. Requires each school district that is considering submitting a bond question at an upcoming election to invite each charter school it has chartered to participate in discussions regarding the possible submission of such a question at the earliest possible time. Encourages each school district to voluntarily include funding for the capital construction needs of charter schools in the district's bond questions. Authorizes a school district that has chartered one or more charter schools to seek voter approval for the imposition of a special mill levy of up to one mill for up to 10 years for the purpose of financing charter school capital construction. Creates a process that allows a charter school to submit a capital construction plan to its chartering district so that it can be included in a bond election or have the school district submit a special mill levy question on its behalf. Requires the contract entered into between the charter school and the district regarding the issuance of bond proceeds for the financing of charter school capital construction to specify that the ownership of any such capital construction shall revert automatically to the district if the charter school loses its charter, fails to pay for the capital construction, or becomes insolvent and that the charter school cannot further encumber any capital construction financed by bond revenues with any additional debt.
Title: H.B. 1349
Source: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Concerns the resolution of disputes between charter schools and chartering school districts and concerning governing policy provisions; requires parties to use any of specified forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), as long as any form chosen by the parties results in final written findings by a neutral third party within 120 days after receipt of such written notice. If parties find agreement through ADR an appeal to the state board is not required. Requires neutral third party to apportion costs reasonably related to the mutually agreed upon dispute resolution process. Modifies the process of appeals to the State Board of Education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A1F88ED4803D5EA987256B1F00519EFF?Open&file=124_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 124
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Increases from 4 to 10 years the maximal time period for which a district board, county or municipality may establish business incentive agreement. Requires local board to present proposed business incentive agreement to Colorado Economic Development Commission for approval before entering into agreement to provide incentive payment or credit. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/90F763EEFC0742F187256AEF005D823D?Open&file=1399_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1399
Source: www.state.co.us |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to comply with section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, requires the general assembly to appropriate an amount for the 2002-03 state fiscal year equal to the maintenance of effort base plus an amount equal to at least 7.39% of the maintenance of effort base. For the 2002-03 budget year and budget years thereafter, modifies a district's total program to be the greater of: (District per pupil funding X (District funded pupil count - District on-line pupil enrollment)) + District at-risk funding + District on-line funding; or $5,435 X District funded pupil count. Increases statewide base per pupil funding by 5.7% to account for inflation plus an additional one percentage point. Increases the available state preschool program slots; specifies a number of slots for all day Kindergarten within said preschool slots; eliminates authority for seeking a ballot question wanting to collect and spend additional property tax revenue; allows charter schools to provide on-line programs; specifies amount spent on school districts based on pupil count.
Eliminates the authority for a school district to submit a ballot question seeking authorization to collect and spend additional property tax revenue to provide a supplemental cost of living adjustment for the district. Modifies the limitation on districts' property tax override to include an amount equal to the maximum dollar amount of property tax revenue a school district could have generated for the 2001-02 budget year if it submitted and received approval of such a ballot question at the November 2001 election.
Title: H.B. 1349
Source: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html |
Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Permits individual to be employed as a resident teacher (emergency certified) in special education for three years. Beginning in the 2003-04 school year, an emergency-certified individual beginning a second or subsequent year of teaching may work only as a resident teacher, after obtaining a provisional teacher license or one-time renewal valid for one year. Every teacher in residence program is to undergo an onsite evaluation at least once every five years; the state board should, when practicable, evaluate any teacher in residence progam affiliated with an institution of higher education at the same time as the commission of higher education's review of that institution's teacher preparation program. A school district may hire an individual as a resident teacher for any part of the two-year residency program if the individual completes all remaining requirements for an approved program of preparation witin twoyears of being hired as a resident teacher. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/BBB8887EBEB063B887256B1E004C587E?Open&file=1300_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1300
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to approve a plan by July 1, 2003 for establishing the program requirements for principal preparation programs at postsecondary institutions. The commission, in collaboration with the state board and postsecondary institutions that offer principal preparation programs, is to ensure that the performance-based standards for licensure become the base for principal preparation programs. Requires the commission to make the final determination on the contents of the performance-based standards for licensure and the implementation of these standards. Lists additional required components of all principal preparation programs. Requires the board to adopt by January 1, 2003 performance-based principal licensure standards to aid in the development of principal preparation programs. Standards must be consistent with national standards for principal preparation, and must include specified components. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/669A4002F9D847DC87256AB0004D8BDB?Open&file=152_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 152
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/10/02): (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeunified/fedconsapp.htm)
Source: Colorado Department of Education Web site |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Defines "on-line pupil enrollment" as the number of pupils enrolled, on October 1 in a budget year, in an on-line program, minus any such pupils who were enrolled in any such on-line program for the 2001-02 school year. Modifies the definition of "pupil enrollment" to include a pupil who was enrolled during the 2001-02 school year in an on-line program and who is enrolled and participates in any such on-line program on October 1 within the applicable budget year or the school day nearest said date. Defines "district on-line funding" as the amount of minimum per pupil funding multiplied by a school district's on-line pupil enrollment. Excludes on-line pupils from the requirement that a school district set aside a specified amount per pupil for capital reserve and instructional supplies and materials. Requires school districts to report on-line pupil enrollment to the state board of education (state board). Allows charter schools to provide on-line programs. Provides funding for up to 135 students per year to enroll in on-line programs who were enrolled in a public school after October 1 of the preceding school year or who were enrolled in a private school or a home-school program in the preceding school year. States that the increase in the number of funded positions for on-line programs may be funded with moneys from the state education fund. Instructs the department to allocate the funded on-line program positions to applying school districts and charter schools, and establishes criteria for the allocation.
Exempts on-line students from any limit on the number of students that may enroll in a charter school, and prohibits a school district from restricting the number of on-line students that may enroll in a charter school. Exempts on-line students from the determination of whether a majority of the charter school's students reside within the chartering school district or a contiguous school district. Requires a charter school to receive 100% of the district's per pupil on-line funding for on-line students enrolled in the charter school. Exempts charter schools from the requirement to set aside a per pupil amount for capital reserve with regard to on-line students and from paying the per pupil amount for special education services for such students.
On-line education program study. Directs the department, in conjunction with an appointed study group, to study several issues concerning the design, implementation, and operation of full-time elementary and secondary on-line education programs. Specifies the membership of the study group. Directs the department to report the study findings, findings concerning a previous study of course-specific on-line education programs, and recommendations by December 31, 2002, to the state board and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives.
State Board of Education adopted a resolution on August 14, 2002, asking the legislature to revise this statute in 2003. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/res_onlinelearning.pdf
Title: H.B. 1349
Source: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 |
Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness subsidies to county departments of social services to increase the school readiness of children age 5 and younger enrolled in the Colorado child care assistance program or enrolled at a child care facility. A county department is eligible to apply for funds if it has in its boundaries one or more neighborhood elementary schools rated "low" or "unsatisfactory" in the state accountability system. Creates a voluntary school-readiness rating system to evaluate the services provided by a child care provider to prepare children for elementary school. County-level pilot site agency community is designated as recipient of subsidation applications. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F453E914F9BF456F87256B22004BB389?Open&file=1297_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1297
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
Postsec. |
Requires administrators at state-supported institutions of higher education to cooperate with and implement all anti-terrorism measures requested or promulgated by the FBI, CIA, Immigration and Naturalization Services, Office of Homeland Security, or any other federal agency in connection with anti-terrorism investigation.
Title: S.B. 113
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
As a result of effective prevention and intervention methods, no school will be determined to be persistently dangerous. The performance target in future years will remain at zero. When persistently dangerous schools are identified, CDE will work with school(s) to develop strategies to eliminate the reasons for the school being listed as persistently dangerous. Colorado Consolidated State Plan Part I – Page 13; Revised 6/11/2002.
Source: Colorado Department of Education Web site |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that criteria and application process include specified components. Permits charter school meeting criteria to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) results for all part-time students at an alternative education campus be included in the school's academic performance and academic improvement ratings. However, any school designated an alternative education campus is exempt from receiving an academic performance or improvement rating unless the state board approves receipt of such ratings. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/631277866E3CECB087256B0300718AF9?Open&file=094_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 94
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Expands the Summer School Grant Program to provide funding to school districts for the operation of intensive literacy and reading comprehension education services to students preparing to enter the first grade who scored at an unsatisfactory level on the kindergarten reading readiness assessment. Only schools providing full-day kindergarten are eligible to apply for grant funds. The department is encouraged to apply for "No Child Left Behind" funds to help support the program. Bill also reduces the funds available to qualifying schools in the teacher pay incentive program for low-performing schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/FAB1CA6943E47F8F87256B3C004D317E?Open&file=1304_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1304
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Family Literacy Education Grant Program within the Department of Education; permits local education providers to apply for grants in order to provide family literacy education, adult literacy education or English language literacy education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/749A738EBAEFDEC587256B3E0082C23B?Open&file=1303_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1303
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to ensure that assessments administered through the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) are designed to generate results that may be used as diagnostic tools for improving student performance. Department must implement the recommendations of the governor-appointed task force that reviewed the assessment reporting format and use of assessment results. Requires the department to offer districts, schools and the public a list of resources and programs that said may access to help students correct learning issues identified by assessment results. Requires local boards to approve policies that ensure appropriate personnel inform each student's parents of assessment results and diagnostic reporting. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/7D827B7EBE51F7C987256B10004F233E?Open&file=059_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 59
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides that if sufficient funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is obtained, directs the Department of Education to administer, starting at the latest in spring 2006, a statewide assessment in mathematics to public school students grades 3 and 4 and in science to public school students grades 5 and 10. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C731057D04EC44DF87256B26004ECCDF?Open&file=1306_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1306
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Repeals the process for filling a vacancy on the state board; specifies that any vacancy occurring on the state board other than a vacancy of the state board at-large seat shall be filled by the vacancy committee of the party Congressional Central Committee of the same political party as the vacating board member. Also specifies that any vacancy on the state board at-large seat must be filled by the vacancy committee of the state central committee of the same political party as the vacating state board member. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A2523CE2D53E555E87256B29004FBEF5?Open&file=1245_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1245
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Includes "unlawful sexual behavior" under definitions of "abuse" and "child abuse or neglect." Requires public and private school officials and employees to report allegations of child abuse to law enforcement agencies immediately upon receipt of such information giving reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C6AA7DEFA22BC11F87256B6C00603C3B?Open&file=187_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 187
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Special Education |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Finds that providing hearing aids to hearing impaired children will improve the language development of such children; declares that providing hearing aids to such children will reduce the costs borne by the state in connection with providing special education and other costs associated with such hearing loss; mandates that insurance providers cover hearing aids for minor children when medically appropriate.
Title: H.B. 1220
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Eligible Facilities Education Task Force; requires the task force to examine the placement of children in eligible families by public agencies and to develop a funding mechanism and administrative structure that assures the provision of educational services comparable to public schools and that assures appropriate placement of children in such facilities. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/5048A86B9183E03C87256B3D00656F17?Open&file=1246_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1246
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Allows the court to impose incarceration to juvenile detention facility for violating a valid court order under the "School Attendance Law of 1963" after finding the child is guilty of the charges; or child found in contempt of court may be placed in community service, supervised activities, or other educational activities http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/719E6F76D74235F087256B1800501083?Open&file=1079_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Allows local boards to determine deadlines for submission of charter school application; deadline must fall between August 15 and October 1. Requires local board, prior to any change in the application deadline, to send a certified letter to each charter school applicant in the district, informing them of the proposed change.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/FB72377B3313AB3887256B17004EC7AC?Open&file=051_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 51
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires all public and charter schools to permanently and prominently display the U.S. flag in every academic classroom while class is in session, and to do so in keeping with federal statutes. Flag must meet size regulations established in bill. Forbids the display of any depiction or representation of a U.S. flag intended for public view and permanently affixed or attached to to the building or grounds and not meeting federal statutes (4 U.S.C. section 7). Specifies that United Nations or foreign flag may be displayed in school only as part of a temporary display of instructional or historical materials not permanently affixed or attached to school buildings or grounds. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A4DF666B13C93C3787256B17004E5DBF?Open&file=038_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 38
Source: www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html |
Federal |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Defines residency as it relates to homeless child. Authorizes school district to establish residency for purposes of school attendance. Authorizes a child who seeks shelter or is located in one school district to be considered a resident of another school district under certain circumstances. Requires school to obtain records and immunization as necessary for attendance. Consistent with federal requirements, requires department to establish appeal process for parents of homeless children to contest district's residency determination fo homeless student. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/86BE580A0699F2D087256B19004C0397?Open&file=1181_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1181
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Directs the Department of Education to standardize the applications for statutorily created education grant programs and utilize existing data to minimize requests for duplicative information in grant applications. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/BBDD8302DD22F90E87256B1800507435?Open&file=1053_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1053
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. |
Concerns modifications to the state income tax credit available to Colorado taxpayers who make monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute of Technology; clarifies the amount of the credit that may be claimed; requires submission of certain documentation when claiming the credit; delays the applicability of the credit for one year; corrects the name of the institute to which contributions are to be made in order to qualify for the credit. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F3045117CEFD624C87256AFB0056B030?Open&file=1059_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1059
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Allows local board that obtains insufficient number of applicants for teaching positions to adopt a resolution declaring a critical shortage of teachers, which is valid for one year. Establishes criteria that must be met before district may declare critical shortage. Allows teacher receiving retirement benefits to receive salary from such district without decrease in retirement benefits, and with eligibility to participate in district's health plan while working as a teacher. Specifies that service retiree working at school in district declaring critical shortage of teachers may receive a salary without a reduction in benefits regardless of the sum of days or hours worked in the calendar year, as long as the service retiree has not worked for any state employer during the month of the date of retirement, but is subject to a reduction in benefits if the service retiree did work for a state employer during the month of effective retirement. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F5D1A560A07AE8FC87256B3D00000BB9?Open&file=145_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 145
Source: www.leg.state.co.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low performing schools to develop a school improvement plan; provides for financial assistance on a matching basis for certain low and unsatisfactory schools by the state board of education.
Title: S.B. 98
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Encourages and promotes the development and establishment of character education programs through cooperation between parents and school districts; provides school districts may submit a report to the Legislature concerning any program developed.
Title: H.B. 1292
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the Science and Technology Education Center Grant Program to provide start-up and operating money for science and technology education centers; creates a board to oversee the grants program; instructs the State Board of Education to create rules for the implementation of the grant program; makes an appropriation therefore.
Title: H.B. 1365
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires office of State Planning and Budgeting to calculate amount of State income tax revenues that must be diverted to State Education Fund during any State fiscal year no fewer than 4 times per year and to certify to the Department of Revenue the amount of State income tax revenues that the department must transfer to the State Treasurer for deposit into the State Education Fund on the first business day of each month.
Title: H.B. 1262
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the State Commission on Higher Education to establish and maintain an Early Childhood Professional Loan Repayment Program; makes such individuals eligible for two years of loan repayment; provides the program to be funded through the Federal Child Care Development Program.
Title: H.B. 1293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Establishes the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; establishes a standard degree credit hour requirement; provides for additional fees for students who exceed a certain amount of credit hours without a degree for each additional credit hour for which the student registers; provides for common core course concept which will define the education course guidelines for public institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 1263
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the State Board of Education by rule to exclude a school from receiving an academic performance grade if more than 95% of the students at the school have individual educational programs; clarifies which students scores will not be used in a school's academic performance grade.
Title: H.B. 1348
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Increases state funding to schools for the 2001-02 school year; requires school districts to adopt a plan for use of such monies; specifies that when schools receive new textbooks, allocated funds should be used first for new textbooks in certain subjects; charter schools are to follow similar funding provisions.
Title: H.B. 1272
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the Information Technology Education Grant Program; provides money to school districts and charter schools to use in integrating information technology education into secondary curriculum in public schools; creates a Information Technology Fund to fund such grants.
Title: H.B. 1163
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the capital construction needs of charter schools; provides that a portion of the proceeds from approved school district bond measures on or after a certain shall go to charter schools in amount determined by a proportioned ratio of the charter school's pupil enrollment in the grades that are served by one or more primarily situated noncharter public schools that will be constructed or maintained by the bond proceeds.
Title: S.B. 237
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the state education fund and specifies how the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund is to be derived; defines the terms "categorical programs", "federal taxable income, as modified by law," "inflation" and total state funding for all categorical programs.
Title: S.B. 204
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the State Education Fund and 2 accounts within the fund; provides for appropriation of moneys in the fund to comply with the mandatory education funding requirements; explains the annual increase requirements for the legislature to increase annual funding to school districts; requires school districts to submit a 10 year plan on the use of such increased funding; authorizes grants to low performing schools based on the school report care for the 2001-02 budget year.
Title: S.B. 82
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the required expenditure of a portion of a school district's per pupil operating revenue for the school district's preschool program.
Title: S.B. 123
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a pilot program for school districts to offer full day kindergarten education programs at certain schools with low academic performance; makes an appropriation in connection therewith.
Title: S.B. 91
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to include a specific policy concerning bullying prevention and education; requires school districts to submit annual reports to the State Board of Education regarding the district's policy on bullying prevention and education.
Title: S.B. 80
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
This bill makes adjustments in the school aid formula including the addition of funding for pre-school programs. The full text of the bill is below.
Title: S.B. 129
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns plans to use the constitutionally mandated increase in State funding for public schools to be used for specific and accountable purposes to improve public schools such as class size, student achievement and charter school funding.
Title: H.B. 1232
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Identifies closing the learning gap as an important goal of Colorado's education reform program and urges the state board of education and the department of education are to take all appropriate steps to make closing the learning gap a central element of educational accountability in Colorado. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecare/clg_download/clg_resolution.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 1014
Source: www.cde.state.co.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schools.
Title: H.B. 1222
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Allows local school districts to review the writing portion of a student's Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) test in order to help improve that student's writing skills.
Title: H.B. 1196
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Directs the State Auditor or the auditor's designee to conduct records management audits in all departments, institutions, and agencies of state government, including educational institutions and the judicial and legislative branches to determine if such agencies are managing records in compliance with established administrative and technical procedures.
Title: H.B. 1009
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the performance evaluation of the superintendent of a school district by a school district board of education.
Title: H.B. 1146
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the duties of the Colorado Department of Education in providing oversight of the Colorado Preschool Program.
Title: H.B. 1041
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides certain significant family risk factors of a child's home environment for eligibility in the preschool program.
Title: S.B. 120
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensure the highest quality service at the lowest cost.
Title: S.B. 49
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. |
Provides for an increase in the makeup and the amount of members of the Higher Education Commission; lowers period of time a member of the commission shall not have been an officer, employee or member of a governing board of any institution of higher education prior to becoming a member of the commission.
Title: H.B. 1035
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum period of detention for certain felony misdemeanor weapons offenses committed by a juvenile offender; provides for the scheduling time frame for a trail when a juvenile is held without bail or the bail is revoked or increased; requires reporting of juvenile delinquency petitions to school district superintendents within 72 hours.
Title: H.B. 1168
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Changes the definition of commercial vehicle to exclude school buses regulated by the Department of Education, from the regulation by the Department of Public Safety.
Title: S.B. 3
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns a limitation on information in school reports concerning the percentage of teachers teaching in a subject in which the teacher received a degree.
Title: H.B. 1215
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Concerns the maintenance of public employee retirement benefits for retirees who are hired by a school district during a critical shortage of employees.
Title: H.B. 1186
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires school district boards of education to provide copies of all collective bargaining agreements to the State Board of Education the largest public library in the school district; requires the placement of a copy on the district's website and in the district's main offices for public inspection.
Title: S.B. 76
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 02/2001 |
P-12 |
Increases the fee a school of participation may charge a non-enrolled student for participation in an extracurricular activity; allows the school of participation in certain circumstances to charge a non-enrolled student the actual cost of post-season participation in an activity.
Title: H.B. 1129
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
Unofficially approved by Voters 11/2000 |
P-12 |
AMENDMENT 23 Amends the State Constitution; concerns increased funding for preschool through 12th-grade public education; requires the statewide base per-pupil funding for public education and funding for specifically defined categorical programs to grow annually by at least the rate of inflation plus one percentage point for fiscal years 2001-02 through 2010-11, and annually by at least the rate of inflation for fiscal years thereafter.
Title: V. 10
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Lotteries |
Approved by Voters 11/2000 |
P-12 |
REFERENDUM E (SB 84, 2000) Asks whether the Colorado Lottery Commission should be authorized to enter into multistate agreements allowing Colorado residents to play multistate lottery games; transfers a portion of the net proceeds from all lottery programs, including multi-state games, from the General Fund to the State Public School Fund as a contingency reserve for supplemental assistance to school districts for capital expenditures to address immediate health and safety concerns.
Title: V. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Rejected by Voters 11/2000 |
P-12 |
REFERENDUM F (SB 4, 2000) Asks whether the State of Colorado shall be permitted to annually retain up to a specified amount of the state revenues in excess of the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, and for four succeeding fiscal years, for the purpose of funding science and math grants for school districts to improve academic performance, notwithstanding any restriction on spending, revenues, or appropriations.
Title: V. 6
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--District |
On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 |
P-12 |
(Referendum F SB 4); Asks the question shall the state of Colorado be permitted to annually retain up to a specified amount of the state revenues in excess of the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and for four succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of funding performance grants for school districts to improve academic performance, notwithstanding any restriction on spending, revenues, or appropriations.
Title: V. 6; (NEW BILL)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Vetoed 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns accreditation by the State Board of Education; provides that the Board of Education will appraise and accredit school districts in this state and submit recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly for improvements in education.
Title: H.B. 1219
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns the assessment of property for tax purposes; specifies that the definition of "school" for property tax purposes includes a licensed child care center that employs educators trained by a private occupational school where the private occupational school provides preschool through eighth grade educational training and is licensed by the Department of Education.
Title: H.B. 1268
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to adopt and the governing boards of state institutions of higher education to implement, standards and procedures whereby basic skills courses may be offered by such institutions; directs the commission to require each student admitted to a state institution of higher education pursuant to alternative admissions criteria be tested to determine if the student is proficient in the skills generally needed to perform college work.
Title: H.B. 1464
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns tuition assistance for the dependant children of certain persons; authorizes tuition assistance for the dependents of deceased or permanently disabled national guardsmen, law enforcement officers, or firefighters.
Title: S.B. 117
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns the creation of the Learning Improvement Grant Program for public schools in the Department of Education. The program, also referred to as Read-to-Achieve provides grants to schools to improve reading at the early elementary grades. This bill creates the Read-to-Achieve Board, which will, among other duties, establish criteria for awarding grants for the program.
Title: H.B. 1136
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns safe schools; requires each school district to adopt and implement a safe schools plan that includes a conduct and discipline code, reporting requirements, agreements with state agencies, safety site standards, open school policies, employee screenings and good faith immunity; provides for access to juvenile court records for school principals regarding enrolled students; provides funding to public, private and charter schools and regional boards for at-risk student programs.
Title: S.B. 133
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Centers on a conduct and discipline code with identified violations to result in actions taken. Forms the basis for annual reporting to local board and state department. Addresses juvenile delinquency records of students and "pertinent performance record or disciplinary record" of a teacher applying for a position. Requires districts to adopt policies of students at risk of suspension/expulsion and to devise plans necessary to intervene prior to those actions. Expands grounds for suspension, expulsion and denial of admission to include students declared "habitually disruptive." Redefines "rights of free expression for public school students" to clarify and more clearly define threats to safety or threats of violence to property or persons.
Title: S.B. 133
Source: Colorado Association of School Executives |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns maintenance of public employee retirement benefits for retirees who are hired as nonlicensed employees by a school district during a critical employee shortage.
Title: H.B. 1222
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Creates a grant program to assist public schools in implementing teacher development activitie that are school-based, and focus on developing skills in instructing students in reading, writing, mathematics and science.
Title: H.B. 1173
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the creation of the Advanced Technology Fund for use by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Title: H.B. 1430
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns public schools; authorizes charter schools to impose fees for excess transportation costs and to engage in the building, planning and inspection process; authorizes public schools to use capital reserve fund expenditures for certain purposes.
Title: H.B. 1124
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns the funding of Public School Capital Construction Projects; addresses two methods of providing funding for the state's portion of matching grants for school district capital construction projects.
Title: S.B. 181
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that licensure is not a condition of employment for administrators. The board of a school district may enter into an employment contract with any person to serve as an administrator based upon qualifications set by the board. Retains current licensure requirements for principals.
Title: S.B. 160
Source: Colorado Association of School Boards |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns high technology scholarships; establishes the Colorado High Technology Scholarship Program; creates a credit against state income tax for monetary contributions made to fund high technology scholarships awarded through the program.
Title: H.B. 1355
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority, which shall be a division within the Department of Higher Education and which authority shall make or purchase student obligations, shall make authority loans, and shall develop and administer a prepaid postsecondary education expense program.
Title: S.B. 164
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Provides that state funding of special education programs for children with disabilities be increased so that, by the 2005-06 fiscal year, the state will be funding not less than 80% of the total cost of providing such programs statewide. Makes legislative findings concerning the funding of such special education programs.
Title: S.B. 49
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
A school district shall not release the education records of a student to any person, agency or organization without the prior written consent of the parent or legal guardian of the student except as otherwise permitted in 20 U.S.C. SEC. 1232G (B)
Title: H.B. 1202
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to identify by rule those professional competencies required of applicants for provisional teaching licenses and certain professional teaching licenses; limits those professional competencies to the scope of the subject matter to be taught and specifically to the state model content standards.
Title: S.B. 195
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns an income tax credit for monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute for Telecommunication Education.
Title: H.B. 1052
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the authority of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to pursue nonprofit incorporation for the purpose of developing discoveries and technology.
Title: S.B. 61
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerns literacy in early elementary grades; establishes and appropriates funds for a Read-To-Achieve Program. Under this program, any public school, including a charter school may apply for grants to fund intensive reading programs for 2nd and 3rd graders and pupils between 3rd and 4th grade whose literacy and reading comprehension skills are below the level established byt the Statge Board of Education.
Title: S.B. 124
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Concerning the exchange of information related to children; authorizes an exchange of information between schools and law enforcement agencies; allows any criminal justice agency or assessment center for children in the state to release any information or records that the agency or center may have concerning a specific child to the principal of the school, or such person's designee, at which the child is or will be enrolled as a student.
Title: H.B. 1119
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Permits state board to grant professional licenses to teachers, special services providers, principals and administrators if the applicant is from another state and held a comparable license in the other state; the standards for the comparable license meet or exceed the standards for such a license in Colorado; or the applicant has had at least 3 years of successful, evaluated experience.
Title: H.B. 1151
Source: Colorado Association of School Boards |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Directs the Department of Education to evaluate the academic performance and safety environment of every public school within the state; specifies the methodology for such evaluation; requires the department to develop a comprehensive data collection and reporting system to enable the evaluation of every public school in the state; assists in performance decisions at all levels of school administration. Includes component that requires all 11th graders to take the ACT test.
Title: S.B. 186
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. |
Concerns the role of higher education in the development of technology; encourages higher education institutions and systems to participate in the development of information technology education, innovation, and commerce; intends that the educational program delivery include both traditional and distance learning based on the most modern technologies, including video, on-line, and cd-roms and using the internet, satellites, and other forms of communications systems.
Title: S.B. 183
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |