C.R.S. Section 22-2-302
Legislative declaration

(1)

The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a)

Pursuant to state statute and rules of the state board, school districts are required to submit extensive and duplicative data at different times throughout the year or to different divisions within the department of education;

(b)

Reporting requirements are frequently placed in statute or rule and are not revisited after their initial adoption. Often, these requirements cease over time to have a relevant use or purpose but are still required to be reported to the department.

(c)

School districts recognize the value of collecting and submitting data that will be used to track student achievement, to qualify for state funds, or to support accountability for student achievement or compliance measures but often find that the staff time required to prepare reports and submit required data under federal and state statutes and rules takes human and capital resources that could be better spent on providing student instruction;

(d)

The department works to make data reporting productive and meaningful but faces its own internal challenges in terms of funding, adequate staffing levels, and the ability to overhaul antiquated data technology systems;

(e)

The elementary and secondary education system in Colorado spends considerable amounts of money maintaining multiple, often out-of-date, computer systems for data collection and transmission. Due to the lack of a single statewide data system, data often cannot be accessed, even when acting in compliance with federal privacy restraints, by others within the department, school districts seeking comparisons with other districts for best practices, or researchers and foundations seeking to conduct research on the Colorado public school system and its students.

(2)

It is therefore the intent of the general assembly in enacting this part 3 to achieve the following purposes:

(a)

To improve the collection of data by streamlining the submission and reporting of data;

(b)

To create shared goals and shared expectations for data collection and technology for elementary and secondary education in Colorado;

(c)

To require school districts and public schools to submit data that is relevant to student achievement and will enhance and improve the manner in which school districts and public schools provide and evaluate student instruction;

(d)

To explore the possibility of implementing a single statewide education data collection system with the purpose of reducing the manpower and cost of submitting required data to the department; and

(e)

To deploy the single statewide education data collection system as a system of data exchange that is based on automatic file exchanges rather than manual processes requiring personnel to upload electronic files via messaging, web uploads, or other file transfer methods requiring human intervention.

Source: Section 22-2-302 — Legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-22.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

22‑2‑101
Short title 22‑2‑102
Definitions 22‑2‑103
Department of education 22‑2‑104
Offices and positions - nature 22‑2‑105
State board of education - composition 22‑2‑105.5
State board of education - definitions - vacancies - procedure for filling 22‑2‑106
State board - duties - rules 22‑2‑106.5
State board - duties with regard to student data - memorandum of understanding 22‑2‑107
State board - power 22‑2‑108
Federal financial assistance 22‑2‑109
State board of education - additional duties - teacher standards - principal standards - rules 22‑2‑110
Commissioner of education - oath - qualifications - tenure 22‑2‑111
Commissioner of education - office - records - confidential nature 22‑2‑112
Commissioner - duties - report - legislative declaration 22‑2‑113
Commissioner - powers 22‑2‑113.8
Department of education - additional local revenues - distribution to schools - annual report 22‑2‑114.1
Dropout rates - collection of data on grades seven through twelve 22‑2‑116
Additional power - waiver of reporting requirements - review of reporting requirements 22‑2‑116.5
Department of education - student-level course completion data 22‑2‑117
Additional power - state board - waiver of requirements - rules 22‑2‑119
Department of education - inquiries concerning prospective employees - background investigation fee 22‑2‑119.3
Department of education - educator preparation program students - record check - fee - definitions 22‑2‑119.5
Department of education - duty to report - convictions 22‑2‑122
Grants to schools and school districts 22‑2‑122.5
COVID-19 learning impacts - extended learning opportunities - funding - combined application, reporting, and evaluation process - rules - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 22‑2‑125
Loan program for capital improvements in growth school districts - use of public school fund 22‑2‑127
Financial literacy - resource bank - technical assistance - definitions - appropriation - repeal 22‑2‑127.1
Stipends for financial aid training - definitions - appropriation - repeal 22‑2‑127.3
Holocaust and genocide studies - resource bank - technical assistance - definitions 22‑2‑127.5
Computer science programs - resource bank 22‑2‑127.7
Marijuana education materials - resource bank - technical assistance 22‑2‑127.9
Mental health education literacy - resource bank - technical assistance 22‑2‑128
Department of education - reciprocal agreements with adjacent states - report 22‑2‑129
Department of education - approved supplemental education services providers - list 22‑2‑130
Supplemental online education grant program - legislative declaration - definitions - creation - eligibility - award - fund 22‑2‑132
Department of education - career and technical education authorization - rules 22‑2‑133
Assessment and identification of students with literacy challenges including dyslexia - training and technical assistance - collaboration with higher education - report 22‑2‑135
Food allergy and anaphylaxis management - rules 22‑2‑136
Additional duty - state board - individual career and academic plans - standards - rules 22‑2‑137
State schools - legislative declaration - feasibility study - authority to contract - funding 22‑2‑138
State environmental education plan - fund created 22‑2‑139
Memorandum of understanding - notification of risk - rules 22‑2‑141
Early literacy assessment tool - request for proposals - software - hardware - training - distribution - legislative declaration 22‑2‑144
Bullying prevention and education policies - short title - study 22‑2‑145
Media literacy - committee - report - strategic plan - resource bank - definition - rules 22‑2‑146
Department of education - COVID-19-related education loss - strategies - resources - report - legislative declaration 22‑2‑146.5
Department of education - improving mathematics outcomes - training and technical assistance - report - definitions 22‑2‑146.6
Colorado academic accelerator grant program - report - rules - definitions 22‑2‑147
Menstrual hygiene products accessibility grant program - eligibility - rules - report - definitions 22‑2‑148
Secondary school student substance use - committee - definitions - repeal 22‑2‑301
Short title 22‑2‑302
Legislative declaration 22‑2‑303
Definitions 22‑2‑304
Education data advisory committee - creation - duties - approval 22‑2‑305
Data dictionary - legislative declaration - creation - contents - report 22‑2‑306
Advance notice - legislative declaration - data collection - data submission changes - website update - submission windows 22‑2‑307
Data reporting requirements - interpretation of federal law - suspension 22‑2‑308
Data reporting requirements - office of legislative legal services 22‑2‑401
Legislative declaration 22‑2‑402
Definitions 22‑2‑403
Office of facility schools - created 22‑2‑404
Facility schools board - created - membership 22‑2‑405
Facility schools office - duties 22‑2‑406
Facility schools board duties - curriculum - graduation standards - report - rules 22‑2‑407
List of approved facility schools - application - criteria - rules 22‑2‑407.5
Facility schools - sustainable model of education for facility students - work group - created - membership - duties - reporting requirements - funding 22‑2‑408
Approved facility schools - funding 22‑2‑409
Notification of risk 22‑2‑410
Administration - licensing - reports 22‑2‑411
Shared operational services grant program - creation - report - rules - definitions - repeal 22‑2‑412
Technical assistance center - creation - definitions 22‑2‑501
Legislative declaration 22‑2‑502
Definitions 22‑2‑503
Teaching and learning conditions survey 22‑2‑504
National certification compensation - definition - study 22‑2‑505
Minority teacher recruitment - short title - legislative declaration - study - report
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 22-2-302’s source at colorado​.gov