C.R.S.
Section 22-2-404
Facility schools board
- created
- membership
(1)
There is created the facility schools board to adopt curriculum standards and set graduation requirements for facility schools and to collaborate with and advise the office. The facility schools board consists of seven members appointed by the state board as set forth in this section. The state board shall appoint the initial members of the facility schools board on or before November 1, 2008. The facility schools board is a(2)
The state board shall appoint the members of the facility schools board as follows:(a)
Two persons who represent school districts within Colorado, one of whom shall have expertise in special education;(b)
One person who represents state-level child placement agencies within Colorado;(c)
One person who represents county departments of human or social services within Colorado;(d)
Two persons who represent facilities within Colorado; and(e)
One person who represents students who receive educational services provided by facility schools in Colorado. The state board may choose a person who, as a child, received educational services provided by a facility school or who is a parent of a student who is receiving or formerly received educational services provided by a facility school.(3)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
In appointing the members of the facility schools board, the state board shall seek to ensure that the membership of the facility schools board collectively has expertise in the areas of:(I)
Curriculum and assessment;(II)
Educating students who are placed in facilities;(III)
Mental health;(IV)
Special education services; and(V)
School finance.(b)
The state board shall ensure that members of the facility schools board are representative of the various geographic areas of the state and are representative of the ethnic and racial diversity and gender balance within the state.(4)
Members of the facility schools board shall serve three-year terms; except that, of the members initially appointed, two members shall serve one-year terms and two members shall serve two-year terms. The state board may reappoint a person to serve successive terms on the facility schools board.(5)
Members of the facility schools board shall serve without compensation but may receive reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses incurred in fulfilling their duties on the facility schools board. The department staff shall assist the facility schools board in performing its duties.
Source:
Section 22-2-404 — Facility schools board - created - membership, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-22.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).