C.R.S. Section 22-2-405
Facility schools office

  • duties

(1)

In addition to any other duties that may be required by law, the office shall:

(a)

Develop and maintain, as described in section 22-2-407, the list of approved facility schools and the list of approved facility schools that receive accreditation;

(b)

Make recommendations to the facility schools board regarding the curriculum for use in the approved facility schools;

(c)

Make recommendations to the facility schools board regarding graduation requirements for students in approved facility schools. The unit’s recommendations shall follow the comprehensive guidelines for high school graduation requirements specified by the state board pursuant to section 22-2-106 (1)(a.5);

(d)

Maintain, and make available as provided by law, student information and records for the students who receive educational services from approved facility schools;

(e)

Ensure that each student who receives educational services from an approved facility school and who, upon leaving the facility, will reside in Colorado receives a unique identifying number, as provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 22-11-104, if the student has not already been assigned a number by the department; and

(f)

Communicate and collaborate with the state department of human services, the county departments of human or social services, and referring agencies regarding the placement and transfer of students in facilities, including but not limited to communication concerning academic testing prior to and following placement and other academic and achievement testing.

(2)

In complying with the duties specified in subsection (1)(d) of this section, the office shall:

(a)

Adopt data reporting protocols and records transfer procedures for use by approved facility schools; and

(b)

In purchasing a data system to maintain the records of students who are receiving educational services from approved facility schools, ensure that the data system selected is compatible with the system used by school districts in serving a majority of the students enrolled in public schools of the state.

(3)

The office shall create, maintain, and annually publish:

(a)

The accreditation outcome reports that the office develops for each approved facility school pursuant to section 22-2-406 (4)(c) on the office’s public website; and

(b)

A list of independent national accreditation organizations that are approved by the facility schools board pursuant to 22-2-406 (4)(c).

(4)

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(a)

The office shall contract with a qualified third-party evaluator to evaluate and report whether the work group recommendations made pursuant to section 22-2-407.5 resulted in more effective services and better access to those services for students with exceptionally severe and specialized needs. The office shall consult with the work group and qualified third-party evaluator to evaluate and report the following:

(I)

Whether the number of approved facility school placements for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs has stabilized or increased;

(II)

Whether reliance on homebound and out-of-state placements has decreased;

(III)

Whether administrative units that are unable to access approved facility school placements due to geographic or other constraints receive sufficient support from the technical assistance center created in section 22-2-412 to provide effective services to students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs;

(IV)

Whether parents, guardians, advocates, county departments of human or social services, and other interested parties assess that the work group’s implementation plan described in section 22-2-407.5 (4) has had a positive impact on services for students with exceptionally severe or specialized needs; and

(V)

Any other measure of success the office, work group, and third-party evaluator determine necessary.

(b)

On or before September 1, 2025, the qualified third-party evaluator shall submit a report to the work group and the office summarizing the measures and recommendations described in subsection (4)(a) of this section. The report must be included in the October 1, 2025, report required pursuant to section 22-2-407.5 (4)(e).

(5)

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(a)

The office shall assemble stakeholders, including members of the work group, to analyze and recommend changes to the methods used for calculating tuition costs for approved facility schools pursuant to section 22-20-109 (2).

(b)

As part of the October 1, 2023, report required pursuant to section 22-2-407.5 (4)(e), the office shall summarize the stakeholder recommendations described in subsection (5)(a) of this section, including whether statutory or rule updates are required to implement the recommendations.

(c)

On or before July 1, 2024, the state board shall consider the proposed changes and promulgate rules implementing the new methods used for calculating tuition costs.

(d)

As part of the October 1, 2024, report required pursuant to section 22-2-407.5 (4)(e), the office shall include an update describing the tuition changes adopted as of July 1, 2024.

Source: Section 22-2-405 — Facility schools office - duties, 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

§ 22-2-405’s source at colorado​.gov