C.R.S. Section 22-2-411
Shared operational services grant program

  • creation
  • report
  • rules
  • definitions
  • repeal

(1)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

“Agency” means an independent agency that oversees approved facility schools.

(b)

“Eligible applicant” means an approved facility school that applies to the grant program on behalf of itself and one or more other approved facility schools, an organization, or an agency.

(c)

“Grant program” means the shared operational services grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.

(d)

“Organization” means a public or private organization that provides or coordinates operational services for grantees.

(e)

“Shared operational services” means services that support approved facility schools, including but not limited to food services, janitorial services, shared office space, billing, technical assistance on medicaid services, technology, security, transportation, or purchasing. Shared operational services may include purchasing and sharing items such as office supplies and technology.
(2)(a)(I) There is created in the department the shared operational services grant program to award an eligible applicant grant money for the span of two budget years to contract with an organization that provides or coordinates shared operational services for grantees.

(II)

In the first year of the grant program, an eligible applicant who is awarded a grant shall determine the shared operational services needed by approved facility schools and contract with an organization to provide or coordinate services. In the second year of the grant program, the grantee shall work with the organization to provide the shared operational services for the approved facility schools.

(b)

The department shall implement a timeline for the grant program, which must include the following:

(I)

The date the department announces the grant program and begins accepting applications from eligible applicants;

(II)

The date the eligible applicants must submit applications by; and

(III)

The date the department begins distributing grant money to the eligible applicants that are awarded a grant.

(c)

An eligible applicant that chooses to apply for a grant must submit an application to the department. The application must include, at a minimum, the following information:

(I)

The types of shared operational services needed by approved facility schools;

(II)

The name of the organization the eligible applicant plans on contracting with for shared operational services;

(III)

Projected budget and cost savings by implementing shared operational services between approved facility schools; and

(IV)

The sustainability of the shared operational services after the grant program concludes.

(3)

The department shall review the applications submitted pursuant to subsection (2)(c) of this section and make recommendations to the state board. The state board shall take into consideration the recommendations of the department in selecting eligible applicants that receive grants and determining the amount of each grant.

(4)

In selecting grantees, the state board shall give priority to eligible applicants who:

(a)

Create a detailed plan to meet the various needs of approved facility schools that require shared operational services; and

(b)

Anticipate the sustainability of shared operational services after the grant program concludes based on the information submitted pursuant to subsection (2)(c)(IV) of this section.

(5)

The state board may promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of this section.

(6)

To ensure accountability, the department shall conduct an audit of an eligible applicant who receives grant money.

(7)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

On or before September 1, 2024, each eligible applicant that is awarded grant money shall submit an interim report to the department. On or before September 1, 2025, each eligible applicant that is awarded grant money shall submit a final report to the department. The interim and final reports must include the following information:

(I)

The types of shared operational services that were provided or coordinated by the organization;

(II)

A performance review of the organization that provided or coordinated shared operational services between approved facility schools;

(III)

An analysis of cost savings based on the implementation of the shared operational services; and

(IV)

The projected sustainability of the shared operational services after the grant program concludes.

(b)

As part of the October 1, 2024, and October 1, 2025, reports required pursuant to section 22-2-407.5 (4)(e), the department shall submit information that, at a minimum, summarizes the information received by the department pursuant to subsection (7)(a) of this section.

(8)

This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2026.

Source: Section 22-2-411 — Shared operational services grant program - creation - report - rules - definitions - repeal, 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

§ 22-2-411’s source at colorado​.gov