C.R.S. Section 22-20-204
Gifted education

  • program plans
  • implementation
  • qualified personnel
  • local advisory committees

(1)

Each administrative unit shall provide a gifted education program in accordance with this part 2 and the rules of the state board. Each administrative unit shall adopt a gifted education program plan that the administrative unit can implement within the local, state, and federal moneys and resources that are available to the administrative unit for gifted education. Each administrative unit shall submit the program plan to the department, as provided in state board rule. At a minimum, each program plan must:

(a)

Include procedures for reporting data collection and maintenance concerning implementation of the gifted education program;

(b)

Include appropriate opportunities for concurrent enrollment, as provided in article 35 of this title, if indicated by a gifted child’s advanced learning plan or individual career and academic plan;

(c)

Satisfy any criteria established by rules promulgated by the state board for the implementation of this part 2; and

(d)

Be consistent with the advanced learning plans of the gifted children that the administrative unit identifies.

(2)

Each administrative unit is also strongly encouraged to include in the program plan a universal screening, as defined by state board rule, of enrolled students no later than second grade to identify gifted children and a second screening of gifted children in conjunction with the creation of each child’s individual career and academic plan.

(3)

To implement the program plan that each administrative unit adopts pursuant to this section, each administrative unit shall ensure that its constituent schools and school districts make available the gifted education services specified in each gifted child’s advanced learning plan to the extent described in the administrative unit’s program plan.

(4)

To comply with this section, an administrative unit may contract with one or more administrative units to establish and maintain gifted education programs for the education of gifted children, sharing the costs of the gifted education programs in accordance with the terms of the contract. An administrative unit that has fewer than six children who need a particular kind of gifted education program may purchase services from one or more administrative units that provide the appropriate gifted education program.

(5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Each administrative unit shall make a good-faith effort to hire and retain on at least a half-time basis at least one qualified person in gifted education to administer the administrative unit’s gifted programs and implement the administrative unit’s program plan. The qualified person must meet the qualification standards set by rule of the state board.

(b)

Institutions of higher education that are located within the state are encouraged to work with the administrative units, the state board, and the department to provide endorsement and degree programs, other staff development, and in-service opportunities to increase the number of qualified persons and to increase the capacity of all educators to implement each administrative unit’s gifted education program and to implement gifted students’ advanced learning plans.

(6)

To assist an administrative unit in implementing its program plan and providing services to gifted children, each administrative unit is strongly encouraged to establish and maintain a local advisory committee that includes persons who are involved in or concerned with gifted education and concerned with improving the delivery of and communication concerning gifted education.

Source: Section 22-20-204 — Gifted education - program plans - implementation - qualified personnel - local advisory committees, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-22.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

22‑20‑101
Short title 22‑20‑102
Legislative declaration 22‑20‑103
Definitions 22‑20‑104
Administration - advisory committee - rules 22‑20‑106
Special education programs - early intervening services - rules 22‑20‑107
Authority to contract with institutions of higher education or case management agencies 22‑20‑107.5
District of residence of a child with a disability - jurisdiction 22‑20‑108
Determination of disability - enrollment 22‑20‑109
Tuition - rules 22‑20‑111
Equipment 22‑20‑112
Length of school year 22‑20‑114
Funding of programs - legislative declaration - repeal 22‑20‑114.5
Special education fiscal advisory committee - special education high-cost grants - definitions - repeal 22‑20‑114.7
High-cost special education trust fund - creation - grants - eligibility - legislative declaration - definition - annual report - repeal 22‑20‑116
Minimum standards for educational interpreters for the deaf in the public schools - committee to recommend standards - rules 22‑20‑118.5
Child find - responsibilities - interagency operating agreements 22‑20‑119
Implementation of change of disability categories for children with disabilities 22‑20‑120
Parents encouraging parents conference - legislative declaration 22‑20‑121
Medically necessary treatment in school setting - policy - report - definitions 22‑20‑201
Legislative declaration 22‑20‑202
Definitions 22‑20‑203
Administration - rules - state advisory committee 22‑20‑204
Gifted education - program plans - implementation - qualified personnel - local advisory committees 22‑20‑204.3
Identification of gifted children - advanced learning plans - creation - rules 22‑20‑204.5
Highly advanced gifted children - identification - rules - legislative declaration 22‑20‑205
Gifted education - funding - legislative declaration 22‑20‑206
Length of gifted education program
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 22-20-204’s source at colorado​.gov