C.R.S. Section 22-7-1210
Early literacy fund

  • created

(1)

The early literacy fund is hereby created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the “fund”. The fund shall consist of:

(a)

Any moneys remaining in the read-to-achieve cash fund as of June 30, 2012;

(b)

and (c) Repealed.

(d)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

For the 2013-14 budget year, an amount equal to sixteen million dollars from the state education fund, and for the 2014-15 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, an amount equal to thirty-four million dollars from the state education fund. On July 1, 2013, and on July 1 each year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer the appropriate amount from the state education fund to the early literacy fund.

(II)

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for the purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing students enrolled in kindergarten, first, second, or third grade with the instructional programming, intervention instruction, and support necessary to ensure that students, by the completion of third grade, can demonstrate a level of competency in reading skills that is necessary to support them in achieving the academic standards and expectations applicable to the fourth-grade curriculum is a program for accountable education reform and may therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(e)

Any other moneys that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.

(2)

The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for the purposes specified in subsection (4) of this section as provided by law. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund. Any amount remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or to any other fund.

(3)

Repealed.

(4)

The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department. The department shall annually expend the money in the fund as follows:

(a)

to (c) Repealed.

(d)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

Beginning in the 2020-21 budget year and for budget years thereafter, the department shall annually expend the money credited to the early literacy fund for the following purposes:

(A)

To implement the public information campaign to promote reading described in section 22-7-1209 (7);

(B)

To contract with and pay the direct costs incurred in overseeing an independent evaluator as provided in section 22-7-1209 (8);

(C)

To implement the early literacy grant program created in section 22-7-1211;

(D)

To allocate per-pupil intervention money to local education providers as provided in section 22-7-1210.5; and

(E)

To pay the costs incurred in providing to local education providers technical assistance in implementing this part 12, training in teaching reading for teachers employed to teach kindergarten and grades one through three and for reading interventionists employed to teach grades four through twelve, training for principals and administrators pursuant to section 22-7-1208 (6.5), and training for librarians pursuant to section 24-90-121; monitoring the use of money received as per-pupil intervention money or grants through the early literacy grant program; and fulfilling the administrative requirements specified in this part 12.

(II)

The general assembly shall annually appropriate in the general appropriations bill the amount that the department may expend for the purposes specified in subsection (4)(d)(I) of this section.

(5)

to (7) Repealed.

Source: Section 22-7-1210 — Early literacy fund - created, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-22.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

22‑7‑301
Legislative declaration
22‑7‑302
Definitions
22‑7‑303
Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education - created - membership
22‑7‑304
Council - advisory duties - technical assistance - report
22‑7‑305
Parent involvement in education grant program - creation - rules - fund - reports
22‑7‑306
Repeal of part
22‑7‑602
Definitions
22‑7‑604.5
Alternative education campuses - criteria - application - rule-making - definition
22‑7‑611
Closing the achievement gap program - strategies - assistance - criteria - rule-making
22‑7‑701
Short title
22‑7‑702
Legislative declaration
22‑7‑703
Definitions
22‑7‑704
Teacher development grant program - created - rules
22‑7‑705
Teacher development grant program - application
22‑7‑707
Reporting requirements - progress reports - final reports
22‑7‑708
Teacher development fund - creation
22‑7‑801
Legislative declaration
22‑7‑802
Definitions
22‑7‑803
Summer school grant program - creation - administration - rules
22‑7‑804
Summer school programs - requirements
22‑7‑805
Summer school grant program - application - criteria
22‑7‑806
Reporting requirements
22‑7‑807
Summer school grant program - funding
22‑7‑1001
Short title
22‑7‑1002
Legislative declaration
22‑7‑1003
Definitions
22‑7‑1004
School readiness description - school readiness assessment - adoption - revisions
22‑7‑1005
Preschool through elementary and secondary education - aligned standards - adoption - revisions
22‑7‑1006
Preschool through elementary and secondary education - aligned assessments - adoption - revisions
22‑7‑1006.3
State assessments - administration - rules
22‑7‑1006.5
Pilot program - alternative assessment
22‑7‑1008
Postsecondary and workforce readiness description - adoption - revision
22‑7‑1009
Diploma endorsements - adoption - revisions
22‑7‑1009.3
Diploma endorsement - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - definitions
22‑7‑1009.5
Diploma endorsement - biliteracy - definitions
22‑7‑1010
State board - commission - public input - staff assistance
22‑7‑1011
Regional educator meetings - purpose - recommendations - definition
22‑7‑1012
State plan - amendments - peer review - final adoption
22‑7‑1013
Local education provider - preschool through elementary and secondary education standards - adoption - academic acceleration - definition
22‑7‑1014
Preschool individualized readiness plans - school readiness - assessments
22‑7‑1015
Postsecondary and workforce readiness program - technical assistance - appropriation - repeal
22‑7‑1015.5
Postsecondary, workforce, career, and education grant program - created - application - criteria - awards - appropriation - repeal
22‑7‑1016
Assessments in high school - transcripts - definition
22‑7‑1016.5
Exchange of student records
22‑7‑1017
High school diploma - endorsement - effect
22‑7‑1018
Cost study
22‑7‑1019
Preschool to postsecondary and workforce readiness - progress reports - effectiveness reports
22‑7‑1201
Short title
22‑7‑1202
Legislative declaration
22‑7‑1203
Definitions
22‑7‑1204
Early literacy education
22‑7‑1205
Reading competency - assessments - READ plan creation - parental involvement
22‑7‑1206
Reading to ensure academic development (READ) plan - contents - implementation
22‑7‑1207
Advancement - decision - parental involvement
22‑7‑1208
Local education providers - procedures - plans - training - rules
22‑7‑1209
State board - rules - department - duties
22‑7‑1210
Early literacy fund - created
22‑7‑1210.5
Per-pupil intervention money - uses - distribution - monitoring
22‑7‑1211
Early literacy grant program - created - definitions
22‑7‑1212
Summer school literacy programs
22‑7‑1213
Reporting requirements
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