§ 22-102-101. Short Title
The short title of this article 102 is the “Colorado K-5 Social and Emotional Health Act”. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1017), ch. 156, p. 1846, § 1, effective August 2.
§ 22-102-102. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly finds that: School mental health professionals, including school social workers, positively impact the school environment by working with young students and their families to identify safety-net insecurities, social and emotional skills deficits, instances of abuse and neglect, and mental health challenges; Identifying these student issues as early as possible increases the likelihood […]
§ 22-102-103. Definitions
As used in this article 102, unless the context otherwise requires: “Department” means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115. “Pilot program” means the K-5 social and emotional health pilot program, created in section 22-102-104. “Pilot school” means a school selected by the department to participate in the pilot program created […]
§ 22-102-104. K-5 Social and Emotional Health Pilot Program – Creation – Selection of Pilot Schools – Rules
There is created the K-5 social and emotional health pilot program in the department to determine the impact of dedicated school mental health professionals in kindergarten through fifth grade in elementary schools that have high-poverty, high-need students. The pilot program is implemented within the selected pilot schools and administered by the department as a pilot […]
§ 22-102-105. Implementation of Pilot Program
In the first and subsequent years of operation of the pilot program, each pilot school shall employ or contract with additional school mental health professionals so that each of grades one through five and the kindergarten program in each pilot school has a school mental health professional dedicated to each grade and the kindergarten program. […]
§ 22-102-106. Pilot Program Coordinator – Evaluation of Pilot Program – Student Impacts and Outcomes
The department shall employ or contract with a pilot program coordinator to oversee the implementation of the pilot program across the pilot schools. The pilot program coordinator must be a school social worker who shall work with each pilot school’s team of school mental health professionals. The duties of the pilot program coordinator include, at […]
§ 22-102-107. Appropriations for This Article – Gifts, Grants, or Donations
The general assembly may appropriate money from the marijuana tax cash fund, created in section 39-28.8-501, to the department to be used for the pilot program established in this article 102. The department may accept and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this article 102. The department […]
§ 22-102-108. Repeal of Article
This article 102 is repealed, effective July 1, 2033. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1017), ch. 156, p. 1854, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1418), ch. 197, p. 944, § 12, effective June 30. Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1418, see section 1 of […]