There is hereby established the Colorado school awards program, referred to in this part 6 as the “program”, to be administered by the department. The state board shall promulgate rules for the administration of this part 6 and the program. The rules shall include but need not be limited to procedures for transmitting the financial […]
The state board shall annually present financial awards to the highest performing public schools in the state based on the schools’ levels of attainment on the performance indicator concerning student achievement levels on the statewide assessments. Of the moneys available for the program pursuant to this part 6, one third shall be awarded to the […]
The state board shall annually present financial awards to the public schools in the state demonstrating the highest rates of student longitudinal growth, including longitudinal growth across multiple years, as measured by the Colorado growth model. The technical advisory panel convened pursuant to section 22-11-202 shall recommend to the state board, and the state board […]
The state board shall annually present financial awards to public schools in the state that enroll a student population of which at least seventy-five percent are at-risk pupils, as defined in section 22-54-103 (1.5), and that demonstrate the highest rates of student longitudinal growth, as measured by the Colorado growth model. The technical advisory panel […]
Subject to available appropriations, the state board shall annually present an award to the public high school that demonstrates the highest levels of student academic growth within each classification. The awards presented pursuant to this section must be in the form of trophies that resemble the trophies presented for athletic accomplishments. The technical advisory panel […]
Any award presented by the state board pursuant to this part 6 shall be spent or distributed for use within the public school as the principal of the public school, after consultation with the school accountability committee for the public school, deems appropriate. Any moneys made available to a district public school in the form […]
The department may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations from any source, public or private, to make financial awards and purchase tangible items of recognition, such as banners or trophies, to award to public schools pursuant to the provisions of this part 6. The department shall transmit all public and private gifts, grants, and […]
