The general assembly hereby finds that: A significant number of children in Colorado are placed in day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, other out-of-home placement facilities, or hospitals and receive their education through programs provided by these facilities; Although these facilities strive to provide the best educational programs possible within limited resources and under […]
As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: “Approved facility school” means an educational program that is operated by a facility to provide educational services to students placed in the facility and that, pursuant to section 22-2-407 (2), has been placed on the list of facility schools that are approved to receive […]
There is hereby created within the department the facility schools unit. The head of the unit shall be the director of facility schools and shall be appointed by the commissioner of education in accordance with section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. The facility schools unit and the office of the director of […]
There is hereby created the facility schools board to adopt curriculum standards and set graduation requirements for facility schools and to collaborate with and advise the unit. The facility schools board shall consist of seven members appointed by the state board as provided in this section. The state board shall appoint the initial members of […]
In addition to any other duties that may be required by law, the unit shall: Develop and maintain, as provided in section 22-2-407, the list of approved facility schools; Make recommendations to the facility schools board regarding the curriculum for use in the approved facility schools; Make recommendations to the facility schools board regarding graduation […]
In addition to any other duties provided by law, the facility schools board shall: Adopt curriculum to be provided by approved facility schools. At a minimum, the facility schools board shall align the curriculum for the core subjects of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, and geography with the state content standards adopted pursuant to section […]
Pursuant to the “State Administrative Procedure Act”, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the facility schools board shall promulgate rules for the creation and maintenance as provided in this section of a list of facility schools that are approved to receive reimbursement for providing educational services to students placed in the facility. In addition to […]
On or before July 1, 2021, the department shall convene a work group of the stakeholders described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. The purpose of the work group is to develop and implement a sustainable model with capacity to meet the educational needs of children and youth in or at risk of out-of-home placement […]
For the 2008-09 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, each approved facility school shall submit its pupil enrollment to the department and receive funding from the department in accordance with the provisions of section 22-54-129. For the 2009-10 budget year, and for each budget year thereafter, the department shall annually withhold two percent […]
Beginning August 15, 2010, a state-licensed day treatment facility, facility school, or hospital licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-3-101, C.R.S., shall notify the appropriate child welfare education liaison, designated pursuant to section 22-32-138 (2)(a), of a student who: Is transferring to a public school from a state-licensed day treatment facility licensed by the department […]
