§ 22-5-116. Corporate Status of Boards of Cooperative Services
Each regularly organized board of cooperative services formed at any time is hereby declared to be a body corporate and in its name may hold title to personal property for any purpose authorized by law, sue, and be a party to contracts for any purpose authorized by law. Source: L. 73: p. 1295, § 4. […]
§ 22-5-117. Employment of Teacher Transferred From School District
Any teacher transferred from employment in a school district which is a member of a board of cooperative services to employment in said board of cooperative services shall retain the employment status he had attained prior to his transfer to the board of cooperative services, including credit for years of service as a probationary teacher, […]
§ 22-5-118. Implementation and Financing of Regional Education and Support Services – Plan – Annual Report
The general assembly recognizes that the increasing number of students, the desire to reduce school districts’ reliance on property taxes, the need to consolidate services rather than schools, and the limitations on state revenues require the boards of cooperative services to develop the highest possible efficiencies and most economic methods for school districts to deliver […]
§ 22-5-119. Statewide Supplemental Online and Blended Learning Program – Contract – Legislative Declaration – Definitions
The short title of this section is the “Empowering Digital Learning for All Act”. The general assembly finds that: (2) (a) (I) The general assembly finds that: The overwhelming influence of the rapidly evolving use of technology and the internet will render high-quality remote digital educational content almost cost-free after a period of declining costs. […]
§ 22-5-120. School Food Authority Operations – Contracts for Provision of Food and Beverages
Each board of cooperative services is authorized to maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility as a school food authority, as defined in section 22-32-120 (8). Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority is encouraged to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts food and […]
§ 22-5-122. Assistance for Implementing and Meeting State Educational Priorities – Financing
For the 2012-13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a BOCES may receive state moneys in addition to any other moneys received pursuant to this article by submitting a plan to the state board, in a form and manner specified by rule of the state board, that details how the BOCES will use the […]
§ 22-5-102. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly declares that this article is enacted for the general improvement and expansion of educational services of the public schools in the state of Colorado; for the creation of boards of cooperative services where feasible for purposes of enabling two or more school districts to cooperate in furnishing services authorized by law if […]
§ 22-5-103. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the board of education of a school district or the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution. “Board of cooperative services” or “BOCES” means a regional educational service unit designed to provide supporting, instructional, administrative, facility, community, or any other services […]
§ 22-5-104. Creation of Board of Cooperative Services – Meetings
Whenever the boards of education of two or more school districts or the board of education of a school district and the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution desire to establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of providing cooperative services as set forth in this article and have so […]
§ 22-5-105. Organization of Board of Cooperative Services – Meetings
At its first meeting, the members of the board of cooperative services elected as set forth in section 22-5-104 shall elect from their membership a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose terms of office are for two years, unless their terms of office as board members expire earlier, in which case the […]