For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board of trustees” means the governing board of the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind established in section 22-80-103. “School” means the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind described in section 22-80-102. Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1577, § […]
There shall be permanently maintained in the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, an institution for the support and education of deaf and blind children residing within the state of Colorado, to be known as the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind. The school shall be a body corporate. […]
There is hereby created by a type 1 transfer in the department of education a board of trustees for the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind. The board of trustees shall consist of seven members who are residents of Colorado, appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Of these seven […]
The board of trustees shall have charge of the general interests of the school and, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, shall set appropriate qualifications for a superintendent and shall appoint and fix the compensation of the superintendent. The superintendent and all teaching employees described in subsection (1) of this […]
The superintendent shall be the principal executive officer of the school. The superintendent shall be the purchasing agent for the board of trustees and, under such rules as the board of trustees may prescribe, shall have charge of the premises, property, and students. With the approval of the board of trustees, pursuant to section 13 […]
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, beginning with the budget year 1996-97 and for budget years thereafter through the 2014-15 budget year, the teachers employed by the school shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of the salary schedule, salary policy, or combination salary schedule and salary policy adopted pursuant […]
Neither the board of trustees nor any treasurer, superintendent, or other officer or agent of the school shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract or other agreement for building, repairing, furnishing, or supplying the school, and no drawbacks or secret discounts whatever shall be given to or received by any such person on […]
Every blind and every deaf citizen of the state of Colorado under twenty-one years of age is eligible to receive an education in the school, unless such person has a physical or mental condition which would render his or her instruction impractical, if such person meets enrollment criteria established by the board of trustees. Qualified […]
Applicants for admission to the school from other states, if within the ages prescribed by section 22-80-109, may be admitted upon payment to the superintendent of such a sum quarterly as the board of trustees determines, to be not less than the total cost per capita of the students for the year immediately preceding the […]
All pupils of the school are required to conform to all applicable rules of the board of trustees and the regulations and policies of the school, and any failure to comply with the same will subject the offender, at the option of the board of trustees, to a loss of the privileges of the school. […]
The superintendent of the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind is authorized to expend any moneys necessary, out of the appropriation for the support of the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind, to provide for the educational training of eligible deaf-blind students or students who have a multiple physical disability of […]
Any moneys expended under authority of section 22-80-113 shall be expended under the direction and control of the superintendent, and the state treasurer is authorized, upon presentation of vouchers of the superintendent duly issued and certified as provided by law, to draw warrants in payment thereof. Source: L. 77: Entire article added, p. 1093, § […]
In furtherance of the objectives of the school, the board of trustees, with the aid of the superintendent, may make such bylaws as are necessary to provide a program of instruction in understanding the needs, problems, and education of the deaf and the blind for parents of deaf and blind children who may attend any […]
The school may, upon request, provide assistance, advice, and guidance to: The Colorado commission on higher education regarding the adoption of the policies and procedures involving American sign language described in section 23-1-128 (3) , C.R.S.; Higher education institutions regarding the development, establishment, and teaching of American sign language courses; and (Deleted by amendment, L. […]
On or before July 1, 2011, the school shall annually provide to the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the school the standardized immunization document developed and updated by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-4-902 (4), C.R.S. For the purposes of this section, the school shall have […]
