§ 22-38-101. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Pilot Schools Act”. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1811, § 5, effective July 1.
§ 22-38-102. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: It is the goal of the state of Colorado to provide educational opportunities to all students who choose to pursue such opportunities; To maintain discipline in the public schools, it is sometimes essential for the public schools to expel students; Students who are expelled from public schools […]
§ 22-38-103. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “At-risk student” means a student who is in the sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth grade, who is under seventeen years of age, and who has been the subject of at least one suspension in the past year. “Expelled student” means a student who has been […]
§ 22-38-104. Pilot Schools – Requirements – Authority – Definitions
The state board may provide for the establishment and operation of not more than one full-time residential pilot school and not more than three year-round nonresidential pilot schools pursuant to the following provisions: The state board shall consider placement of the pilot schools in geographic areas of the state that shall provide the easiest access […]
§ 22-38-105. Applications for the Right to Operate Pilot Schools – Contents
The state board shall promulgate regulations for the applications to be submitted for the right to operate a pilot school that shall include: A description of the applicant, its experience in providing educational, counseling, social, and other necessary services to expelled and other students, and, in the case of nonprofit organizations, its balance sheets and […]
§ 22-38-106. Application Process for Pilot School Contract
The state board shall appoint a selection committee to review applications for each of the pilot schools established pursuant to this article 38 and to make recommendations to the state board as to whether a pilot school should be established in an area and which applicant should be selected. The state board shall appoint, as […]
§ 22-38-107. Negotiation of Pilot School Contract
The state board shall enter into negotiations for a contract to operate a pilot school with each applicant it has selected. The contract shall be for five years’ duration, commencing upon the date of its execution, and shall set forth the terms under which the pilot school shall operate. The contract may be renewed for […]
§ 22-38-108. Pilot School Contracts – Renewal of Application – Grounds for Nonrenewal or Revocation
A pilot school renewal application shall be submitted to the state board no later than six months before the expiration of the original contract and shall contain: A report on the progress of the pilot school in achieving the goals, objectives, student performance standards, content standards, and other terms of the initial approved pilot school […]
§ 22-38-109. Pilot School Employees
Any teacher employed by a school district who becomes a teacher employed by a pilot school shall be deemed to continue to be a teacher within the school district for seniority purposes in the event that teacher returns to that school district. Employees of a pilot school may elect to become members of the public […]
§ 22-38-111. Pilot Schools – Admission of Students
Expelled students and any at-risk students otherwise eligible to attend sixth through ninth grades and under seventeen years of age may voluntarily apply to any pilot school. No student shall be compelled to attend a pilot school. Each pilot school shall devise its own application and admission procedures. An application shall, at a minimum, include: […]
§ 22-38-112. Discipline and Expulsion of Students
A pilot school may discipline, suspend, and expel students as provided in article 33 of this title. Based upon a reasonable belief that a student is using drugs, a pilot school may require a student to submit to drug testing after providing notice to the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian. Source: L. 96: Entire […]
§ 22-38-113. Notification Requirements
Within five days of expelling a student, the school district that expelled the student shall: Notify the student and the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the student’s opportunity to apply to a pilot school; Provide the student’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian with a copy of the student’s academic and disciplinary records; and […]
§ 22-38-114. Evaluation
A pilot school shall contract with one or more universities to monitor and track the progress of students in the pilot school. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1819, § 5, effective July 1.
§ 22-38-115. Funding
The department of education and the department of human services may pursue additional sources of funding for the financing of pilot schools, including but not limited to grants, donations, and contributions from public or private sources and any funds available pursuant to article 20 of this title. A pilot school may have access to any […]