Colorado School Laws
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Colorado School Laws provides fingertip access to the wide range of statutes affecting education in the state. In one concise volume, you will have ready access to the laws that schools, education professionals, and education law attorneys need most often. Compiled by LexisNexis' experienced staff of lawyer-editors, Colorado School Laws is a critical resource for anyone who needs to keep abreast of developments in this dynamic area of the law.
Key features include:
• Completely annotated
• Table of Sections Affected
• Education Law Highlights of the Recent Legislative Session
• Updated annually
Visit our Education Law page for additional resources specifically designed for administrators, school board members, attorneys, principals and teachers.
Table of Contents
Sections Affected by Recent Legislation
Recent Select Legislative Summaries
The United States Supreme Court on Select School Law Issues
Enabling Act of Colorado
Constitution of the State of Colorado
Title 1. Elections
Article 12. Recall and Vacancies in Office
Title 19. Children's Code
Article1. General Provisions
Title 22. Education
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Department: Commissioner
Article 3. Eye Protective Devices
Article 4. County Superintendent of Schools (Repealed)
Article 5. Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965
Article 5.5. Regional Service Areas Act
Article 6. Comprehensive Educational Planning (Repealed)
Article 7. Educational Accountability
Article 8. Career Education (Repealed)
Article 9. Licensed Personnel Evaluations
Article 9.5. Principal Development Scholarship Program
Article 9.7. Early Childhood Educator Development Scholarship Program
Article 10. Adult Literacy (Repealed)
Article 11. Education Accreditation
Article 12. Teacher and School Administrator Protection Act
Article 13. School Leadership Academy Program
Article 14. Dropout Prevention and Student Re-Engagement
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION
Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children
Article 21. Public Education Incentive Program (Repealed)
Article 22. Educational Achievement Act (Repealed)
Article 23. Education of Migrant Children
Article 24. English Language Proficiency Act
Article 25. Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act
Article 26. Gifted and Talented Students (Repealed)
Article 27. Educational Clinics for Public School Dropouts (Repealed)
Article 27.5. Before-and After-School Dropout Prevention Programs
Article 28. Colorado Preschool Program Act
Article 29. Character Education
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Article 30. School District Organization Act of 1992
Article 30.5. Charter Schools
Article 30.7. On-line Education Programs
Article 31. School District Directors: Election
Article 32. School District Boards: Powers and Duties
Article 32.5. Innovation Schools and Innovation School Zones within School Districts
Article 33. School Attendance Law of 1963
Article 34. High School Fast Track Program (Repealed)
Article 35. Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act
Article 35.5. Fast College Fast Jobs Act (Repealed)
Article 36. Public Schools of Choice
Article 37. Grant Program for In-School or In-Home Suspension
Article 38. Pilot Schools for Students Expelled from Sixth through Ninth Grades
FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Article 40. Tax Levies and Revenues
Article 41. Public School Fund
Article 41.5. Voter Approval for Weakening of Debt Limitations on School Districts
Article 42. Bonded Indebtedness
Article 43. Refunding Bonds
Article 43.5. School District Capital Improvement Zones
Article 43.7. Capital Construction Assistance
Article 44. Budget Policies and Procedures
Article 45. Accounting and Reporting
FINANCING OF SCHOOLS
Article 50. Public School Finance Act of 1973 (Repealed)
Article 51. Public School Transportation Fund
SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM
Article 52. Second Chance Program for Problem Students
FINANCING OF SCHOOLS CONTINUED
Article 53. Public School Finance Act of 1988 (Repealed)
Article 54. Public School Finance Act of 1994
Article 55. State Policies Relating to Section 17 of Article IX of the State Constitution
Article 56. Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program (Repealed)
Article 57. Supplemental On-Line Education Courses: Financing (Repealed)
Article 58. School Funding Models Pilot Program
TEACHERS
Article 60. Teacher Certification (Repealed)
Article 60.5. Colorado Educator Licensing Act
Article 61. Teacher Employment
Article 61.5. Colorado Teacher of the Year
Article 62. Cooperative Teacher Education Act
Article 62.5. Exceptional Learning Program (Repealed)
Article 63. Teacher Employment, Compensation, and Dismissal
Article 64. Retirement Systems (Repealed)
Article 65. Professional Practices Commission (Repealed)
Article 66. Alternative Salary Policies: Pilot Programs (Repealed)
Article 67. Teacher Salary Policy Planning Grants (Repealed)
Article 68. Quality Teachers Commission (Repealed)
Article 68.5. Educator Identifier System (Repealed)
Article 69. Alternative Teacher Compensation Plan Act
JUNIOR COLLEGES
Article 70. Junior Colleges: Organization (Repealed)
Article 71. Junior Colleges: Revenue Securities Law (Repealed)
Article 72. Grand Junction and Trinidad Junior Colleges (Repealed)
Article 73. Morgan County Junior College District (Repealed)
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 80. School for the Deaf and the Blind
Article 81. Pre-K-16 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Improvement
Article 81.5. Colorado Information Technology Education Grant Program
Article 82. Public School Medical Assistance Pilot Program (Repealed)
Article 82.3. Healthy Choices Dropout Prevention Pilot Program
Article 82.5. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Pilot Program (Repealed)
Article 82.6. Farm-to-School Healthy Kids Act
Article 82.7. Start Smart Nutrition Program
Article 82.9. Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program
Article 83. Plan for Improving Achievement in Math, Science, and Technology
Article 84. Colorado Magnet School for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (Repealed)
Article 86. Summer School Grant Program Facility Schools (Repealed)
Article 87. Children's Internet Protection
Article 88. Audio Textbooks (Repealed)
Article 88.1. Reading Assistance Grant Program Fund
Article 89. Wind for Schools Grant Program
Article 90. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Article 91. School Counselor Corps Grant Program
Article 92. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Schools Loan Program
Article 93. School Bullying Prevention and Education Grant Program
Title 24. Government: State
ADMINISTRATION
Article 6. Colorado Sunshine Law
PUBLIC (OPEN) RECORDS
Article 72. Public Records
Title 26. Human Services Code
Article 5.7. Homeless Youth
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