§ 22-106-103 — Colorado student leaders institute - applications

Colorado § 22-106-103

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 22: Education
• Art.: Colorado Student Leaders Institute

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(1) There is
in the department of education the Colorado student leaders institute. The year-long institute shall operate a competitive residential summer academic program for
students who are entering tenth or eleventh grade in the coming fall semester. The
program operated by the institute must be for four weeks each summer during
which time students who are accepted to the institute attend college-level classes,
lectures, and seminars as well as enrichment activities, including concerts and
theatrical productions. Each student who is accepted to the institute is encouraged
to donate up to four hundred dollars to the institute to assist in meeting operational
costs. Subject to available appropriations, up to one hundred students may annually
participate in the institute. The host institution and the department shall not
operate the Colorado student leaders institute in the 2025-26 state fiscal year.

(2) (a) The institute shall annually offer classes in at least the following two
areas:

(I) Science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and

(II) International social studies.

(b) The institute shall annually provide enrichment activities for students
who participate in the institute, which must include but need not be limited to
activities relating to visual expression and music appreciation.

(c) In addition to participating in classes and enrichment activities, students
who participate in the institute must:

(I) Complete a history research project for a competition held during the
term of the institute; and

(II) Complete a public service practicum that includes a final report of
findings and recommendations to the general assembly for legislative action.

(3) (a) (I) To apply to participate in the institute:

(A) A student who is enrolled in a public school that is not a charter school
must be nominated by the superintendent of the school district in which the student
is enrolled; and

(B) A student who is enrolled in a charter school or in a private school must
be nominated by the principal of the school.

(II) A student who is participating in a nonpublic home-based educational
program, as described in section 22-33-104.5, may apply without having been
nominated.

(b) To apply to participate in the institute, a student must submit an
application to the host institution that is in the form and meets the requirements
established by the host institution. If the applying student is enrolled in a public
school, the student must submit a copy of the student's individual career and
academic plan, as described in section 22-2-136, with the application.

(4) The host institution shall award three hours of postsecondary academic
credit to each student who successfully completes the institute. The school district
or high school in which each student is enrolled is encouraged to apply the
academic credit hours that a student receives for completing the institute toward
academic credit hours earned in civics, to apply toward the completion of the
student's high school graduation requirements.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 23-086), ch. 117, p. 423, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-215), ch. 115, p. 474, � 1, effective April 25.