§ 22-11-205 — State review panel - creation

Colorado § 22-11-205

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 22: Education
• Art.: Accreditation

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(1) (a) The commissioner shall
recruit an appropriate number of highly qualified persons to serve when needed as
a state review panel. The commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall
appoint the members of the state review panel to assist the department and the
state board as provided in this article.

(b) In appointing the members of the state review panel, the commissioner
shall select persons on the basis of demonstrated expertise in one or more of the
following fields:

(I) School district or school leadership or governance;

(II) Standards-based elementary or secondary curriculum instruction and
assessment;

(III) Instructional data management and analysis;

(IV) School district, school, or program evaluation;

(V) Educational program management;

(VI) Teacher leadership;

(VII) Organizational management or school district and public school
governance;

(VIII) School district or school budgeting and finance;

(IX) Any other field that the commissioner deems to be relevant to the review
and evaluation of school district, institute, or public school performance or
improvement planning.

(c) In assigning members of the state review panel, the commissioner shall
ensure that an individual does not participate in a site visit or review of a school
district, the institute, or a public school if the individual, directly or through his or
her employer, has been paid by the school district, the institute, the public school,
or the department to provide services for the school district, institute, or public
school while the school district, institute, or public school is accredited with priority
improvement plan, accredited with turnaround plan, or required to adopt a priority
improvement or turnaround plan. If an individual who, as part of the state review
panel, participates in a site visit or review of a school district, the institute, or a
public school is employed by an entity that later seeks to provide services to the
school district, institute, or public school, the individual shall not use any
information obtained as a result of the review to benefit the employing entity unless
the information has been made public.

(2) The commissioner shall convene all or a portion of the state review panel
as necessary to carry out the duties specified in this article.

(3) The department may accept and expend moneys received from gifts,
grants, or donations to compensate members of the state review panel or reimburse
them for expenses incurred in performing their duties pursuant to this article. The
department shall not pay compensation or reimbursements if sufficient moneys are
not available.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2009: Entire article R&RE, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1477, � 1, effective May 21. L. 2018: (1)(c) added, (HB 18-1355), ch. 324, p. 1948, � 6, effective May 30.