§ 22-2-122 — Grants to schools and school districts

Colorado § 22-2-122

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 22: Education
• Art.: Department - Commissioner

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(1) (a) In preparing the
application forms to be submitted by school districts or public schools when
applying for grant moneys, except as otherwise required by statute, the
department shall not require information from public schools or school districts
which has been previously submitted to the department; except that this prohibition
shall not apply to annual updates of information sought by the department.

(b) In preparing said application forms and in reviewing submitted
applications, the department shall utilize a database of pertinent data previously
received from, or otherwise obtained regarding, schools and school districts, so as
to minimize the need to require schools and school districts to send duplicative
information.

(2) Whenever, as part of a grant program, the department or a school or
school district is required to prepare an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
services provided using the grant moneys, the department shall compile the
evaluations and make such evaluations readily available to all schools and school
districts upon request. Any costs associated with the compilation and availability of
such reports shall be paid from the amount appropriated to the department for
costs incurred in administering such grant programs.

(3) (a) For each budget year, the department shall allocate to the boards of
cooperative services established pursuant to article 5 of this title that provide a
wide range of services described in section 22-5-118 to their member school
districts, or school districts with student populations of less than four thousand
students, an amount equal to one percent of the amount appropriated to all
education grant programs for that fiscal year, or two hundred fifty thousand
dollars, whichever is less. The amount allocated to the boards of cooperative
services pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be taken from the amounts
appropriated to all education grant programs. In the event the department
allocates two hundred fifty thousand dollars, such amount shall be taken from each
education grant program in the same proportion that the amount appropriated for
that fiscal year to the education grant program bears to the total amount
appropriated for that fiscal year to all education grant programs.

(b) The department shall proportionately divide the moneys allocated
pursuant to this subsection (3) among the boards of cooperative services described
in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) on a per school district basis, based on the
total number of school districts that have student populations of less than four
thousand students and are members of boards of cooperative services that shall
receive moneys pursuant to this subsection (3).

(c) The boards of cooperative services that receive moneys pursuant to this
subsection (3) shall only use such moneys to assist member school districts and
schools in applying for grants from education grant programs. One or more boards
of cooperative services may use the moneys allocated pursuant to this subsection
(3) jointly to provide services to member school districts from more than one board
of cooperative services.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 326, � 1, effective August 7. L. 2003: (1)(a), (2), (3)(a), and (3)(c) amended, p. 2140, � 44, effective May 22.