§ 22-2-310 — Data reporting - instructional hours - report

Colorado § 22-2-310

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

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(1) (a) By the
beginning of the 2025-26 school year, the department shall standardize the
reporting method that schools of a school district, district charter schools, school
districts, institute charter schools, and the state charter school institute use to
collect and report data concerning:

(I) Instructional hours;

(II) School calendars; and

(III) The number of hours students spend on instructional time during the
school year.

(b) Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, and each school year thereafter,
the department shall collect from schools of a school district, district charter
schools, school districts, institute charter schools, and the state charter school
institute, at a minimum, the following data:

(I) Days of instruction for elementary and secondary schools;

(II) Instructional hours for elementary and secondary schools;

(III) Estimated non-instructional hours, school closures, snow days, and time
spent on lunch and passing between classes; and

(IV) The number of days and percentage of the school year students were
placed on abbreviated school day schedules, as defined in section 22-20-123.

(2) The department shall annually publish the data in an accessible report on
the department's website, including on the department's web page for school and
district data.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (HB 24-1063), ch. 436, p. 3051, � 2, effective June 5.