Colorado § 22-24-102 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 22-24-102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 22-24-102

Title 22Education

Art.English Language Proficiency Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-24-102 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly finds that:

(a)There is a substantial number of students in Colorado who are English language learners;

(b)Local education providers must provide evidence-based English language proficiency programs for English language learners to enable them to develop and acquire English language proficiency while achieving and maintaining grade-level performance in academic content areas;

(c)To improve the educational and career opportunities for every student in Colorado, the state must ensure support for local education providers to establish evidence-based English language proficiency programs;

(d)The state and local education providers must enhance all educators' effectiveness in supporting English language development and in enabling English language learne

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(1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) There is a substantial number of students in Colorado who are English
language learners;

(b) Local education providers must provide evidence-based English language
proficiency programs for English language learners to enable them to develop and
acquire English language proficiency while achieving and maintaining grade-level
performance in academic content areas;

(c) To improve the educational and career opportunities for every student in
Colorado, the state must ensure support for local education providers to establish
evidence-based English language proficiency programs;

(d) The state and local education providers must enhance all educators'
effectiveness in supporting English language development and in enabling English
language learners to achieve and maintain grade-level performance in academic
content areas;

(e) The state must develop an educator workforce that can support the
educational approach and goals of local education providers to help ensure that
English language learners are postsecondary and workforce ready at graduation;

(f) The state must appropriate and allocate moneys to local education
providers to help ensure that English language learners are postsecondary and
workforce ready at graduation;

(g) The department of education and the state board of education must hold
local education providers accountable through the Education Accountability Act of
2009, article 11 of this title, and by English language development measures
mandated by this article for meeting the English language development and
academic achievement goals for English language learners; and

(h) The department of education and the state board of education must
recognize local education providers who provide effective English language
proficiency programs by awarding grants through a competitive program that is
supported with annual appropriations.