Colorado § 22-27.5-101 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 22-27.5-101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 22-27.5-101

Title 22Education

Art.Before- and After-School

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-27.5-101 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a)The unacceptably high dropout rate in public schools in Colorado is detrimental to the economic and cultural health of the state, and the state should take additional measures to more fully and productively engage students in public education and thereby reduce this rate;

(b)Often, students who choose to drop out of school prior to graduation are bored with the standard classroom curriculum. Students who are involved with extracurricular school activities before or after school are more likely to be invested in their education and less likely to drop out of school.

(c)With the increased difficulties in funding public education and increased emphasis on core academic subjects, schools have been forced to focus their resources on

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds
that:

(a) The unacceptably high dropout rate in public schools in Colorado is
detrimental to the economic and cultural health of the state, and the state should
take additional measures to more fully and productively engage students in public
education and thereby reduce this rate;

(b) Often, students who choose to drop out of school prior to graduation are
bored with the standard classroom curriculum. Students who are involved with
extracurricular school activities before or after school are more likely to be
invested in their education and less likely to drop out of school.

(c) With the increased difficulties in funding public education and increased
emphasis on core academic subjects, schools have been forced to focus their
resources on teaching the core curriculum subjects of reading, writing, and
mathematics and have been less able to fund visual arts or performing arts
education or to provide career and technical education;

(d) Just as all students can learn, all students are talented to varying
degrees in varying arts and endeavors. In addition to ensuring a student has the
necessary skills in reading, writing, and mathematics to be successful in a career,
educating a student should include providing the student the opportunity to
experience and participate in a wide range of artistic and vocational activities to
allow the student to discover his or her talents and be successful in life.

(e) A grant program to provide additional funding for schools to sponsor
before- and after-school programs in visual arts and performing arts and in career
and technical education subjects will have the combined benefits of providing a
wider range of visual arts, performing arts, and career and technical education,
exposing students to a wide range of opportunities in visual arts and performing
arts, assisting students in obtaining skills in a wide variety of vocations, enabling
students to discover their artistic and vocation-related talents, and providing
greater incentives for some students to stay in school.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 511, � 1, effective May 24. L. 2010: (1)(c) and (1)(e) amended, (HB 10-1273), ch. 233, p. 1024, � 15, effective May 18.