Colorado § 22-54-104.2 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 22-54-104.2 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 22-54-104.2

Title 22Education

Art.Public School Finance Act of 2025

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-54-104.2 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the increase in the at-risk factor pursuant to section 22-54-104 (5)(f)(II) for districts whose percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide average percentage of at-risk pupils and whose funded pupil count is greater than fifty thousand, the requirement that districts that receive at-risk funding spend a portion of their at-risk funding on implementation of the district's English language proficiency program pursuant to section 22-54-105 (3)(b)(I) and the increase in the at-risk factor from 11.2% to 12% for the 2005-06 budget year and each budget year thereafter pursuant to section 22-54-104 (2)(b)(II) and (5)(f) are important elements of acc

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds
and declares that, for purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state constitution,
the increase in the at-risk factor pursuant to section 22-54-104 (5)(f)(II) for districts
whose percentage of at-risk pupils is greater than the statewide average
percentage of at-risk pupils and whose funded pupil count is greater than fifty
thousand, the requirement that districts that receive at-risk funding spend a portion
of their at-risk funding on implementation of the district's English language
proficiency program pursuant to section 22-54-105 (3)(b)(I) and the increase in the
at-risk factor from 11.2% to 12% for the 2005-06 budget year and each budget year
thereafter pursuant to section 22-54-104 (2)(b)(II) and (5)(f) are important elements
of accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may therefore
receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX
of the state constitution.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The general assembly further finds and declares that, for purposes of
section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the requirement that school
districts provide educational services to juveniles pursuant to section 22-32-141 and
that the school districts receive reimbursement for providing the services pursuant
to section 22-54-114 (4)(b), is part of providing accountable programs to meet state
academic standards and may therefore receive funding from the state education
fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(4) The general assembly finds and declares that, for purposes of section 17
of article IX of the state constitution, the expansion of the definition of at-risk
pupils, as defined in section 22-54-103 (1.5)(a)(VI), to include district pupils eligible
for reduced-price lunch pursuant to the provisions of the federal Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq., and the addition of English
language learner funding pursuant to section 22-54-104 (4.3) are important
elements of accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may
therefore receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of
article IX of the state constitution.

(5) The general assembly further finds and declares that, for purposes of
section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, the construction and
implementation of the new at-risk measure described in section 22-54-104.6,
including the collection of the necessary data to implement the new at-risk
measure described in section 22-54-104.6 (9)(a), is an important part of providing
accountable programs to meet state academic standards and may therefore
receive funding from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX
of the state constitution.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 344, � 6, effective April 16. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 432, � 4, effective April 29. L. 2006: (1) amended, p. 619, � 44, effective August 7. L. 2010: (1) amended, (SB 10-062), ch. 168, p. 596, � 14, effective April 29. L. 2012: (3) added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 674, � 23, effective July 1. L. 2014: (1) amended, (HB 14-1298), ch. 244, p. 936, � 21, effective May 21. L. 2021: (4) added, (SB 21-268), ch. 222, p. 1192, � 30, effective June 11. L. 2024: (1) amended and (2) repealed, (HB 24-1448), ch. 236, p. 1514, � 15, effective May 23; (5) added, (SB 24-188), ch. 235, p. 1473, � 5, effective May 23.