Colorado § 22-7-1210 Early literacy fund - created

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§ 22-7-1210 — Early literacy fund - created

Colorado § 22-7-1210

Title 22Education

Art.Educational Accountability

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-7-1210 (2026).

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(1)The early literacy fund is hereby created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the fund. The fund shall consist of:

(a)Any moneys remaining in the read-to-achieve cash fund as of June 30, 2012;

(b)and (c) Repealed.

(d)(I) For the 2013-14 budget year, an amount equal to sixteen million dollars from the state education fund, and for the 2014-15 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, an amount equal to thirty-four million dollars from the state education fund. On July 1, 2013, and on July 1 each year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer the appropriate amount from the state education fund to the early literacy fund.

(II)The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for the purposes of section 17 of article IX of the state con

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(1) The early literacy fund is hereby
created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the fund. The
fund shall consist of:

(a) Any moneys remaining in the read-to-achieve cash fund as of June 30,
2012;

(b) and (c) Repealed.

(d) (I) For the 2013-14 budget year, an amount equal to sixteen million dollars
from the state education fund, and for the 2014-15 budget year, and each budget
year thereafter, an amount equal to thirty-four million dollars from the state
education fund. On July 1, 2013, and on July 1 each year thereafter, the state
treasurer shall transfer the appropriate amount from the state education fund to
the early literacy fund.

(II) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for the purposes of
section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, providing students enrolled in
kindergarten, first, second, or third grade with the instructional programming,
intervention instruction, and support necessary to ensure that students, by the
completion of third grade, can demonstrate a level of competency in reading skills
that is necessary to support them in achieving the academic standards and
expectations applicable to the fourth-grade curriculum is a program for
accountable education reform and may therefore receive funding from the state
education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(e) Any other moneys that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer
to the fund.

(2) The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for
the purposes specified in subsection (4) of this section as provided by law. The state
treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the investment and
deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund. Any amount remaining in the fund at the
end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or
transferred to the general fund or to any other fund.

(3) Repealed.

(4) The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general
assembly to the department. The department shall annually expend the money in
the fund as follows:

(a) to (c) Repealed.

(d) (I) Beginning in the 2020-21 budget year and for budget years thereafter,
the department shall annually expend the money credited to the early literacy fund
for the following purposes:

(A) To implement the public information campaign to promote reading
described in section 22-7-1209 (7);

(B) To contract with and pay the direct costs incurred in overseeing an
independent evaluator as provided in section 22-7-1209 (8);

(C) To implement the early literacy grant program created in section 22-7-1211;

(D) To allocate per-pupil intervention money to local education providers as
provided in section 22-7-1210.5; and

(E) To pay the costs incurred in providing to local education providers
technical assistance in implementing this part 12, training in teaching reading for
teachers employed to teach kindergarten and grades one through three and for
reading interventionists employed to teach grades four through twelve, training for
principals and administrators pursuant to section 22-7-1208 (6.5), and training for
librarians pursuant to section 24-90-121; monitoring the use of money received as
per-pupil intervention money or grants through the early literacy grant program;
and fulfilling the administrative requirements specified in this part 12.

(II) The general assembly shall annually appropriate in the general
appropriations bill the amount that the department may expend for the purposes
specified in subsection (4)(d)(I) of this section.

(5) to (7) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire part added, (HB 12-1238), ch. 180, p. 661, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(c) repealed, (1)(d) amended, and (1)(e) added, (SB 13-260), ch. 236, p. 1141, � 7, effective May 17. L. 2014: (1)(d)(I) amended, (HB 14-1292), ch. 243, p. 916, � 20, effective May 21; (1)(d)(I) amended, (HB 14-1298), ch. 244, p. 937, � 25, effective May 21; (5)(b)(III) amended and (5)(b)(III.5) added, (HB 14-1204), ch. 292, p. 1195, � 4, effective May 31. L. 2016: (1)(b) and (3) repealed, (HB 16-1408), ch. 153, p. 472, � 26, effective July 1; IP(5)(b) and (5)(b)(III.5) amended, (HB 16-1440), ch. 316, p. 1278, � 6, effective August 10. L. 2018: IP(4), (4)(b), (5)(b), and (5)(c) amended and (6) added, (HB 18-1393), ch. 275, p. 1741, � 2, effective May 29. L. 2019: (4)(b)(IV) amended, (4)(c) and (4)(d) added, and (5) and (6) repealed, (SB 19-199), ch. 154, p. 1831, � 8, effective May 10; (5)(b)(I) repealed, (HB 19-1262), ch. 245, p. 2401, � 11, effective May 21. L. 2020: (7) added, (HB 20-1418), ch. 197, p. 945, � 19, effective June 30. L. 2022: (4)(d)(I)(E) amended, (SB 22-004), ch. 280, p. 2020, � 3, effective August 10.