Colorado § 24-33.5-2102 Legislative declaration

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§ 24-33.5-2102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 24-33.5-2102

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-2102 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly finds that:

(a)In 2008, the general assembly passed Senate Bill 08-181 calling for the improvement of coordination among agencies when responding to school incidents;

(b)In 2011, the general assembly passed additional legislation, Senate Bill 11-173, concerning the interoperability of communications in schools;

(c)While progress has been made in coordination, interoperability continues to be an issue due to lack of funding for needed hardware, software, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school district communication systems and first responder communication systems;

(d)The use of interoperable technology would enable schools and school district stakeholders to communicate across the district and with public safety over

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(1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) In 2008, the general assembly passed Senate Bill 08-181 calling for the
improvement of coordination among agencies when responding to school incidents;

(b) In 2011, the general assembly passed additional legislation, Senate Bill 11-173, concerning the interoperability of communications in schools;

(c) While progress has been made in coordination, interoperability continues
to be an issue due to lack of funding for needed hardware, software, and training to
allow for seamless communications between existing school district
communication systems and first responder communication systems;

(d) The use of interoperable technology would enable schools and school
district stakeholders to communicate across the district and with public safety over
existing independent networks during an emergency;

(e) It is necessary to create a program to leverage the public safety radios
system serving the region, including but not limited to the state's digital trunked
network, which is a standards-based first responder communications system in
place statewide, along with other communications networks, and to expand the
infrastructure by allowing direct communication from school radios and other
communications devices to first responder radios and other communications
devices to improve interoperability;

(f) An adaptable system can connect any school's existing radio equipment
to the radio of a first responder. In addition, the connection can be switched on and
off immediately by public safety personnel and system administrators.

(g) Public safety officials and system administrators must have the ability to
enable and disable the interoperable technology;

(h) Going beyond the critical 911 call, it is important to use any available and
proven technology that enables emergency services personnel and school officials
to communicate in real-time during an incident; and

(i) This interoperable technology is not to be used by schools for day-to-day
operations on the public safety communications network.

(2) The general assembly further finds that the purpose of this part 21 is to
create the school access for emergency response grant program to provide schools
and public safety communications networks with money for needed hardware,
software, and training so that when an emergency happens, dispatchers can
activate the technology over both the radio system and other communications
networks, trained school-safety teams can connect on the radio and other
communications devices across the district, and first responders can arrive on the
scene informed with the most up-to-date information.