NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor.  To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 11-137
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Hodge, Steadman, Lambert;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gerou, Becker, Ferrandino, Kagan.
      
      
      Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of
           education.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  The appropriation to the department of education for
      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, as enacted in Part III of section 2 of
      chapter 453, Session Laws of Colorado 2010 (HB 10-1376), is amended to
      read:
      
           Section 2.  Appropriation.
      
PART III


DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION



















(1) MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION5













(A) Administration and Centrally-Appropriated Line Items











State Board of Education
287,257



287,257












285,445



285,445
















(2.0 FTE)











General Department and
Program Administration
3,728,582
 


2,112,245



93,572
a
1,522,765
b





3,738,511



2,092,763



122,983
a







(48.0 FTE)
















(48.4 FTE)















Office of Professional
Services
1,860,700







1,860,700
c















(23.0 FTE)







Division of On-line Learning
371,720







371,720
d















(3.5 FTE)







Health, Life, and Dental
2,902,393



1,379,708



209,927
e
323,487
b
989,271



Short-term Disability
46,423



17,910



4,290
e
5,745
b
18,478



S.B. 04-257 Amortization
Equalization Disbursement
714,960



275,835



66,069
e
88,481
b
284,575



S.B. 06-235 Supplemental
Amortization Equalization
Disbursement
519,325



200,359



47,990
e
64,270
b
206,706



Workers' Compensation
281,151



122,610



34,441
e
23,729
b
100,371




303,091



71,444



62,441
e
68,835
b




Legal Services for 7,602
hours
557,759



204,169



207,946
f
133,017
g
12,627



Administrative Law Judge
Services
79,754







34,303
h
45,451
i




Payment to Risk
Management and Property
Funds
30,477



26,385



1,511
e
2,581
b




Leased Space
11,500









11,500
j




Capitol Complex Leased
Space
547,414



107,019



50,417
e
120,103
b
269,875








109,675



94,641
e
73,223
b




Reprinting and Distributing
Laws Concerning Education
35,480







35,480
k






Emeritus Retirement
10,875



10,875




























(B) Information Technology











Information Technology
Services
1,459,861



832,715





627,146
l





1,453,563



826,417
















(10.1 FTE)





(6.9 FTE)





School Accountability
Reports and State Data
Reporting System
1,292,172



1,292,172












1,285,865



1,285,865
















(6.0 FTE)











Purchase of Services from
Computer Center
45,635



45,635











Information Technology
Asset Maintenance
303,830



303,830











Disaster Recovery
19,722



19,722




























(C) Assessments and Data Analyses











Colorado Student
Assessment Program
21,689,344







15,756,521
d


5,932,823
m











(5.0 FTE)



(6.8 FTE)



Federal Grant for State
Assessments and Related
Activities
2,161,644











2,161,644
m















(5.7 FTE)



Longitudinal Analyses of
Student Assessment Results
288,489



288,489












285,774



285,774
















(3.0 FTE)











Preschool to Postsecondary
Education Alignment
569,332







569,332
d















(5.0 FTE)
























(D) State Charter School Institute











State Charter School
Institute Administration,
Oversight, and Management
Management5a
1,736,338









1,736,338
j















(16.5 FTE)





Other Transfers to Institute
Charter Schools
2,013,615









2,013,615
n




Transfer of Federal Moneys
to Institute Charter Schools
5,192,754









5,192,754
o















(6.0 FTE)





Department Implementation
of Section 22-30.5-501 et
seq., C.R.S.
202,842









202,842
j















(2.6 FTE)








48,961,348
















48,976,085






























a This amount shall be from general education development program fees.


b These amounts shall be from indirect cost recoveries and various appropriations to the Department of Education.


c This amount shall be from the Educator Licensure Cash Fund created in Section 22-60.5-112 (1), C.R.S.


d These amounts shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution.


e Of these amounts, $176,123 $218,008 shall be from the Educator Licensure Cash Fund created in Section 22-60.5-112 (1), C.R.S., $168,068 $183,072 shall be from the State Education
Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution, $57,988 $70,831 shall be from the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Fund created in Section
22-43.7-104 (1), C.R.S., and $12,466 $14,958 shall be from general education development program fees.


f Of this amount, $179,706 shall be from the Educator Licensure Cash Fund created in Section 22-60.5-112 (1), C.R.S., and $28,240 shall be from the On-line Education Cash Fund
created in Section 22-30.7-107 (4) (a), C.R.S.


g Of this amount, $100,000 shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding line item and $33,017 shall be from
the Assistance to Public Schools, Grant Programs, Distributions, and Other Assistance, Capital Construction, Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance line item.


h This amount shall be from the Educator Licensure Cash Fund created in Section 22-60.5-112 (1), C.R.S.


i This amount shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Categorical Programs, District Programs Required by Statute, Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities
line item.


j These amounts shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding line item.


k As authorized by Section 22-2-112 (1) (i), C.R.S., publishing costs shall be paid out of State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S.  Specifically, this amount
shall be from rental income earned on public school lands that is credited to the Public School Income Fund pursuant to Section 36-1-116 (1) (a), C.R.S., and transferred to the State Public
School Fund pursuant to Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S.


l Of this amount, $527,146 shall be from various appropriations to the Department of Education, and $100,000 shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance,
State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding line item.


m These amounts shall be from the federal grant for state assessments and related activities authorized pursuant to Title VI, Part A, Section 6113 of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001.


n This amount shall be from various line items in the Assistance to Public Schools section.


o This amount shall be from federal sponsored programs in the Assistance to Public Schools section. 



















(2) ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS













(A) Public School Finance















Administration
1,473,774









1,473,774
a





1,525,774







52,000
e

















(18.3 FTE)





State Share of Districts'
Total Program Funding6
3,763,293,850



3,215,715,681

161,444,485
b
386,133,684
c











3,216,221,842



385,627,523
c






Hold-harmless Full-day
Kindergarten Funding
7,756,818







7,756,818
d







3,772,524,442
















3,772,576,442
































a This amount shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding line item.


b This amount shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S.


c Of this amount, $284,307,808 $283,801,647 shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution, and $101,825,876 shall be from
the State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S.  Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the Colorado Constitution, appropriations from the State Education
Fund are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution. Of the amount appropriated from the State Public School
Fund, $55,470,000 is estimated to be from federal mineral leasing revenues transferred to the State Public School Fund pursuant to Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S., $31,600,000 is estimated
to be from public school lands revenues made available pursuant to S.B. 10-150, $8,491,876 shall be from rental income earned on public school lands that is credited to the Public School
Income Fund pursuant to Section 36-1-116 (1) (a), C.R.S., and transferred to the State Public School Fund pursuant to Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S., and $6,264,000 is estimated to be
from reserves in the State Public School Fund.


d This amount shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution.


e This amount shall be from the Average Daily Membership Study Fund created in Section 22-54-135 (10) (b), C.R.S.



















(B) Categorical Programs













(I) District Programs Required by Statute













Special Education Programs
for Children with Disabilities
286,289,454



71,572,347



55,789,778
a
101,812
b
158,825,517
c













(1.0 FTE)

(63.5 FTE)



English Language
Proficiency Program
23,696,750



3,101,598



9,294,755
a


11,300,397
d















 (4.6 FTE)



(II) Other Categorical Programs















Public School Transportation
49,991,821



36,922,227



13,069,594
e











(2.0 FTE)











Transfer to the Department
of Higher Education for
Distribution of State
Assistance for Career and
Technical Education
23,296,124



17,792,850



5,503,274
a






Special Education Programs
for Gifted and Talented
Children
9,059,625



5,500,000



3,559,625
a











(0.5 FTE)











Expelled and At-risk Student
Services Grant Program
7,493,560



5,788,807



1,704,753
a











(1.0 FTE)











Small Attendance Center
Aid
959,379



787,645



171,734
a






Comprehensive Health
Education
1,005,396



300,000



705,396
a















(1.0 FTE)








401,792,109
































a These amounts shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the Colorado
Constitution, appropriations from the State Education Fund are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution.


b This amount shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Human Services.


c This amount shall be from federal funds authorized pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.


d This amount shall be from federal funds authorized pursuant to Title III of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.


e Of this amount, $12,619,594 shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution, and $450,000 shall be from the Public School
Transportation Fund created in Section 22-51-103 (1), C.R.S. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the Colorado Constitution, appropriations from the State Education Fund are
not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution.


















(C) Grant Programs, Distributions, and Other Assistance













(I) Health and Nutrition















Federal Nutrition Programs
108,624,965



82,507







108,542,458




108,624,222



81,764
















(0.9 FTE)







(8.1 FTE)



State Match for School
Lunch Program
2,472,644







2,472,644
a






Child Nutrition School
Lunch Protection Program
850,000







850,000
b






School Breakfast Program
500,000



500,000











Smart Start Smart Nutrition
Program Fund
700,000



700,000











Start Smart Nutrition
Program
670,000









670,000
c





794,229







94,229
c
700,000
c




S.B. 97-101 Public School
Health Services
148,314









148,314
d















(1.4 FTE)





(II) Capital Construction















Division of Public School
Capital Construction
Assistance
895,147







895,147
e















(9.0 FTE)







Public School Capital
Construction Assistance
Board - Lease Payments
20,000,000







20,000,000
e



 


Financial Assistance Priority
Assessment
396,000







396,000
e



 


State Aid for Charter
School Capital Construction
Facilities
5,000,000







5,000,000
b






State Charter School
Institute Capital
Construction Assistance
875,636







875,636
f






(III) Reading and Literacy















Federal Title I Reading First
Grant
300,000











300,000
g


Read-to-Achieve Grant
Program
6,500,000







6,500,000
h 















(1.0 FTE)







Family Literacy Education
Grant Program
30,000









30,000
i 




(IV) Professional Development and Instructional Support











Closing the Achievement
Gap
1,800,000







1,800,000
b






Content Specialists
437,392







437,392
b















(5.0 FTE)







Office of Dropout
Prevention and Student 
Reengagement
150,172











150,172
















(2.0 FTE)



School Leadership Academy
Program
75,000



75,000
















(0.7 FTE)











(V) Summer and After-school Programs











Healthy Choices Dropout
Prevention Pilot Program
14,953







14,953
j















(0.2 FTE)







(VI) Facility Schools











Facility Schools Unit and
Facility Schools Board
258,109









258,109
k















(3.0 FTE)





Facility School Funding
17,900,000







17,900,000
b






(VII) Other Assistance











Appropriated Sponsored
Programs
285,437,580







3,237,000
l
4,475,388
m
277,725,192














(6.0 FTE)

(67.3 FTE)



School Counselor Corps
Grant Program
4,998,500







4,998,500
b















(1.0 FTE)







Contingency Reserve Fund
500,000







500,000
n







3,446,551



2,946,551











Supplemental On-line
Education Services
480,000







480,000
o






Supplemental On-line
Education Grant Program
50,000







50,000
o






School Awards Program
250,000







250,000
p






Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for
Military Children
30,185







30,185
b







460,344,597
















463,414,634
































a This amount shall be from rental income earned on public school lands that is credited to the Public School Income Fund pursuant to Section 36-1-116 (1) (a), C.R.S., and transferred
to the State Public School Fund pursuant to Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S.


b These amounts shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4) (a) of Article IX of the State Constitution.  Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the Colorado
Constitution, appropriations from the State Education Fund are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution.


c This amount These amounts shall be from the Start Smart Nutrition Program Fund created in Section 22-82.7-105 (1), C.R.S., including $700,000 General Fund that is
credited to the Fund in FY 2010-11 and $94,229 from fund reserves.


d This amount shall be from federal Medicaid funds transferred from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.


e These amounts shall be from the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Fund created in Section 22-43.7-104 (1), C.R.S.


f This amount shall be from the Institute Charter School Capital Construction Assistance Fund created in Section 22-30.5-505.5, C.R.S.


g This amount shall be from federal funds authorized pursuant to Title I, Part B, Subpart 1 of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.


h This amount shall be from the Read-to-Achieve Cash Fund created in Section 22-7-908 (1), C.R.S. This amount includes $4,801,594 based on the projected transfer of tobacco settlement
moneys to the Read-to-Achieve Cash Fund pursuant to Section 24-75-1104.5 (1) (h), C.R.S.; pursuant to Section 24-22-116, C.R.S., tobacco litigation settlement funds are not state fiscal
year spending as defined in Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution. This amount also includes $1,698,406 from reserves in the Read-to-Achieve Cash Fund.


i This amount shall be from the Family Literacy Education Fund created in Section 22-2-124 (8) (b), C.R.S.


j This amount shall be from the Healthy Choices Dropout Prevention Pilot Program Fund created in Section 22-82.3-107 (1), C.R.S.


k This amount shall be from the Assistance to Public Schools, Grant Programs, Distributions, and Other Assistance, Facility Schools, Facility School Funding line item.


l Of this amount, $2,427,000 shall be from various grants and donations, and $810,000 shall be from fees and charges for workshops, conferences, training programs, and seminars.


m This amount shall be transferred from the Department of Human Services.


n This amount shall be from school district reimbursements that are credited to the Contingency Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 22-54-117 (1) (c), C.R.S.


o These amounts shall be from federal mineral leasing revenues transferred to the State Public School Fund pursuant to Sections 34-63-102 and 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S.


p This amount shall be from the School Awards Program Fund, created in Section 22-11-605 (1), C.R.S.






















4,634,661,148
















4,637,783,185






























(3) LIBRARY PROGRAMS5















Administration
996,653



747,430



249,223
a







990,241



741,018
















(11.8 FTE)



(1.0 FTE)







Federal Library Funding
3,030,533











3,030,533
















(23.8 FTE)



Broadband Technology
Opportunities Program
1,557,711







279,847
a


1,277,864




(2.3 FTE)















Colorado Library
Consortium
1,000,000



1,000,000











Colorado Virtual Library
379,796



359,796



20,000
a






Colorado Talking Book
Library, Building
Maintenance and Utilities
Expenses
70,660



70,660











Reading Services for the
Blind7
250,000









250,000
b







5,727,642
















7,278,941






























a These amounts shall be from grants and donations.


b This amount shall be from the Reading Services for the Blind Cash Fund created in Section 24-90-105.5 (5), C.R.S.  Pursuant to Section 40-17-104 (1), C.R.S., appropriations to the
Public Utilities Commission in the Department of Regulatory Agencies include an appropriation out of the Colorado Disabled Telephone Users Fund to the Reading Services for the
Blind Cash Fund.



















(4) SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND













(A) School Operations















Personal Services
9,231,831
















9,139,913
















(141.3 FTE)















Early Intervention Services
1,168,106
















1,157,476
















(10.0 FTE)















Shift Differential
65,530















Operating Expenses
417,277















Vehicle Lease Payments
26,729
















25,617















Utilities
554,810















Allocation of State and
Federal Categorical Program
Funding
149,842
















(0.4 FTE)















Medicaid Reimbursements
for Public School Health
Services
83,254
















(1.5 FTE)
















11,697,379



10,066,593





1,630,786
a





11,593,719



9,962,933




























a Of this amount, $1,362,690 shall be transferred from the Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding Grant Programs,
Distributions, and Other Assistance, Facility Schools, Facility School Funding line item; $149,842 shall be transferred from various line items in the Assistance to Public
Schools, Categorical Programs section; $83,254 shall be from federal Medicaid funds transferred from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing pursuant to the S.B. 97-101
Public School Health Services program; and $35,000 shall be transferred from federal Child Nutrition Act funds appropriated in the Assistance to Public Schools, Grant Programs,
Distributions, and Other Assistance, Other Assistance, Appropriated Sponsored Programs line item.



















(B) Special Purpose
















Fees and Conferences
120,000















Outreach Services
1,022,082
















(5.4 FTE)















Tuition from Out-of-state
Students
200,000















Summer Olympics Housing
10,000















Grants
1,397,079
















(9.0 FTE)
















2,749,161







1,083,082
a
1,666,079
b





















a Of this amount, $753,082 shall be from fees collected from school districts, Boards of Cooperative Services, and private entities for the purposes of outreach services; $200,000 shall
be tuition payments received from other states; $120,000 shall be from fees and charges for workshops and conferences; and $10,000 shall be from housing reimbursements.


b This amount shall be from various federal funds transferred from the Assistance to Public Schools section.






















14,446,540
















14,342,880






























TOTALS PART III
















(EDUCATION)


$4,703,796,678

$3,378,610,076

$161,444,485
a
$571,073,392

$22,818,086

$569,850,639






$4,708,381,091

$3,381,866,849



$571,094,942

$22,846,312

$571,128,503




















a This amount shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S.



     FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

     5    Department of Education, Management and Administration; and Library Programs -- In addition to the transfer authority provided in Section 24-75-108,
          C.R.S., up to 2.5 percent of the total General Fund appropriations for Management and Administration and Library Programs may be transferred between the
          line items in these two sections of the FY 2010-11 Long Bill.

     5a   Department of Education, Management and Administration, State Charter School Institute, State Charter School Institute
          Administration, Oversight, and Management -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that up to $192,246 of this spending authority be
          used to address the deficit fund balance in the State Charter School Institute Fund that occurred in FY 2009-10, and that the State
          Controller release warrants for outstanding payments for expenditures incurred in FY 2009-10.

     6    Department of Education, Assistance to Public Schools, Public School Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding -- It is the intent of the General
          Assembly that the Department of Education be authorized to utilize up to $1,847,036 of this appropriation to fund qualified students designated as Accelerating
          Students Through Concurrent Enrollment (ASCENT) Program participants as authorized pursuant to Section 22-35-108, C.R.S. This amount is calculated
          based on an estimated 277 participants funded at a rate of $6,668 per FTE pursuant to Section 22-54-104 (4.7), C.R.S.

     7    Department of Education, Library Programs, Reading Services for the Blind -- This appropriation is for the support of privately operated reading services for
          the blind, as authorized by Section 24-90-105.5, C.R.S.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that $200,000 of this appropriation be used to provide access
          to radio and television broadcasts of locally published and produced materials and $50,000 of this appropriation be used to provide telephone access to digital
          transmissions of nationally published and produced materials.       
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
       
       
       
       
       ____________________________  ____________________________
       Brandon C. Shaffer                     Frank McNulty
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
       ____________________________  ____________________________
       Cindi L. Markwell                     Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
                   APPROVED________________________________________
       
       
       
       
       
                                     _________________________________________
                                     John W. Hickenlooper
                                     GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO