NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/4/2014.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 14-1182
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hamner, Court, Duran, Fields, Ginal,
      Hullinghorst, Labuda, Lee, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen, Rosenthal, Tyler,
      Vigil, Williams, Young, Buckner;
      also SENATOR(S) Kerr, Heath, Johnston, Kefalas, Schwartz, Todd,
      Ulibarri, Zenzinger.
      
      
      Concerning changes for the 2015-16 school year to certain public
           education accountability measures specified in the
           "Education Accountability Act of 2009" to accommodate
           the transition to administering new statewide assessments.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-11-208, add (1.5)
      as follows:
      
           22-11-208.  Accreditation - annual review - supports and
      interventions - rules. (1.5)  Notwithstanding any provision of this
      article, or any provision of state board rule that implements this
      article, to the contrary, for the 2015-16 school year, the
      department shall assign accreditation ratings for school
      districts and the institute based on:
      
           (a)  The accreditation rating assigned to the school district
      or the institute for the preceding school year;
      
           (b)  The school district's or the institute's compliance with
      the provisions of its accreditation contract;
      
           (c)  The level of participation on the statewide assessments
      by students enrolled in the schools of the school district or in
      the institute charter schools; and
      
           (d)  Valid and reliable data that meets the guidelines
      established by the commissioner and that the school district or
      the institute may submit to the department to demonstrate the
      school district's or the institute's progress in improving student
      performance with regard to the Colorado academic standards
      and postsecondary and workforce readiness and in attaining the
      statewide targets for the performance indicators and the school
      district's or the institute's performance targets for the preceding
      school year.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-11-210, add (2.5)
      and (5) (c) as follows:
      
           22-11-210.  Public schools - annual review - plans - supports and
      interventions - rules. (2.5)  Notwithstanding any provision of this
      article, or any provision of state board rule that implements this
      article, to the contrary, for the 2015-16 school year, the
      department shall recommend to the state board school plan
      types based on:
      
           (a)  The type of school plan that the public school was
      required to implement for the preceding school year;
      
           (b)  The level of participation by students enrolled in the
      public school in the statewide assessments; and
      
           (c)  Valid and reliable data that meets the guidelines
      established by the commissioner and that the school district of
      the public school or the institute may submit to the department
      to demonstrate the public school's progress in improving student
      performance with regard to the Colorado academic standards
      and postsecondary and workforce readiness and in attaining the
      statewide targets for the performance indicators, the school
      district's or the institute's performance targets, and the public
      school's performance targets for the preceding school year.
      
           (5) (c)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
      contrary, for the 2015-16 school year and based on ratings given
      during the 2015-16 school year, the state board may direct the
      local school board for a district public school or the institute
      for an institute charter school to take an action concerning the
      public school that is not listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection
      (5) but that has comparable significance and effect.
      
           SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
      takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
      ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
      6, 2014, if adjournment sine die is on May 7, 2014); except that, if a
      referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
      constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
      such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
      approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2014
      and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
      the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Mark Ferrandino                        Morgan Carroll
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO