SENATE BILL 97029
BY SENATORS Ament, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Dennis, Feeley, Hernandez, Hopper, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Pascoe, Phillips, Reeves, Rizzuto, Rupert, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, and Wham;
also REPRESENTATIVES Tucker, Allen, Chavez, Gotlieb,
Mace, Schwarz, Udall, and Zimmerman.
CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR TRAVEL IN
ORDER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN NATIONAL ACADEMIC
STUDENT COMPETITIONS, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Part
1 of article 2 of title 22, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1995 Repl.
Vol., as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
to read:
222121. Department of education
funding for national academic award winners.
(1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DISTRIBUTE
MONEYS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENDING PUPILS FROM
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE STATELEVEL WINNERS OF ACADEMIC
CONTESTS AND THEIR CHAPERONES TO REPRESENT THE STATE AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL OF SAID CONTESTS. PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN AN ACADEMIC EXTRACURRICULAR
OR INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY OFFERED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN
A SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 2232116.5 OR
2233104.5 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE PUPILS FROM SUCH SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
(2) THE STATE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES
GOVERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1)
OF THIS SECTION. SUCH RULES SHALL BE PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ARTICLE 4 OF TITLE 24, C.R.S. THE CRITERIA UPON WHICH THE
STATE BOARD SHALL DISTRIBUTE MONEYS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1)
OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
(a) THE CONTESTS SHALL BE ACADEMIC IN
NATURE AND SHALL MOTIVATE PUPILS TO BE CREATIVE AND TO DEMONSTRATE
EXCELLENCE.
(b) THE CONTESTS SHALL BE SPONSORED BY
A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION.
(c) THE CONTESTS SHALL BE OPEN TO ALL
PUPILS REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN; EXCEPT
THAT A CONTEST MAY SEPARATE PUPILS BY AGE OR GRADE LEVEL.
(d) THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL SHALL BE THE RESULT OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPETING AT
THE STATE LEVEL OF THAT CONTEST.
(e) THE BOARD SHALL ENCOURAGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO ASSIST IN SENDING PUPILS AND THEIR CHAPERONES TO NATIONALLEVEL
CONTESTS AND SHALL CONSIDER SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS IN MAKING DISTRIBUTIONS
TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
(3) THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT
ANY BEQUESTS, GIFTS, AND GRANTS TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION. SUCH BEQUESTS, GIFTS, AND GRANTS, ALONG WITH ANY
OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SHALL BE CREDITED
TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC CONTEST FUND, WHICH FUND IS HEREBY CREATED
IN THE STATE TREASURY. THE MONEYS IN SAID FUND SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION.
ALL INTEREST DERIVED FROM THE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF MONEYS
IN THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE FUND. ANY MONEYS NOT APPROPRIATED
SHALL REMAIN IN THE FUND AND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR REVERT
TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE AT THE END OF ANY FISCAL YEAR.
(4) IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THAT NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
SECTION 2. Appropriation. (1) In
addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated,
out of any moneys in the department of state cash fund created
pursuant to section 2421104 (3) (b), Colorado Revised
Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department of education,
for allocation to the national academic contest fund, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, the sum of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for
the implementation of this act.
(2) In addition to any other appropriation,
there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the national
academic contest fund created pursuant to section 222121,
Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the
department of education, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1997, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.
SECTION 3. 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.
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Tom Norton Charles E. Berry
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Joan M. Albi Judith M. Rodrigue
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO