BY REPRESENTATIVES Allen, Bacon, Gordon, Gotlieb, and Pfiffner;
also SENATOR B. Alexander.
CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION RELATED TO THE CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL
BRANCH AGENCIES UNDER ARTICLES 1 TO 60 OF TITLE 22, COLORADO REVISED
STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Repeal. 225118
(6) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
225118. Implementation
and financing of regional education and support services
plan annual report. (6) (b) On
or before January 1, 1998, and by January 1 of each year thereafter,
the department of education shall submit to the education committees
of the senate and the house of representatives a summary of the
reports received pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection
(6).
SECTION 2. Repeal. 2220104
(3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2220104. Administration.
(3) The department shall
submit to the governor and the education committees and the joint
budget committee of the general assembly an annual report of the
data required by the federal government concerning special education
programs.
SECTION 3. Repeal. 2220106
(10), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2220106. Special educational
programs. (10) The
department of education shall conduct a study comparing school
district total dropout rates to those obtained for children receiving
services pursuant to this article and emotional or behavior disordered
students. A report shall be submitted to the health, environment,
welfare, and institutions committees of the house of representatives
and the senate and to the joint budget committee no later than
January 15, 1992.
SECTION 4. Repeal. 2225107
(2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2225107. Reports required.
(2) With the assistance
of the department of public health and environment, participating
school districts and boards of cooperative services, and other
appropriate entities, the department of education shall develop
an evaluation of the Colorado comprehensive health education program.
The commissioner shall annually prepare a written report describing
the results of such evaluation which shall include, but shall
not be limited to, a review of the program's compliance with the
expressed intent of this article and any evidence of changed outcomes
and behaviors as a result of this article. The commissioner shall
transmit such report to the governor, to the members of the general
assembly, and to the chairmen of the senate and house committees
on education and the senate and house committees on health, environment,
welfare, and institutions.
SECTION 5. Repeal. 2227107
(4), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2227107. Additional requirements
for educational clinics. (4) The
department of education shall prepare a report to the joint budget
committee and to the house and senate committees on education
before each regular session, analyzing the effectiveness, cost
impact, and fiscal benefits of the several certified educational
clinics receiving reimbursements from the state or school districts
pursuant to the provisions of this article. The department of
education shall require clinics, school districts, and the commissioner
to furnish the information it deems reasonably necessary to meet
the requirements of this subsection (4). The department shall
include in its report the number of students served, the cost
per student, student backgrounds, student achievements, and comparisons
with educational alternatives and other alternatives utilized
by dropouts.
SECTION 6. Repeal. 2230.5113
(2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2230.5113. Charter schools
evaluation report. (2) The
state board shall issue a report to the general assembly on its
findings no later than January 1, 1997.
SECTION 7. Repeal. 2241107
(2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2241107. Reports.
(2) On or before January
10 of each year, the state treasurer shall transmit to the governor,
to the general assembly, to each member of the state board of
education, and to each member of the state board of land commissioners
a report showing the investments of the public school fund at
the end of the preceding fiscal year and the amount of income
realized from such investments during said fiscal year. The market
value of each investment of the public school fund shall be compared
to the book value as of the close of said fiscal year and individual
and aggregate potential gains and losses reported in the report
required by this subsection (2). Such report may be made in the
form of an appendix to the annual report of the state treasurer
required by the provisions of section 2422107 (3),
C.R.S.
SECTION 8. Repeal. 2260117
(1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:
2260117. Department
report to general assembly. (1) The
department of education shall submit an oral and written report
to the house and senate education committees of the general assembly
in January of 1992 and each January thereafter on the implementation
and effectiveness of alternative teacher certificates and alternative
teacher programs. Such annual report shall include, but is not
limited to, the following information:
(a) The number of school districts,
boards of cooperative services, and accredited independent schools
which have alternative teacher programs;
(b) The number of persons who
applied for employment as alternative teachers with school districts,
boards of cooperative services, and accredited independent schools
having alternative teacher programs and the number of such applicants
actually employed as alternative teachers in such alternative
teacher programs;
(c) The number of alternative
teacher certificates issued by the department;
(d) The number of alternative
teachers who successfully completed alternative teacher programs,
who were recommended for certification by a school district, a
board of cooperative services, or an accredited independent school,
and to whom a general teacher certificate was issued by the department;
(e) The quality of alternative
teachers specified in paragraph (d) of this subsection (1), as
indicated by performance evaluations conducted pursuant to the
rules and regulations of the state board of education;
(f) The rate of attrition of alternative
teachers to whom a general teacher certificate has been issued
by the department as compared to the rate of attrition of teachers
who were not alternative teachers to whom a general teacher certificate
has been issued;
(g) The costs incurred by the
state of Colorado in the preparation of individuals to be eligible
to become alternative teachers and to become qualified for issuance
of general teacher certificates and the costs incurred by the
state of Colorado in the preparation of individuals, other than
alternative teachers, to become qualified for issuance of general
teacher certificates; such costs shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the costs incurred in providing curriculum, approved
programs of teacher preparation, and approved alternative programs
of teacher preparation at accepted institutions of higher education;
(h) The results of any recruitment
of minority persons to become alternative teachers, including,
but not limited to, the manner in which such minority recruitment
occurred and the number of persons successfully recruited;
(i) Repealed.
SECTION 9. 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.
____________________________ ____________________________
Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO