First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0108.01 Jeff Conway HOUSE BILL 99-1046
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Mace;
also SENATOR Tebedo.
EDUCATION
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING DROPOUT PREVENTION STRATEGIES.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Interim Committee on Dropout Rates in Secondary Schools.
Requires the advisory accountability committee for each public school in
the state to include a dropout prevention plan in its annual accountability
plan. Requires each school district to include a dropout prevention plan
in its accountability plan.
Allows a state court, under the compulsory school attendance act,
to include a requirement of participation in parenting classes as part of the
court-ordered mandatory treatment plan for the child.
Removes the $500,000 cap on the aggregate annual costs for the
statewide grant program for in-school or in-home suspensions.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. 22-7-205, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
3 to read:
4 22-7-205. Local goals and objectives and plans to improve
5 educational achievement and graduation rates. (1) No later than June
6 15, 1989, and then no later than September 1, 1990, and September 1 of
7 each year thereafter, the advisory accountability committee for each
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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1 school building in the state shall adopt high, but achievable, goals and
2 objectives for the improvement of education in its building and shall
3 adopt a plan to improve educational achievement in the school, to
4 implement methods of maximizing graduation rates from the secondary
5 schools of the district, TO IMPLEMENT A DROPOUT PREVENTION PLAN, and
6 to increase the ratings for the school's accreditation category established
7 pursuant to section 22-11-202. Each building's goals and objectives and
8 plan shall be reviewed by the district advisory accountability committee
9 before its submission to the board of education of the district. Procedures
10 for the implementation of the plan shall be included in the budget
11 submitted to the board of education pursuant to section 22-44-108.
12 (2) After consultation with the district advisory accountability
13 committee and review of its recommendations, the board of education
14 shall compile school building goals and objectives and plans and shall
15 report a district's high, but achievable, goals and objectives for the
16 improvement of education in the district and a district plan to improve
17 educational achievement, maximize graduation rates, IMPLEMENT A
18 DROPOUT PREVENTION PLAN, and increase the ratings for the school's
19 accreditation category established pursuant to section 22-11-202. Such
20 report shall be made available to the public no later than October 1, 1989,
21 and October 1 of each year thereafter.
22 SECTION 2. 22-33-108 (6), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
23 amended to read:
24 22-33-108. Judicial proceedings. (6) In the discretion of the
25 court before which a proceeding to compel attendance is brought, an
26 order may be issued against the child or the child's parent or both
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1 compelling the child to attend school as provided by this article or
2 compelling the parent to take reasonable steps to assure the child's
3 attendance. The order may require the child or parent or both to follow
4 an appropriate treatment plan that addresses problems affecting the child's
5 school attendance and that ensures the child has an opportunity to obtain
6 a quality education. THE TREATMENT PLAN MAY INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT
7 FOR THE CHILD'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR LEGAL CUSTODIAN TO ATTEND,
8 EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT THE CHILD, A COURSE IN APPROPRIATE
9 PARENTING TECHNIQUES AND TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO THE COURT
10 DEMONSTRATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF SUCH COURSE.
11 SECTION 3. 22-37-105 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
12 amended to read:
13 22-37-105. Administration. (1) The state board shall have the
14 authority to approve programs under this article, the total stated costs of
15 which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each individual
16 program in any one year. and five hundred thousand dollars, in the
17 aggregate, for all programs in any one year.
18 SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
19 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
20 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.