2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 22 - Education
General and Administrative
Article 13 - School Turnaround Leaders Development Program
§ 22-13-103. School turnaround leaders development program - created - rules

(1) There is created in the department the school turnaround leaders development program to provide funding to assist in the design of turnaround leadership development programs and to provide funding to support training and development of school turnaround leaders for the public schools in the state.

(2) The state board, in accordance with the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., shall promulgate rules to implement and administer the program. At a minimum, the rules must include:

(a) Criteria for identifying approved providers from among those that respond to the request for proposals pursuant to section 22-13-104. At a minimum, the criteria must:

(I) Consider each provider's experience in developing successful, effective leadership in low-performing schools and school districts;

(II) Consider the leadership qualities that each provider's turnaround leadership development program is expected to develop; and

(III) Ensure the availability of turnaround leadership development programs for school turnaround leaders in public schools throughout the state.

(b) Timelines for the design grant application and approval process;

(c) Criteria for awarding design grants to identified providers to partially offset the design and development costs of creating or expanding high-quality turnaround leadership development programs;

(d) Timelines for the school turnaround leader grant application and approval process;

(e) The requirements for a school turnaround leader grant application, including but not limited to the goals that the applicant expects to achieve through the grant; and

(f) Criteria for selecting school turnaround leader grant recipients. At a minimum, the criteria must take into account for applying school districts the concentration of schools of the school district, or for the institute the concentration of institute charter schools, that must implement priority improvement or turnaround plans. For applying charter schools, the criteria must prioritize schools that are implementing priority improvement or turnaround plans.