2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 22 - Education
Compensatory Education
Article 25 - Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act
§ 22-25-110. Funding of existing programs - operation of other health education programs
(1) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to prevent a school district or board of cooperative services currently offering health education programs from being eligible to receive funding pursuant to this article.
(2) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to require a school district or board of cooperative services to establish a local comprehensive health education program nor shall it be interpreted to prevent a school district or board of cooperative services from offering a health education program which is not operated under the requirements of this article; except that any school district or board of cooperative services offering such a health education program shall:
(a) Comply with the public information requirements contained in section 22-25-106 (4);
(b) Establish a procedure to exempt a student, upon request of the parent or guardian of such student, from a specific portion of the health education program on the grounds that it is contrary to the religious or personal beliefs and teachings of the student or the student's parent or guardian; and
(c) Unless the school district or board of cooperative services is receiving direct or indirect funding from the federal government for the provision of an abstinence education program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 710 as described in section 22-1-128 (9), comply with the requirements specified in section 22-1-128 (6) regarding the adoption of science-based content standards for instruction regarding human sexuality.
