2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 2 - Legislative
Article 3. Legislative Services
Section 2-3-115. Use of state education fund moneys for school capital construction - audits - reports.

(1) For the 2001-02 school district budget year and each school district budget year thereafter, for the purpose of determining the amount of state education fund moneys expended by each school district in the state for capital construction and identifying the schools and projects on which school districts expended such moneys, the state auditor shall annually examine the records of each school district in the state that received state education fund moneys for the budget year:

1. Directly from the department of education for capital construction aid to qualifiedcharter schools, as defined in section 22-54-124 (1)(f.6), C.R.S., in accordance with section 2254-124 (4), C.R.S.; or

2. For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve created in section 22-54-117 (1.5)(a)(I), C.R.S., as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, and for the budget year 2007-08, indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008.

(2) No later than February 1 of each school district budget year commencing on or after July 1, 2002, the state auditor shall report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the legislative audit committee, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly:

1. The total amount of state education fund moneys that districts throughout the stateexpended for capital construction and the amount of state education fund moneys that each district expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;

2. The total amount of state education fund moneys that qualified charter schools throughout the state expended for capital construction and the amount of state education fund moneys that each qualified charter school throughout the state expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;

3. For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, the total amount of state education fundmoneys received indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve, as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, and for the budget year 2007-08, the total amount of state education fund moneys received indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008, by districts throughout the state and by each district that were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;

4. The schools and projects on which state education fund moneys were expended;

5. For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, the balances of all moneys and all stateeducation fund moneys in the school capital construction expenditures reserve, as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, as of the immediately preceding January 1, and for the budget year 2007-08, the balances of all moneys and all state education fund moneys in the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008, as of the immediately preceding January 1; and

6. The total pupil enrollment of all school districts in the state in which state educationfund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year, the pupil enrollment of each school district in which state education fund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year, and the pupil enrollment of each school in the state on which state education fund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year.

Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 349, § 12, effective April 16. L. 2002: (1)(a) amended, p. 1766, § 32, effective June 7. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 2139, § 40, effective May 22. L. 2006: (1)(a) amended, p. 594, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2007: (1)(b), (2)(c), and (2)(e) amended, p. 630, § 5, effective April 26. L. 2008: (1)(b), (2)(c), and (2)(e) amended, p. 1064, § 7, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section was originally numbered as 2-3-114 in Senate Bill 01-129 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.