HB14-1102 Gifted Education Programs

This bill makes clarifications and adds specificity to statutes concerning the education of gifted students. • Each Administrative Unit (AU) shall adopt a gifted education program that can be implemented within available resources. The program plan

must be submitted to and reviewed by CDE. • Each AU must make a good faith effort to hire and retain at least one qualified person in gifted education to administer the program plan. • Each AU is strongly encouraged to conduct a universal screening of enrolled students at a grade level no later than second grade to identify

gifted children and a second screening in conjunction with the creation of individual career and academic plans. • Administrative units will be reimbursed for universal screening and employment of a qualified person in gifted education (up to .5 FTE) subject

to receipt of a grant application and the available grant appropriation provided by the state for a given fiscal year. • SBE must update and expand the rules for gifted education programs. • The bill codifies the State Gifted Education Advisory Committee, modifies the committee’s composition and permits members to be reimbursed

for expenses. • Rules shall include, but not be limited to: procedures for identification of gifted children and collection of data on their areas of giftedness;

required contents of an advanced learning plan and procedures for creating the advanced learning plan; criteria and procedures to ensure accountability for academic achievement, growth and evaluation of gifted programs; procedures for family engagement and communication; and, procedures to resolve disagreements with parents.

• To assist an administrative unit in implementing its program plan, each AU is strongly encouraged to establish a local advisory committee. • Identification in an area(s) of exceptional potential is portable throughout the state.

Fiscal Impact: _$1,903,178

Appropriation _____$1,903,178

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_1__

HB14-1102 Gifted Education Programs

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Hire new staff Jacquelin Medina/Randy Boyer September 1 Review plans Jacquelin Medina Annual process – June/July Administer grants for AUs that conduct screenings Jacquelin Medina Year 1: November 30

Year 2 and thereafter: April Administer grant for AUs that hire a qualified person Jacquelin Medina Year 1: November 30

Year 2: April Distribute leftover grant funds to AUs Jacquelin Medina Annual February distribution as

needed Provide analysis of discrepancies and make recommendations to AU’s when their plan is found not to meet SBE rules.

Jacquelin Medina Ongoing procedures in the monitoring process: Colorado Gifted Education Review (C-GER)

Facilitate liaison between SBE and Gifted Education State Advisory Jacquelin Medina Annual: September, December, February, May, and June

Support in professional development related to administration and implementation of program elements

Jacquelin Medina Annual statewide offerings aligned with program elements and CDE initiatives

Rulemaking Jacquelin Medina April 2015 SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Conduct Rulemaking April 2015 Continue to Appoint Members of Gifted Education Advisory Committee August 2014 for fiscal year 2015 – thereafter, an annual

process based upon congressional district vacancies Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/349DE1A46190580A87257C3600754AF5?open&file=1102_enr.pdf

HB14-1118 AP Incentives Pilot Program

This bill creates the Advanced Placement Incentives Pilot Program. • Only school districts identified as rural by CDE may participate and total participation is capped at 475 annually. • To participate a rural school district must require that all tenth graders take a pre-collegiate entrance exam; have an existing AP program

offering at least one AP course; and designate an on-site mentor to support students enrolled in online AP courses.

• Participating schools or districts receive $500 for each student who completes an AP course and takes the AP exam. Funds must be used to implement a school- or district-wide AP program, provide professional development, pay the AP exam fee, or provide teachers and mentors with bonus payments of $50 for each student.

• The Pilot program is repealed July 1, 2018.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Establish processes for program participation and flow of funds. Misti Ruthven December 1, 2014 Provide program guidance for on-line and in-person delivery Misti Ruthven December 1, 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2B1BFB3F14580F9C87257C3000066D48?open&file=1118_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$261,561 ($24,061 for CDE costs)

Appropriation _____ $261,561______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_.3__

HB14-1156 Eligibility Age School Lunch Protection Program

This bill expands the eligibility of students that qualify for the elimination of the reduced-price co-pay of $0.40 per lunch meal. Currently eligibility is only Pre-kindergarten through second grade. Eligibility will now include Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Modify the claim system to include reduced-price meal reimbursements for meals served to students in grades 3-5.

Jennifer Otey August 2014

Communicate expansion of bill to all School Food Authorities and provide ongoing training and technical assistance as needed.

Sara Silvernail August 2014

Process increased number of claims for reimbursement. Jennifer Otey Ongoing SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9D1FEBBE9DA07FED87257C3600754EFC?open&file=1156_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$791,471 (CDE can use 2% for admin)

Appropriation _____ $791,471______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1175 Minority K-12 Teachers Study

This bill requires CDE to study and develop strategies to increase and improve the retention, preparation, development and retention of minority teachers in K-12 Education. CDE must report findings by December 1, 2014.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Develop and launch documented quote for research agency Jill Hawley/Colleen O’Neil/Jennifer

Phillips June 15, 2014

Contract with selected research agency to conduct the study Jill Hawley/Colleen O’Neil/Jennifer Phillips

July 15, 2014

Manage contractor and arrive at final study results Jill Hawley/Colleen O’Neil/Jennifer Phillips

December 1, 2014

Communicate results of study with the Office of the Governor, the State Board of Education, and the House/Senate Education Committees

Jennifer Mello December 1, 2014

Present the report to the House/Senate Education Committees Jill Hawley/Colleen O’Neil/Jennifer Phillips

January 30, 2015

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/23E614A42B53257E87257C4A0075DF47?open&file=1175_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$50,000______

Appropriation _____ $50,000______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1182 Public Education Accountability 2015-16 School Year

For the 2015-16 school year, the bill authorizes the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to assign accreditation ratings and recommend performance plan types based on the school district's, State Charter School Institute's, or public school's: • accreditation rating or type of performance plan for the preceding school year; • compliance with the accreditation contract for a school district or the institute; • participation in statewide testing; and • performance in meeting the Colorado academic standards and local performance targets. Under current law, if a public school is required to implement a priority improvement plan or turnaround plan for five consecutive school years, the State Board of Education (SBE) must recommend that the public school, the school district, or the Charter School Institute take one of several actions specified in statute with regard to the public school. For the 2015-16 school year only, the bill authorizes the SBE to recommend an action that is not specified in statute but that has comparable significance and effect.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Finalize requirements and specifications for necessary alterations to the 2015-16 accountability data processing routines.

Alyssa Pearson, Accountability/Data Analysis Unit Executive Director

April 2015

Create a detailed project plan for the 2015-16 accreditation ratings process, including school/district performance frameworks and unified improvement planning.

Dan Domagala, Chief Information Officer Alyssa Pearson, Accountability/Data Analysis Unit Executive Director Corinne Jones, Project Manager

June 2015

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1182 Public Education Accountability 2015-16 School Year

Complete computer programming necessary to calculate the 2015-16 ratings for schools and districts (participation rates, PWR indicator, PARCC reports, possibly growth).

Dan Domagala, Chief Information Officer

September 2015, October 2015, January 2016

Oversee Request to Reconsider process, to allow districts to submit additional assessment and postsecondary/workforce readiness data from the 2015-16 school year.

Alyssa Pearson, Accountability/Data Analysis Unit Executive Director

September- December 2015

Finalize 2015-16 school plan types and district accreditation ratings State Board of Education Alyssa Pearson, Accountability/Data Analysis Unit Executive Director

January-February 2016

Provide recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding Year 5 actions for schools

Peter Sherman, School and District Performance Support, Executive Director Sarah Cohen

March 2016

Provide counseling and technical assistance to schools and districts affected by the changes.

Jhon Penn, Office of Field Services Executive Director

Ongoing

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/36B19A7CDFDC45AE87257C4A007601C5?open&file=1182_enr.pdf

HB14-1190 School District Financial Capacity Capital Construction Grants

This bill adds two factors of consideration to existing law in order to determine how much matching money to require a school district or board of cooperative services (BOCES) to provide when applying for financial assistance under the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program. These factors include: (1) a school district's available bond capacity or the average available bond capacity of participating members of a BOCES; and (2) a school district's unreserved fund balance as a percentage of its annual budget or the average unreserved fund balance of the annual budget of the participating members of a BOCES.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Convene stakeholder group to look at impacts of recommendations Scott Newell June 11, 2014 Convene stakeholder group to review proposed match calculations Scott Newell June 25, 2014 Convene stakeholder group to review final match calculation to present to the Capital Construction Assistance Board Scott Newell July 9, 2014

Present the proposed match calculation to the Capital Construction Assistance Board for discussion Scott Newell July 23, 2014

Prepare recommendation for Capital Construction Assistance Board on revised matching formula that would incorporate available bond capacity and unreserved fund balance

Scott Newell August 27, 2014

Incorporate new matching formula into grant cycle for 2014-15 Scott Newell August 27, 2014 SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5BC337AD16BFBAC487257C4300635A0B?open&file=1190_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1202 Standards and Assessment Task Force

HB14-1202 creates a Standards and Assessment Task Force to study the implications of the statewide assessment system for school districts, public schools, educators, and students. The 15-member Task Force must begin its work by July 15 and present recommendations to the Joint House/Senate Education Committees no later than January 30, 2015. The fiscal note includes funds to procure staff support to assist with meeting logistics and report writing, to procure a research entity to conduct required cost and related studies outlined in the bill, and to support legal and statistical analysis of the implications of different scenarios on the state’s accountability system.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion As requested, procure meeting facilitator Jill Hawley June 2014 As requested, develop and launch document quote for research study

Jill Hawley with procurement June 2014

Support ongoing management of the meeting facilitator Jill Hawley December 2014 Execute contract for the research study (provider will be selected by the Task Force – CDE will perform the staff functions related to the execution of the contract)

Jill Hawley with procurement July 2014

Perform requested accountability scenario analysis Alyssa Pearson December 2014 Perform requested legal analysis Tony Dyl December 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

SBE Chair appoints three members of the Task Force July 1, 2014 Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D0F1155DD3E9AF6B87257C4A00718925?open&file=1202_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$142,750_

Appropriation __ _$142,750___

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1204 Flexibility for Rural School Districts

This bill modifies the following accountability requirements for small and rural school districts: • Under current law, districts accredited by the state in the top two accreditation categories must submit a performance plan to the CDE annually. This bill allows small and rural districts that are accredited or accredited with distinction to submit performance plans biennially. An individual school in a small and rural district is given similar flexibility so long as the school is required by the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt a performance plan. • Under current law, a district enrolling one thousand students or less may submit a single plan to satisfy both the district and school performance plan requirements. This bill allows a small rural school district that exercises the flexibility to submit district performance plans biennially to submit a single district and school plan on the same schedule. • The bill authorizes a small rural school district to purchase the services of a literacy specialist from a Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in order to provide educator professional development in literacy education. • A BOCES may apply for a grant from the Early Literacy Grant Program to provide instructional support in literacy to small rural school districts that are members of that BOCES.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Update unified improvement plan timelines, guidance documents and trainings to reflect the biennial submission by rural schools and districts with sufficient performance ratings

Lisa Medler, Improvement Planning Unit Executive Director

September 2014

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1204 Flexibility for Rural School Districts

Provide counseling and technical assistance to districts affected by the new legislation.

Jhon Penn, Office of Field Services Executive Director

September 2014

Revise Early Literacy Grant Program policies and procedures to ensure that BOCES are able to apply for grants to support member districts.

Melissa Colsman, Teaching & Learning Unit Executive Director

August 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9DD9220CB077C7B087257C30000716EC?open&file=1204_enr.pdf

HB14-1208 Authorizing Multi-District Administrative Units

Under previous law, an "administrative unit" was defined as a school district, a Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), or the State Charter School Institute (CSI), when these entities are providing special education services pursuant to the Exceptional Children's Educational Act. This bill amends the definition of "administrative unit" to include a multi-district administrative unit. A multi-district administrative unit is defined as a group of school districts that did not form a BOCES, but were parties to an agreement existing on January 1, 2011, to jointly provide special education services, and were recognized by the department as an administrative unit as of January 1, 2011.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Draft rules to align ECEA rules with statute and initiate rulemaking process with SBE; support SBE throughout rulemaking process to completion

Wendy Armstrong, ESSU December 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Consider and act upon CDE proposal to initiate rulemaking December 2014 Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D275710F333422E887257C5C00616719?open&file=1208_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1250 School District Payments for Floods and Total Programs

For FY 2013-14, CDE shall provide supplemental assistance to school districts based on the following 4 factors: • enrollment reductions caused by pupil displacement from the September 2013 floods; • flood-related transportation costs; • significant decreases in total program funding due to unexpected decreases in assessed valuation and a decrease of more than $500 in per

pupil revenue; or • significant decreases in per pupil revenue resulting from unexpected increases in funded pupil count.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Provide supplemental payments/one-time reimbursements to a total of 12 districts for the four types of costs identified above

Leanne Emm, Associate Commissioner, School Finance Division

Complete as of May 14, 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C47F92B9C74045A887257C6D006B3D73?open&file=1250_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____$1,733,884 ______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1276 Grant Program to Train High School Students in CPR

This bill creates a grant program to provide funding for public high schools that provide hands-on training for students in CPR and the use of AEDs. The SBE must adopt rules which include the process by which an LEP may apply for and receive a grant; the number and amount of each grant; and the procedures for monitoring grant recipients and ensuring accountability.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Rules written for implementation Kathleen Patrick August 2014 RFA for grant introduced Kathleen Patrick October 2014 Grant application due Kathleen Patrick October 15, 2014 Grant applications reviewed and funds distributed Kathleen Patrick November 1, 2014 Monitor use of funds by district Kathleen Patrick ongoing Data collected and compiled Kathleen Patrick July 1, 2015

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Rulemaking October 2014 Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/339F16EC5736F70687257C61007D6109?open&file=1276_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$250,000 (2% for CDE Admin)______

Appropriation _____ $250,000______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_.3__

HB14-1287 BEST Money for Disaster Damaged Public Schools

This bill clarifies that the first $40 million in revenue collected annually from the excise tax on retail marijuana will be deposited into the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Fund. It requires the Division of Public School Capital Construction at CDE to take certain actions after the Governor declares a disaster emergency including conducting an outreach assessment for damaged school facilities. Finally, the bill allows the Capital Construction Assistance Board to use up to ten percent of the moneys in the fund for disaster assistance and requires the board to waive the funding match requirement for any recipient of emergency.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Incorporate process into BEST division standard operating procedures.

Scott Newell, BEST Division Director

June 15, 2014

Contact any affected school facilities in an area of the state in which the governor declares a disaster emergency to assess any facility needs resulting from the disaster. Report findings to the BEST board.

Scott Newell, BEST Division Director

As needed upon declaration of disaster

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/308C79413B781BD587257C3600754854?open&file=1287_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1292 The Student Success Act As introduced, the Student Success Act contained a number of different provisions to increase funding to districts and new requirements. The final version of the Student Success Act included a $110 million dollar reduction in the negative factor, $18 million for the READ Act, funding for charter school capital construction, a clean-up of the statutory language around automatic waivers for charter schools, appropriations for the ASCENT program and a much-negotiated version of fiscal transparency.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Engage in rule-making with the board regarding the changes to the charter school waiver component of the statute

Gretchen Morgan January, 2015

Financial Policies and Procedures (FPP) Committee considers and recommends to SBE if revenue reporting at all levels including schools would be reported and included in the standard chart of accounts.

Leanne Emm July, 2015

FPP Committee develops template that districts must use to post site-level reporting

Leanne Emm July, 2015

Issue request for proposal and contract for creation of web site view for transparency.

Dan Domagala July, 2015

Produce annual report regarding additional local property tax revenues and amounts distributed to schools.

Leanne Emm April, 2016 – must collect data through March, 2016 for the 2014-15 fiscal year end reporting.

12.5% of the marijuana tax revenue credited to BEST goes to the Charter School Facilities Assistance account which is then distributed to charter schools.

Scott Newell Subject to annual appropriation

Distribute additional facilities funding to charter schools in addition to funds listed above. This is an increase from $7 million to $13.5 million for 2014-15 and then going to $20 million in 2015-16.

Scott Newell June, 2015 – this occurs throughout the year.

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion Review recommendation of FPP Committee for revenues August, 2015

Fiscal Impact: $3,000,000 continuous appropriation for transparency contract and implementation.

Appropriation __ _$3,000,000 ___

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1292 The Student Success Act Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9A94E25804A5BA6987257C3000070896?open&file=1292_enr.pdf

HB14-1294 Student Data Privacy Act

This bill was targeted to CDE and requires a publicly available data inventory and dictionary and the development of policies and procedures to comply with FERPA. The bill also requires specific steps to protect personally identifiable data when shared with researchers, contractors or other outside entities. Finally, the Department is required to develop a data security template for use by school districts and other local education agencies. The SBE supported HB14-1294.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Publish an inventory and dictionary of individual student level data elements currently in state data systems, along with the statutory requirement or ‘warrant’ for collecting each data element

Dan Domagala/Marcia Bohannon Complete. Revisions on-going.

Develop policies to comply with FERPA and other relevant privacy laws and state policies.

Elliott Asp/Kady Lanoha Complete. Posted to CDE website.

Develop a detailed data security plan Dan Domagala/Corey Kispert Complete. Updated annually. Ensure routine ongoing compliance by the department with FERPA and other privacy and security policies.

Elliott Asp/Kady Lanoha September, 2014

Develop a process to consider and review all outside requests for state data that is not already publically available.

Dan Jorgensen August, 2014

Unless required by law, the department SHALL NOT mandate the collection of: Juvenile Delinquency Records, Criminal Records, Medical and Health records, Student Social Security Numbers, Student Biometric Information

Dan Domagala/Jan Petro Complete. The department does not currently mandate the collection of this information.

Develop a data security guidance template for local education agencies

Dan Domagala/Kady Lanoha Complete. Posted to CDE website.

Fiscal Impact: _ None _

Appropriation __None____

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero_

HB14-1294 Student Data Privacy Act

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Adopt Board rules to implement the provisions set forth in HB14-1294 October, 2014 Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/5C5145638FE6D9EE87257C5500667C70?open&file=1294_enr.pdf

HB14-1298 Financing of Public Schools

In addition to funding district total program, the final version of the School Finance Act included the English Language Learner provisions that were originally in the Student Success Act and $27 million in new ELL funding; 5,000 new ECARE slots; $298,000 to fund efforts to assign SASID or SASID-compatible identifiers to early childhood program participants; a requirement that CDE and DHS produce a report on the implementation of the Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement System; and $24,800 for the Teacher of the Year.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Distribute funds according to the School Finance Act as adopted. Leanne Emm June 30, 2015 – this goes throughout

the year. Expansion of preschool slots by 5,000 – will need allocation process Nan Vendegna June 23, 2014 Working with the department of human services shall produce a report concerning the implementation of quality rating and improvement system for school district and charter school early childhood education programs.

Nan Vendegna October 15, 2014

Adjust calculation of bonded indebtedness limits Mary Lynn Christel July, 2014 Identify the steps necessary in order to work with other agencies to utilize unique student identifiers

Nan Vendegna/IMS August 31, 2014

Adjust charter school calculation for at-risk funding to ensure minimum funding is available

Mary Lynn Christel July, 2014

Draft and Request approval from SBE on new ELPA rules Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/Kady Lanoha or Designee

October, 2014

Fiscal Impact: _Direct to CDE $53,228 (ELL), $63,607 (school finance admin – early childhood), $298,000 (preschool/kindergarten), $24,800 (teacher of the year)

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_.5+.7=1.2__

HB14-1298 Financing of Public Schools

Review EL Accommodations manual to reflect the accommodations that “must” be provided per new statute

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/Assessment

August, 2014

Monitor and report through the data portal disaggregated EL data as required in 22-24-106 (g) and (h)

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/Marie Huchton

Fall, 2014 and ongoing

Revise data collections and reporting for English learners pursuant to new rules for funding in statute

Liliana Graham/Pat Chapman/David Schneiderman/IMS

August, 2014

Distribute additional ELPA funds per new formula – additional $27.5 million and 14-15 ELPA $16.7 for a total of $44.2 million statewide distribution.

David Schneiderman/Liliana Graham

The first distribution will be made in January, 2015

Draft and Request approval from SBE on new ELPA Excellence Award grant rules for eligibility and distribution

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman October, 2014

Administer and Award ELPA Excellence Award Program by determining eligibility based on data requirements in 22-24-107

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman August, 2014

Develop process to collect and make public ELPA Excellence Award grant data and information as required in 22-24-107 (3)(a)(b)

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/Marie Huchton

August, 2014

Collect and share reports of use of ELPA grant money received by ELPA Excellence Award recipients 22-24-107 (3)(a)(b)

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/David Schneiderman

Spring, 2016

Establish ELPA excellence award grantee data reporting requirements to be made through the Data Portal 22-24-107 (3)(a)(b)

Liliana Graham/Patrick Chapman/Marie Huchton

August, 2014

Distribute additional BOCES funding per applications – additional $2.0 million

Tina Goar/Yolanda Lucero July, 2015

Distribute additional READ Act funding – a total of $34 million. READ Act Team/Mary Lynn Christel September/October, 2014 SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Approve revised rules for repealed and reenacted ELPA and ELPA Excellence Award Grant

October, 2014

Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6F0F76647E5FEDED87257C360075F28F?open&file=1298_enr.pdf

HB14-1376 Analysis of Student Opportunity Gaps

Using data that is already being collected from districts, CDE will create a draft core course level participation and student achievement report by November 1, 2014 for sharing and feedback with districts. Core courses are English, math, science or social science and level indicates the degree of difficulty or complexity of the course. The report will examine how students enrolled in various courses perform on the state’s summative assessments. The aim of the report is to help districts identify those courses that have the greatest likelihood of helping students achieve proficient and above scores on the state’s summative assessments. The report will also be disaggregated by student subgroups so that districts can see patterns of student placement in different courses. The report will be refined from 2014-2016 with input from the field. Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, schools and districts must use the data in the report when preparing their unified improvement plan. School and district reports must be posted on the CDE website.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Develop a draft course participation and student performance report for feedback from the field

Jill Hawley/Alyssa Pearson November 2014

Refine the format and content of the report to improve the use and functionality of the report for schools and districts

Jill Hawley/Alyssa Pearson 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years

Complete the programming to pull the report and to post eventually on SchoolView

Marcia Bohannon July 2015

Disseminate the finalized report and post on the website Jill Hawley/Alyssa Pearson November 2016 and each November thereafter

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1512C8BFFA3843EF87257C360078CD68?open&file=1376_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$144,216 14/15, $17,856 ongoing____

Appropriation __$144,216 14/15, $17,856 ongoing _

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_.2__

HB14-1382 K-12 On-line Education

This bill has three major components. • It updates definitions and clarifies and adds requirements for documenting student attendance and participation. • It establishes a task force to be appointed by the Commissioner of Education to review best practices and policies for authorizing and

administering multi-district on-line schools and to recommend to the State Board and the legislature the regulatory and statutory changes that are necessary to certify authorizers of multi-district on-line schools.

• It creates an on-line pilot program the parameters of which are to be determined by CDE working with the Task Force. The pilot program is only to be implemented if funding is provided. The bill does not provide that funding.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Identify facilitator for the task force, prepare them to facilitate with quality and deliver standards and pilot proposal in provided timelines

Gretchen Morgan September 2014

Select members of the taskforce Gretchen Morgan and Robert Hammond

July 2014

Deliver task force work product to appropriate committees Gretchen Morgan January-February 2015 Ensure bill sponsors are informed about CDE progress and process Gretchen Morgan and Jennifer

Mello Ongoing

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Rulemaking regarding count methodologies used in student count April 2015 Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/840DD0A29E48BBF687257CA6005CE629?open&file=1382_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$47,659___

Appropriation __ _$47,659___

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero (contractor expected)__

HB14-1385 K-12 Academic Growth Awards to Mirror Athletic Awards

This bill creates an academic growth award to recognize public high schools that achieve high levels of academic growth. The awards must be in the form of trophies that resemble the trophies presented for athletic accomplishments and are awarded to the public high school achieving the highest growth in each of the school groups established by CHSAA for the sport of football.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Determine CHSAA classifications for football (associate divisions with district codes)

Alyssa Pearson (Josh Perdue) August 2014

Determine criteria for identifying the highest levels of academic growth with the Technical Advisory Panel

Alyssa Pearson (Dan Jorgensen) September 2014

Write up specifications for the identification of the awards Alyssa Pearson (Josh Perdue) October 2014 Run growth data and identify the selected high schools Alyssa Pearson (Josh Perdue) October 2014 Notify selected high schools Lynn Bamberry November 2014 Order trophies for high schools Lynn Bamberry November 2014 Ship trophies to high schools Lynn Bamberry December 2014 Schedule recognition events Lynn Bamberry December 2014 Post award winners on CDE’s website Lynn Bamberry November 2014 Ensure bill sponsors are informed about CDE progress and process Jennifer Mello December 1, 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Recognize award winners December 2014 Italics represent work not explicitly required in the bill, but CDE would want to include in the project.

Fiscal Impact: _$1,500___

Appropriation __ _$1,500___

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

HB14-1385 K-12 Academic Growth Awards to Mirror Athletic Awards

Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AF21DFE34C2901C887257CB4005B60BC?open&file=1385_enr.pdf

SB 14-058 GED or High School Equivalency Examinations

The bill changes the term "general equivalency diploma" or "GED" to "high school equivalency examination" throughout statute.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Prepare suggested revisions to current rules; revise technical documents and CDE webpages related to the administration of high school equivalency examinations; respond to inquiries to the GED office concerning changes to terminology.

Michelle Liu, Senior Consultant, Office of Postsecondary Preparation and Policy

August 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Revise GED rules December 2014 Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4CFA22A1D50DF8A487257C300006BD76?open&file=058_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

SB14-124 School Turnaround Leaders Development Program

This bill creates the School Turnaround Leaders Development Program. This is a grant program with two goals: 1) to incentivize and ensure the creation of leadership development programs and 2) to provide turnaround leader training to one or more school districts, charter schools or the CSI.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Draft job description and hire for approved FTE Peter Sherman June 30, 2014 Develop RFP for turnaround leadership development program providers

Peter Sherman or designee August 29, 2014

Develop criteria for identifying approved providers of turnaround leadership development programs

Peter Sherman or designee August 29, 2014

Review and identify providers to recommend to State Board Peter Sherman or designee October 31, 2014 Develop RFP for school turnaround leader grant application, selection process, and goals

Peter Sherman or designee September 30, 2014

Develop criteria for identifying and selecting school turnaround leader grant applicants

Peter Sherman or designee September 30, 2014

Review and identify districts and leaders for participation in the turnaround leadership development programs

Peter Sherman or designee December 31, 2014

Present recommended grant awards to the State Board Peter Sherman or designee November 2014 for providers January 2015 for districts and leaders

Review selected providers’ success and revise identified providers (annually)

Peter Sherman or designee June 30, 2015

Collect and submit reports on effectiveness of providers and grant recipients

Peter Sherman or designee June 30, 2015

Fiscal Impact: _$2,000,000 (up to 5% for CDE admin)_

Appropriation __ _$2,000,000___

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_1.2__

SB14-124 School Turnaround Leaders Development Program

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion Approve criteria for turnaround leadership development program identification October 2014 Award design grants with consideration to the Department’s recommendations November 201 Award school turnaround leader grants with consideration to the Department’s recommendations

January 2015

Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C16F2C8B3F5CF86087257C4A0075C89F?open&file=124_enr.pdf

SB14-150 School Counselor Corps Grant Program

This bill updates the School Counselor Corps Grant Program that was created in 2008. It redefines secondary school to include any school with grades 6-12 and requires that the remediation rates and the percentage of first-generation potential college students be considered as part of the grant application process. Additionally, CDE is specifically tasked with providing support to secondary schools to train principals on the most effective use of the program.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion New grant competition with expanded criteria Misti Ruthven/Lynn Bamberry June 2014 Expand grant term from 3 years to 4 years Misti Ruthven July 2014 Create Counselor Corps Advisory Board Misti Ruthven July 2014 Initiate principal training Misti Ruthven August 2014 Update Rules Misti Ruthven September 2014 New grant competition with expanded criteria Misti Ruthven/Lynn Bamberry June 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Approve rules September 2014 Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D4B7FDBE7A513C4287257C550066838B?open&file=150_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _$3,000,000 (on top of existing $5,000,000 approp. CDE admin is capped at 3%_

Appropriation __$3,000,000 ____

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_1_

SB 14-165 K-12 Academic Growth Performance Evaluation 2014-15

Under current law, local school boards are required to establish an evaluation system for licensed educators that bases at least 50 percent of the educator's annual evaluation on student academic growth. For the 2014-15 academic year only, this bill allows a local board to determine what percentage, if any, of the educator's final evaluation rating must be based on student academic growth. All other components of the licensed personnel evaluation system in current law must be implemented in the 2014-15 academic year.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Provide communications and technical assistance to field in understanding and implementing changes permitted under this legislation.

Katy Anthes, Educator Effectiveness Unit Executive Director

September 30, 2014

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

None Link to Final Bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B33C4CA7280A5E3E87257C360078CAE7?open&file=165_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ None to CDE

Appropriation _____ None______

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_zero__

SB14-215 Disposition of Legal Marijuana Related Revenue

This bill allocates $24.5 million in sales tax dollars from recreational marijuana sales. The $24.5 million in this bill is about half of the projected annual sales tax collections. Within CDE, the bill establishes the School Health Professional Grant Program for $2.5 million. It is a matching grant program designed to increase the presence of school health professionals in secondary schools to provide substance abuse and behavioral health care to students.

CDE Duties CDE Staff Contact Anticipated Date of Completion Rules for implementation submitted to SBE Kathleen Patrick August 1, 2014 RFA for grant introduced if funds available Kathleen Patrick September 1, 2014 Grant applications due Kathleen Patrick October 1, 2014 Grant applications reviewed Kathleen Patrick October 15, 2014 Funds distributed to districts Kathleen Patrick November 1, 2014 Monitoring and technical assistance for districts Kathleen Patrick ongoing Data collection Kathleen Patrick April 15, 2015 Report to General Assembly Kathleen Patrick May 1, 2015

SBE Duties Anticipated Date of Completion

Rulemaking September 2014 Link to Final Bill (This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor): http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A9002841A8B1E5A087257CB4007E3F99?open&file=215_enr.pdf

Fiscal Impact: _ Total $24.5 million, $2.5 to CDE _

Appropriation __Total $24.5 million, $2.5 to CDE____

Reliant Upon Gifts, Grants & Donations ____No__ _____

FTE Authorized

_1_