Colorado Code
Article 32 - School District Boards - Powers and Duties
§ 22-32-109. Board of Education - Specific Duties - Definitions

(II) To the extent funds are available, to operate and maintain an educational program to assist students, faculty, and staff to avoid and discontinue the use of tobacco at each school under the board's direction and control;










(I) On an individual's person; or
(II) On an individual's personal property or property that is under the temporary control of an employee or a student, including but not limited to a desk top or a locker;


(II) Each board of education shall report its blueprint for the education system in the community and its new or revised high school graduation requirements to the public through the accreditation process, as determined by the state board. In its report, the board of education shall demonstrate how its high school graduation requirements meet or exceed any minimum standards or core competencies or skills identified in the guidelines for high school graduation requirements developed by the state board pursuant to section 22-2-106 (1)(a.5).



(II) As used in this subsection (1)(ll):
(A) "Protective hairstyle" includes such hairstyles as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps.
(B) "Race" includes hair texture, hair type, or a protective hairstyle that is commonly or historically associated with race.




(II) The board of education shall further require each school of the school district to assist each student who is enrolled in the school and has an ICAP to use the plan effectively to direct the student's course selections and performance expectations in at least grades nine through twelve; to assist the student in meeting his or her academic and career goals as described in the ICAP; and to enable the student to demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness prior to or upon graduation from high school at a level that allows the student to progress toward his or her postsecondary education goals, if any, without requiring remedial educational services or courses.

(B.5) The teaching career pathway created pursuant to section 23-60-110, the career opportunities to which the pathway leads, and information concerning participation in the TREP program created in section 22-35-108.5; and






Source: L. 64: p. 577, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-30-9. L. 73: pp. 1254, 1274, 1314, §§ 6, 1, 7. L. 74: (1)(n) amended, p. 363, § 2, effective March 19. L. 75: (1)(w) amended, p. 702, § 2, effective July 1. L. 77: (1)(w) amended, p. 1049, § 1, effective May 16; (1)(n) amended, p. 1071, § 2, effective May 24. L. 79: (1)(v) amended and (2) added, p. 782, § 1, effective June 7; (1)(x) added, p. 784, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: (1)(n) amended, p. 553, § 7, effective April 30. L. 84: (1)(n) amended, p. 604, § 2, effective April 2; (1)(y) added, p. 594, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(z) added, p. 595, § 1, effective January 1, 1985. L. 86: (1)(n) amended, p. 801, § 2, effective July 1. L. 87: (1)(z) amended, p. 819, § 28, effective October 1. L. 88: (1)(n) R&RE, p. 811, § 9, effective May 24. L. 90: (1)(f) and IP(1)(x)(I) amended, p. 1029, § 18, effective July 1. L. 93: (1)(aa) added, p. 1048, § 5, effective June 3; (1)(n)(II) amended, p. 1336, § 1, effective June 6; (1)(w) amended, p. 451, § 2, effective July 1. L. 94: (1)(bb) added, p. 676, § 3, effective April 19. L. 97: (1)(aa) amended, p. 461, § 7, effective August 6. L. 2000: (1)(n)(II)(A) amended, p. 375, § 32, effective April 10; (1)(cc) added and (1)(w) and (1)(x) repealed, p. 1963, §§ 2, 3, effective June 2; (1)(f) amended, p. 1594, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1)(n)(I) and (1)(n)(II)(A) amended, p. 561, § 3, effective May 29; (1)(f)(II)(A) amended, p. 1271, § 25, effective June 5. L. 2002: (1)(f)(III) added, p. 189, § 1, effective April 3; (1)(dd) added, p. 206, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1)(f)(II) amended, p. 2178, § 1, effective June 3; (1)(ee) added, p. 2526, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2005: (1)(hh) added p. 520, § 2, effective May 24; (1)(ff) and (1)(gg) added, p. 444, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2006: (1)(ii) added, p. 701, § 51, effective April 28; (1)(jj) added, p. 1240, § 4, effective May 26. L. 2007: (1)(kk) added, p. 678, § 4, effective May 2. L. 2008: (1)(kk)(I) amended, p. 768, § 3, effective May 14; (1)(f)(I) amended, p. 1431, § 2, effective May 28; (1)(ll) added, p. 1601, § 23, effective May 29. L. 2009: (1)(mm) added, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1541, § 40, effective May 21; (1)(nn) added, (SB 09-256), ch. 294, p. 1557, § 16, effective May 21. L. 2010: (1)(kk)(I) amended, (HB 10-1013), ch. 399, p. 1912, § 34, effective June 10. L. 2012: (1)(nn) amended and (1)(oo) added, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 725, § 12, effective May 19; (1)(kk)(I) amended, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1308, § 2, effective June 4; (1)(nn) amended, (HB 12-1043), ch. 209, p. 898, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2014: (1)(nn) and (1)(oo) amended, (HB 14-1363), ch. 302, p. 1265, § 15, effective May 31. L. 2015: (1)(aa) amended, (HB 15-1323), ch. 204, p. 724, § 33, effective May 20. L. 2016: (1)(h) amended, (HB 16-1013), ch. 28, p. 65, § 2, effective March 18. L. 2017: (1)(oo)(III) amended, (HB 17-1041), ch. 51, p. 161, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1)(pp) added, (SB 19-057), ch. 35, p. 114, § 5, effective August 2. L. 2020: IP(1) and (1)(ll) amended, (HB 20-1048), ch. 8, p. 17, § 6, effective September 14; (1)(nn) repealed, (HB 20-1396), ch. 138, p. 599, § 3, effective September 14. L. 2021: (1)(ll)(I)(A) amended, (HB 21-1108), ch. 156, p. 892, § 24, effective September 7; (1)(oo)(III)(B) amended and (1)(oo)(III)(B.5) added, (SB 21-185), ch. 246, p. 1335, § 10, effective September 7.



Cross references: (1) For additional duties of local boards of education concerning the release of personal information of a student to military recruiting officers, see § 24-72-204.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2001 act amending subsections (1)(n)(I) and (1)(n)(II)(A), see section 1 of chapter 174, Session Laws of Colorado 2001. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act enacting subsection (1)(jj), see section 7 of chapter 270, Session Laws of Colorado 2006. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act enacting subsection (1)(kk), see section 1 of chapter 182, Session Laws of Colorado 2007. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act enacting subsection (1)(ll), see section 1 of chapter 341, Session Laws of Colorado 2008. For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending subsection (1)(nn) and adding subsection (1)(oo), see section 11 of chapter 188, Session Laws of Colorado 2012. For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1108, see section 1 of chapter 156, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
(3) For the short title ("Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020" or the "CROWN Act of 2020") and the legislative declaration in HB 20-1048, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 8, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.

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