Colorado Code
Article 32 - School District Boards - Powers and Duties
§ 22-32-109.1. Board of Education - Specific Powers and Duties - Safe School Plan - Conduct and Discipline Code - Safe School Reporting Requirements - School Response Framework - School Resource Officers - Definitions

(1.5) Mission statement. Each school district board of education shall adopt a mission statement for the school district, which statement shall include making safety for all students and staff a priority in each public school of the school district.

(A) General policies on student conduct, safety, and welfare;
(B) General policies and procedures for dealing with students who cause a disruption on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event, including a specific policy allowing a teacher to remove a disruptive student from his or her classroom. The policy shall state that, upon the third such removal from a teacher's class, the teacher may remove the disruptive student from the teacher's class for the remainder of the term of the class; except that a disruptive student shall not be removed from a teacher's class for the remainder of the term of the class unless the principal of the student's school or his or her designee has developed and implemented a behavior plan for the student. A behavior plan may be developed after the first such removal from class and shall be developed after the second removal from class. The general policies and procedures shall include a due process procedure, which at a minimum shall require that, as soon as possible after a removal, the teacher or the school principal shall contact the parent or legal guardian of the student to request his or her attendance at a student-teacher conference regarding the removal. Any policy or procedure adopted shall comply with applicable federal and state laws, including but not limited to laws regarding students with disabilities.
(C) Provisions for the initiation of suspension or expulsion proceedings for students who qualify as habitually disruptive students;
(J) A dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing apparel that is deemed disruptive to the classroom environment or to the maintenance of a safe and orderly school. The dress code policy may require students to wear a school uniform or may establish minimum standards of dress;
(K) On and after August 8, 2001, a specific policy concerning bullying prevention and education. Each school district shall ensure that the school district's policy, at a minimum, incorporates the approaches, policies, and practices outlined in the model bullying prevention and education policy developed pursuant to section 22-2-144.
(L) Information concerning the school district's policies for the use of restraint and seclusion on students, including a reference to section 26-20-111 and information concerning the process for filing a complaint regarding the use of restraint or seclusion, as such process is set forth by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-32-147.













(C.5) The unlawful use, possession, or sale of marijuana on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event;




(G.5) Bullying;






(VII) The average class size for each public elementary school, middle school or junior high school, and senior high school in the state calculated as the total number of students enrolled in the school divided by the number of full-time teachers in the school;
(VIII) The school's policy concerning bullying prevention and education, including information related to the development and implementation of any bullying prevention programs; and
(IX) The number of acts of sexual violence on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event. Any information provided as a part of this subparagraph (IX) for the safe school reporting requirements must be reported as aggregate data and must not include any personally identifying information. For the purposes of this subparagraph (IX), "sexual violence" means a physical sexual act perpetrated against a person's will or where a person is incapable of giving consent.















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Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 1957, § 1, effective June 2. L. 2001: (2)(b)(VII) amended, p. 1272, § 26, effective June 5; IP(2), (2)(a)(VIII), and (2)(a)(IX) amended and (2)(a)(X) and (2)(b)(VIII) added, pp. 494, 495, §§ 2, 3, effective August 8. L. 2002: IP(2) and IP(9)(d) amended, p. 1020, § 30, effective June 1. L. 2004: (2)(b)(VII) amended, p. 1285, § 18, effective May 28. L. 2005: (2)(c) added, p. 261, § 2, effective April 14. L. 2006: (2)(b)(IV) amended, p. 405, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2007: (9)(a), (9)(c), and (9)(e) amended, p. 686, § 1, effective May 3. L. 2008: (4) amended, p. 802, § 3, effective May 14. L. 2009: IP(2) amended, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1541, § 41, effective May 21; (2)(a)(III) amended, (HB 09-1243), ch. 290, p. 1423, § 2, effective May 21. L. 2010: (2)(a)(II) and (2)(a)(X) amended, (HB 10-1232), ch. 163, p. 569, § 4, effective April 28; (6) amended, (HB 10-1274), ch. 271, p. 1250, § 5, effective May 25. L. 2011: (2)(a)(IX), (2)(a)(X), and (2)(b)(IV)(G) amended, (HB 11-1254), ch. 173, p. 652, § 2, effective May 13; IP(4), IP(4)(d), (4)(f), (4)(g)(II), and (4)(i) amended, (SB 11-173), ch. 310, p. 1514, § 2, effective June 10; (6) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1161, § 46, effective August 10. L. 2012: IP(4)(d) amended, (SB 12-079), ch. 58, p. 213, § 6, effective March 24; (1), IP(2), (2)(a), and (2)(b) amended and (1.5) added, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 732, § 22, effective May 19; (4)(l) amended, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1132, § 40, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(b.5), (1)(g.5), and (4)(p) added and IP(2), IP(4)(d), (4)(n), and (4)(o) amended, (SB 13-138), ch. 253, p. 1341, § 3, effective May 23. L. 2014: (1)(b.5) amended, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 893, § 4, effective August 6. L. 2015: (1)(a)(V), (1)(b.5), (1)(f), IP(2), IP(2)(b), IP(2)(b)(IV), (2)(b)(IV)(C), (2)(b)(VII), (2)(b)(VIII), (2)(c)(II), IP(3), and (3)(c) amended and (1)(e.5), (2)(b)(IV)(C.5), (2)(b)(IX), and (11) added, (HB 15-1273), ch. 323, p. 1317, § 2, effective June 5; (2.5) added, (SB 15-020), ch. 277, p. 1133, § 3, effective June 5. L. 2017: (6) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1395, § 47, effective May 25; (2)(a)(I)(L) added, (HB 17-1276), ch. 270, p. 1491, § 6, effective August 9. L. 2019: IP(11)(a) amended, (SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3467, § 19, effective August 2; IP(2)(a)(I), (2)(a)(I)(E), IP(2)(a)(II), (2)(a)(II)(C), and (2)(a)(II)(D) amended and (2)(a)(II)(E) added, (HB 19-1194), ch. 160, p. 1889, § 9, effective July 1, 2020. L. 2020: (1)(b) amended, (HB 20-1048), ch. 8, p. 20, § 12, effective September 14. L. 2021: (2)(a)(I)(K) and (2)(b)(IV)(G) amended and (2)(b)(IV)(G.5) added, (HB 21-1221), ch. 209, p. 1086, § 3, effective June 7.
Editor's note: Subsection (11)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (11), effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2015, p. 1317 .)
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2001 act amending the introductory portion to subsection (2) and subsections (2)(a)(VIII) and (2)(a)(IX) and adding subsections (2)(a)(X) and (2)(b)(VIII), see section 1 of chapter 154, Session Laws of Colorado 2001. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2005 act adding subsection (2)(c), see section 1 of chapter 72, Session Laws of Colorado 2005. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act amending subsection (2)(b)(IV), see section 1 of chapter 117, Session Laws of Colorado 2006. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act amending subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 215, Session Laws of Colorado 2008. For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act amending subsection (6), see section 1 of chapter 271, Session Laws of Colorado 2010. For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending the introductory portions to subsections (4) and (4)(d) and subsections (4)(f), (4)(g)(II), and (4)(i), see section 1 of chapter 310, Session Laws of Colorado 2011. For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending subsection (4)(l), see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012. For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act adding subsections (1)(b.5), (1)(g.5), and (4)(p) and amending the introductory portions to subsections (2) and (4)(d) and subsections (4)(n) and (4)(o), see section 1 of chapter 253, Session Laws of Colorado 2013. For the legislative declaration in HB 15-1273, see section 1 of chapter 323, Session Laws of Colorado 2015. For the legislative declaration in HB 17-1276, see section 1 of chapter 270, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1194, see section 1 of chapter 160, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
(2) 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.
(3) For the short title ("Jack and Cait's Law") in HB 21-1221, see section 1 of chapter 209, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.

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