Colorado § 22-1-101 - Schools defined.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 22-1-101 — Schools defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-1-101. Schools defined.
(1) A public school is a school that derives its support, in whole or in part, from moneys raised by a general state, county, or district tax.
(2) A charter school is a public school that operates pursuant to a charter contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of article 30.5 of this title. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, "charter school" includes any type of charter school created pursuant to the provisions of article 30.5 of this title.
Source: G.L. § 2521. G.S. § 3071. R.S. 08: § 6008. C.L. § 8495. CSA: C. 146, § 289. CRS 53: § 123-21-1. C.R.S. 63: § 123-21-1. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1586, § 12, effective June 3.
ANNOTATION
A free public school, within the contemplation of the constitution, is one to which any resident of the state, between the ages of six and 21 years, shall be admitted, and there be educated gratuitously, that is to say, at public expense, or from the public funds provided for that purpose. Sch. Dist. No. 16 v. Union High Sch. Dist. No. 1, 25 Colo. App. 510, 139 P. 1039 (1914).
The statutory definition of "public schools" is sufficiently broad to cover schools not required to be established by the constitution. Wilmore v. Annear, 100 Colo. 106, 65 P.2d 1433 (1937).
For example, the school of mines. Wilmore v. Annear, 100 Colo. 106, 65 P.2d 1433 (1937).
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