Colorado § 19-2.5-1526 - Facility rules - academic and vocational courses.

§ 19-2.5-1526. Facility rules - academic and vocational courses.

(1) It is the duty of the department of human services to develop rules necessary for imparting instruction, preserving health, and enforcing discipline of juveniles committed to the department of human services.

(2) The academic courses of study and vocational training and instruction given in the facilities established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 must include those approved by the department of education for the instruction of pupils in the primary and secondary schools of the state. Full credit must be given by school districts in this state for completion of any semester, term, or year of study instruction by any juvenile who has such earned credit.

(3) The director of the division of youth services may appoint, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, a director and such other officers, teachers, instructors, counselors, and other personnel as the director considers necessary to transact the business of the schools and may designate their duties. A person shall not be appointed as a teacher or instructor in the schools who is not qualified to serve as a teacher or instructor in the schools under the laws of the state and the standards established by the department of education.

(4) Repealed.

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 704, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2022: (4) added, (HB 22-1383), ch. 365, p. 2604, § 2, effective August 10.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 19-2-414 as it existed prior to 2021.

(2) Subsection (4)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (4), effective July 1, 2024. (See L. 2022, p. 2604.)

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1383, see section 1 of chapter 365, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.

ANNOTATION

Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.

The department of human services has considerable latitude to make assignments and transfers to effectuate its goals. Coupled with the state personnel system sections, the statutory scheme as a whole demonstrates that the legislature intended that the department have significant discretion in directing personnel to carry out its mission. Dept. of Human Servs. v. May, 1 P.3d 159 (Colo. 2000).

Corrections student need not complete final semester at district school. For a district school to require a department of corrections student to complete his final semester at a district school in order to receive his diploma from that school is violative of this section. Department of Insts. ex rel. S.L.G. v. Bushnell, 195 Colo. 566, 579 P.2d 1168 (1978).

Academic work done at department of corrections facilities will be considered the equivalent of work in Colorado school districts. Department of Insts. ex rel. S.L.G. v. Bushnell, 195 Colo. 566, 579 P.2d 1168 (1978).