Colorado § 22-2-109 - State board of education - additional duties - teacher standards - principal standards - rules.

§ 22-2-109. State board of education - additional duties - teacher standards - principal standards - rules.

(1) The state board of education shall:

(a) Repealed.

(b) to (f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(g) Adopt rules that prescribe standards of qualification, preparation, training, or experience that are required for the issuance of all licenses, master certificates, and authorizations, as provided for in article 60.5 of this title 22;

(h) Adopt rules that prescribe standards for endorsements deemed appropriate for each type of license or authorization;

(i) Utilize representatives from all levels of education in developing standards of qualification, preparation, and experience for all licenses, master certificates, authorizations, and endorsements;

(j) Conduct or arrange for research pertinent or essential to implement the provisions of article 60.5 of this title, including but not limited to educator licensure and educator preparation programs in institutions of higher education;

(k) and (l) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(m) Repealed.

(n) and (o) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(p) Adopt rules to ensure that administrator programs of preparation meet the requirements concerning instruction in evaluating licensed personnel specified in section 22-9-108;

(q) Adopt rules that require the reporting between school districts of the enrollment of any students who have transferred to another school or school district within the state. Such rules shall improve the ability of school districts to accurately identify which students have in fact dropped out of school and which students have merely transferred to another school or school district. Such rules shall also set forth uniform standards for determining which school or school district shall count a dropout as part of its own dropout count.

(r) Repealed.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1, 1999.)

(3) The state board of education shall adopt by rule quality standards, as defined in section 22-9-103 (2.9), that at a minimum must include a requirement that each candidate for an initial teacher license have and be able to demonstrate the following skills:

(a) The ability to align instructional objectives with adopted student learning standards;

(b) The ability to teach in a manner that addresses individual student needs and enables the student to improve his or her performance;

(c) Proficiency in measuring and monitoring each student's progress toward achieving learning standards;

(d) The ability to adjust instructional practices and methods when necessary to stimulate or enhance student progress;

(e) The ability to engage parents as learning partners to promote student learning;

(f) The ability to integrate technology into instruction at the grade level for which the teacher expects to be endorsed;

(g) The ability to assess student performance;

(h) The ability to demonstrate a high level of content area knowledge and professional competencies in the areas identified by rule of the state board pursuant to section 22-60.5-203.

(4) In adopting the quality standards pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the state board shall also adopt rules specifying the methods by which a teacher candidate may demonstrate that the teacher candidate has achieved the specified skills and the manner in which such demonstrations may be documented for submission when the teacher candidate applies for licensure.

(5) Repealed.

(6) (a) The state board of education shall adopt by rule quality standards, as defined in section 22-9-103 (2.9), to guide the development of principal preparation programs. The state board of education shall develop the standards in collaboration with institutions of higher education and alternative programs that offer principal preparation programs and superintendents and local boards of education. The state board of education shall ensure that the standards are consistent with national standards for principal preparation. The standards must include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(I) Strong leadership development that shall include but need not be limited to decision-making, communication, and human relations skills; and

(II) Instructional skills and knowledge and the use of data necessary to lead and organize a standards-based school that is characterized by student proficiency in literacy and the state content standards as described in section 22-7-1005.

(b) Repealed.

(7) Repealed.

Source: L. 64: R&RE, pp. 532, 533, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: §§ 123-1-9, 123-1-10. L. 68: p. 95, §§ 42-44. L. 75: (1) R & RE, p. 718, § 1, effective July 1, 1976. L. 77: (1)(a) repealed, p. 1087, § 6, effective July 1. L. 79: (1)(l) added, p. 772, § 1, effective June 19. L. 89: (1)(m) added, p. 952, § 2, effective July 1. L. 91: (1)(n) and (1)(o) added, p. 511, § 2, effective July 1, 1994. L. 98: (1)(b) and (1)(c) amended, p. 991, § 14, effective July 1; (1)(p) added, p. 285, § 2, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1186, § 2, effective June 1; (1)(q) added, p. 1057, § 2, effective June 1. L. 2000: (1)(p) amended, p. 1849, § 39, effective August 2. L. 2001: (1)(r) added, p. 169, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2002: (1)(p) amended and (6) added, p. 1352, § 2, effective June 7. L. 2004: (1)(g), (1)(i), and (1)(p) amended, p. 1284, § 13, effective May 28. L. 2005: IP(3) amended, p. 188, § 29, effective April 7. L. 2006: (7) added, p. 1238, § 1, effective May 26; (6)(b) repealed, p. 595, § 4, effective August 7. L. 2011: (1)(j), (5), and (7)(a) amended, (SB 11-245), ch. 201, p. 847, § 4, effective August 10. L. 2012: (1)(r) repealed, (HB 12-1240), ch. 258, p. 1309, § 3, effective June 4. L. 2015: IP (6)(a) and (6)(a)(II) amended, (HB 15-1323), ch. 204, p. 720, § 20, effective May 20. L. 2017: (7)(b) amended, (HB 17-1267), ch. 242, p. 993, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2020: (5)(a) amended, (SB 20-158), ch. 198, p. 976, § 10, effective June 30. L. 2023: (1)(g), (1)(h), (1)(i), IP(3), (4), and IP(6)(a) amended and (5) and (7) repealed, (SB 23-258), ch. 334, p. 2006, § 3, effective August 7.

Editor's note: Subsection (1)(m) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(m), effective June 30, 1994. (See L. 89, p. 952.)

Cross references: (1) For other duties of the state board, see § 22-2-106.

(2) For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending subsections (1)(j), (5), and (7)(a), see section 1 of chapter 201, Session Laws of Colorado 2011. For the legislative declaration in SB 23-258, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.