Colorado § 22-60.3-202 - Educator recruitment and retention program - created - rules.
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§ 22-60.3-202. Educator recruitment and retention program - created - rules.
(1) There is created in the department the educator recruitment and retention program. The purpose of the program is to provide support to members of the armed forces, nonmilitary-affiliated educator candidates, and local education providers to recruit, select, train, and retain highly qualified educators across the state.
(2) The program is designed to accomplish the following goals:
(a) Support the transition of members of the armed forces into a second career to serve as educators across the state;
(b) Support nonmilitary-affiliated educator candidates preparing to serve as educators across the state;
(c) Match members of the armed forces and nonmilitary-affiliated educator candidates with eligible and high-need schools, including those in rural school districts; and
(d) Fill teaching positions in subject areas affected by the educator workforce shortage.
(3) In implementing the program, the department shall provide to local education providers information concerning the outcomes of the program, the effectiveness of the methods and strategies implemented, best practices and critical components identified to support the program, and how these strategies, practices, and components inform the design and implementation of the program. The department shall provide the information using electronic methods, which may include posting information to the department's website, emailing information, hosting electronic conversations among local education providers, and providing programming via the internet.
(4) The department shall annually collect data from the qualified program participants and employing local education providers concerning the effectiveness of the program.
(5) The state board may promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, as necessary to implement the program.
Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (SB 21-185), ch. 246, p. 1330, § 6, effective September 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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