(1) On or before February 15, 2010, through February 15, 2016, and on or before March 15, 2017, and on or before March 15 each year thereafter, the office shall submit to the state board, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and to the governor a report making state policy findings and recommendations to reduce the student dropout rate and increase the student graduation and completion rates. At a minimum, in preparing the findings and recommendations, the office shall:
Consider which state statutes and rules may be appropriately amended to provideincentives and support for and remove barriers to reducing the student dropout rate and increasing the student graduation and completion rates, including but not limited to statutes and rules pertaining to funding for local education providers' operating costs, funding for categorical programs, and truancy;
Consider research-based dropout prevention and student engagement and reengagement strategies;
Determine the amount of state moneys spent on reducing the dropout rates in schoolsoperated or approved by local education providers in the preceding fiscal year and determine the effects of those expenditures; and
Consult with the persons specified in section 22-14-104 (2).
(2) Beginning with the report submitted pursuant to this section on February 15, 2012, the office shall add to the report a summary of the actions taken by local education providers statewide to reduce the student dropout rate and increase the graduation and completion rates and the progress made in achieving these goals. At a minimum, the summary shall include:
A summary and evaluation of the student graduation and completion plans adoptedby the local education providers;
A list of the local education providers whose schools have experienced the greatestdecrease in student dropout rates and the greatest increase in student graduation and completion rates in the state in the preceding academic year;
Identification of local education providers and public schools that are achieving thegoals and objectives specified in their student graduation and completion plans and those that are not achieving their goals and objectives;
Explanation of the actions taken and strategies implemented by the local educationproviders with the highest student dropout rates to reduce those rates and by the local education providers with the lowest student graduation and completion rates to increase those rates;
Identification of the local education providers that have demonstrated the greatestimprovement in reducing their student dropout rates and increasing their student graduation and completion rates and descriptions of the actions taken and strategies implemented by the local education providers operating or approving these schools to achieve these improvements; and
An evaluation of the overall progress across the state in meeting the goals specified insection 22-14-101 for reducing the student dropout rate and increasing the student graduation and completion rates.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11), C.R.S., the reporting requirements specified in this article shall not expire but shall continue to be required until repealed by the general assembly.
Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1243), ch. 290, p. 1422, § 1, effective May 21. L. 2016: IP(1) amended, (HB 16-1130), ch. 34, p. 86, § 1, effective August 10.