(1) The department of education, working with the department of human services, shall produce a jointly authored report concerning the status of implementing the quality rating and improvement system for school district and charter school early childhood education programs. The report must include, but need not be limited to:
The timeline for implementing the quality rating and improvement system with regard to school district and charter school early childhood education programs; and
The plan for coordinating the requirements of the quality rating improvement systemwith the other statutory requirements imposed on school districts and charter schools, including but not limited to requirements for educating children with disabilities as provided in article 20 of this title and federal law, requirements for implementing educator performance evaluations specified in article 9 of this title, and requirements that apply to the Colorado preschool program specified in article 28 of this title.
(2) The department of education shall submit the report described in subsection (1) of this section at the hearing of the joint education committee of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committee, that is held in November or December of 2014, as required in section 2-7-203, C.R.S.
Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1298), ch. 244, p. 923, § 7, effective May 21.