(1) (a) Upon request by the department, a local education provider shall submit to the department any data that the department reasonably requires for the purpose of preparing and submitting the reports described in subsection (2) of this section. In submitting data to the department, each local education provider shall use whenever possible the state data reporting system described in section 22-11-501. The department shall seek to minimize and eliminate the duplication of data reporting required under this paragraph (a). The department in particular shall note the data collection and reporting already required and conducted by the department, public schools, and local education providers.
(b) Upon request by the department of higher education, an institution of higher education shall submit to the department of higher education any data that the department of higher education reasonably requires for the purpose of preparing and submitting the reports described in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) On or before February 1, 2011, and on or before February 1 each year thereafter through 2016, and on or before April 1, 2017, and on or before April 1 each year thereafter, the department and the department of higher education shall collaborate to prepare and submit to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report concerning the concurrent enrollment of qualified students in postsecondary courses, including academic courses and career and technical education courses, and courses related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs. The report must include, but need not be limited to:
The number and names of local education providers and institutions of higher education that have entered into cooperative agreements, including cooperative agreements concerning course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs;
The number of qualified students who participated in a concurrent enrollment program in the previous school year, including subtotals for each local education provider and each institution of higher education;
Demographic information about qualified students who participated in a concurrentenrollment program in the previous school year;
The total number of credit hours completed at each institution of higher education byqualified students who participated in a concurrent enrollment program in the previous school year;
The total number of developmental education courses completed at each institutionof higher education in the previous school year by qualified students participating in a concurrent enrollment program;
The total tuition costs paid by local education providers to institutions of higher education in the previous school year on behalf of qualified students who participated in concurrent enrollment programs in the previous school year, including subtotals for each local education provider and each institution of higher education;
The total number of qualified students designated by the department as ASCENTprogram participants in the previous school year;
The postsecondary degree and certificate programs in which ASCENT program participants were concurrently enrolled in the previous school year, including subtotals indicating how many ASCENT program participants concurrently enrolled in each postsecondary degree and certificate program;
Data indicating the total number and percentages of qualified students who failed tocomplete at least one course in which they concurrently enrolled; and
To the extent possible, data indicating the total number and percentage of qualifiedstudents who concurrently enrolled in college courses who have completed a postsecondary degree.
Repealed.
(3) The reports described in subsection (2) of this section may include quantitative and qualitative analyses concerning student and administrator attitudes and behaviors, program costs and productivity, academic and administrative policies, program availability and variety, or any objectives of the ASCENT program described in section 22-35-108 (1), which studies may be prepared by a party other than the department or the department of higher education.
Source: L. 2009: Entire article R&RE, (HB 09-1319), ch. 286, p. 1315, § 1, effective May 21; IP(2), (2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(h), (2)(i), and (2)(k)(I) amended, (SB 09-285), ch. 425, p. 2375,
§ 7, effective June 4. L. 2011: (1)(a) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1162, § 49, effective August 10. L. 2015: IP(2) and (2)(a) amended, (HB 15-1275), ch. 223, p. 816, § 4, effective May 22. L. 2016: IP(2) amended, (HB 16-1375), ch. 225, p. 859, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2019:
(2)(e) amended, (HB 19-1206), ch. 133, p. 604, § 15, effective April 25.
Editor's note: Subsection (2)(k)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(k), effective February 2, 2011. (See L. 2009, p. 1315.)
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1206, see section 1 of chapter 133, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.