(1) The state board shall promulgate rules in accordance with the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., for implementation of the grant program. At a minimum, the rules shall specify the procedures and time frames for applying for the grant, the form of the grant application, the information to be provided by the school district applicant, and any additional criteria for awarding grants.
The department shall review each grant application received from a school districtpursuant to section 22-69-104 and shall make recommendations to the state board concerning whether a grant should be awarded to a school district and the amount of the grant to be awarded. If the department determines that an application is missing any information required by rule of the state board to be included with the application, the department may contact the school district to obtain the missing information.
Subject to available appropriations, beginning in the 2008-09 fiscal year, the stateboard shall annually award grants under the grant program to applying school districts, taking into account the department's recommendations.
The department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations fromprivate and public sources for the implementation of the grant program pursuant to this article.
The department may annually expend no more than two percent of the moneys annually appropriated for the grant program to offset the direct and indirect costs incurred in implementing the grant program pursuant to this article.
The general assembly may annually determine the amount to appropriate from thestate education fund or from any other source to the department to fund grants to school districts for the purposes of this article.
Source: L. 2008: Entire article added, p. 1222, § 34, effective May 22. L. 2009: (6) amended, (SB 09-213), ch. 4, p. 8, § 1, effective February 26.
Cross references: For the state education fund, see § 17 of article IX of the state constitution.