Section 19-2.5-1526 - Facility rules - academic and vocational courses - repeal(1) It is the duty of the department of human services to develop rules necessary for imparting instruction, preserving health, and enforcing discipline of juveniles committed to the department of human services.(2) The academic courses of study and vocational training and instruction given in the facilities established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 must include those approved by the department of education for the instruction of pupils in the primary and secondary schools of the state. Full credit must be given by school districts in this state for completion of any semester, term, or year of study instruction by any juvenile who has such earned credit.(3) The director of the division of youth services may appoint, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, a director and such other officers, teachers, instructors, counselors, and other personnel as the director considers necessary to transact the business of the schools and may designate their duties. A person shall not be appointed as a teacher or instructor in the schools who is not qualified to serve as a teacher or instructor in the schools under the laws of the state and the standards established by the department of education.(4)(a) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the department may spend money appropriated to the department by the general assembly from the general fund in House Bill 22-1329 to expand the department's career and technical education and vocational training programs in designated juvenile facilities as follows: (I) Purchasing vocational program equipment and outdoor storage structures to advance the skills of juveniles in careers that juveniles can maintain once released from the custody of the department;(II) Updating existing physical space for learning and replacing outdated vocational and technical equipment;(III) Contracting with Colorado state university - Pueblo, as established in section 23-31.5-101, and other institutions of higher education, as appropriate, for mobile learning labs; and(IV) Updating technology and computer equipment for education programming expansion.(b) This subsection (4) is repealed, effective July 1, 2024.Amended by 2022 Ch. 365, § 2, eff. 8/10/2022.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 19-2-414 and amended by 2021 Ch. 136, § 2, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by 2017 Ch. 381, § 36, eff. 6/6/2017.L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 704, p. 704, § 2, effective October 1.This section is similar to former § 19-2-414 as it existed prior to 2021.
2022 Ch. 365, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).