1 Colo. Code Regs. § 301-76-2.02

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Section 1 CCR 301-76-2.02 - Implementation Procedures

2.02(1)Development Grant. On or before June 30, 2009, a regional service council may apply to the State Board on behalf of a regional service area for a one-time grant of up to ten thousand dollars for direct reimbursement of expenses related to the development of the plan for the regional service area. The State Board shall provide an applying regional service council with the one-time grant for reimbursement of expenses related to the development of the plan no later than thirty days following the submission of the grant application.

2.02(2)Regional Service Area Grant. If the plan for a regional service area is approved by the State Board pursuant to section 22-5.5-105, C.R.S., on or after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the State Board shall award to the regional service area a grant of up to fifty thousand dollars, subject to available appropriations by the general assembly. If available moneys are insufficient to award each eligible regional service area a full fifty-thousand-dollar grant, the state board shall reduce proportionately all grant awards for eligible regional service areas for that year. A regional service council may choose not to accept funding on behalf of the regional service area if the prorated amount is insufficient to allow the regional service area to function effectively.

2.02(3)Per-Pupil Allocation. In addition to the Development and Regional Service Area Grants, on or after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Department shall, subject to available appropriation, allocate to each eligible regional service area an amount equal to up to fifty cents per pupil based on the pupil enrollment for each school district in the regional service area as of the pupil enrollment count date, defined in section 22-54-103 (10.5)(a), C.R.S., of the previous year.

2.02(4)Continued Funding. Funding for a regional service area after the first grant is contingent upon the successful implementation of the regional service area's plan, as evaluated by the State Board and the Department. The State Board shall annually notify each regional service council on or before August 1 regarding whether the regional service area will receive moneys pursuant to 22-5.5.-106 (2) and (3), C.R.S., in the coming year and the amounts.

2.02(5)Grant Management and Fiscal Oversight. A regional service council may use a maximum of ten percent of the amount annually received by the regional service area for grant management and fiscal oversight. For regions with a total pupil enrollment of less than fifteen thousand students, the regional service council may use up to twenty percent of the amount annually received by the regional service area for grant management and fiscal oversight.

2.02(6)Budget Reporting. Each regional service council that receives funding on behalf of a regional service area shall submit to the Department a revised annual budget on or before March 1, 2010, and on or before March 1 each year thereafter. If a regional service council expects to exceed by more than ten percent the projected expenditures specified in the budget included in the original plan submitted to the State Board, the regional service council shall first seek prior written approval for the expenditure from the Department and may only expend beyond the ten percent after having secured prior written approval from the Department.

2.02(7)Gifts, Grants, and Donations. Each regional service council is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of Article 5.5. of Title 22, C.R.S., except that a gift, grant, or donation shall not be accepted if the conditions attached to the gift, grant, or donation require its expenditure in a manner contrary to law. Any gifts, grants, or donations received by a regional service council shall be submitted directly to the Board of Cooperative Services that is acting as the regional service council's fiscal agent.

2.02(8)Fiscal Agent. Each regional service shall select one Board of Cooperative Services in the regional service area to act as its fiscal agent to receive the moneys from the State Treasurer or any gifts, grants, or donations accepted pursuant to 22-5.5-106 (6.5), C.R.S.

1 CCR 301-76-2.02

46 CR 07, April 10, 2023, effective 4/30/2023