Section 24-1-120.5 - Department of early childhood - creation(1) There is created the department of early childhood, the head of which is the executive director of the department of early childhood, which office is created. The governor shall appoint the executive director, with the consent of the senate, and the executive director serves at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after an initial election of a governor is subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109.(2) The early childhood leadership commission created in part 3 of article 1 of title 26.5 is transferred to the department of early childhood. The early childhood leadership commission is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of early childhood.(3) The Colorado child abuse prevention board, created in section 26.5-3-204, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of early childhood.(4) The Colorado child care assistance program, as described in part 1 of article 4 of title 26.5, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of early childhood.Amended by 2023 Ch. 303,§ 31, eff. 8/7/2023.Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 80, eff. 8/10/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 123, § 62, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 5, § 1, eff. 3/1/2022.Added by 2021 Ch. 307, § 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Amendments to subsection (2) by SB 22-162 and HB 22-1295 were harmonized.
2023 Ch. 303, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). 2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the short title (the "Debbie Haskins 'Administrative Organization Act of 1968' Modernization Act") in SB 22-162, see section 1 of chapter 469, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.