Colorado State Board of Education
Department of Education
1 CCR 301-39

Adopted: April 13, 1995; June 6, 1996; November 14, 1996 (Readopted December 12, 1996)
Amended:  March 6, 2003, May 10, 2007 (Emergency Rules)
Attorney General Opinion: May 2, 1995; June 25, 1996; December 29, 1996
Statutory Authority:   22-2-107, C.R.S., 22-2-113, C.R.S., 22-54-104, C.R.S., 22-54-108, C.R.S., 22-54-109, C.R.S., 22-54-120, C.R.S.
RULES FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC 
SCHOOL FINANCE ACT OF 1994

5.17 Pupils enrolled in on-line programs

5.17(3) A pupil enrolled in an on-line program within the applicable budget year that was not enrolled in a public school in the immediately preceding school year, shall be counted in the “on-line” pupil count of the district that has made proper application and has received an allocation of on-line slots and shall receive the minimum per pupil funding amount for the pupil.  The number of pupils that may be counted for funding according to section 22-33-104.6(5)(b), C.R.S.

5.18 Fifth-year programs

	5.18(1)	Districts with students who enrolled during their junior year, in post secondary options programs that were designed to allow students to voluntarily extend their high school education one year and graduate with a high school diploma and an associates degree simultaneously, are no longer allowed to receive funding for the fifth year under the “Public School Finance Act of 1994”.  Districts shall not offer such fifth year programs.

	Elimination of this type of program was a result of a performance audit of postsecondary programs for high school students conducted by the office of the State Auditor in 2000 and an agreement between the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education. 

5.19 PUPILS ENROLLED IN FAST COLLEGE FAST JOBS EDUCATION PROGRAM 

5.19(1)  A PUPIL ENROLLED IN A FAST COLLEGE FAST JOBS EDUCATION PROGRAM IN AN ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 22-35.5-103(2), AND WHO IS ENROLLED AND PARTICIPATING IN SUCH PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 1 WITHIN THE APPLICABLE BUDGET YEAR, AND WHO IS ENROLLED IN LESS THAN TWELVE CREDIT HOURS IN HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES THROUGH SUCH PROGRAM, SHALL BE COUNTED IN THE “PUPIL ENROLLMENT” OF THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE THE DISTRICT’S PER PUPIL REVENUE FOR THE PUPIL, SECTION 22-54-103(10),
 
5.19(2)  A PUPIL ENROLLED IN A FAST COLLEGE FAST JOBS EDUCATION PROGRAM IN AN ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 22-35.5-103(2), AND WHO IS ENROLLED AND PARTICIPATING IN SUCH PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 1 WITHIN THE APPLICABLE BUDGET YEAR, AND WHO IS ENROLLED IN AT LEAST TWELVE CREDIT HOURS IN HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES THROUGH SUCH PROGRAM, SHALL BE COUNTED IN THE “PUPIL ENROLLMENT” OF THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT’S PER PUPIL REVENUE FOR THE PUPIL, SECTION 22-54-103(10)(e.7). 
5.19(3)  AN ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAD CONTRACTED WITH A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO IMPLEMENT A DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM WITHIN TWO YEARS PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE FAST COLLEGE FAST JOBS EDUCATION PROGRAM MAY CONTINUE TO COUNT ANY PUPILS ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM REGARDLESS OF THEIR GRADE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING PUPIL ENROLLMENT UNDER SECTIONS 5.18(1) AND (2).