DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Colorado State Board of Education ADMINISTRATION OF THE DROPOUT PREVENTION ACTIVITY GRANT PROGRAM 1 CCR 301-66 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] _________________________________________________________________________ 22-275-R-1.00 Statement of Basis and Purpose The statutory basis for the enactment of the Rules, adopted by the State Board of Education on November 10, 2005 is found in 22-27.5-103(1), C.R.S. The Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules which include, but are not limited to: procedures for applying for a grant, the form of the grant application, the information to be provided by the applicant, and the criteria for awarding grants.

22-275-R-2.00 Definitions 2.01 Qualified School is a school that serves any of the grades six through twelve and that receives an academic rating of “low” or “unsatisfactory” for the school year preceding the year that the school is applying for the grant.

2.02 Qualified Community Organization means a non-profit, nonsectarian, community based organization that has the capacity to provide before-and after-school, arts-based or vocational activity programs to low-income youth enrolled in grades six through twelve, and has entered into a formal partnership with a qualified school. The formal partnership is a contract or memorandum of understanding signed by the district superintendent and the chief executive officer of the community based organization.

22-275-R-3.00 Notification The department of education shall notify the local district boards within 30 days after being notified by the department of revenue of the amount of money available in the grant fund and the date the grant application will be posted on the department’s web site. The local board will be responsible for notifying the qualified schools in the district of the availability of the grant. 22-275-R-4.00 Grant Application Procedures Each qualified school and each qualified community organization that has a valid partnership agreement with a qualified school shall notify the district superintendent and school board president of the amount of money they will apply for and the proposed use of the funds within a timeframe determined by the local board policy prior to submitting the application. The local board shall determine if the proposal meets the district policy and shall either approve or disapprove the application submission to the department of education.

Code of Colorado Regulations 1 22-275-R-5.00 Grant Application The grant application shall require at a minimum a statement of student needs used to determine the program being submitted for funding, the capacity of the staff for the program to deliver the services, a description of how the program will be evaluated for effectiveness including measurable objectives, the hours of operation, and the number of children to be served. If the program is being implemented by a qualified community based organization a description of that organization’s capacity and history of delivering such programs shall be included.

22-275-R-6.00 Criteria for Awarding the Grant In order to select the most effective programs for funding the department shall apply the following criteria: the demonstrated need for the program including dropout rates, the extent to which the program utilizes an arts-based or vocational activity program, the percentage of minority students to be served, free and reduced lunch rates at the school, the quality of the program used to address the needs, the number of students who will participate in the program, the quality of the evaluation and the cost effectiveness of the services. The criteria for selecting the best programs shall be included in the application. _________________________________________________________________________ Editor’s Notes History Entire rule eff. 01/01/2006.

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