Colorado Revised Statutes Title 22. Education § 22-30.5-501. Legislative declaration

(a) There is a growing demand for more charter schools in the state;

(b) There is an underserved population of at-risk students in the state, for whom innovative educational models are needed.

(a) Provide an alternative mode of authorizing charter schools as a means to assist school districts in utilizing best practices for chartering schools and to approve and oversee charter schools in school districts not desiring to do so themselves;  and

(b) Preserve the authority of a school district to authorize charter schools, at the school district's option.