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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) There is created in the department of public safety the Colorado interagency working group on school safety, referred to in this article 25 as the “working group”. The working group has the powers and duties specified in this article 25.
(2) The working group consists of fourteen members, as follows:
(a) The executive director of the department of public safety, or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the working group;
(b) The commissioner of education, or his or her designee, who shall serve as the vice-chair of the working group;
(c) The executive director of the department of public health and environment, or his or her designee;
(d) The executive director of the department of human services, or his or her designee;
(e) The attorney general, or his or her designee;
(f) The director of the school safety resource center;
(g) The director of the division of fire prevention and control or his or her designee;
(h) The state architect or his or her designee;
(i) A school district superintendent who serves an urban or suburban school district, appointed by an organization that represents school executives;
(j) A school district superintendent who serves a rural school district, appointed by an organization that represents school executives;
(k) A chief of police appointed by an organization that represents Colorado chiefs of police;
(l) A county sheriff appointed by an organization that represents Colorado county sheriffs; and
(m) Two members who are either a student or parent who attended a school or had a child attend a school at the time a school shooting occurred at the school, one appointed by the majority leader of the senate and one appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
(3) The members of the working group serve without compensation but the members appointed by the governor may be reimbursed for any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this article 25.
(4) The working group shall meet at least once per quarter to review information necessary for making recommendations.
(5) The working group may contract with a consultant to optimize the alignment and effectiveness of the school safety efforts in Colorado and identify evidence-based best practices. The general assembly may appropriate money to the working group for a consultant if requested by the working group.
(6) Members of the working group, employees, and consultants are immune from suit in any civil action based upon any official act performed in good faith pursuant to this article 25.
(7) The department of public safety shall convene the first meeting of the working group no later than December 31, 2022.
(8) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 456 (H.B. 22-1274), § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-25-102. Colorado interagency working group on school safety--creation--membership--operation--immunity - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-25-102/
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