1 Colo. Code Regs. § 301-99-3.0

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Section 1 CCR 301-99-3.0 - APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINE

3.01 As legislated monies are available, the department shall solicit, review, and award grants to public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools for periods of one to three years.

3.02 On an annual basis on a date determined by the Department, public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools interested in obtaining funding shall submit a bullying prevention grant application electronically to the department, using the application form provided by the Department.

3.03 Each application submitted shall include, but need not be limited to the following:

3.03.1 A description of the evidence-based best practices for preventing bullying that applicants plan to implement using the grant moneys, including a description of the evidence supporting the chosen practices that have proven successful in other public schools in the country. These evidence-based practices for bullying prevention may be drawn from the department's bullying prevention website, pursuant to section 2.01.1;

3.03.2 A description of the methods that will be used to ensure sustained implementation of evidence-based best practices in bullying prevention that result in improved outcomes and reduced bullying over time and past the grant period;

3.03.3 A description of how grantees will use at least a portion of awarded grant moneys for the purpose of educating students' parents and legal guardians regarding the grant recipient's policies concerning bullying prevention and education, the grant recipient's ongoing efforts to reduce the frequency of bullying incidents, and the grant recipient's strategies for including families and the community in school bullying prevention.

3.03.4 A description of how grantees will include student leadership and voice in the creation and implementation of bullying prevention strategies.

3.03.5 A description of how the applicant will adopt specific policies concerning bullying education and prevention that includes:

3.03.5.1 Creation or revision of a district safe school plan as indicated in 22-32-109.1;

3.03.5.2 Provisions for the administration of surveys of students' impressions of the severity of bullying in their schools;

3.03.5.3 The designation of a team of persons at each school of the school district who advise the school administration concerning the severity and frequency of bullying incidents;

3.03.5.4 Provisions for adequate due processes and safeguards for students accused of engaging in bullying behaviors.

3.03.6 A description of the procedures for the distribution, collection, standardization, and analysis of student impression survey data collected, and procedures that ensure the confidentiality of each student's answers to the survey, and clarify that the completion of a survey shall be voluntary and shall not be required of any student.

3.03.6.1 A description of the survey that will be used to ask about how frequently the student witnesses bullying at his or her school and how frequently the student perceives himself or herself to be a victim of bullying;

3.03.6.2 To the extent practicable, grantees may utilize existing forms and procedures, including those outlined on the Bullying Prevention website, to administer surveys;

3.03.6.3 Grantees may use a digital or paper and pencil version of the survey;

3.03.6.4 Grantees are required to implement an active opt in procedure for parents and students for any surveys used as a part of the grantee's program;

3.03.7 A description of the procedures for the distribution, collection, standardization, and analysis of implementation data that indicates the degree to which the school, leadership teams, and school staff implement the evidence-based bullying prevention best practices; and

3.03.8 An explanation of the cost of the bullying prevention program that the applicant(s) plan to implement using the grant moneys and an explanation of how grant funding will be used to supplement and not supplant any funding currently being used on bullying prevention practices already provided to the students, school, families, and community.

1 CCR 301-99-3.0

39 CR 11, June 10, 2016, effective 6/30/2016