Section 19-2.5-1526 - Facility rules - academic and vocational courses(1) It is the duty of the department of human services to develop rules necessary for imparting instruction, preserving health, and enforcing discipline of juveniles committed to the department of human services.(2) The academic courses of study and vocational training and instruction given in the facilities established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 must include those approved by the department of education for the instruction of pupils in the primary and secondary schools of the state. Full credit must be given by school districts in this state for completion of any semester, term, or year of study instruction by any juvenile who has such earned credit.(3) The director of the division of youth services may appoint, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, a director and such other officers, teachers, instructors, counselors, and other personnel as the director considers necessary to transact the business of the schools and may designate their duties. A person shall not be appointed as a teacher or instructor in the schools who is not qualified to serve as a teacher or instructor in the schools under the laws of the state and the standards established by the department of education.Amended by 2022 Ch. 365, § 2, eff. 8/10/2022.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 19-2-414 and amended by 2021 Ch. 136, § 2, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by 2017 Ch. 381, § 36, eff. 6/6/2017.L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 704, p. 704, § 2, effective October 1.(1) This section is similar to former § 19-2-414 as it existed prior to 2021.
(2) Subsection (4)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (4), effective July 1, 2024. (See L. 2022, p. 2604.)
2022 Ch. 365, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1383, see section 1 of chapter 365, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.