Section 26-6.8-106 - Colorado student before-and-after-school project - creation - funding(1)Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Before-and-after-school program" means a program that meets before regular school hours or after regular school hours or during a period when school is not in session.(b) "Fund" means the Colorado student before-and-after-school project fund created in subsection (4) of this section.(c) "Project" means the Colorado before-and-after-school project created in subsection (2) of this section.(2)Colorado student before-and-after-school project. There is created, in the Tony Grampsas youth services program, the Colorado student before-and-after-school project to provide grants to entities to provide high-quality before-and-after-school programs that may include an alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use intervention, prevention, and education component. Entities that receive grants pursuant to this section shall apply the grants to creating and implementing before-and-after-school programs that primarily serve youth enrolled in grades six through eight or youth who are twelve to fourteen years of age. The before-and-after-school programs are designed to help youth develop their interests and skills in the areas of sports and fitness, character and leadership, or arts and culture and may provide education regarding the dangers of the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Before-and-after-school programs that are designed primarily to increase academic achievement or that provide religious instruction are not eligible for funding pursuant to this section.(3)Administration.(a) The state department shall administer the project. The board shall select the entities that will receive grants through the project and the amount of each grant. In addition, the state department shall monitor the effectiveness of before-and-after-school programs that receive moneys through the project. To be eligible for grants through the project, an entity shall apply to the board in accordance with the timelines and guidelines adopted by the board pursuant to section 26-6.8-103. Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any criteria for awarding grants adopted by the board pursuant to section 26-6.8-103 (2)(b) to the contrary, an entity may be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to this section regardless of whether the before-and-after-school program to which the grant would apply serves youth who are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch pursuant to the "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq.(b) The grants awarded through the project shall be paid from moneys appropriated from the fund to the state department. The board and grant recipients are encouraged to apply moneys awarded through the project to leverage additional funding as matching funds from private and federal sources.(4)Colorado student before-and-after-school project fund. There is created in the state treasury the Colorado student before-and-after-school project fund that consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate to the fund. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the state department for the purpose of providing grants as provided in this section and the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this section. Any money in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the fund is credited to the fund. All unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains available for expenditure by the state department for before-and-after-school programs in the next fiscal year without further appropriation. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.Amended by 2022 Ch. 23, § 6, eff. 3/17/2022.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 25-20.5-205 and amended by 2013 Ch. 169, § 5, eff. 7/1/2013.L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 582, § 5, effective July 1.This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-205 as it existed prior to 2013.