{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-32.5-105","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 22-32.5-105","heading":"Suggested innovations.","body":"(1) In considering or creating an innovation plan or a plan for creating an innovation school zone, each local school board is strongly encouraged to consider innovations in the following areas:\n\n(a) Curriculum and academic standards and assessments;\n\n(b) Accountability measures, including but not limited to expanding the use of a variety of accountability measures to more accurately present a complete measure of student learning and accomplishment. The accountability measures adopted by an innovation school or an innovation school zone may include, but need not be limited to:\n\n(I) Use of graduation or exit examinations;\n\n(II) Use of end-of-course examinations;\n\n(III) Use of student portfolio reviews;\n\n(IV) Use of national and international accountability measures such as the national assessment of educational progress and the program for international student assessment;\n\n(V) Measuring the percentage of students continuing into higher education; and\n\n(VI) Measuring the percentage of students simultaneously obtaining a high school diploma and an associate's degree or a career and technical education certificate.\n\n(c) Provision of services, including but not limited to special education services; services for gifted and talented students; services for English language learners; educational services for students at risk of academic failure, expulsion, or dropping out; and support services provided by the state department of human services or county departments or agencies of human or social services;\n\n(d) Teacher recruitment, training, preparation, and professional development;\n\n(e) Teacher employment;\n\n(f) Performance expectations and evaluation procedures for teachers and principals;\n\n(g) Compensation for teachers, principals, and other school building personnel, including but not limited to performance pay plans, total compensation plans, and other innovations with regard to retirement and other benefits;\n\n(h) School governance and the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of principals in innovation schools or schools within an innovation school zone; and\n\n(i) Preparation and counseling of students for transition to higher education or the work force.","path":["Title 22 - EDUCATION","Article 32.5 - Innovation Schools and Innovation School Zones Within School Districts"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-22.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"988848a9ecbfb71b1d8ad9b1505f79d99f86653640cbd11a21059ed7d6d87b47","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-32.5-104","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-32.5-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}