Colorado - Board of Education, Safe School Plan, Conduct and Discipline Code

Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 22-32-109.1 (West)

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(g) “Restorative justice” has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-32-144(3). […]
(II) In creating and enforcing a school conduct and discipline code pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section, each school district board of education, on and after August 1, 2013, shall: […]
(B) Include plans for the appropriate use of prevention, intervention, restorative justice, peer mediation, counseling, or other approaches to address student misconduct, which approaches are designed to minimize student exposure to the criminal and juvenile justice system. The plans shall state that a school administration shall not order a victim’s participation in a restorative justice practice or peer mediation if the alleged victim of an offending student’s misconduct alleges that the misconduct constitutes unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102(9), C.R.S.; a crime in which the underlying factual basis involves domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3(1), C.R.S.; stalking as defined in section 18-3-602, C.R.S.; or violation of a protection order, as defined in section 18-6-803.5, C.R.S.;

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