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About the State Board Relations Office
Overview
The State Board Relations Office supports the nine elected State Board of Education (SBE) members. The office:
- Manage monthly State Board of Education (SBE) meetings:
- Rulemaking Hearings
- Charter School Appeals
- Confidential Disciplinary Matters/Legal Files
- Action Items
- Reports from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
- Organizes all appellate proceedings and other legal proceedings before the SBE, including:
- scheduling hearings and conferences
- managing all motions, orders, and other correspondence for each case
- Consults, advises, and coordinates SBE proceedings with the Attorney General's Office including orders and other documents.
- Reviews disciplinary cases submitted to the SBE by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and the Office of Administrative Courts (OAC)
- Drafts, reviews, and revises final orders.
- Schedules, arranges, and oversees all regular and special meetings of the SBE, including:
- logistics
- compliance with relevant laws regarding notice and recording
- coordination of materials and presentations
- posting of agendas
- Represents the SBE in meetings with other agencies, education groups, non-profits, and constituents.
- Supports the SBE on strategic partnerships with educational entities.
- Manage the SBE budget, personnel, legal services, official records, and hiring.
- Handle all travel arrangements for meetings, conferences, and conventions: hotel, flight, rental cars, etc.
- Handle all communications for the SBE office.
Office Responsibilities
- Manage monthly State Board of Education (SBE) meetings:
- Rulemaking Hearings
- Charter School Appeals
- Confidential Disciplinary Matters/Legal Files
- Action Items
- Reports from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
- Respond to open-records requests as well as open-meeting act requests - as they pertain to the SBE office
- Manage the SBE budget, personnel, legal services, official records, and hiring
- Handle all travel arrangements for meetings, conferences, and conventions: hotel, flight, rental cars, etc.
- Handle all communications for the SBE office
- Represent the SBE in meetings with other agencies, education groups, non-profits, and constituents; support the SBE on strategic partnerships with educational entities.
- Support the SBE in its work with the School Trust Lands
For additional information e-mail state.board@cde.state.co.us.
Members of the media who wish to speak with a state board member should email cde_communications@cde.state.co.us.
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