Colorado

Currently, Learn Everywhere legislation has not been introduced in Colorado. However, this page provides students and families with information about available options for earning credit for out-of-classroom learning. While Learn Everywhere allows for program providers to be approved to offer credit-bearing learning opportunities, for the programs listed below, it is the student’s responsibility to submit an application and complete the program requirements.

Academic Credit Option

Innovation Schools Act
The Innovation Schools Act was designed to provide a pathway for schools and districts to develop and implement innovative practices in a wide variety of areas and contexts to improve student outcomes. The Act provides a formal process that allows schools or groups of schools to request to their local school boards for waivers from district-level policies and for school boards to request the Colorado State Board of Education for waivers from certain state-level laws and regulations.

The Act is intended to improve student achievement by granting schools a high degree of autonomy in implementing curriculum, making personnel decisions, organizing the school day, determining the most efficient use of resources, and in general, organizing the delivery of high-quality educational services, thereby empowering each public school to tailor its services most effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of the population of students it services.