The READ Plan is a general education plan that includes tiered instruction/intervention to be provided within a student's general education program. Under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which is incorporated into Colorado's Exceptional Children's Education Act (ECEA), an Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a statement of the student's special education and related services [34 CFR 300.320; ECEA Rule 4.03]. Importantly, notwithstanding the statement in C.R.S. 22-7-1206(3), quoted below, nothing in the READ Act makes students with disabilities exempt from or otherwise not entitled to the benefits of the READ Act.
Gifted-education aims to blend the influence of a nurturing, challenging learning environment with the potential and motivation of the gifted student so that maximum academic and personal growth is realized.
Colorado's school readiness initiative is an essential component of the state's educational improvement policies designed to ensure all Colorado's children graduate ready for college and career. Colorado's educational improvement policies exemplify a continuous improvement cycle at all levels of the educational system: classroom, school, district, and state department of education.
