The Colorado Department of Education

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Laws and Regulations

Laws & Regulations include federal and state special education laws and regulations, including rules concerning gifted education programs.

SpEd Law Website

ECEA Rules

The official version of the ECEA rules can be found on the Colorado Secretary of State Website at: http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/

Once you are at this website you will need to choose the following links to get to the ECEA Rules: From the bulleted list at the bottom of this page chose “Browse the CCR by Rule Number”; then choose “300 Department of Education”; then “301 Colorado State Board of Education”; then “1 CCR 301-8 Rules (for the) Administration of the Exceptional Children’s Educational Act”. Once you are at this page you will see a list of sections and within each section you will be able to easily navigate by subsection. This is only an online version.

You can also access a PDF version of the Rules by clicking on the link below.

IDEA