State Funded Comprehensive Health Education

Comprehensive Health Education Grants

The "Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1990" encourages every school district to provide a pre K-12th grade planned, sequential health education program. Parental and community involvement in the program is stressed. Parents and guardians have the right to exempt from any or all of the health education program. Local health advisory councils are encouraged and should be representative of the norms and values of the community.

What's New!

Office Hours for Grants and Standards Support

The Office of Standards and Instructional Support (SIS) is hosting virtual office hours to support educators during extended school closures. During these office hours, our specialists will be available to provide content-specific resources to support learning at home, as well as to facilitate networking and resource sharing between educators. During this time we will be available to discuss grant specific questions related to Comprehensive Health Education and Student Wellness Grants.

Content-specific office hours are being held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10:00-11:00am.

The content-specific links to join are listed below. If you would like to submit questions in advance or provide feedback on ways our team can support you during extended school closures, please use the Resources for Learning at Home form.

• Join Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Office Hours

New Comprehensive Health Education Grantees!!

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Drug Prevention Instructional Units

Beginning in 2012, the Standards and Instructional support team has been working with educators across the state of Colorado to build curriculum support resources for the successful implementation of the Colorado Academic Standards. To date, 121 school districts have participated in the authoring and/or refining of the processes and products of the Colorado District Sample Curriculum Project. New drug prevention units have been developed based on the work of the initial Instructional Unit Samples. A team of Colorado Educators convened to update the Instructional Unit Samples and in some grades create new Instructional Unit Samples to align with current standards, trends, and district needs. 

To access the Drug Prevention Instructional Sample Units

Other information:

• Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act (CHEA) (PDF)
• Policies and Guidelines for Colorado Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards and Instruction

Comprehensive Health Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Standards

The State Board of Education adopted Comprehensive Health Education and Physical Education Standards in December, 2009.

• Colorado’s Comprehensive Health Education and Physical Education Standards
• Frequently asked questions about standards implementation (PDF)
• Revised Standards and Assessment Development Overview (PDF)

Previously Funded Districts

• Adams-Arapahoe 28J (APS)
• Archuleta School District 50JT
• Boulder Valley School District
• Center Consolidated Schools 26JT
• Hayden School District
• Jefferson County Public School District
• La Veta School District RE-2
• Poudre School District
• South Routt School District
• Steamboat Springs School District RE-2
• Steamboat Springs School District RE-2 North Routt

Comprehensive Health 2016-19 Funding Contacts

For more information, please contact:

Jamie Hurley, Office of Health & Wellness at 303.866.6453

Comprehensive Health & Physical Education Training Offerings