• Colorado adopted comprehensive health education standards in 2009 that must be adopted by local school districts by December 2011.
• Colorado does not require that newly hired health education teachers have undergraduate or graduate training in health education or that they be certified, licensed or endorsed by the state. Source

The Colorado Legacy Foundation believes that increased student achievement for all Colorado students requires effective leaders in every school, effective educators in every classroom, and healthy and engaged students who come to school ready to learn.