(1) The state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., establishing policies and procedures for the administration of the program, including but not limited to:
(a) Procedures by which a school district may apply for a grant from the program on behalf of an at-risk school pursuant to section 22-82.3-103 (1);
(b) Minimum requirements for the standard application form developed by the department pursuant to section 22-82.3-103 (2). At a minimum, each application submitted to the department by a school district on behalf of an at-risk school shall include:
(I) Information that is sufficient to demonstrate that the school is an at-risk school;
(II) A written confirmation that the at-risk school for which the school district is applying for a grant from the program has satisfied the minimum standards described in section 22-82.3-105, which confirmation shall be signed by:
(A) The school district's director of food and nutrition, if any;
(B) The school district's superintendent; and
(C) The chair of the coordinated school health team of the at-risk school or the school district; and
(III) A proposal indicating how the at-risk school plans to use the grant awarded under the program. The proposal shall ensure that the entire amount of the grant awarded under the program shall be used for the purposes described in section 22-82.3-106.
(c) Minimum requirements for a person to meet the definition of a professional nutritionist or dietician; and
(d) Minimum requirements for a person to meet the definition of a mental health counselor.
(2) The state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., establishing criteria and procedures for the commissioner or his or her designee to use in selecting at-risk schools to receive grants under the program and in determining the amount of the grant to be awarded to each recipient school. The criteria and procedures shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that:
(a) Rural, urban, and suburban at-risk schools are considered for receiving grants from the program;
(b) Large, medium, and small at-risk schools are considered for receiving grants from the program; and
(c) The amount of the grant awarded to each recipient school is reasonably commensurate with the size of the student population at the school.
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