Colorado § 22-24-103 - Definitions.
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§ 22-24-103. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
(2) "Department" means the department of education.
(3) "District" means a school district organized and existing pursuant to article 30 of this title or a board of cooperative services organized and existing pursuant to article 5 of this title.
(4) "English language learner" means a student who is linguistically diverse and who is identified pursuant to section 22-24-105 (2) as having a level of English language proficiency that requires language support to achieve standards in grade-level content in English.
(5) "English language proficiency program" means a program implemented by a local education provider that is designed to develop English language proficiency for an English language learner while enabling the English language learner to achieve and maintain grade-level performance in academic content areas.
(6) "Evidence-based" means the instruction or item described is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence that the instruction or item shows promise or has demonstrated a record of success in achieving objectives that are relevant to English language development, English language proficiency, and achievement in grade-level content for English language learners.
(7) "Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1).
(8) "Local education provider" means a district, the state charter school institute, or a facility school.
(9) "State charter school institute" means the state charter school institute created pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
Source: L. 2014: Entire article R&RE, (HB 14-1298), ch. 244, p. 927, § 13, effective May 21.
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