Colorado § 22-5-103 - Definitions.
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§ 22-5-103. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the board of education of a school district or the governing board or governing agency of a postsecondary institution.
(2) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a regional educational service unit designed to provide supporting, instructional, administrative, facility, community, or any other services contracted by participating members.
(2.3) "District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district board of education pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title.
(2.5) Repealed.
(2.7) "Institute charter school" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
(3) "Postsecondary institution" means a community or technical college, a local district college, or a state-supported institution of higher education.
(4) "School district" means any public school district existing pursuant to law.
(5) "State board" means the state board of education.
Source: L. 73: p. 1295, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-34-16. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 896, § 33, effective June 5. L. 92: (2.5) added, p. 470, § 2, effective May 29; (2.5) amended, p. 2183, § 60, effective June 2. L. 97: (2.5) amended, p. 460, § 4, effective August 6; (2.5) repealed, p. 948, § 2, effective August 6. L. 2010: (2.3) and (2.7) added, (SB 10-161), ch. 250, p. 1116, § 3, effective August 11. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 716, § 3, effective May 19.
Editor's note: Subsection (2.5) was amended in House Bill 97-1219. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal of subsection (2.5) in House Bill 97-1253.
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