Colorado § 26-25-102 - Definitions.
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§ 26-25-102. Definitions.
As used in this article 25, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Child" has the meaning set forth in section 19-1-103.
(2) "Council" means the cradle to career advisory council created in section 26-25-104.
(3) "Designated service area" means a geographically bounded local service area in which the concentration of poverty meets the level specified in section 26-25-103 (5)(b)(I).
(4) "Eligible entity" means a local government, a local education provider, a state institution of higher education, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or a nonprofit or not-for-profit community-based organization.
(5) "Fund" means the cradle to career grant program cash fund created in section 26-25-107.
(6) "Grant program" means the cradle to career grant program created in section 26-25-103.
(7) "High-quality" means evidence-based or evidence-informed.
(8) "Local education provider" means:
(a) A school district;
(b) A charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22;
(c) A charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22; or
(d) A board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of title 22.
(9) "Local government" means a statutory or home rule city, town, city and county, or county.
(10) "Subcontracted entity" means an eligible entity that enters a formal partnership with an eligible entity receiving a grant pursuant to this article 25 and that provides complementary community resources in the grant recipient's designated service area.
(11) "Youth" means an individual who is under twenty-five years old.
Source: L. 2026: Entire article added, (SB 26-080), ch. 409, p. 2563, § 1, effective August 12.
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