As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)Colorado work force development program or work force development
program means the program of work force development created in this part 2.
(2)Department means the department of labor and employment created in
section 24-1-121, C.R.S., or any other state agency specified by the governor
through executive order or otherwise.
(3)Federal act means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act, 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq.
(4)Local elected officials means the boards of county commissioners of
the county or counties operating work force development programs; except that, in
the case of a city and county, local elected officials means the mayor.
(5)Local plan means a plan, developed and executed by a work
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Colorado work force development program or work force development
program means the program of work force development created in this part 2.
(2) Department means the department of labor and employment created in
section 24-1-121, C.R.S., or any other state agency specified by the governor
through executive order or otherwise.
(3) Federal act means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act, 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq.
(4) Local elected officials means the boards of county commissioners of
the county or counties operating work force development programs; except that, in
the case of a city and county, local elected officials means the mayor.
(5) Local plan means a plan, developed and executed by a work force
development board and subarea board, that outlines the functions and
responsibilities for delivery of services within a work force development area.
(6) National program grant means a grant under subtitle D of Title I.
(7) One-stop operator means the entity selected by a work force board,
with concurrence by the local elected officials, to operate the one-stop career
center in a local area.
(8) One-stop partner means a person or organization described in section
8-83-216.
(9) Planning region means a single local area or multiple local areas that
have been designated by the state as a planning region for the purposes of
developing a regional plan.
(10) Rural consortium local elected officials board means the local elected
officials appointed by each subarea board in the rural consortium work force
development area to serve as the local elected official for the rural consortium
work force development area.
(11) Rural consortium work force development area or rural consortium
area means an area designated by the governor as a federal work force
development area for which the department is the grant recipient. A rural
consortium work force development area may contain one or more subareas.
(12) Rural consortium work force development board or rural consortium
board means the work force board appointed by the rural consortium local elected
officials board. The rural consortium work force development board serves, on
behalf of the subarea boards in the rural consortium area, as the work force
development board for specific functions under the federal act.
(13) State council means the state work force development council created
in section 24-46.3-101, C.R.S.
(14) State plan means a plan, developed by the governor with the
assistance of the state council and based upon local plans, for the delivery of
services statewide under the federal act.
(15) Student means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older and
is enrolled in an adult education program or postsecondary education program
through an institution of higher education, a technical college, a private
occupational school, or an employer-sponsored training program.
(16) Subarea board means the optional work force advisory board of a
subarea within the rural consortium work force development area.
(17) Title I means Title I of the federal act.
(18) Title I money means money distributed pursuant to Title I.
(19) Wagner-Peyser Act means the federal Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C.
sec. 49a et seq.
(20) Wagner-Peyser funds means federal moneys received by the
department pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act.
(21) Work force board means either a local work force development board
or a subarea board.
(22) Work force development area means a county, municipality, city and
county, or group of counties, municipalities, or cities and counties that have banded
together through an intergovernmental agreement to provide a work force
development program and is designated by the governor as a federal work force
development area. The rural consortium is a work force development area.
(23) Work force development board means the work force development
board for a federally designated work force development area.
(24) Work force development subarea or subarea means a county or
group of counties within the rural consortium that work together for the purpose of
implementing programs authorized under the federal act and has a subarea board.