As used in this article 14, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1)Completion means a student graduates from high school or receives a
certificate or other designation of high school completion such as a general
educational development certificate.
(2)Department means the department of education created and existing
pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.
(3)Dropout prevention means school and community-based initiatives to
promote positive social, emotional, familial, and educational factors that maintain
and strengthen student engagement and address barriers and conditions that may
lead a student to drop out of school.
(4)Expanded learning opportunity programs means programs that provide
kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade supervised learning activities that may
include,
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As used in this article 14, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Completion means a student graduates from high school or receives a
certificate or other designation of high school completion such as a general
educational development certificate.
(2) Department means the department of education created and existing
pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.
(3) Dropout prevention means school and community-based initiatives to
promote positive social, emotional, familial, and educational factors that maintain
and strengthen student engagement and address barriers and conditions that may
lead a student to drop out of school.
(4) Expanded learning opportunity programs means programs that provide
kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade supervised learning activities that may
include, but need not be limited to, after-school programs, before-school programs,
summer school programs, weekend programs, and extended-day and extended-year programs.
(5) Graduation means a student meets the locally defined requirements for
a high school diploma.
(6) Grant program means the student re-engagement grant program
established in section 22-14-109.
(7) High priority local education provider means a local education provider
that the office identifies pursuant to section 22-14-103 (4) as being most in need of
technical assistance and support.
(8) Local education provider means a school district, a board of
cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title, or the state charter
school institute created pursuant to section 22-30.5-503.
(9) Office means the office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement created within the department of education pursuant to section 22-14-103.
(10) Parent means a student's biological or adoptive parent or the student's
legal guardian or legal custodian.
(10.5) Performing arts shall have the same meaning as provided in section
22-1-104.5 (1)(b).
(11) Priority local education provider means a local education provider that
the office identifies pursuant to section 22-14-103 (4) as being in significant need of
technical assistance and support.
(12) State board means the state board of education created and existing
pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
(13) Student engagement means a student's sense of belonging, safety,
and involvement in school that leads to academic achievement, regular school
attendance, and graduation. Elements of promoting student engagement include
providing rigorous and relevant instruction, creating positive relationships with
teachers and counselors, providing social and emotional support services for
students and their families, creating partnerships with community organizations
and families that foster learning outside of the classroom, and cultivating regular
school attendance.
(14) Student graduation and completion plan means a local education
provider's plan, created pursuant to section 22-14-107, for reducing the student
dropout rate and increasing the rates of student engagement, re-engagement,
graduation, and completion.
(15) Student re-engagement means that a student reenrolls in high school
after dropping out prior to completion. Student re-engagement usually results from
a local education provider's use of evidence- or research-based strategies to reach
out to students who have dropped out of school and to assist them in transitioning
back into school and obtaining their high school diplomas or otherwise completing
high school.
(16) Student support personnel means a state-licensed or state-certified
school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, or school nurse, or
other state-licensed or state-certified mental health professional qualified under
state law to provide support services to children and adolescents.
(17) Visual arts shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(c).
(18) Work-based learning has the same meaning as set forth in section 8-83-601 (15).