Colorado § 22-20.5-102 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 22-20.5-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 22-20.5-102

Title 22Education

Art.Education of Children with Dyslexia

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20.5-102 (2026).

Text

As used in this article 20.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Commissioner of education or commissioner means the office of the commissioner of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(2)Department means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115.

(3)Dyslexia means a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin and characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and word-decoding abilities, which difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. The secondary con

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As used in this article 20.5, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Commissioner of education or commissioner means the office of the
commissioner of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX
of the state constitution.

(2) Department means the department of education created and existing
pursuant to section 24-1-115.

(3) Dyslexia means a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in
origin and characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and
by poor spelling and word-decoding abilities, which difficulties typically result from
a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in
relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom
instruction. The secondary consequences of dyslexia may include problems in
reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that may impede growth
of vocabulary and background knowledge.

(4) Local education provider means a school district, a board of cooperative
services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22 that operates a public school, a
charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of
this title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute
pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22, or the state charter school institute
established in section 22-30.5-503.

(5) Pilot program means the pilot program to identify markers of dyslexia
and enable effective interventions operated pursuant to section 22-20.5-104.

(6) Rural school district means a school district in Colorado that the
department determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district
and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area.

(7) Small rural school district means a rural school district that enrolls
fewer than one thousand students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

(8) Working group means the working group for identification of and
educational support for students with dyslexia convened by the commissioner
pursuant to section 22-20.5-103.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1134), ch. 407, p. 3591, � 1, effective May 31. L. 2025: (3) amended, (SB 25-200), ch. 234, p. 1116, � 6, effective August 6.