Colorado § 22-24-103 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 22-24-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 22-24-103

Title 22Education

Art.English Language Proficiency Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-24-103 (2026).

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

(1)Charter school means a charter school authorized by a district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.

(2)Department means the department of education.

(3)District means a school district organized and existing pursuant to article 30 of this title or a board of cooperative services organized and existing pursuant to article 5 of this title.

(4)English language learner means a student who is linguistically diverse and who is identified pursuant to section 22-24-105 (2) as having a level of English language proficiency that requires language support to achieve standards in g

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

(1) Charter school means a charter school authorized by a district pursuant
to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title or an institute charter school authorized by the
state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.

(2) Department means the department of education.

(3) District means a school district organized and existing pursuant to
article 30 of this title or a board of cooperative services organized and existing
pursuant to article 5 of this title.

(4) English language learner means a student who is linguistically diverse
and who is identified pursuant to section 22-24-105 (2) as having a level of English
language proficiency that requires language support to achieve standards in grade-level content in English.

(5) English language proficiency program means a program implemented
by a local education provider that is designed to develop English language
proficiency for an English language learner while enabling the English language
learner to achieve and maintain grade-level performance in academic content
areas.

(6) Evidence-based means the instruction or item described is based on
reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence that the instruction or item shows promise
or has demonstrated a record of success in achieving objectives that are relevant to
English language development, English language proficiency, and achievement in
grade-level content for English language learners.

(7) Facility school means an approved facility school as defined in section
22-2-402 (1).

(8) Local education provider means a district, the state charter school
institute, or a facility school.

(9) State charter school institute means the state charter school institute
created pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.