As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)Assessment means the method used to collect evidence of what a
student knows and is able to do and to measure a student's academic progress
toward attaining a standard.
(2)Board of cooperative services or BOCES means a board of
cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that
operates one or more public schools.
(3)Commission means the Colorado commission on higher education
created pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.
(4)Commissioner means the commissioner of education appointed by the
state board pursuant to section 22-2-110.
(5)District charter school means a charter school authorized by a school
district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title. A district cha
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Assessment means the method used to collect evidence of what a
student knows and is able to do and to measure a student's academic progress
toward attaining a standard.
(2) Board of cooperative services or BOCES means a board of
cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that
operates one or more public schools.
(3) Commission means the Colorado commission on higher education
created pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.
(4) Commissioner means the commissioner of education appointed by the
state board pursuant to section 22-2-110.
(5) District charter school means a charter school authorized by a school
district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title. A district charter school is a
district charter high school if it serves any of grades nine through twelve.
(6) Division of child care means the division within the department of
human services that is responsible for child care regulation.
(7) Executive director means the executive director of the department of
higher education appointed by the governor pursuant to section 24-1-114, C.R.S.
(8) Institute charter school means a charter school authorized by the state
charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title. An institute
charter school is an institute charter high school if it serves any of grades nine
through twelve.
(9) Local education provider means a school district, a board of cooperative
services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.
(10) Local school board means a school district board of education.
(11) P-20 council means the P-20 education coordinating council appointed
by the governor pursuant to executive order B 003 07.
(11.5) Performing arts shall have the same meaning as provided in section
22-1-104.5 (1)(b).
(12) to (14) Repealed.
(15) Postsecondary and workforce readiness means the knowledge and
skills that a student should have attained prior to or upon attaining a high school
diploma, as adopted by the state board and the commission pursuant to section 22-7-1008.
(16) Repealed.
(17) Postsecondary and workforce readiness program means a program of
study that, prior to or beginning in ninth grade and continuing through twelfth
grade, is designed to prepare a student to demonstrate postsecondary and
workforce readiness prior to or upon attaining a high school diploma.
(18) Postsecondary education means all formal public education that
requires as a prerequisite the acquisition of a high school diploma or its equivalent.
Postsecondary education includes programs resulting in acquisition of a
certificate, an associate degree of applied sciences, an associate degree of general
studies, an associate degree of arts, or an associate degree of science and all
baccalaureate degree programs.
(19) Regional educator meeting means a meeting convened pursuant to
section 22-7-1011 by the commissioner and the executive director in a regional
service area.
(20) School district means a school district, other than a local college
district, organized and existing pursuant to law.
(21) School readiness means the level of development that indicates a child
is able to engage in and benefit from elementary school classroom environments,
as adopted by the state board pursuant to section 22-7-1004.
(22) Standard means a clear, measurable, learning target for what a
student should know or be able to do relative to a particular instructional area.
(23) State board means the state board of education created pursuant to
section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
(24) State plan means the state plan required by the federal No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. sec. 6301 et seq.
(25) Visual arts shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-1-104.5 (1)(c).