§ 21-3-302 — Definitions

Wyoming § 21-3-302

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 3: SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL
• Art. 3: CHARTER SCHOOLS

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(a) As used in this article:
(i) "A charter school within a school" means a
charter school operating within a facility or portion of a
facility currently operated by the district as a public school
or operated as an adjunct to a public school or schools with
students attending both the charter school and the public
school;
(ii) "A converted charter school" means a charter
school converted from an existing public school operating within
the district;
(iii) "District board" means the board of trustees of
a school district elected as the governing body of the school
district;
(iv) "New charter school" or "charter school" means a
public school established and operating under the terms of a
charter contract between the charter school's board and its
authorizer;
(v) "School district" means each school district now
or hereafter legally organized as a body corporate pursuant to
W.S. 21-3-101, et seq.;
(vi) "State board" means the state board of education
appointed pursuant to W.S. 21-2-301.
(vii) "Authorizer" means a school district board or
the Wyoming charter school authorizing board as created by W.S.
21-3-302.2(a);
(viii) "Charter" or "charter contract" means the
charter contract executed between a charter school and an
authorizer;
(ix) "Charter application" means the application
submitted by a proposed charter school to an authorizer for the
creation of a charter school;
(x) "Department" means the Wyoming department of
education;
(xi) "Education service provider" means a for-profit
or nonprofit education management organization, charter
management organization, or any other partner entity that a
charter school contracts with for educational program
implementation or for comprehensive management;
(xii) "Full-time virtual charter school" means a
charter school that offers educational services primarily or
completely through an online program;
(xiii) "Governing board" means the independent board
of a charter school that is a party to a charter contract with
the authorizer, whose members have been selected pursuant to the
charter application and who are subject to the Ethics and
Disclosure Act, W.S. 9-13-101 through 9-13-109.