C.R.S. § 24-46.3-202: Definitions.

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121.

(2) "Fund" means the hospitality career secondary education fund created in section 24-46.3-204.

(3) "Grant program" means the hospitality career secondary education grant program established in section 24-46.3-203.

(4) "Hospitality industry" means Colorado restaurants, hotels, and attractions.

(5) "Hospitality program" means a hospitality secondary education program that, at a minimum:

(a) Includes a curriculum that teaches career- and college-readiness skills that are pertinent to the hospitality industry;

(b) Offers secondary-level students the opportunity to work in the hospitality industry and earn wages while in the program;

(c) Offers hospitality industry-validated certificates of completion;

(d) Is approved by the office in the Colorado community college system that administers high school career and technical education programs for use in Colorado high schools;

(e) Has been administered in at least one Colorado high school for a minimum of three years;

(f) Is endorsed and supported by at least one Colorado and one national hospitality trade association; and

(g) Upon successful completion, will result in the issuance of a certificate to the student that articulates credits for postsecondary education.