{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-24-103","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 22-24-103","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(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.\n\n(2) \"Department\" means the department of education.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(7) \"Facility school\" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1).\n\n(8) \"Local education provider\" means a district, the state charter school institute, or a facility school.\n\n(9) \"State charter school institute\" means the state charter school institute created pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.","path":["Title 22 - EDUCATION","Article 24 - English Language Proficiency Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-22.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"1d33f160d66e67d206dc4d6620140eac4af73f9ec4dc643109d811da5f2ddefc","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-24-102","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-24-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}