{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-301","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 23-3.9-301","heading":"Definitions - repeal.","body":"As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Academic residency\" means a sixteen-week or a thirty-two-week intentional clinical experience for student educators who are placed in a school- or community-based setting.\n\n(2) \"Approved program of preparation\" means an approved educator preparation program, as defined in section 22-60.5-121 (1)(b), including a preparation program for school counselors, or an alternative teacher program, as defined in section 22-60.5-102 (5).\n\n(3) \"Commission\" means the Colorado commission on higher education created and existing pursuant to article 1 of this title 23.\n\n(4) \"Department\" means the department of higher education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-114.\n\n(5) \"Educator\" means a teacher or a school counselor.\n\n(6) \"Educator test stipend program\" means the educator test stipend program created in section 23-3.9-303.\n\n(7) \"Eligible student\" means a student who is:\n\n(a) Enrolled in an approved program of preparation;\n\n(b) Eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution; and\n\n(c) (I) For the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years, eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed three hundred percent of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution.\n\n(II) This subsection (7)(c) is repealed, effective January 31, 2027.\n\n(8) \"Institution of higher education\" means a public postsecondary institution authorized by the commission to offer approved programs of preparation.\n\n(9) \"School counselor\" means a person who holds a special services provider license with a school counselor endorsement issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 or who is otherwise endorsed or accredited by a national association to provide school counseling services.\n\n(10) \"Student educator\" means an educator candidate who is participating in an academic residency and placed in a school- or community-based setting.\n\n(11) \"Student educator stipend program\" means the student educator stipend program created in section 23-3.9-302.\n\n(12) \"Teacher\" means a person employed to instruct students enrolled in a public school.","path":["Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION","Article 3.9 - Educator Recruitment and Retention Programs","Part 3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION STIPEND PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-23.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"19e5126faeb663a1643494b8deaf1eadbff5334d52246bb53ae9c50f270a5a4c","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-201-to-23-3.9-207","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}