{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-401","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 23-3.9-401","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) and (2) Repealed.\n\n(3) \"Commission\" means the Colorado commission on higher education.\n\n(4) \"Educator\" means a teacher, principal, or special services provider as defined in section 22-60.5-102 (19).\n\n(5) \"Facility school\" means an approved facility school, as defined in section 22-2-402 (1).\n\n(6) \"Qualified loan\" means an educational loan incurred while completing a program of preparation, including an alternative teacher preparation program approved pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22, that leads to educator licensure pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22, or a bachelor's or master's degree in the area in which the educator is employed in a qualified position.\n\n(7) \"Qualified position\" means:\n\n(a) A hard-to-staff educator position in a rural school or rural school district, or in a facility school that is in a rural school district, identified by the department of education pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6);\n\n(b) A hard-to-staff educator position in a content shortage area identified pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6) in a Colorado public school, a school operated by a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of title 22, or a facility school; or\n\n(c) An educator position in a Colorado public school, a school operated by a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of title 22, or a facility school.\n\n(8) \"Rural school\" or \"rural school district\" means a public school or school district identified by the department of education pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6).\n\n(9) \"School\" or \"public school\" means a public school that serves any of grades kindergarten through twelve and that derives its support, in whole or in part, from money raised by a general state or school district tax. A public school includes a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22, or by the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind pursuant to section 22-80-102 (4).","path":["Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION","Article 3.9 - Educator Recruitment and Retention Programs","Part 4 - TEMPORARY EDUCATOR LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM"],"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":"cbabc055f08b3309d84345bd515e20dfac9767f57174faf93a31a479f4908795","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-304","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-3.9-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}