2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 22 - Education
School Districts
Article 35 - Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act
§ 22-35-103. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Apprenticeship program" means a Colorado-based apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States department of labor, office of apprenticeship and training.

(1.5) "ASCENT program" means the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment program created in section 22-35-108.

(2) "Basic skills course" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1-113 (11) (b), C.R.S.

(3) "Board" means the concurrent enrollment advisory board created in section 22-35-107.

(4) "Board of cooperative services" or "BOCES" means a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of this title that operates one or more public schools.

(5) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education created pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.

(6) (a) "Concurrent enrollment" means the simultaneous enrollment of a qualified student in a local education provider and in one or more postsecondary courses, including academic or career and technical education courses, which may include course work related to apprenticeship programs or internship programs, at an institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(b) "Concurrent enrollment" does not include a student's simultaneous enrollment in a local education provider and in one or more secondary career and technical education courses.

(7) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into by a local education provider and an institution of higher education pursuant to section 22-35-104 (6).

(8) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

(9) "District charter school" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title that serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(10) "Early college" means a secondary school that provides only a curriculum that is designed in a manner that ensures that a student who successfully completes the curriculum will have completed either an associate's degree or sixty credits toward the completion of a postsecondary credential. "Early college" includes only the following:

(a) Dolores Huerta preparatory high school in Pueblo;

(b) Southwest early college charter high school in Denver;

(c) Front range early college in Denver;

(d) Colorado Springs early colleges in Colorado Springs;

(e) Early college high school in Arvada;

(f) A secondary school that satisfies the provisions of this subsection (10) and identifies itself as an "early college" on May 21, 2009; and

(g) A secondary school that is designated, after May 21, 2009, as an early college by the state board of education.

(11) "Institute charter school" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title that serves any of grades nine through twelve.

(12) "Institution of higher education" means:

(a) A state university or college, community college, junior college, local district college, or area technical college described in title 23, C.R.S.;

(a.5) A postsecondary career and technical education program; or

(b) An educational institution operating in this state that:

(I) Does not receive state general fund moneys in support of its operating costs;

(II) Admits as regular students only persons having a high school diploma or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

(III) Is accredited by a regional accrediting agency or association;

(IV) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree or a graduate degree;

(V) Is authorized by the department of higher education to do business in Colorado pursuant to section 23-2-103.3, C.R.S.;

(VI) Maintains a physical campus or instructional facility in Colorado; and

(VII) Has been determined by the United States department of education to be eligible to administer federal financial aid programs pursuant to Title IV of the federal "Higher Education Act of 1965", as amended.

(13) "Local education provider" means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.

(13.5) "Postsecondary career and technical education program" means a career and technical education program that offers postsecondary courses and is approved by the state board for community colleges and occupational education pursuant to section 23-8-103, C.R.S.

(14) "Postsecondary education" means all formal public education that requires as a prerequisite the acquisition of a high school diploma, its equivalent, or the achievement of a minimum score on a placement assessment that is administered by an institution of higher education, which minimum score is determined by the institution. "Postsecondary education" includes programs resulting in the acquisition of a certificate, an associate degree of applied sciences, an associate degree of general studies, an associate degree of arts, or an associate degree of science and all baccalaureate degree programs.

(15) "Qualified student" means a person who is less than twenty-one years of age and is enrolled in the ninth grade or a higher grade level in a local education provider.

(16) "State board" means the state board of education created pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.