2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 22 - EDUCATION (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-108-109)
SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 22-30-101 — 22-38-115)
Article 35.6 - HIGH SCHOOL INNOVATIVE LEARNING PILOT PROGRAM (§§ 22-35.6-101 — 22-35.6-107)
Section 22-35.6-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 35.6, unless the context otherwise requires:

• (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education appointed by the state board of education pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

• (2) "Department" means the department of education created and operating pursuant to section 24-1-115.

• (3) "Education leadership council" means the council convened by executive order B 2017-001 in 2017 to identify the vision and strategic plan for education in Colorado.

• (4) "Innovative learning opportunities" means learning experiences that usually occur outside of the classroom. "Innovative learning opportunities" may include work-based learning, such as apprenticeships, competency-based learning projects, capstone projects, and other learning experiences that are designed to support students in developing and demonstrating personal skills, entrepreneurial skills, civic and interpersonal skills, and professional skills as described by the department.

• (5) "Innovative learning plan" or "plan" means a local education provider's plan to provide a variety of innovative learning opportunities to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve.

• (6) "Local education provider" means:
  • (a) A school district organized pursuant to article 30 of this title 22;
  • (b) A school of a school district, as described in subsection (6)(a) of this section;
  • (c) A board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22;
  • (d) A charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22; or
  • (e) An institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22.

• (7) "Pilot program" means the high school innovative learning pilot program created in section 22-35.6-103.

• (8) "Rural local education provider" means:
  • (a) A school district in Colorado that the department determines is rural, based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area;
  • (b) A district charter school that is authorized by a school district described in subsection (8)(a) of this section; and
  • (c) An institute charter school that is located within the geographic boundaries of a school district described in subsection (8)(a) of this section.

• (9) "Small suburban school district" means a school district that is located in a suburban area, as identified by the department, and that enrolls fewer than two thousand students.

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

Amended by 2021 Ch. 486,§1, eff. 7/7/2021.

Added by 2019 Ch. 150,§1, eff. 5/10/2019.

L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-216), ch. 1777, p. 1777, § 1, effective May 10. L. 2021: (6) amended, (SB 21-106), ch. 3475, p. 3475, § 1, effective July 7.