As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Charter school" means a charter school authorized by a district pursuant to part 1 ofarticle 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.
"Department" means the department of education.
"District" means a school district organized and existing pursuant to article 30 of thistitle or a board of cooperative services organized and existing pursuant to article 5 of this title.
"English language learner" means a student who is linguistically diverse and who isidentified 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.
"English language proficiency program" means a program implemented by a localeducation provider that is designed to develop English language proficiency for an English language learner while enabling the English language learner to achieve and maintain gradelevel performance in academic content areas.
"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.
"Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402
(1).
"Local education provider" means a district, the state charter school institute, or afacility school.
"State charter school institute" means the state charter school institute created pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
Source: L. 2014: Entire article R&RE, (HB 14-1298), ch. 244, p. 927, § 13, effective May 21.