As used in this article 43.7, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Applicant" means any entity that may directly or indirectly submit an application for financial assistance to the board if the entity submits such an application, including:
A school district;
A board of cooperative services;
A charter school; and
The Colorado school for the deaf and blind created and existing pursuant to section22-80-102 (1)(a).
"Assistance fund" means the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104 (1).
"Authorizer" means the school district that authorized the charter contract of a charter school or, in the case of an institute charter school, as defined in section 22-30.5-502 (6), the state charter school institute created and existing pursuant to section 22-30.5-503 (1)(a).
"Board" means the public school capital construction assistance board created in section 22-43.7-106 (1).
"Board of cooperative services" means a board of cooperative services created andexisting pursuant to section 22-5-104 that is eligible to receive state moneys pursuant to section 22-5-114.
"Capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (2);except that the term also includes technology, as defined in section 22-43.7-109 (5)(a)(I)(B), and career and technical education capital construction.
(6.5) "Capital development committee" means the capital development committee of the general assembly established in section 2-3-1302 (1), C.R.S.
(6.7) "Career and technical education capital construction" means:
New construction or retrofitting of public school facilities for career and technicaleducation programs that satisfy the standards prescribed in section 23-8-103 (2); and
Equipment necessary for individual student learning and classroom instruction, including equipment that provides access to instructional materials or that is necessary for professional use by a classroom teacher.
"Charter school" means a charter school as described in section 22-54-124
(1)(f.6)(I)(A) or (1)(f.6)(I)(B).
"Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant tosection 24-1-115, C.R.S.
"Division" means the division of public school capital construction assistance createdin section 22-43.7-105.
"Financial assistance" means matching grants made by the board from the assistance fund to applicants or any other expenditures made from the assistance fund for the purpose of financing public school facility capital construction as authorized by this article.
"Matching moneys" means moneys required to be paid to the state or used directlyto pay a portion of the costs of a public school facility capital construction project by an applicant as a condition of an award of financial assistance to the applicant pursuant to section 22-43.7-109 (9).
"Public school facility" means a building or portion of a building used for educational purposes by a school district, a board of cooperative services, the Colorado school for the deaf and blind created and existing pursuant to section 22-80-102 (1)(a), or a charter school, including but not limited to school sites, classrooms, libraries and media centers, cafeterias and kitchens, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, and other multi-use spaces; except that "public school facility" does not include a learning center, as defined in section 22-30.7-102 (4), that is not used for any other public school purpose and is not part of a building otherwise owned, or leased in its entirety, by a school district, a board of cooperative services, a charter school, or the Colorado school for the deaf and blind for educational purposes.
"Public school lands income" means all income received by the state from:
The sale of timber on public school lands, rental payments for the use and occupationof public school lands, and rentals or lease payments for sand, gravel, clay, stone, coal, oil, gas, geothermal resources, gold, silver, or other minerals on public school lands;
Royalties and other payments for the extraction of any natural resource on publicschool lands; and
Interest or income earned on the deposit and investment of moneys in the publicschool fund.
"School district" means a school district, other than a junior or community collegedistrict, organized and existing pursuant to law.
"State board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant tosection 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
Source: L. 2008: Entire article R&RE, p. 1041, § 1, effective May 22. L. 2013: (6.5) added, (SB 13-214), ch. 398, p. 2324, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2014: (6) amended, (HB 141387), ch. 378, p. 1828, § 32, effective June 6. L. 2016: (7) amended, (SB 16-072), ch. 180, p. 617, § 1, effective May 19. L. 2017: IP and (6) amended, (HB 17-1082), ch. 392, p. 2020, § 1, effective June 6. L. 2019: (6) amended and (6.7) added, (HB 19-1008), ch. 19, p. 70, § 1, effective August 2.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1387, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.