21-3-302. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "A charter school within a school" means a charter school operating within a facility or portion of a facility currently operated by the district as a public school or operated as an adjunct to a public school or schools with students attending both the charter school and the public school;
(ii) "A converted charter school" means a charter school converted from an existing public school operating within the district;
(iii) "District board" means the board of trustees of a school district elected as the governing body of the school district;
(iv) "New charter school" means a charter school established within the district which is located in a facility or a portion of a facility which is not currently being operated by the district as a public school;
Note: Effective 7/1/2022 this paragraph will read as:
(iv) "New charter school" or "charter school" means a public school established and operating under the terms of a charter contract between the charter school's board and its authorizer;
(v) "School district" means each school district now or hereafter legally organized as a body corporate pursuant to W.S. 21-3-101, et seq.;
(vi) "State board" means the state board of education appointed pursuant to W.S. 21-2-301.
(vii) "Authorizer" means a school district board or the state loan and investment board; [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]
(viii) "Charter" or "charter contract" means the charter contract executed between a charter school and an authorizer; [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]
(ix) "Charter application" means the application submitted by a proposed charter school to an authorizer for the creation of a charter school; [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]
(x) "Department" means the Wyoming department of education; [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]
(xi) "Education service provider" means a for-profit or nonprofit education management organization, charter management organization, or any other partner entity that a charter school contracts with for educational program implementation or for comprehensive management. [NOTE: This paragraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]