§ 23-3.9-101. Definitions

CO Rev Stat § 23-3.9-101 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) "Approved program of preparation" means a program of study for preparation that is approved by the Colorado commission on higher education pursuant to section 23-1-121 and that upon completion leads to a recommendation for licensure by an accepted institution of higher education in Colorado.

(2) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education.

(3) "Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1), C.R.S.

(3.5) "High-poverty school" means a public school at which the number of pupils enrolled who are eligible for free lunch pursuant to the provisions of the federal "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq., is at least equal to or greater than twenty-eight percent of the school's student enrollment.

(4) "Qualified position" means:

(a) A teaching position in a high-poverty school that is a Colorado elementary public school in a rural school district or in a facility school that is in a rural school district; or

(b) A teaching position in math, science, special education, or linguistically diverse education in a Colorado public school or a facility school.

(5) "Rural school district" means a school district that does not include within its geographic boundaries a municipality exceeding five thousand persons and that is characterized by sparse, widespread populations.