(1) "Colorado work force development program" or "work force development program" means the program of work force development created in this part 2.

(2) "Department" means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S., or any other state agency specified by the governor through executive order or otherwise.

(3) "Federal act" means the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq.

(4) "Local elected officials" means the boards of county commissioners of the county or counties operating work force development programs; except that, in the case of a city and county, "local elected officials" means the mayor.

(5) "Local plan" means a plan, developed and executed by a work force development board and subarea board, that outlines the functions and responsibilities for delivery of services within a work force development area.

(6) "National program grant" means a grant under subtitle D of Title I.

(7) "One-stop operator" means the entity selected by a work force board, with concurrence by the local elected officials, to operate the one-stop career center in a local area.

(8) "One-stop partner" means a person or organization described in section 8-83-216.

(9) "Planning region" means a single local area or multiple local areas that have been designated by the state as a planning region for the purposes of developing a regional plan.

(10) "Rural consortium local elected officials board" means the local elected officials appointed by each subarea board in the rural consortium work force development area to serve as the local elected official for the rural consortium work force development area.

(11) "Rural consortium work force development area" or "rural consortium area" means an area designated by the governor as a federal work force development area for which the department is the grant recipient. A rural consortium work force development area may contain one or more subareas.

(12) "Rural consortium work force development board" or "rural consortium board" means the work force board appointed by the rural consortium local elected officials board. The rural consortium work force development board serves, on behalf of the subarea boards in the rural consortium area, as the work force development board for specific functions under the federal act.

(13) "State council" means the state work force development council created in section 24-46.3-101, C.R.S.

(14) "State plan" means a plan, developed by the governor with the assistance of the state council and based upon local plans, for the delivery of services statewide under the federal act.

(15) "Student" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older and is enrolled in an adult education program or postsecondary education program through an institution of higher education, a technical college, a private occupational school, or an employer-sponsored training program.

(16) "Subarea board" means the optional work force advisory board of a subarea within the rural consortium work force development area.

(17) "Title I" means Title I of the federal act.

(18) "Title I money" means money distributed pursuant to Title I.

(19) "Wagner-Peyser Act" means the federal "Wagner-Peyser Act", 29 U.S.C. sec. 49a et seq.

(20) "Wagner-Peyser funds" means federal moneys received by the department pursuant to the "Wagner-Peyser Act".

(21) "Work force board" means either a local work force development board or a subarea board.

(22) "Work force development area" means a county, municipality, city and county, or group of counties, municipalities, or cities and counties that have banded together through an intergovernmental agreement to provide a work force development program and is designated by the governor as a federal work force development area. The rural consortium is a work force development area.

(23) "Work force development board" means the work force development board for a federally designated work force development area.

(24) "Work force development subarea" or "subarea" means a county or group of counties within the rural consortium that work together for the purpose of implementing programs authorized under the federal act and has a subarea board.