1 CCR 301-90-1.0 - DEFINITIONS

1.1 "BOCES" or "Board of Cooperative Services" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 22-5-103(2), C.R.S.

1.2 "Department" means the Colorado Department of Education created pursuant to section 24-1-115, C.R.S.

1.3 "Evidence-Based" means the instruction or item described is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence and has demonstrated a record of success in adequately increasing students' reading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, including oral skills, and reading comprehension.

1.4 "District Charter School" means a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22.

1.5 "Institute Charter School" means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22.

1.6 "Local Education Provider" means a school district, a Board of Cooperative Services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.

1.7 "Rural School District" means a Colorado school district that the Department has determined to be rural based on the geographic size of the district and the distance from the nearest large urban/urbanized area.

1.8 "School District" or "District" means a school district organized and authorized by section 15 of Article IX of the state constitution and organized pursuant to article 30 of title 22, Colorado Revised Statutes.

1.9 "Scientifically-Based" means that the instruction or item described is based on research that applies rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to obtain valid knowledge that is relevant to reading development, reading instruction, and reading difficulties.

1.10 "Significant Reading Deficiency" means that a student does not meet the minimum skill levels for reading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, including oral skills, and reading comprehension established by the State Board pursuant to section 22-7-1209, C.R.S., for the student's grade level.

1.11 "Small Rural School District" means a Rural School District that enrolls fewer than one thousand two hundred students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

1.12 "State Board" means the State Board of Education established pursuant to Section 1 of Article IX of the state constitution.

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1 CCR 301-90-1.0

41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 11/30/2018 42 CR 19, October 10, 2019, effective 10/30/2019 43 CR 06, March 25, 2020, effective 4/15/2020