2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-56-111) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19.9-102) › Article 3.9 - EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAMS (§§ 23-3.9-100.2 — 23-3.9-404) › Part 1 - TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM (§§ 23-3.9-100.2 — 23-3.9-104) › Section 23-3.9-101 - Definitions

As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Approved program of preparation" means a program of study for preparation that is approved by the department of education pursuant to section
22-60.5-121
and that upon completion leads to a recommendation for licensure.
(2)
"Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education.
(2.5)
"Educator" means a teacher, principal, or special services provider, as those terms are defined in section
22-60.5-102
; except that a special services provider need not be employed by a school district.
(3)
"Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section
22-2-402 (1)
, C.R.S.
(3.5)
Repealed.
(3.7)
"Qualified loan" means an educational loan incurred while completing a program of preparation, including an alternative preparation program approved pursuant to article
60.5
of title
22
, that leads to educator licensure pursuant to article
60.5
of title
22
, or a bachelor's or master's degree in the area in which the educator is employed in a qualified position. The commission shall determine if a loan is a qualified loan for purposes of the educator loan forgiveness program created in section
23-3.9-102
.
(4)
"Qualified position" means:
(a)
A hard-to-staff educator position in a rural school or rural school district or in a facility school that is in a rural school district identified by the department of education pursuant to section
23-3.9-102 (6)
; or
(b)
A hard-to-staff educator position in a Colorado public school, a school operated by a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article
5
of title
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, or a facility school in a content shortage area identified pursuant to section
23-3.9-102 (6)
.
(5)
"Rural school" or "rural school district" means a public school or school district identified by the department of education pursuant to section
23-3.9-102 (6)
.
(6)
"School" or "public school" means a public school as provided in section
22-1-101
, including a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of title
22
, an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of title
22
, or a school operated by a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article
5
of title
22
.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 334,§ 15, eff. 8/7/2023.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 198, § 1, eff. 6/30/2020.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 333, § 2, eff. 5/29/2019.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 257, § 2, eff. 5/25/2018.
L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 1503, § 30, effective June 8. L. 2005: (3.5) and (5) added and (4) amended, p. 533, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2008: (3) amended, p. 1409, § 64, effective May 27; (5) amended, p. 1627, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2018: IP amended, (HB 18-1002), ch. 1586, p. 1586, § 2, effective May 25. L. 2019: (2.5), (3.7), and (6) added, (3.5) repealed, and (4) and (5) amended, (SB 19-003), ch. 3076, p. 3076, § 2, effective May 29. L. 2020: (3.7) amended, (SB 20-158), ch. 968, p. 968, § 1, effective June 30.
2023 Ch. 334, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).