8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1504-2.0

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 19, October 10, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1504-2.0 - DEFINITIONS

As used in these rules, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below.

2.1 "Act" shall mean the Career and Technical Education Act of 1970, CRS 23-8-101 et. seq., originally named the Colorado Vocational Act as it may be amended from time to time.

2.2 "Actual cost" shall mean the invoice cost, less discounts and allowances for trade-ins of goods and services received.

2.3 "Approved program" shall mean a series of courses within a career and technical education program which are approved by the Board as eligible for reimbursement under the Act pursuant to Section 3.0 of these rules, taught by appropriately credentialed instructors, which meets or exceeds the standards for quality career and technical education adopted by the Board. Approved programs do not include Colorado customized training programs created under CRS 23-60-306, or Colorado existing industry training programs created under CRS 23-60-307.

2.4 "Articulate" shall mean the process by which a student progresses from one level of education to another.

2.5 "Board" shall mean the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. In the administration of the Act and these rules, the Board shall act through the President of the Community Colleges and Occupational Education System designee, except that the Board shall retain the responsibility to hear any appeals filed pursuant to Section 8.4 of these rules.

2.6 "BOCES" shall mean Board of Cooperative Educational Services shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 22-5-103(2), C.R.S.

2.7 "Career and Technical Education (CTE)" shall mean career and technical education. CTE also means organized educational activities that offer a sequence of courses that provides individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions; provides technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associates degree; and may include prerequisite courses; and include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupational-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an individual.

2.8 "CDE" shall mean the Colorado Department of Education.

2.9 "Charter School" means a charter school that enters into a charter contract with the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22, C.R.S.

2.10 "Designated Career and Technical School (DCTS)" shall mean a School whose school board has declared its role and mission to deliver intensive instruction in career and technical education. The School shall offer a minimum of five career and technical education approved unique single site programs and enroll at least 75% of the facility's total secondary student population in career and technical education approved programs. The School shall offer specialized student support services staff (career and technical education-credentialed counselors and/or job development/placement specialists) and employ a career and technical education-credentialed administrator operating in that role. There shall be agreements for providing career and technical education which shall include, but are not limited to, other schools in-district and schools from neighboring districts.

2.11 "District" shall mean any public school district as defined in CRS 22-30-103(13).

2.12 "Eligible cost" shall mean costs which are eligible to claim under the Act.

2.13 "Equipment" shall mean items of tangible personal property costing $5,000 or more, with a useful life of more than one year, but not including ordinary furniture.

2.14 "Fiscal year" shall mean the period from July 1 through June 30.

2.15 "Student(s) FTE" shall mean the equivalent of a student who is enrolled on the CDE census date in an approved class within an approved program which provides 1,080 student/teacher contact hours per fiscal year.

2.16 "PPOR" shall mean the final per pupil operating revenues established pursuant to CRS 22-54-103(9) for that fiscal year as determined by Colorado Department of Education.

2.17 "Time" shall mean that in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, the day of the event from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. If notice is served by mail, three days shall be added to the prescribed period.

2.18 "CTSO" shall mean a career and technical student organization recognized in accordance with Section 3.1(F).

2.19 "Year purchased" shall mean the fiscal year in which an item, good or service (i) is received by the district and (ii) is either paid for or the purchase is accrued in the district's financial accounting system.

8 CCR 1504-2.0

Section 5.0 eff. 07/01/2007.

Section 7.3 eff. 07/01/2008.

Section 5.0 eff. 08/01/2009.

Section 6.6 emer. rule eff. 11/14/2012.

Section 6.6 eff. 02/14/2013.