As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Academic residency' means a sixteen-week or a thirty-two-week intentional clinical experience for student educators who are placed in a school- or community-based setting.(2) 'Approved program of preparation' means an approved educator preparation program, as defined in section 22-60.5-121 (1)(b), including a preparation program for school counselors, or an alternative teacher program, as defined in section 22-60.5-102 (5).(3) 'Commission' means the Colorado commission on higher education created and existing pursuant to article 1 of this title 23.(4) 'Department' means the department of higher education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-114.(5) 'Educator' means a teacher or a school counselor.(6) 'Educator test stipend program' means the educator test stipend program created in section 23-3.9-303.(7) 'Eligible student' means a student who is:(a) Enrolled in an approved program of preparation;(b) Eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution; and(c)(I) For

for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution; and(c)(I) For the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years, eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed three hundred percent of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution.(II) This subsection (7)(c) is repealed, effective January 31, 2027.(8) 'Institution of higher education' means a public postsecondary institution authorized by the commission to offer approved programs of preparation.(9) 'School counselor' means a person who holds a special services provider license with a school counselor endorsement issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 or who is otherwise endorsed or accredited by a national association to provide school counseling services.(10) 'Student educator' means an educator candidate who is participating in an academic residency and placed in a school- or community-based setting.(11) 'Student educator stipend program' means the student educator stipend program created in section 23-3.9-302.(12) 'Teacher'

n academic residency and placed in a school- or community-based setting.(11) 'Student educator stipend program' means the student educator stipend program created in section 23-3.9-302.(12) 'Teacher' means a person employed to instruct students enrolled in a public school.Amended by 2023 Ch. 334,§ 16, eff. 8/7/2023.Amended by 2023 Ch. 56,§ 1, eff. 4/10/2023.Added by 2022 Ch. 239, § 2, eff. 5/26/2022.2023 Ch. 334, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in SB 23-258, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.