Colorado Title 26.5. Early Childhood Programs and Services § 26.5-2-102. Definitions

(1) “Colorado universal preschool program” or “state preschool program” means the Colorado universal preschool program created in part 2 of article 4 of this title 26.5.

(2) “Coordinator agreement” means the agreement that the department enters into with a local coordinating organization as described in section 26.5-2-105.

(3) “Head start agency” means the local public or private nonprofit agency designated by the federal department of health and human services to operate a head start program under the provisions of Title V of the federal “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964”, as amended.

(4) “Local and tribal agencies” means county departments of human or social services and agencies of an Indian tribe that have responsibility for funding for early childhood and family support programs and services, school districts, charter schools that participate in the state preschool program, and head start agencies.

(5) “Local coordinating organization” means an entity selected by the department pursuant to section 26.5-2-103 to support access to and equitable delivery of early childhood and family support programs and services in specified communities throughout the state.

(6) “Mixed delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in section 26.5-4-203.

(7) “Preschool provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 26.5-4-203.

(8) “Preschool services” means preschool services provided through the state preschool program in the school year preceding kindergarten eligibility to children who are four or five years of age and preschool services provided through the state preschool program to a limited number of children who are three years of age or younger.