Colorado Code
Part 1 - School Attendance Law of 1963
§ 22-33-102. Definitions

As used in this article 33, unless the context otherwise requires:

(3.5) "Child who is habitually truant" means a child who is six years of age on or before August 1 of the year in question and is under seventeen years of age and who has four unexcused absences from public school in any one month or ten unexcused absences from public school during any academic year. Absences due to suspension or expulsion of a child are considered excused absences for purposes of this article 33.

(8.5) "High school equivalency examination" means the state-board-approved battery of tests that are designed to measure the major outcomes and concepts generally associated with four years of high school education and that are administered at a testing center that has been approved by the department of education based on geographic need and testing volume.

(10.5) "Pupil enrollment count day" has the same meaning as set forth in section 22-54-103 (10.5).

Source: L. 63: p. 861, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-20-2. L. 64: p. 571, § 1. L. 73: pp. 1254, 1314, §§ 4, 5. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 1071, § 3, effective May 24. L. 80: (1) amended, p. 551, § 1, effective April 30. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 801, § 3, effective July 1. L. 92: (4.5) added, p. 476, § 3, effective April 24. L. 96: (4.7) added, p. 1804, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2012: (10.5) added, (HB 12-1090), ch. 44, p. 152, § 13, effective March 22; entire section amended, (HB 12-1345), ch. 188, p. 739, § 24, effective May 19. L. 2014: (7) repealed and (8.5) added, (SB 14-058), ch. 102, p. 380, § 10, effective April 7. L. 2018: IP and (5) amended and (3.5) added, (HB 18-1156), ch. 378, p. 2285, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2021: (5) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 740, § 97, effective October 1.
Editor's note: Subsection (5.5), as enacted in House Bill 12-1090, was harmonized with House Bill 12-1345 and relocated to subsection (10.5).
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1156, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.