Definitions

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "A charter school within a school" means a charter school operating within a facility or portion of a facility currently operated by the district as a public school or operated as an adjunct to a public school or schools with students attending both the charter school and the public school; (ii) "A converted charter school" means a charter school converted from an existing public school operating within the district; (iii) "District board" means the board of trustees of a school district elected as the governing body of the school district; (iv) "New charter school" or "charter school" means a public school established and operating under the terms of a charter contract between the charter school's board and its authorizer; (v) "School district" means each school district now or hereafter legally organized as a body corporate pursuant to W.S. 21-3-101, et seq.; (vi) "State board" means the state board of education appointed pursuant to W.S. 21-2-301. (vii) "Authorizer" means a school district board or the Wyoming charter school authorizing board as created by W.S. 21-3-302.2(a); (viii) "Charter" or "charter contract" means the charter contract executed between a charter school and an authorizer; (ix) "Charter application" means the application submitted by a proposed charter school to an authorizer for the creation of a charter school; (x) "Department" means the Wyoming department of education; (xi) "Education service provider" means a for-profit or nonprofit education management organization, charter management organization, or any other partner entity that a charter school contracts with for educational program implementation or for comprehensive management; (xii) "Full-time virtual charter school" means a charter school that offers educational services primarily or completely through an online program; (xiii) "Governing board" means the independent board of a charter school that is a party to a charter contract with the authorizer, whose members have been selected pursuant to the charter application and who are subject to the Ethics and Disclosure Act, W.S. 9-13-101 through 9-13-109.