Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 21-2-902 - Definitions(a) As used in this act: (i) "Curriculum" means a course of study for content areas or grade levels, including any supplemental materials required or recommended by the curriculum;(ii) "Education savings account" or "ESA" means the spending account for a child's education to which funds are allocated by the state superintendent of public instruction, for which a parent of an ESA student enters into an agreement with the state superintendent to choose and pay for qualifying education expenses to educate the ESA student, subject to the requirements and conditions of this act;(iii) "Education service provider" means a person or organization, including a qualified school, that receives payments authorized by a parent from education savings accounts to provide educational goods and services to ESA students;(iv) "ESA student" means a student eligible for an ESA pursuant to W.S. 21-2-904(a) who is participating in the ESA program;(v) "Parent" means a resident of this state who is the parent or legal guardian of an eligible student or ESA student and may include an eligible student or ESA student who is an emancipated minor;(vi) "Pre-kindergarten" means an educational program with the primary goal of preparing children for kindergarten that provides up to one (1) school year of education prior to entry into kindergarten;(vii) "Qualified school" means a pre-kindergarten or a nonpublic primary or secondary school, certified by the state superintendent of public instruction pursuant to W.S. 21-2-906(a), located in or that provides education services in this state, that may include through online means;(viii) "This act" means W.S. 21-2-901 through 21-2-909.Added by Laws 2024, ch. 108,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2025.