Definitions

2-3-200.3. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Best available research evidence means the weight of the research evidence from the most rigorous and relevant studies available regarding a program or practice, which studies are identified using a systematic process. (2) Outcomes means measures of what a program or practice is meant to improve for its target population. (3) Program or practice means a program, intervention, approach, or practice that has explicitly defined and replicable elements and that is hypothesized to improve specific outcomes for a defined target population. (4) State agency means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added with relocations, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2030, � 12, effective August 6. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 2-3-210 (2) as it existed prior to 2025.