As used in this part:

1. (1) “Public school zone” means the geographic area designated by a public school district for attendance in a public school that is a proposed transformation campus;
2. (2) “School transformation contract” means a contract between a transformation campus operator and a public school or public school district that meets the criteria in 6 CAR § 243-102(a) for the purpose of creating a transformation campus;
3. (3) “Third-party management contract” means a contract between a public school or public school district and a transformation campus operator for education services that is not a school transformation contract;
4. (4) “Transformation campus” means a public school or school district that is operated by a transformation campus operator with the intent to return to management as a traditional public school or school district after accelerated, meaningful, and sustainable increases in student achievement have been achieved; and
5. (5) “Transformation campus operator” means the governing body of an open-enrollment public charter school or another entity approved by the State Board of Education that enters into or intends to enter into a school transformation contract with a public school or public school district under this part.