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.