C.R.S. § 23-6-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 6 / Section 23-6-104
23-6-104. Fund - limitation on pension
Status: in_force

23-6-104. Fund - limitation on pension. (1) There is hereby created a state institutions of higher education emeritus retirement fund from which the commissioner of education shall authorize payments from such appropriations as are made to the fund, as follows:

(a) (I) To any faculty member eligible under section 23-6-101 (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c), a monthly payment of two hundred forty dollars or a lesser sum which, together with any pension or retirement benefit or annuity which at the time of his retirement he was eligible to receive from any other retirement or annuity pension fund supported in whole or in part by the state of Colorado or its political subdivisions, provides a total retirement income of three hundred fifty dollars per month; and, effective July 1, 1975, and each year thereafter, said amount shall be increased by three percent.

(II) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1980, payments and amounts provided for in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) shall be increased by eight percent or the average percentage increase in the state salary survey for 1980-81, whichever is higher. Effective July 1, 1981, and each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage increase shall be commensurate with the average state salary survey percentage increase.

(b) To any faculty member eligible under section 23-6-101 (2)(d), a monthly payment determined as specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) after multiplying each dollar sum specified therein by that fraction given by multiplying years of service by one-twentieth;

(c) To any surviving spouse eligible under section 23-6-101 (3)(a) or (3)(c), a monthly payment of one hundred twenty-five dollars or a lesser sum which, together with any pension or annuity or retirement benefit received from any other retirement or annuity pension fund supported in whole or in part by the state of Colorado or its political subdivisions, provides a total retirement benefit of one hundred seventy-five dollars per month;

(d) To any surviving spouse eligible under section 23-6-101 (3)(b) or (3)(d), a monthly payment determined as specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1) after multiplying each dollar sum specified therein by that fraction determined by multiplying years of faculty member's service by one-twentieth.

(2) If at any time there are insufficient moneys in the state institutions of higher education emeritus retirement fund to pay the full amount of the retirement benefits provided by this article, said moneys shall be distributed as follows:

(a) Each eligible faculty member shall receive that payment which, together with all other retirement benefits supported in whole or in part by the state of Colorado or its political subdivisions, provides a retirement income of two hundred dollars per month, or the surviving spouse shall receive one hundred dollars per month.

(b) From the moneys remaining after the above specified allotments are made, each faculty member shall receive that additional payment which, together with all other retirement benefits supported in whole or in part by the state of Colorado or its political subdivisions, provides a retirement income of two hundred fifty dollars per month, or the surviving spouse shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars per month.

(c) All moneys remaining after the above specified allotments are fulfilled shall be prorated among all eligible recipients to provide, within the limits of the moneys available, those additional benefits for which each is eligible under subsection (1)(a) to (1)(d) of this section.
C.R.S. § 23-21-602 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 6 / Section 23-21-602
23-21-602. Personnel - election to return to state personnel system
Status: in_force

23-21-602. Personnel - election to return to state personnel system. (1) (a) Any employee of university hospital who was a member of the state personnel system and was employed by university hospital on September 30, 1989, and who elected to become an employee of the part 4 corporation may become an employee of the authority on the authority's transfer date or may elect to return to classified employment in the state personnel system and may reserve the right to be employed by the authority.

(b) Any such employee of the part 4 corporation who elects to return to the state personnel system shall have restored all rights and privileges of membership in the state personnel system.

(2) (a) Any employee of university hospital who was a state employee but not a member of the state personnel system and was employed by university hospital on September 30, 1989, and who elected to become an employee of the part 4 corporation may become an employee of the authority on the authority's transfer date or may elect to return to state employment status and may reserve the right to be employed by the authority.

(b) Any such employee of the part 4 corporation who elects to become a state employee not a member of the state personnel system shall have restored all rights and privileges of a state employee not a member of the state personnel system.

(3) (a) Any employee initially employed by the part 4 corporation on and after October 1, 1989, and continuously employed thereafter, may become an employee of the authority on the authority's transfer date or may elect to be a state employee in the state personnel system or a state employee not a member of the state personnel system, whichever is applicable to such employee's position.

(b) Any such employee of the part 4 corporation who elects to become a state employee in the state personnel system or a state employee not a member of the state personnel system shall have all rights and privileges of the state employment status which is applicable to such employee's position.

(4) Any election provided for in this section shall be made no later than one hundred twenty days after the authority's transfer date.
C.R.S. § 23-31-114 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 23-31-114
23-31-114. Purchase of anticipation warrants
Status: in_force

23-31-114. Purchase of anticipation warrants. It is lawful for any public entity, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., to purchase anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of section 23-31-113 if such warrants satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.; but not to exceed twenty percent of the total of any specific fund of such public entity shall be invested in such warrants.
C.R.S. § 23-21-527 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-527
23-21-527. General assembly retains authority to enact laws governing university hospital
Status: in_force

23-21-527. General assembly retains authority to enact laws governing university hospital. The general assembly expressly reserves its plenary legislative authority relating to the university of Colorado university hospital, including but not limited to the authority to enact laws relating thereto. Nothing in this part 5 or part 6 of this article or in section 11 of article II of the state constitution or in section 10 of article I of the federal constitution, relating to impairment of the obligation of contract, shall be construed to limit said legislative authority. Any contract or other obligation of the authority is expressly subject to the provisions of this section, and the parties to such contract or obligation shall not assert such contract or obligation as a bar to the general assembly's exercise of legislative authority relating to the university of Colorado university hospital.
C.R.S. § 23-23-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 23 / Section 23-23-102
23-23-102. Supervision - interdepartmental cooperation
Status: in_force

23-23-102. Supervision - interdepartmental cooperation. The center shall be under the general supervision and control of the regents of the university of Colorado. The governor shall instruct the executive director of the department of human services to cooperate with the regents to provide the diagnostic services provided for by this article.
C.R.S. § 23-31-1005 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 10 / Section 23-31-1005
23-31-1005. Council powers and duties
Status: in_force

23-31-1005. Council powers and duties. (1) To implement this part 10, the council shall:

(a) Pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006, determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment under the program;

(b) With respect to the veterinary shortage areas that are in need of veterinary medical services:

(I) Identify and designate the veterinary shortage areas that will participate in the program pursuant to the criteria established by the council as set forth in section 23-31-1007;

(II) Establish a priority ranking for the designated veterinary shortage areas participating in the program based on level of need; and

(III) Annually update the list of designated veterinary shortage areas and the priority rankings;

(c) In accordance with the maximum amounts set forth in section 23-31-1009, determine the amount of loan repayment money to which an applicant selected under the program is eligible, based on the unpaid amount of any outstanding education loan that meets the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006 (2); and

(d) Upon selecting an applicant, enter into a renewable contract with the selected applicant and the designated veterinary shortage area to which the selected applicant has been matched to provide loan repayment money on the selected applicant's behalf in exchange for the selected applicant's agreement to actively practice veterinary medicine in the veterinary shortage area.

(2) In furtherance of its duties under this part 10, the council may:

(a) Receive and use money appropriated for or donated to the program to be used in furtherance of the program;

(b) With respect to any contract that the council has entered into with a selected applicant and a designated veterinary shortage area under the program:

(I) Enforce the contract; or

(II) Cancel the contract for good cause based on a determination that the applicant is not complying with the terms of the contract;

(c) Monitor federal programs that support the repayment of education loans incurred by veterinarians; and

(d) Accept property from another entity to be used in furtherance of the program.
C.R.S. § 23-61.5-203 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 61.5 / Part 2 / Section 23-61.5-203
23-61.5-203. Sale for delinquencies
Status: in_force

23-61.5-203. Sale for delinquencies. If the taxes levied are not paid, delinquent real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of said taxes, interest, and penalties in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for selling real property for the nonpayment of general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the property so offered, said property shall be struck off to the county, and the county shall account to the district in the same manner as provided by law for accounting for school, town, and city taxes. Delinquent personal property shall be distrained and sold as provided by law.
C.R.S. § 23-71-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-105
23-71-105. Election to organize
Status: in_force

23-71-105. Election to organize. Upon receipt of the petition provided in section 23-71-104, the county clerk and recorder or, in the event the proposed district is situated in two or more counties, the secretary of state shall review the petition to determine whether it contains the number of signatures required for an organizational election. In the event that the petition contains the requisite number of signatures, the county clerk and recorder or secretary of state shall give notice to the school electors residing in the area of the proposed district that at the next regular biennial school election, or at a special election which is requested in the petition, the question of organizing a local college district will be submitted to the eligible electors of the respective school districts located in the area of the proposed local college district.
C.R.S. § 23-41-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-104
23-41-104. Control - management
Status: repealed

23-41-104. Control - management. (1) The board of trustees has the control and management of the Colorado school of mines and of the property belonging thereto, subject to the laws of this state, and may make all needful bylaws and regulations for the government of said board and for the management and government of the Colorado school of mines not inconsistent with the laws of this state.

(2) The board of trustees may lease, for terms not exceeding ninety-nine years, real or personal property, or both, to state or federal governmental agencies, persons, or entities, public or private, for the construction, use, operation, maintenance, and improvement of research and development facilities, health and recreation facilities, dormitories, and living, dining, and group housing buildings and facilities or for any of such purposes and to buy land and construct buildings and facilities therefor. Neither the grounds so leased nor any of the improvements constructed on the grounds shall be used in any manner that discriminates against anyone because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. The board of trustees may borrow money in conjunction with the construction and leases and assist in effecting any of those purposes. Any actions taken prior to May 27, 1965, by the board of trustees consistent with any power granted in this subsection (2) are ratified and validated.

(3) The board of trustees has the power to borrow funds, to issue securities and refunding securities, and to pledge income, fees, and revenues, as provided in sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103. In addition to the purposes therein set forth, it may issue bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness thereunder for constructing, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring, extending, and equipping research and development facilities and land for such purposes to be owned by the Colorado school of mines for the benefit of the Colorado school of mines or for the use of its students and employees. Research and development facilities and land acquired may also be used in part by such state or federal governmental agencies, persons, or entities, public or private, as may contract or enter into leases with the Colorado school of mines. Net income derived or anticipated to be derived from such facilities and land may be pledged, alone or with other sources, as authorized by section 23-5-103, to the payment of any securities or refunding securities issued pursuant to sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103.

(4) The board of trustees has the power to lease portions of the college grounds to private persons and corporations for the construction of research and development facilities, health and recreation facilities, dormitories, and living, dining, or group housing buildings and facilities and to rent, lease, maintain, operate, and purchase such buildings and facilities. In exercising the powers conferred on it by this subsection (4), the board of trustees is authorized to enter into agreements which establish fixed rental rates for the full term of any lease, to let individual rooms and quarters within leased buildings and facilities at such rental rates as are approved by the board and prescribed in the lease, and to enter into agreements not to alter such rates during the term of any lease agreement without the prior consent of the lessor or his assigns.

(5) Nothing in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section shall constitute any authority to enter into any contract which in any way creates any debt or obligation upon the state on account of the construction of such buildings, improvements, or facilities.

(6) The provisions of this section shall not affect the tax liability on property leased as authorized by this section or leasehold interest resulting therefrom of individuals or corporations which do not qualify for tax exemption pursuant to the provisions of sections 39-3-106 to 39-3-113.5 or 39-3-116, C.R.S.

(7) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-21-806 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 8 / Section 23-21-806
23-21-806. Grant application - criteria - awards
Status: repealed

23-21-806. Grant application - criteria - awards. (1) To receive a grant, an eligible organization, practice, or pharmacy must submit an application to the center in accordance with pilot program guidelines and procedures established by the center. At a minimum, the application must include the following information:

(a) A specific description of the need in the county served by the applicant, including data on the prevalence of opioid addiction, the overdose rate, and the provider capacity in the county;

(a.5) The purpose for which the applicant will use the grant;

(b) The amount of grant money requested;

(c) The number of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or pharmacists willing to complete the required training;

(d) Repealed.

(e) An agreement to institute policies and procedures for implementing medication-assisted treatment;

(f) A description of how the applicant will achieve improved access to medication-assisted treatment in the pilot program area the applicant serves;

(g) Identification of expected outcomes of care for opioid-dependent patients; and

(h) An evaluation plan.

(2) The advisory board shall review the applications received pursuant to this section and make recommendations to the center regarding grant recipients and awards. In recommending grant awards and in awarding grants, the advisory board and the center shall consider the following criteria:

(a) The eligibility of the applicants;

(a.5) The demonstrated need in the area served by the applicant;

(b) The number of opioid-dependent patients who could be served by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or pharmacists working in or with a practice or organization applying for a grant;

(c) The written commitment of the applicant to implement policies and procedures for providing MAT;

(d) The written commitment of the applicant to have nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or pharmacists participate in periodic consultations with center staff; and

(e) The written commitment of the applicant to participate in the evaluation of the pilot program.

(3) Subject to available appropriations, the center shall award grants to applicants approved in accordance with this section and shall distribute the grant money to grant recipients within ninety days after issuing the grant awards.
C.R.S. § 23-21-511 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-511
23-21-511. Meetings of board of directors
Status: in_force

23-21-511. Meetings of board of directors. All meetings of the board of directors shall be subject to the provisions of section 24-6-402, C.R.S. No business of the board of directors shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total membership of the board is present. Any action of the board of directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the total membership of the board.
C.R.S. § 23-60-210 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 23-60-210
23-60-210. Transfer of records and equipment - creation of new colleges
Status: in_force

23-60-210. Transfer of records and equipment - creation of new colleges. (1) At the board's discretion, the board may transfer books, records, equipment, property, personnel, accounts, and liabilities of the community college of Denver or any other entity to Red Rocks community college, Front Range community college, and the reconstituted community college of Denver in order to effect the creation of such colleges.

(2) All employees, exempt and classified, transferred pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall retain all rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All such transfers and any abolishment of positions in the state personnel system shall be made and processed in accordance with state personnel system laws and rules and regulations.
C.R.S. § 23-18-208 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 18 / Part 2 / Section 23-18-208
23-18-208. Advance - cash-flow management
Status: in_force

23-18-208. Advance - cash-flow management. Notwithstanding any provision of section 24-75-203 (1), C.R.S., to the contrary, the Colorado student loan program may authorize and, upon such authorization, the state treasurer shall make an advance without interest from the college opportunity fund to a governing board to assist the governing board in managing its cash flow. An advance made pursuant to this section shall be repaid within the same state fiscal year in which the advance is made.
C.R.S. § 23-5-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-106
23-5-106. Authority of governing boards - general - health-care insurance - contracts of i
Status: in_force

23-5-106. Authority of governing boards - general - health-care insurance - contracts of indemnity. (1) The governing board of any state institution of higher education has the authority to promulgate rules and regulations for the safety and welfare of students, employees, and property, to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the governance of the respective institutions, and to promulgate rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 23-5-106 to 23-5-110. Western Colorado university shall not refuse to admit any Colorado resident qualified in accordance with applicable Colorado commission on higher education admission standards.

(2) The governing board of any state institution of higher education shall not promulgate any rules or regulations that restrict or prohibit on-campus recruiting by any local, state, or federal governmental agency; except that recruiting activities by any local, state, or federal governmental agency shall be subject to the same time, place, or manner restrictions that apply to other entities that conduct recruiting on campus.

(3) If a governing board of an institution of higher education requires a student to purchase health-care insurance, the board must allow the same exemption for those participating in a health care sharing ministry as specified in the federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act".

(4) The governing board of a state institution of higher education that is designated as an enterprise pursuant to section 23-5-101.7 may contract to indemnify and hold harmless a contractor if the governing board determines that the contract serves a valid public purpose and any risks to the institution that may arise from entering into the contract are sufficiently limited and outweighed by the benefits of the contract. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a liability claim or expense that arises from a contract to indemnify or hold harmless entered into by a governing board pursuant to this subsection (4) shall not be payable from the risk management fund created in section 24-30-1510, C.R.S., and shall be payable solely from revenues of the institution.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.1-101
23-3.1-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-3.1-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the availability of improved access to and choice of higher education opportunities in this state will benefit the residents of this state and that the establishment of a student loan program will assist such residents in meeting the expenses incurred in availing themselves of such opportunities.
C.R.S. § 23-60-704.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 7 / Section 23-60-704.5
23-60-704.5. Duties and powers of the board
Status: repealed

23-60-704.5. Duties and powers of the board. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-15-115 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-115
23-15-115. Procedure before expenditure of proceeds
Status: in_force

23-15-115. Procedure before expenditure of proceeds. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the authority may not undertake any facility authorized by this article unless, prior to the expenditure of proceeds, the board finds that:

(a) Such facility will enable or assist an educational institution or a cultural institution to fulfill its obligation to provide facilities; and

(b) In the case of an educational institution, such facility has been reviewed and approved by the commission if such approval is required pursuant to section 23-1-106.
C.R.S. § 23-5-145 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-145
23-5-145. Credit for military education and training - policy - definition
Status: repealed

23-5-145. Credit for military education and training - policy - definition. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "state institution of higher education" or "institution" has the same meaning as provided in section 23-18-102 (10); except that "state institution of higher education" or "institution" includes each local district college that is part of a local college district organized pursuant to article 71 of this title 23 and the area technical colleges, as defined in section 23-60-103.

(2) On or before January 1, 2018, each governing board of a state institution of higher education shall adopt, make public, and implement a prior learning assessment policy for awarding academic credit for college-level learning acquired while in the military. The policy adopted by the governing board must require each campus of the institution to:

(a) Use the American Council on Education's recommendations on the joint services transcript, among other factors, to evaluate college-level learning acquired by a student while in the military and, at the discretion of the campus, assign appropriate prior learning assessment credit;

(b) Provide specific guidance to active duty and veteran military members in selecting a program of study and in optimizing the use of prior learning assessment credit to accelerate the student's path to degree or certificate completion in the chosen program of study; and

(c) Beginning June 1, 2018, accept in transfer from within the institution and from other state institutions of higher education prior learning assessment credit awarded for courses with guaranteed-transfer designation, unless the Colorado commission on higher education adopts a new policy prior to June 1, 2018, concerning the transfer of prior learning assessment credit for courses with guaranteed-transfer designation that requires each campus to accept in transfer credit awarded by a state institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section. Each campus may also accept other prior learning assessment credit toward the student's program of study if the credit meets standards established by the campus.

(3) The state institution of higher education shall grant prior learning assessment credit free of tuition but may charge a reasonable fee for the prior learning assessment.

(4) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-201 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.1-201
23-3.1-201. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-3.1-201. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the availability of improved access to and choice of higher education opportunities in this state will benefit the residents of the state and that the establishment of a prepaid postsecondary education expense program will assist residents in meeting the expenses incurred in availing themselves of higher education opportunities. It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this part 2 to create collegeinvest, which shall be a division within the department of higher education and which authority shall make or purchase student obligations and shall develop and administer a prepaid postsecondary education expense program. This part 2 shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intentions expressed in this section.
C.R.S. § 23-53-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 53 / Section 23-53-103
23-53-103. Board of trustees for the Colorado Mesa university fund - creation - control - u
Status: repealed

23-53-103. Board of trustees for the Colorado Mesa university fund - creation - control - use. (1) There is created in the state treasury the board of trustees for Colorado Mesa university fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", which shall be under the control of and administered by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of this article. The board of trustees shall have authority and responsibility for all moneys of the board of trustees and of Colorado Mesa university. The board of trustees shall designate, pursuant to its statutory authority, those moneys received or acquired by the board of trustees or by Colorado Mesa university, whether received by appropriation, grant, contract, or gift or by sale or lease of surplus real or personal property or by any other means, whose disposition is not otherwise provided for by law, that shall be credited to the fund. All interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board of trustees and shall remain in the fund under the control of the board of trustees and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of a fiscal year.

(2) The moneys in the fund shall remain under the control of the board of trustees and shall be used for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the board of trustees and of Colorado Mesa university and for the payment of any other expenses incurred by the board of trustees in carrying out its powers and duties.

(3) Moneys in the fund that are not needed for use by the board of trustees may be invested by the state treasurer in investments authorized by sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S. The board of trustees shall determine the amount of moneys in the fund that may be invested and shall notify the state treasurer in writing of the amount.

(4) If the board of trustees votes to invest Colorado Mesa university assets pursuant to sections 23-53-103.3 and 23-53-103.4, the board shall establish an investment advisory committee consisting of at least five members to make recommendations to the board regarding investments. The investment advisory committee, at a minimum, shall include the Colorado Mesa university treasurer, a member of the board, and three representatives from the financial community.

(5) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-2-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-101
23-2-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-2-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly declares that this article is enacted for the general improvement of the educational programs available to the residents of the state of Colorado; to establish high standards for the education of such residents; to prevent misrepresentation, fraud, and collusion in offering such educational programs to the public; to eliminate those practices relative to such programs which are incompatible with the public interest; and to protect, preserve, foster, and encourage the educational programs offered by private educational institutions which meet generally recognized criteria of quality and effectiveness as determined through voluntary accreditation. To these ends, this article shall be liberally construed.
C.R.S. § 23-71-516 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 5 / Section 23-71-516
23-71-516. Sale at less than par - discount
Status: in_force

23-71-516. Sale at less than par - discount. If it is found to be in the best interest of the district, the board of trustees may issue such bonds and accept therefor less than their face value; but such bonds shall be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate for the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate approved by the voters in the election authorizing such bonds.
C.R.S. § 23-3.9-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.9 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.9-102
23-3.9-102. Educator loan forgiveness program - administration - fund - eligibility
Status: repealed

23-3.9-102. Educator loan forgiveness program - administration - fund - eligibility. (1) (a) The general assembly authorizes the commission to develop and maintain an educator loan forgiveness program for implementation beginning in the 2019-20 academic year for payment of all or part of the principal and interest of the qualified loans of an educator who is hired for a qualified position. Money in the educator loan forgiveness fund, created in subsection (1)(b) of this section, may be used only for repayment of qualified loans through the educator loan forgiveness program. The commission is authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the educator loan forgiveness program. The commission shall transmit all money received through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the educator loan forgiveness fund, created in subsection (1)(b) of this section. The commission shall develop loan repayment policies that ensure that money in the educator loan forgiveness fund is used for the repayment of qualified loans of educators employed in qualified positions.

(b) There is created the educator loan forgiveness fund, which consists of all money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly for the educator loan forgiveness program and any gifts, grants, and donations received for that purpose. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of higher education for the educator loan forgiveness program. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund; except that on August 30, 2033, any unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund shall be transferred to the general fund.

(c) Subject to available appropriations, the commission shall annually approve applications for the educator loan forgiveness program. If more new participants apply than can be approved based on the money available in the educator loan forgiveness fund, the commission shall:

(I) First, approve applicants who have contracted for a qualified position in a rural school district or rural school and in a content shortage area;

(II) Second, approve applicants who have contracted for a qualified position in a rural school district or rural school; and

(III) Third, approve applicants who have contracted for a qualified position in a content shortage area.

(d) In approving applications for each group of applicants identified in subsections (1)(c)(I), (1)(c)(II), and (1)(c)(III) of this section, the commission shall:

(I) Consider first those applicants who hold educator licenses issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 and prioritize the approval of those applications based on the length of time each applicant has been employed under the license, beginning with those who have been employed the longest; and

(II) Consider second those applicants who do not hold educator licenses issued pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 and prioritize the approval of those applications based on the length of time the applicant has been employed as an educator.

(2) In addition to any qualifications specified by the commission, to qualify for the educator loan forgiveness program, an educator must:

(a) Graduate from a program of preparation that leads to educator licensure pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22;

(b) Meet licensure requirements pursuant to section 22-60.5-201 (1)(b) or (1)(c), section 22-60.5-301 (1)(a) or (1)(b), or section 22-60.5-210;

(c) Repealed.

(d) Contract for a qualified position, as defined in section 23-3.9-101, no earlier than June 2019 and no later than the end of the 2027-28 academic year; and

(e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2019.)

(f) Be liable for an outstanding balance on a qualified loan.

(3) An educator who qualifies pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may be eligible for up to five thousand dollars in loan forgiveness for each year of employment in a qualified position for up to a total of five years.

(3.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2019.)

(4) If an educator qualifies for the educator loan forgiveness program through employment in a qualified position and in a subsequent academic year the position is no longer identified as a qualified position pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, the educator may continue to participate in the educator loan forgiveness program if the educator continues in the same position in the same location or in a different position that is a qualified position.

(5) If an educator qualifies for the educator loan forgiveness program and subsequently transfers to a nonqualifying position, the educator forfeits participant status pursuant to this section.

(6) (a) For purposes of defining a "qualified position" pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the department of education shall annually identify:

(I) Rural school districts based on the geographic size of the district and the distance of the district from the nearest large, urbanized area;

(II) Rural schools, which may include but are not limited to individual schools of a school district even though the school district as a whole is not identified as a rural school district if the department of education determines that, as a function of geographic characteristics, the school is experiencing educator shortages that are not experienced by other schools of the school district;

(III) Content shortage areas, which may include those identified by the department of higher education and department of education in their November 2017 report, "Colorado's Teacher Shortages: Attracting and Retaining Excellent Educators", as well as other content shortage areas specific to Colorado that develop over the course of the educator loan forgiveness program. The department of education may identify content shortage areas generally and for specific geographic areas of the state.

(IV) Hard-to-fill educator positions due to geography or content shortage area, or both.

(b) As part of its annual identification of rural schools, school districts, and content shortage areas, the department of education shall consider education and community stakeholder feedback.
C.R.S. § 23-60-601 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 6 / Section 23-60-601
23-60-601. Certification of programs
Status: in_force

23-60-601. Certification of programs. (1) In the interest of promoting adult literacy, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, in consultation with the college advisory councils of the community and local district colleges, shall develop and employ a program of certification for workplace literacy programs.

(2) Certification shall identify those programs, completion of which shall be accepted as satisfaction of basic skill prerequisites and placement testing for occupational training in the state system of community and local district colleges. Exemption from placement testing shall be available to anyone satisfactorily completing a certified workplace literacy program within one year of enrollment in any local district or community college. For purposes of this section, the term "basic skill prerequisites" means instruction in basic literacy and math skills which are necessary for placement in certificate and degree course programs at state community or local district colleges.

(3) The board shall develop and establish criteria, procedures, and accountability standards for the certification of workplace literacy programs. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the operation of any workplace literacy program which is not certified according to the terms of this section, but no community or local district college shall credit completion in the workplace of basic skill prerequisites which are not completed in a certified program.
C.R.S. § 23-3-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3 / Section 23-3-103
23-3-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-3-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "College" means any public or nonprofit institution of higher education which is recognized and approved by the regional accrediting agency for the state where such educational institution is situated or which is approved by the United States commissioner of education and which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a postsecondary degree or diploma.

(2) "Vocational school" means any eligible business or trade school, technical institution, or other vocational institution as determined by the state board for community colleges and occupational education or as approved by the United States commissioner of education.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-109 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.1-109
23-3.1-109. Subject to audit
Status: in_force

23-3.1-109. Subject to audit. The Colorado student loan program shall be audited annually by the state auditor.
C.R.S. § 23-31-1001 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 10 / Section 23-31-1001
23-31-1001. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-31-1001. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds and determines that:

(a) More than one-third of rural communities in Colorado have at most one livestock-oriented veterinarian, thus leaving the owners of hundreds of thousands of livestock with little or no access to veterinary medicine;

(b) Food security and safety are directly linked to animal health;

(c) Colorado plays a key role in meeting our growing population's increasing demand for protein;

(d) According to nationwide market statistics developed for the American Veterinary Medical Association, less than five percent of veterinarians in the United States practice predominantly on livestock;

(e) Rural veterinarians play a critical role in protecting the health of animals and humans;

(f) Many graduates of Colorado state university's college of veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences were raised in rural areas and are interested in livestock-oriented practice; however, these graduates often feel limited to practice in areas of the state with higher starting salaries due to their loan repayment obligations; and

(g) Loan forgiveness and repayment programs in other states have improved veterinarians' ability to pursue veterinary practices in rural areas.

(2) Therefore, the general assembly determines and declares that a veterinary education loan repayment program would benefit Colorado by providing financial incentives for veterinarians to practice in rural areas in which veterinary needs are not currently being met.
C.R.S. § 23-31-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 23-31-105
23-31-105. Duty of faculty
Status: in_force

23-31-105. Duty of faculty. The faculty shall have the responsibility for making academic policy and governing the academic affairs of the Colorado state university.
C.R.S. § 23-21-703 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 7 / Section 23-21-703
23-21-703. Center created
Status: in_force

23-21-703. Center created. There is established the dementia diseases and related disabilities treatment and research center within the university of Colorado school of medicine. The treatment center must use existing facilities and staff of the university of Colorado school of medicine and may establish programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from dementia diseases and related disabilities as programs are needed. The treatment center may assist on a continuing basis those persons who require continuing treatment for dementia diseases and related disabilities but who are unable to pay for the entire cost of the services despite the existence of various types of hospital and medical insurance, medicare, medicaid, and other government assistance programs, and private charitable assistance.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-205 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.1-205
23-3.1-205. Meetings of board - quorum - expenses
Status: in_force

23-3.1-205. Meetings of board - quorum - expenses. (1) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Action may be taken by the board upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the board.

(2) Pursuant to part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S., each meeting of the board shall be open to the public. Notice of meetings shall be as provided in accordance with applicable law. One or more members of the board may participate in any board meeting and may vote on resolutions through the usage of telecommunications devices, including, but not limited to, the usage of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment. Such participation through telecommunications devices shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Such use of telecommunications shall not supersede any requirements for public hearing otherwise provided by law. Resolutions need not be published or posted, but resolutions and all proceedings and other acts of the board shall be a public record.

(3) Members of the board shall receive no compensation for services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling and lodging expenses, incurred in the discharge of their official duties. Any payments for expenses shall be paid from funds of the authority.
C.R.S. § 23-15-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-106
23-15-106. Meetings of board - quorum - expenses
Status: in_force

23-15-106. Meetings of board - quorum - expenses. (1) Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising its powers. Action may be taken by the board upon the affirmative vote of at least four of its members. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the board.

(2) Each meeting of the board for any purpose whatsoever shall be open to the public. Notice of meetings shall be as provided in the bylaws of the authority. Resolutions need not be published or posted, but resolutions and all proceedings and other acts of the board shall be a public record.

(3) Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling and lodging expenses, incurred in the discharge of their official duties. Any payments for compensation and expenses shall be paid from funds of the authority.
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-1304 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 13 / Section 23-3.3-1304
23-3.3-1304. Receipt and use of state funding
Status: in_force

23-3.3-1304. Receipt and use of state funding. (1) To receive state funding pursuant to the pilot program, an eligible graduate must graduate early from a high school participating in the pilot program. The eligible graduate must commence a postsecondary program within eighteen months after graduating early, or the eligible graduate forfeits the state funding.

(2) (a) The department shall disburse state funding on behalf of the eligible graduate to the eligible graduate's postsecondary program within thirty business days after a request is made in the manner determined pursuant to commission policies and department guidelines. The eligible graduate's postsecondary program shall remit to the eligible graduate that portion of state funding remaining after payment of tuition, fees, and other expenses related to the student's cost of attendance that are payable to the postsecondary program. The eligible graduate shall use remaining state funding for the purposes described in subsection (2)(b) of this section.

(b) State funding received pursuant to the pilot program must be used for tuition, fees, books, transportation, and other expenses associated with the eligible graduate's cost of attendance, as defined in section 23-3.3-1002, at the postsecondary program, as determined by the department pursuant to federal law, as well as any equipment needed to pursue work-based learning training.

(c) The postsecondary program shall ensure that the state funding is used in accordance with the requirements of this section. The department shall disseminate guidelines to participating postsecondary programs clearly describing the allowable uses of state funding under this section and establishing the expectation that the postsecondary programs ensure appropriate use of state funding.

(3) In order to receive funding as a postsecondary program pursuant to this part 13, the postsecondary program must have qualified instructors consistent with the postsecondary program's accreditation or authorization, and:

(a) A training program provider must be in compliance with all eligibility and quality requirements for funding under the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq., referred to in this section as "WIOA", and be subject to the equal opportunity and nondiscrimination requirements of WIOA and its implementing regulations at 29 CFR part 38; and

(b) An institution of higher education shall comply with all state and local safety requirements and with federal laws prohibiting discriminating against students, including Title IX of the "Education Amendments of 1972", the "Americans with Disabilities Act", section 504 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973", Title VI of the "Civil Rights Act of 1964", and the "Age Discrimination Act of 1975", and any other federal discrimination statutes.
C.R.S. § 23-61.5-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 61.5 / Part 1 / Section 23-61.5-101
23-61.5-101. Formation - petition of electors
Status: in_force

23-61.5-101. Formation - petition of electors. (1) Any area or part of an area of the state which is designated by the state board for community colleges and occupational education as an area to be served by an area technical college and which also contains a local college district which is designated as an area technical college pursuant to article 60 of this title may be formed as an area vocational district as provided in this part 1.

(2) An area vocational district may be formed upon the petition of five hundred eligible electors as defined in section 23-61.5-104. If the petition is for the formation of an area vocational district consisting of an area within a single county, it shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county, and, if the petition is for the formation of an area vocational district situated in two or more counties, a copy of the petition shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of each county in which a part of the district is located. The petition shall also set forth the rate of the levy which will be imposed to meet expenses during the fiscal year which immediately follows the year in which the election is held.
C.R.S. § 23-16-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 23-16-102
23-16-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

23-16-102. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Agent contract" means any contract or agreement in which a student athlete authorizes or empowers, or agrees to authorize or empower at some later date, an athlete agent to negotiate or solicit any professional sport services contract or marketing endorsement contract on behalf of the student athlete regardless of whether the athlete agent is entitled to compensation under the contract or agreement.

(2) "Athlete agent" means a person who, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agent contract, or who, for any type of financial gain, procures, offers, promises, or attempts to obtain employment or promotional fees or benefits for a student athlete with a professional sports team or as a professional athlete or with any promoter who markets or attempts to market the student athlete's athletic ability or athletic reputation.

(3) Repealed.

(4) "Governing board" means the governing body of a state-supported institution of higher education.

(5) "Institution" means any state-supported institution of higher education operating in this state and any nonpublic institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-3.7-102 (3), operating in this state.

(6) "Student athlete" means any individual who is enrolled as a student at an institution and has either submitted a written letter of intent to or is eligible to and does participate in any intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program.
C.R.S. § 23-60-802 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 8 / Section 23-60-802
23-60-802. Area technical colleges - credits - transfer
Status: in_force

23-60-802. Area technical colleges - credits - transfer. On or before September 1, 2004, the board shall adopt policies to ensure that, if a student completes a program of study at an area technical college and subsequently enrolls in an institution within the state system of community and technical colleges, or transfers from an area technical college to an institution within the state system of community and technical colleges, any postsecondary course credits earned by the student while enrolled in the area technical college will apply in full at another area technical college or to an appropriate program leading to a certificate or to an associate degree at a community or technical college. Postsecondary credits earned by a student at an area technical college may be transferred into an associate degree program at a community college or into a degree program at a four-year institution of higher education as provided in section 23-1-108 (7) and the state credit transfer policies established by the Colorado commission on higher education.
C.R.S. § 23-52-114 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 52 / Part 1 / Section 23-52-114
23-52-114. Hesperus account created
Status: in_force

23-52-114. Hesperus account created. The proceeds of or income from the property formerly known as the "Fort Lewis school", granted by the United States to the state of Colorado, pursuant to an act of congress approved April 4, 1910 (36 Stat. 274), as modified by an act of congress approved May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 128), constitutes a special account known as the "Hesperus account". The income from said property and from the Hesperus account may be appropriated by the general assembly and used by the board of trustees for tuition waivers at Fort Lewis college for qualified Native American students together with money appropriated for such tuition waivers granted for Native American students pursuant to section 23-52-105. The board of trustees shall apply any remaining money in the account to such public purpose as the board of trustees determines necessary.
C.R.S. § 23-1-124 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-124
23-1-124. Commission directive - sophomore assessments
Status: repealed

23-1-124. Commission directive - sophomore assessments. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-41-115.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-115.5
23-41-115.5. Legislative declaration
Status: repealed

23-41-115.5. Legislative declaration. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-41-103.8 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-103.8
23-41-103.8. Investment policy - fiduciary responsibility
Status: in_force

23-41-103.8. Investment policy - fiduciary responsibility. (1) If the board of trustees votes to invest Colorado school of mines assets pursuant to sections 23-41-103.6 and 23-41-103.7, then the board of trustees shall develop and annually review a written investment policy for Colorado school of mines, which policy shall include:

(a) An acknowledgment by the board of trustees of the board's fiduciary responsibility with respect to oversight of the investment policy of Colorado school of mines; and

(b) The establishment of performance benchmarks for each investment manager hired by the board of trustees pursuant to sections 23-41-103.6 and 23-41-103.7.

(2) If the board of trustees votes to invest moneys pursuant to sections 23-41-103.6 and 23-41-103.7, the board shall require annual financial statements to be submitted to the board of trustees, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly. The financial statements must include, at a minimum, information concerning investment income, gains, and losses, if any, of Colorado school of mines. The financial statements must report the performance of investments on both a gross-of-fee and a net-of-fee basis.

(3) If the board of trustees votes to invest moneys pursuant to sections 23-41-103.6 and 23-41-103.7, the board shall ensure that, at all times, liquid investment assets remain at a level sufficient to pay for all budgeted, outstanding operational obligations and expenses occurring within the current fiscal year.

(4) Colorado school of mines shall not request from the general assembly any general fund appropriations to replace any losses incurred due to investment activities conducted by the board of trustees pursuant to sections 23-41-103.6 and 23-41-103.7.
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-301 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 3 / Section 23-3.3-301
23-3.3-301. Student loan matching program - funding
Status: in_force

23-3.3-301. Student loan matching program - funding. Out of any moneys provided for the financial assistance program authorized by section 23-3.3-102 and remaining after meeting the requirements of part 2 of this article, the commission shall provide the matching funds required for federal allocations to institutions for student loan programs.
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.3-106
23-3.3-106. Technology to support FAFSA and CASFA - definitions
Status: in_force

23-3.3-106. Technology to support FAFSA and CASFA - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "CASFA" means the Colorado application for state financial aid.

(b) "Department" means the department of higher education.

(c) "FAFSA" means the free application for federal student aid.

(d) "Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22, or a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of title 22 that operates one or more public schools.

(2) (a) The department shall use technology to assist in increasing the number of students who complete the FAFSA and CASFA forms. On or before September 15, 2023, the department shall develop a tool kit and training outlining web tools and resources for use by higher education administrators, middle and high schools, and nonprofit organizations that support the completion of FAFSA and CASFA forms. The tool kit must include free resources, including:

(I) Net price calculators and information about how to use calculators to outline resources available based on financial need;

(II) Supports for populations of students who have accommodations as outlined by the FAFSA or youth who may be considered independent according to federal department of education policies, including:

(A) Youth who have deceased parents, are currently or previously were in foster care, or are a ward of the court;

(B) Emancipated minors;

(C) Youth under a legal guardianship; and

(D) Youth who are homeless, self-supporting, or at risk of homelessness;

(III) Information for students who are the first in their family to attend college and how to navigate financial aid resources and application processes; and

(IV) Public information available through state or federal entities.

(b) The information in the tool kit must be:

(I) Offered in multiple languages; and

(II) Updated annually for educators and nonprofit organizations to support students and families in developing individual career and education plans pursuant to sections 22-32-109 (1)(oo) and 22-30.5-525 and career-connected strategies, such as work-based learning in support of financial literacy education and completion of the financial aid forms.

(c) The department should consider avoiding duplication of efforts by leveraging existing resources in creating the tool kit.

(3) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before October 15, 2023, and on or before October 15 each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report concerning:

(a) The steps that the department has made to improve the tool kit;

(b) Any recommendations for legislative changes necessary to improve FAFSA and CASFA completion rates;

(c) Subject to data availability and data privacy requirements, data indicating the FAFSA and CASFA completion rates by high school and school district and, where available, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, first-generation status, and Pell grant eligibility for:

(I) Adults by county; and

(II) High schools and school districts; and

(d) Other information as determined by the department or partner agencies, including, but not limited to, the Colorado department of education, Colorado workforce development council, Colorado department of labor and employment, or office of economic development and international trade in support of Colorado's economic and job needs.

(4) (a) The department shall make improvements to its web-based financial aid completion tool to support schools and school districts across Colorado in determining which students have competed financial aid forms by:

(I) Updating and modernizing the completion tool with federal and state financial aid information; and

(II) Displaying the information for FAFSA and CASFA completion and verification status on a local level to show how many students in a high school have completed an application form and make the information accessible by school or district administrators in alignment with state data privacy regulations and requirements.

(b) Financial information shall not be shared in this tool. The tool may only be used to show application completion, partial completion, and verification status.

(5) The department shall support college access activities by:

(a) Providing career advising aligned with Colorado's critical industry shortage areas;

(b) Providing information about degree programs in alignment with in-demand, high-wage jobs;

(c) Providing information about the application and financial aid processes associated with accessing postsecondary education;

(d) Supporting students and families in completing financial aid applications; and

(e) Providing information associated with return-on-investment and financial literacy education in relation to additional education beyond high school, including:

(I) Degree programs;

(II) Credentials;

(III) Apprenticeships;

(IV) Work-based learning; and

(V) Scholarships, grants, and other financial tools to support postsecondary education.

(6) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate six hundred eighty thousand dollars from the general fund to the department for the purposes of this section. Any unexpended money remaining at the end of the 2022-23 state fiscal year:

(a) Does not revert to the general fund or any other fund;

(b) May be used by the department in subsequent state fiscal years without further appropriation; and

(c) Shall not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes set forth in this section.
C.R.S. § 23-20-119 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 23-20-119
23-20-119. Corporate stock in name of nominee authorized - report
Status: in_force

23-20-119. Corporate stock in name of nominee authorized - report. (1) In order to facilitate the investment, reinvestment, sale, and disposition of corporate stocks, the regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to hold certificates of stock in the name of a nominee of their selection without disclosing the fact that certificates are held by the regents or are held in a fiduciary capacity, if:

(a) The records of the regents and all reports or accounts rendered by them clearly show the ownership of the stock by the regents and the facts regarding their holding; and

(b) The nominee deposits with the regents a signed statement showing the trust ownership, endorses the stock certificate in blank, and does not have possession of the stock certificate or access thereto except under the immediate supervision of the treasurer of the university or such other person as the regents designate.

(2) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), a report shall be made by the regents of the university of Colorado, to the general assembly at each regular session, of the investments made and the interest derived therefrom under the provisions of this section and section 23-20-118.
C.R.S. § 23-18-304 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 18 / Part 3 / Section 23-18-304
23-18-304. Funding for specialty education programs - area technical colleges - local distr
Status: repealed

23-18-304. Funding for specialty education programs - area technical colleges - local district colleges - repeal. (1) (a) (I) For the 2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of regents of the university of Colorado may annually negotiate a fee-for-service contract with the department for the delivery of specialty education services provided by the health sciences center campus of the university of Colorado, established pursuant to section 23-20-101. For the 2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system may annually negotiate fee-for-service contracts with the department for the delivery of specialty education services pursuant to part 3 and parts 5 to 8 of article 31 of this title 23, for the delivery of health sciences programs with the board of regents of the university of Colorado, and for the veterinary medicine program at Colorado state university, established pursuant to section 23-31-101. The amount of each fee-for-service contract negotiated pursuant to this section must be equal to the amount of the fee-for-service contract for the campus, service, or program for the preceding state fiscal year, increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable state fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year.

(II) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) to the contrary, the fee-for-service contract for the health sciences center campus of the university of Colorado and the veterinary medicine program at Colorado state university may increase by a percentage that is greater than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year and may decrease by a percentage that is less than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year. In determining the amount of the fee-for-service contracts, the department shall take into account the fact that the health sciences center campus at the university of Colorado and the veterinary medicine program at Colorado state university are high-cost, low-enrollment programs.

(b) If, upon the recommendation of the commission and the department, the joint budget committee determines that an educational program that is not included in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) should receive funding as a specialty education program pursuant to this section, the joint budget committee may introduce legislation that designates the program as a specialty education program funded pursuant to this section.

(c) (I) Specialty education services provided by the health sciences center campus at the university of Colorado as authorized by subsection (1)(a) of this section include care provided by the faculty of the health sciences center campus at the university of Colorado that are eligible for payment pursuant to section 25.5-4-401.

(II) (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section for the 2019-20, 2020-21, and any subsequent state fiscal years, as long as the increased reimbursements and payments pursuant to the federal "Families First Coronavirus Response Act", Pub.L. 116-127, are still available, the appropriations to the university of Colorado for fee-for-service contracts for the services provided pursuant to subsection (1)(c)(I) of this section are reduced by the amount of the federal participation received that exceeds fifty percent pursuant to the federal"Families First Coronavirus Response Act", Pub.L. 116-127, or any amendment thereto.

(B) This subsection (1)(c)(II) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

(2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, for the 2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the direct grants made to eligible area technical colleges pursuant to part 3 of article 71 of this title 23 for a state fiscal year must be equal to the amount of the grants made in the preceding state fiscal year, increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable state fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year.

(b) The commission may recommend as part of its budget request that:

(I) Direct grants to area technical colleges increase by a percentage that is greater than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year or decrease by a percentage that is less than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year; and

(II) In addition to the amount received pursuant to subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b)(I) of this section, one or more area technical colleges receive additional money for grants pursuant to section 23-71-304.

(3) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), for the 2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the direct grant made to Colorado mountain college and the amount of the direct grant made to Aims community college, as provided in part 3 of article 71 of this title, for a state fiscal year must be equal to the amount of the direct grant made to each institution in the preceding state fiscal year, increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable state fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year.

(b) The commission may recommend as part of its budget request for Colorado mountain college and Aims community college that the direct grant to either or both institutions increase by a percentage that is greater than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year or decrease by a percentage that is less than the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year.

(c) Colorado mountain college may elect to participate in the funding provisions specified in section 23-18-303.5 in lieu of the funding provisions specified in subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b) of this section. Colorado mountain college must notify the commission by August 1 of its intention to participate in the funding provisions specified in section 23-18-303.5 for the following state fiscal year. If Colorado mountain college elects to participate in the funding provisions of section 23-18-303.5, the department shall apply the funding provisions of section 23-18-303.5 to Colorado mountain college in the same manner as they are applied to all other institutions, and Colorado mountain college must receive levels of funding that are comparable to the funding received by the governing boards in accordance with the provisions of section 23-18-303.5.

(4) The governing boards of institutions with specialty education programs, the area technical colleges, the local district colleges, and the commission are encouraged to develop funding models that include specific performance metrics to ensure that these programs and institutions are meeting the policy goals established by the general assembly and adopted by the commission in its master plan.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-302 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 3 / Section 23-3.1-302
23-3.1-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-3.1-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "ABLE" means achieving a better life experience, as used in the federal "Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014", division B, Pub.L. 113-295, as that act amends the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, to add section 529A and other federal laws.

(1.5) "ABLE savings program" means the savings program established under this part 3 pursuant to section 529A of the internal revenue code.

(1.6) "Account" means an individual trust account or savings account established pursuant to this part 3.

(2) "Account owner" means the person designated as the account owner pursuant to section 529 or 529A of the internal revenue code, whichever is applicable.

(2.5) "Adult learner" means an account owner under the college savings program who is also the account beneficiary and who opens an account in pursuit of his or her own postsecondary educational opportunities and job retraining goals.

(3) "Authority" means collegeinvest, transferred to the department of higher education and existing as a division of that department pursuant to section 23-3.1-203.

(3.5) "College savings program" means the college savings program established under this part 3 pursuant to section 529 of the internal revenue code.

(4) "Designated beneficiary" or "beneficiary" means, with respect to an account, the person designated at the time the account is opened, or the person who replaces a designated beneficiary, as the person whose qualified higher education expenses or qualified disability expenses are expected to be paid from the account.

(5) "Eligible educational institution" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 529 of the internal revenue code.

(5.5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of higher education.

(5.7) "Federal ABLE act" means the "Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014", division B, Pub.L. 113-295, and any amendments to the act.

(6) "Financial institution" means any state bank, state trust company, savings and loan association, credit union chartered by the state of Colorado, national bank, broker-dealer, mutual fund, insurance company, or other similar financial entity qualified to do business in the state of Colorado.

(7) "Internal revenue code" means the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and regulations implementing the code.

(8) "Manager" means a financial institution under contract with the authority to serve as an administrator of the program and recipient of contributions on behalf of the program.

(9) "Member of the family" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 529 or 529A of the internal revenue code, whichever is applicable.

(10) "Nonqualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal from an account other than a qualified withdrawal.

(11) "Program" means the college savings program or the ABLE savings program established pursuant to this part 3, as applicable.

(11.5) "Qualified disability expenses" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 529A of the internal revenue code.

(12) "Qualified higher education expenses" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 529 (e)(3) of the internal revenue code, and expenses for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in an apprenticeship program as defined in section 529 (c)(8) of the internal revenue code.

(13) "Qualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal from an account, to pay any qualified expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account, a withdrawal made on account of the death or disability of the designated beneficiary, or a withdrawal made on account of a scholarship, but only if the withdrawal is made in accordance with section 529 or 529A of the internal revenue code, whichever is applicable.

(14) "Savings contract" means an agreement entered into by the authority and an account owner to participate and establish an account in the program.

(15) "Savings trust fund" means the trust for either the college savings program or the trust for the ABLE savings program, consisting of the accounts for that program.
C.R.S. § 23-31-113 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 23-31-113
23-31-113. Anticipation warrants
Status: in_force

23-31-113. Anticipation warrants. The state treasurer is authorized to issue anticipation warrants in such amounts as requested by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, the total amount of which shall not exceed one million dollars, to be repaid exclusively from the user revenues accruing to the Colorado state university research building revolving fund as provided in this section and sections 23-31-111 and 23-31-112. The anticipation warrants shall not be sold at a price less than the face value thereof. Disbursements from said fund shall be only by warrant upon vouchers certified by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system.
C.R.S. § 23-52-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 52 / Part 1 / Section 23-52-101
23-52-101. College established - role and mission - governance
Status: in_force

23-52-101. College established - role and mission - governance. (1) There is hereby established a college at Durango, to be known as Fort Lewis college, which shall be a public liberal arts college, with selective admission standards with a historic and continuing commitment to Native American education. In addition, the college may offer professional programs and a limited number of graduate programs to serve regional needs. The center of southwest studies provides a valuable regional, national, and international resource.

(2) (a) Fort Lewis college shall be a regional education provider and shall have two-year authority only for an associate of arts degree in agricultural science.

(b) The Colorado commission on higher education shall, in consultation with the board of trustees of Fort Lewis college, establish the criteria for designation as a regional education provider.
C.R.S. § 23-7-113 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 7 / Section 23-7-113
23-7-113. Tuition classification for peace corps volunteers
Status: in_force

23-7-113. Tuition classification for peace corps volunteers. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, a student shall be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the student was certified by the director of the peace corps as having served satisfactorily as a peace corps volunteer.

(2) A student who is classified as an in-state student pursuant to this section must not be counted as a resident student for any purpose other than tuition classification.

(3) The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education shall grant in-state tuition status to students classified pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 23-3.7-107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.7 / Section 23-3.7-107
23-3.7-107. Gifts and bequests to commission for grant program
Status: in_force

23-3.7-107. Gifts and bequests to commission for grant program. The commission is authorized to receive gifts, grants, and bequests of money from any private source to be credited to the tuition assistance grant program cash fund, which is hereby created. The commission shall hold such funds, invest them, and use the principal thereof or the interest thereon in the awarding of grants pursuant to the provisions of this article.
C.R.S. § 23-21-525 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-525
23-21-525. Exemption from property taxation
Status: in_force

23-21-525. Exemption from property taxation. The authority shall be exempt from any general ad valorem taxes upon any property of the authority acquired and used for its public purposes. The authority may enter into agreements to pay annual sums in lieu of taxes to any county, municipality, or other taxing entity with respect to any real property which is owned by the authority and is located in such county, municipality, or other taxing entity.
C.R.S. § 23-64-118 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 64 / Section 23-64-118
23-64-118. Denial of application for certificate of approval or agent's permit
Status: in_force

23-64-118. Denial of application for certificate of approval or agent's permit. (1) If the board, upon review of an application for a certificate of approval or for an agent's permit, determines upon reasonable belief that the applicant fails to meet any one or more of the criteria established pursuant to this article 64, the board shall submit to the applicant a notice of noncompliance setting forth the reasons therefor in writing. The notice shall set forth a period of time within which the applicant may submit written data, arguments, views, or information with respect to the reasons set forth in the notice and during which time the applicant shall also be afforded the opportunity to eliminate the reason for the notice.

(2) The board shall consider the written data, arguments, views, or information submitted and the steps taken by the applicant to comply and shall thereafter determine upon reasonable belief whether a hearing shall be conducted for the purpose of denying the application.

(3) An application for a certificate of approval or an agent's permit may also be denied by the board if the applicant has furnished false or misleading written or oral statements, documents, or other representations to the board with the intent to mislead or conceal the truth of any matter to be considered by the board as a factor in approving the application.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section, the provisions of the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, shall apply to the denial of an application for a certificate of approval submitted by a new school and to the denial of an initial application for an agent's permit.
C.R.S. § 23-60-211 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 23-60-211
23-60-211. Degrees
Status: in_force

23-60-211. Degrees. (1) Before a community college offers a two-year degree program with academic designation, as authorized by section 23-60-201, the community college shall determine the program designation for the degree. A two-year degree program with academic designation shall only be for a degree program that has a valid student transfer agreement pursuant to section 23-1-108 (7); except that a community college may offer a two-year degree program with academic designation in dental hygiene without a valid student transfer agreement. The community college shall then submit the degree program designation to the board for its review and approval. The community college may offer the degree program only after it has been approved by the board and by the Colorado commission on higher education. The community college shall exclusively use the degree program designation name in official publications, course catalogs, diplomas, and official transcripts.

(2) Successful completion of an associate of arts or associate of science degree with academic designation does not guarantee the degree holder admission to a four-year state-supported institution of higher education; nor does it guarantee the degree holder automatic transfer of credits unless the degree holder has fulfilled the requirements of an existing statewide transfer agreement.

(3) Pursuant to section 23-60-213, Red Rocks community college may offer a graduate program in physician assistant studies.

(4) (a) Subject to the requirements of section 23-1-107, a community college that is part of the state system of community and technical colleges may, with board approval, offer a bachelor of applied science degree. A community college may request authority to offer more than one bachelor of applied science degree program. In considering whether to approve a request by a community college to offer a bachelor of applied science degree, the board shall consider student and workforce demand, cost effectiveness for the students, the community college system, and the state, and accreditation and licensing requirements.

(b) The board shall notify the Colorado commission on higher education of each bachelor of applied science degree program that the board approves pursuant to this subsection (4).

(5) Subject to the requirements of sections 23-1-113.7 and 23-1-107, a community college that is part of the state system of community and technical colleges established and governed by this part 2 may, with board approval, offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing as a completion degree to students who have or are pursuing an associate degree in nursing or a practical nursing certificate. In considering whether to approve a request by a community college to offer a bachelor of science in nursing as a completion degree, the board shall consider student and workforce demand, cost effectiveness for the students, and accreditation and licensing requirements. The board shall provide such information to the Colorado commission on higher education and solicit the commission's input in a joint meeting of the board and the commission. A community college that is seeking board approval shall provide the board with data regarding its current partnerships with existing bachelor of science nursing degree programs and its plans to continue such partnerships. At least ninety days prior to requesting board approval to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing as a completion degree, the community college seeking such board approval shall provide notice to the Colorado commission on higher education and all state public and nonpublic institutions of higher education.
C.R.S. § 23-5-118 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-118
23-5-118. Selective service registration information
Status: in_force

23-5-118. Selective service registration information. Each state-supported institution of higher education shall provide eligible males with information about the selective service prior to course registration.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-104.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.1-104.5
23-3.1-104.5. Additional powers of division
Status: repealed

23-3.1-104.5. Additional powers of division. (1) The division is hereby authorized to make, originate, disburse, or service student loans directly to residents. "Resident" for the purpose of this section means any person attending an institution of higher education in Colorado, or any person attending an institution of higher education outside Colorado who would qualify for Colorado in-state tuition status under article 7 of this title. In order to obtain funds to make, originate, disburse, or service such student loans, the division is authorized to borrow or enter into other types of agreements with any person, corporation, financial institution, state or federal authority, political subdivision, or state or federal government agency for the advancement of funds for such purposes, so long as such student loans are insured against default.

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) Any agreement made by the division to repay funds borrowed from any person, corporation, financial institution, state or federal authority, political subdivision, or state or federal government agency shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt, or a liability of the state or constitute the giving, pledging, or loaning of the full faith and credit of the state. Repayment of such borrowed funds shall be made solely from funds received from proceeds or earnings derived from the funds borrowed, from borrowers and insurers, or from federal payments, and the state shall have no liability with respect to such an agreement.

(3) The division is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds after approval by both houses of the general assembly either by bill or by joint resolution and after approval by the governor in accordance with section 39 of article V of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 23-31.3-107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31.3 / Section 23-31.3-107
23-31.3-107. Power to acquire land
Status: in_force

23-31.3-107. Power to acquire land. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the power to take and hold, by gift, devise, or purchase, so much land as may become necessary for the location and construction of buildings, structures, and other facilities as may be required for the uses and purposes of Colorado.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-214 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.1-214
23-3.1-214. Exemption from taxation - securities law
Status: in_force

23-3.1-214. Exemption from taxation - securities law. The income or other revenues of the authority, including income earned on the investment of moneys in the prepaid expense and the savings trust funds, all properties at any time owned by the authority, any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to this part 2, the transfer of and the income, including any profit made on sale, from any such bonds, notes, or other obligations, and all trust indentures and other documents issued in connection with such bonds, notes, or other obligations shall be exempt at all times from all taxation and assessments in the state of Colorado. In the bond resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds by the authority, the board may waive the exemption from federal income taxation for interest on such bonds. Bonds issued by the authority shall also be exempt from the provisions of article 51 of title 11, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 23-4-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 4 / Section 23-4-101
23-4-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-4-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the practice of trafficking in academic materials, commonly referred to as ghostwriting, serves no legitimate purpose and tends to undermine the academic process to the detriment of students, the academic community, and the public and that such practice should not be permitted to continue.
C.R.S. § 23-16-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 23-16-105
23-16-105. Exceptions - written materials - student-initiated contacts
Status: repealed

23-16-105. Exceptions - written materials - student-initiated contacts. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.3-105
23-3.3-105. Free application for federal student assistance - working group - report - legis
Status: repealed

23-3.3-105. Free application for federal student assistance - working group - report - legislative declaration - definition - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-1-120 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-120
23-1-120. Commission directive - incentives for improvement initiative grants
Status: repealed

23-1-120. Commission directive - incentives for improvement initiative grants. (1) The general assembly finds that state encouragement would contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of the postsecondary education system in Colorado. Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that an incentives for improvement initiative grant program should be implemented to encourage initiatives at state institutions of higher education demonstrating innovative solutions and successful approaches to increasing efficiency, productivity, quality, and diversity in the Colorado postsecondary education system through a system of competitive matching grants to such institutions.

(2) The governing boards of state institutions of higher education, including local district community colleges, or a consortia of such institutions may apply for grants from the commission by submitting proposals for initiatives at their institutions to be designated as incentives for improvement. As used in this section, "incentives for improvement initiative" means any academic initiative of a state institution of higher education that, consistent with the statewide master plan for Colorado postsecondary education, is developed to achieve greater efficiency, productivity, quality, and diversity.

(3) The commission, after consultation with the governing boards and the education committees of both houses of the general assembly, shall identify areas of statewide interest in the postsecondary education system and develop criteria to be employed in evaluating proposals for incentives for improvement at state institutions of higher education. Such criteria shall be developed on or before August 1, 1992. The criteria developed by the commission to evaluate such proposals, designate recipients, and award grants shall take into account the following:

(a) The commitment by the governing board to provide matching funds pursuant to subsection (5) of this section for a period not to exceed five years;

(b) The level of institutional commitment to the initiative measured partially in terms of the reallocation of existing resources to the support of the initiative;

(c) Whether the initiative includes measures for performance evaluation that will assist and enhance existing methods of assessment and that demonstrate how the initiative improves efficiency, productivity, quality, and diversity;

(d) Consistency with the goals identified in the statewide master plan and institutional academic master plan;

(e) The degree of collaboration with business, industry, and other public entities in forming partnerships to enhance the quality of the educational experience; and

(f) Such additional criteria as the commission may determine to be appropriate.

(4) Grant applications and proposals by the governing boards shall be submitted to the commission by November 1, 1992. Employing the criteria established pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the commission shall designate an initial list of initiatives to be designated incentives for improvement and shall provide to the general assembly such list, an analysis of the projected funding requirements of the initiative, the proposed grants, and a plan for the support and enhancement of said initiatives. The list of initiatives and proposed grants shall be delivered to the general assembly annually, on or before January 1, commencing January 1, 1993. Initial grants may be awarded to the governing boards of such institutions for the implementation of such programs on or before July 1, 1993. Incentives for improvement designations shall be reviewed annually by the commission.

(5) (a) Any grant awarded pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall be made annually for a period not to exceed five years, with receipt in any year of such a grant being dependent upon the state institution providing matching funds for such year from existing resources of such institution and any private contributions in the following amount:

(I) During the first three years of the initiative, an amount equaling forty to sixty percent of the annual grant; or

(II) During the fourth and fifth years of the initiative, an amount equaling sixty-five to eighty-five percent of the annual grant.

(b) In determining the precise matching fund requirements for each institution selected for an improvement initiative, the commission shall give consideration to the size of the institutional budget and the percentage of such budget that is state general fund moneys.

(6) The general assembly may make a separate annual appropriation to the commission, subject to available revenues, in an amount not to exceed one percent of the total annual department of higher education general fund appropriation to governing boards to be used to award incentives for improvement initiative grants. The total amount appropriated annually by the general assembly shall be allocated annually by the commission.

(7) The commission, in consultation with the governing boards, shall adopt policies necessary to carry out the direction of this section and may, in furtherance of such policies, establish and implement:

(a) A peer review process involving representation of the governing boards;

(b) A schedule for directing grants to areas of statewide interest within the postsecondary education system;

(c) A method for incorporating the cost of a successful incentives for improvement initiative into the annual appropriation to the governing board of an institution implementing such initiative upon completion of the five years of matching grants for such initiative; and

(d) A system for the dissemination of information on successful and unsuccessful incentives for improvement initiatives as well as information on applying for grants under this section.

(8) Repealed.

(9) The commission shall promulgate such policies as may be necessary for the implementation of this section.
C.R.S. § 23-21-521 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-521
23-21-521. Annual report
Status: in_force

23-21-521. Annual report. Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the authority shall submit to the governor and the joint budget committee within six months after the end of the fiscal year a report which shall set forth a complete and detailed operating and financial statement of the authority during such year. Also included in the report shall be any recommendations with reference to additional legislation or other action that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.
C.R.S. § 23-31-204 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 23-31-204
23-31-204. Forest fires - duty of sheriff to report
Status: repealed

23-31-204. Forest fires - duty of sheriff to report. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-21-801 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 8 / Section 23-21-801
23-21-801. Short title
Status: in_force

23-21-801. Short title. The short title of this part 8 is the "Medication-assisted Treatment Expansion Pilot Program Act".
C.R.S. § 23-2-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-105
23-2-105. Violation - repeal
Status: repealed

23-2-105. Violation - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-60-202.7 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 23-60-202.7
23-60-202.7. Powers of board with respect to concurrent enrollment - definitions
Status: in_force

23-60-202.7. Powers of board with respect to concurrent enrollment - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Board of cooperative services" means a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of title 22 that operates a public school.

(b) "Charter school" means a district charter school authorized by a school district board of education pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22 and an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute board pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22.

(c) "Concurrent enrollment" has the same meaning as provided in section 22-35-103.

(d) "Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school, a board of cooperative services, and the school for the deaf and the blind.

(e) "School district" means a school district organized and existing pursuant to article 30 of title 22.

(f) "School for the deaf and the blind" means the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind described in section 22-80-102.

(2) The board shall ensure that the community college system provides leadership, system-level service, and management and coordination of efforts within the system to streamline policies, eliminate administrative barriers, and implement efforts to maximize participation in concurrent enrollment across the community college system. Coordination of efforts includes facilitating the sharing of best practices among institutions, driving innovation, and building capacity for offering concurrent enrollment to more students across the state with a focus on student academic success.

(3) The community college system may receive funding for the services described in this section through a limited purpose fee-for-service contract as provided in section 23-18-308.

(4) (a) Beginning in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the community college system shall collaborate with the local education providers throughout the state to develop and disseminate informational materials for the parents of students enrolled in grades six through eight. The community college system shall design the materials to explain the benefits of participating in concurrent enrollment during grades nine through twelve and, for all types of institutions of higher education as defined in section 22-35-103, the types of courses available through concurrent enrollment and the general requirements and process for enrolling in concurrent enrollment courses. At a minimum, the materials must refer to the website developed by the department of education pursuant to section 22-35-113, and the materials provided for each local education provider must include the name of and contact information for the person who oversees concurrent enrollment in that local education provider. A local education provider may provide directory information, as defined in and in accordance with federal law, to the community college system to use only in disseminating information pursuant to this subsection (4).

(b) The community college system, in collaboration with the local education providers, shall begin disseminating the concurrent enrollment information materials developed pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section beginning in the fall of the 2021-22 academic year. At a minimum, the community college system shall provide materials to parents of students enrolled in grades six through eight through digital means at least once during the school year and once during the summer months. The community college system may also provide the information contained in the materials through public service announcements, paid placements on social media platforms, or other mass communication means, subject to available appropriations.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (4) to the contrary, the community college system may begin developing and disseminating informational materials as provided in subsections (4)(a) and (4)(b) of this section during the 2020-21 fiscal year if the community college system deems it feasible to do so within existing resources.
C.R.S. § 23-7-108.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 7 / Section 23-7-108.5
23-7-108.5. Tuition classification of armed forces veterans
Status: repealed

23-7-108.5. Tuition classification of armed forces veterans. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-201 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.3-201
23-3.3-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-3.3-201. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Dependent" means:

(a) Any natural child born or conceived before the period of time either of said child's parents served as a prisoner of war, was declared a person missing in action, served on state active duty or authorized training duty as a Colorado national guardsman, or was permanently disabled or killed while acting to preserve the public peace, health, and safety in the capacity of police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter;

(b) Any child lawfully adopted, or for which formal adoption procedures were commenced, prior to the time either of said child's adoptive parents served as a prisoner of war, was declared a person missing in action, served on state active duty or authorized training duty as a Colorado national guardsman, or was permanently disabled or killed while acting to preserve the public peace, health, and safety in the capacity of police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter; or

(c) Any child in the legal custody of or whose parent has parental responsibilities with respect to such child or for which proceedings for custody or the allocation of parental responsibilities were initiated by either of said child's parents prior to the time such parent served as a prisoner of war, was declared missing in action, served on state active duty or authorized training duty as a Colorado national guardsman, or was permanently disabled or killed while acting to preserve the public peace, health, and safety in the capacity of police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter.
C.R.S. § 23-15-129 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-129
23-15-129. Powers of authority not restricted - law complete in itself
Status: in_force

23-15-129. Powers of authority not restricted - law complete in itself. This article shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the authority might otherwise have under any laws of this state but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers. No proceedings, referendum, notice, or approval shall be required for the creation of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security therefor unless so provided in this article; but nothing in this article shall be construed to deprive the state and its political subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority or to impair any power thereover of any official or agency of the state and its political subdivisions which may be otherwise provided by law.
C.R.S. § 23-5-114 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-114
23-5-114. National direct student loans - authority to separately collect advances
Status: in_force

23-5-114. National direct student loans - authority to separately collect advances. Each advance remitted to an individual by a state-supported institution of higher education pursuant to the terms of a national direct student loan program master agreement shall constitute a separate obligation for purposes of institutional collection procedures and jurisdictional limits under section 13-6-403, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 23-31-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 23-31-103
23-31-103. Board to control college and lands
Status: in_force

23-31-103. Board to control college and lands. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the general control and supervision of the Colorado state university and lands and the use thereof, which may be vested in the university by state or national legislation and of all appropriations made by the state for the support of the same. The board has plenary power to adopt all such ordinances, bylaws, and regulations, not in conflict with the law, as they may deem necessary to secure the successful operation of the university and promote the designed objects.
C.R.S. § 23-56-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 56 / Section 23-56-105
23-56-105. Board of trustees empowered to lease grounds
Status: in_force

23-56-105. Board of trustees empowered to lease grounds. For the purpose of providing dormitories, living and dining halls, or cottages and equipment for the use of Western Colorado university, and to enable the construction, financing, and ultimate acquisition thereof, and to aid in improving undeveloped portions of the grounds of the Western Colorado university, the board of trustees is empowered to lease grounds under its control to private persons or corporations for a term not exceeding fifty years and subject to regulations as it may prescribe, and upon the condition that the private persons or corporations shall construct and equip on the leased grounds buildings or improvements as the board of trustees designates or approves and secure reimbursement for money invested therein from the rentals of the buildings or from their sale to the board of trustees acting for the state.
C.R.S. § 23-41-103.6 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-103.6
23-41-103.6. Investments in consolidated funds
Status: in_force

23-41-103.6. Investments in consolidated funds. Unless otherwise restrained by the terms of a will, trust agreement, or other instrument of gift, the board of trustees may hold investments in one or more consolidated investment funds in which the participating trusts or accounts have undivided interests. To the extent permitted by law, the board may also transfer money for investment in consolidated funds held by a related entity so long as the investments are separately accounted for.
C.R.S. § 23-3-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3 / Section 23-3-102
23-3-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-3-102. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds and declares that the provision of a higher or career and technical education for all residents of this state who desire such an education and are properly qualified therefor is important to the welfare and security of this state and nation and, consequently, serves an important public purpose and that many qualified students are deterred by financial considerations from completing their education, with a consequent irreparable loss to the state and nation of talents vital to welfare and security. The number of qualified persons who desire higher or career and technical education is increasing rapidly, and the physical facilities, faculties, and staffs of the institutions of higher education operated by the state will have to be expanded greatly to accommodate such persons, with an attendant sharp increase in the cost of educating such persons. A system of financial assistance through guaranteed loans for qualified residents of college age will enable them to attend qualified institutions of their choice.
C.R.S. § 23-21-514 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-514
23-21-514. Bonds and notes
Status: in_force

23-21-514. Bonds and notes. (1) (a) The authority has the power and is authorized to issue from time to time its notes and bonds in such principal amounts as the authority determines to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its corporate purposes, including the payment of interest on notes and bonds of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure such notes and bonds, and all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.

(b) (I) The authority has the power, from time to time, to issue:

(A) Notes to renew notes;

(B) Bonds to pay notes, including the interest thereon, and, whenever it deems refunding expedient, to refund any bonds whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured; and

(C) Bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any of its corporate purposes.

(II) Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph (b) may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of such bonds.

(c) The authority has the power to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds or notes.

(d) Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its notes and bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable out of any revenues or moneys of the authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular notes or bonds pledging any particular revenues.

(2) The notes and bonds shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board of directors.

(3) Any resolution authorizing any notes or bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to:

(a) Pledging all or any part of the revenues of the authority to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist;

(b) Pledging all or any part of the assets of the authority to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue of notes or bonds, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist, such assets to include any grant or contribution from the federal government or any corporation, association, institution, or person;

(c) The setting aside of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof;

(d) Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of notes or bonds may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof;

(e) Limitations on the issuance of additional notes or bonds, the terms upon which additional notes or bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding or other notes or bonds;

(f) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with noteholders or bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of notes or bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given;

(g) Limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the authority for operating expenses of the authority;

(h) Vesting in a trustee such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the authority may determine, which may include any or all of the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee appointed by the bondholders pursuant to this part 5, and limiting or abrogating the right of the bondholders to appoint a trustee under this part 5 or limiting the rights, powers, and duties of such trustee;

(i) Defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the authority to the holders of the notes or bonds and providing for the rights and remedies of the holders of the notes or bonds in the event of such default, including as a matter of right the appointment of a receiver; except that such rights and remedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of this state and the other provisions of this part 5;

(j) Any other matters, of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the holders of the notes or bonds.

(4) The bonds or notes of each issue may, in the discretion of the board of directors, be made redeemable before maturity at such prices and under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the board of directors. Notes shall mature at such time as may be determined by the board of directors, and bonds shall mature at such time, not exceeding thirty-five years from their date of issue, as may be determined by the board. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof. The notes and bonds shall bear interest at such rate, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place, and be subject to such terms of redemption as such resolution may provide. The notes and bonds of the authority may be sold by the authority, at public or private sale, at such price as the board of directors shall determine.

(5) In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or notes or coupons attached thereto ceases to be such officer before the delivery thereof, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The board of directors may also provide for the authentication of the bonds or notes by a trustee or fiscal agent.

(6) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds or notes, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds or notes until such definitive bonds or notes have been executed and are available for delivery.

(7) The authority, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist, has the power out of any funds available therefor to purchase notes or bonds of the authority, which shall thereupon be canceled at a price not exceeding:

(a) If the notes or bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment thereon; or

(b) If the notes or bonds are not then redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the notes or bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to such date.

(8) In the discretion of the authority, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the power of a trust company within or without this state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the exercise of its corporate powers and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys. The authority may provide by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues to the trustee under such trust indenture or other depository and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the authority. If the bonds are secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.

(9) The authority shall not have outstanding, at any one time, bonds, not including bond anticipation notes, or bonds which have been refunded, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding sixty million dollars; however, this limitation shall not apply to bonds which are unsecured or secured solely by a pledge of the revenues of the authority and are not in any way secured by a pledge of any of the authority's other assets, including, without limitation, any buildings or real property, and which contain a statement that the bondholders shall not have any recourse against the authority's other assets for repayment of the bonds. Under no circumstances shall the regents or the state of Colorado be liable for any indebtedness incurred by the authority. The general assembly specifically finds there is a substantial public purpose in limiting the indebtedness of the authority in the event the authority assets or the hospital assets are transferred back to or revert to the regents.

(10) The authority has the power and is authorized to issue from time to time notes, bonds, and other securities which may be collateralized or otherwise secured in whole or in part by loans or participations or other interests in such loans or which may evidence loans or participations or other interests in such loans to provide net funds that are to be dedicated in whole or in part by resolution of the authority to the carrying out of one or more of the purposes of the authority. The interest on or from such notes, bonds, and other securities may be subject to or exempt from federal income taxation.

(11) Any notes, bonds, or other securities issued pursuant to this section, and the income therefrom, including any profit from the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state.
C.R.S. § 23-80-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 80 / Section 23-80-101
23-80-101. Short title
Status: in_force

23-80-101. Short title. The short title of this article 80 is the "Inclusive Higher Education Act".
C.R.S. § 23-6-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 6 / Section 23-6-103
23-6-103. Benefits commence - when
Status: in_force

23-6-103. Benefits commence - when. All faculty members or their surviving spouses who are declared eligible by the commissioner of education to receive the retirement benefits provided by this article shall receive a monthly benefit provided in this article effective the first month after the commissioner declares the faculty member or surviving spouse so eligible. All faculty members or their surviving spouses receiving retirement benefits under this article before June 8, 1967, shall receive the increased benefits provided in this article effective on or after the first month following said date without being required further to establish eligibility to receive such retirement benefits.
C.R.S. § 23-22-111 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 22 / Section 23-22-111
23-22-111. Reorganization of university hospital - effect
Status: repealed

23-22-111. Reorganization of university hospital - effect. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.1-106
23-3.1-106. Student loan program established
Status: in_force

23-3.1-106. Student loan program established. (1) (a) There is hereby established a student loan program, to be administered by the division, which shall guarantee, in accordance with applicable provisions of federal law, a percentage of the unpaid principal and interest on all guaranteed student loans approved by the division. No guaranteed student loan shall be guaranteed to a percentage or an amount in excess of the limits authorized by federal law, nor shall interest charged on any guaranteed student loan exceed the interest rate permitted by federal law, but each guaranteed student loan may carry a special loan insurance premium which shall not exceed that permitted by federal law. No guaranteed student loan shall be guaranteed or made to any borrower which would not be eligible for federal reinsurance as authorized by Title IV, Part B of the federal "Higher Education Act of 1965", as amended. A loan guarantee made by the division in good faith for a student loan which has been disbursed and which does not meet the requirements of this article, except for cases of misfeasance by the holder, shall not be invalidated.

(b) On and after July 1, 2006, the student loan program established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be formally and legally known as and designated the Colorado student loan program. On and after July 1, 2006, whenever the student loan program or the guaranteed student loan program is referred to or designated by a contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the Colorado student loan program. All contracts entered into by or on behalf of the student loan program or the guaranteed student loan program prior to July 1, 2006, are hereby validated as obligations of the Colorado student loan program.

(2) It is the intent of the general assembly that the Colorado student loan program established by subsection (1) of this section shall operate in such a manner that its costs can be fully met by user fees and federal payments.

(3) (a) Loan guarantees made by the division shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt, or a liability of the state, nor shall such loan guarantees constitute the giving, pledging, or loaning of the full faith and credit of the state. The state shall have no liability with respect to loan guarantees which shall be payable solely from the user fees and federal payments provided for in section 23-3.1-107.

(b) The loan guarantees shall not obligate the state, directly, indirectly, or contingently, nor empower the state or the general assembly to levy or collect any form of taxes or assessments, to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or assessments, or to make any appropriation for their payment, and any such appropriation, levy, or collection is prohibited. Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed to authorize the division to create a debt of the state within the meaning of the constitution or statutes of Colorado or to authorize the division to levy or collect any form of taxes or assessments.

(c) The state shall not be liable in any event for the purchase of defaulted loans made, originated, disbursed, serviced, or guaranteed by the division or for the performance of any pledge, obligation, or agreement of any kind in connection with such loans which may be undertaken by the division except from the user fees and federal payments provided for in section 23-3.1-107. No breach of any such pledge, obligation, or agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon the state or a charge upon the general credit or taxing power of the state.

(4) On and after July 1, 2015, the Colorado student loan program may enter into an agreement with the department or another state entity to administer all or part of the college opportunity fund program created in parts 1 and 2 of article 18 of this title 23.
C.R.S. § 23-30-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 30 / Section 23-30-103
23-30-103. Vacancies - compensation
Status: in_force

23-30-103. Vacancies - compensation. Any vacancy in the office of any member of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system appointed by the governor caused by death, resignation, or removal from the state may be filled by a majority of the voting members. Any vacancy in the elected office on the board shall be filled by reelection for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services but may be allowed reimbursement for expenses incurred that are reasonable, necessary, and directly related to an individual's duties as a board member upon presenting an itemized bill for the same.
C.R.S. § 23-61.5-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 61.5 / Part 1 / Section 23-61.5-106
23-61.5-106. Record of votes
Status: in_force

23-61.5-106. Record of votes. (1) If more than a majority of the votes cast on the question of organizing an area vocational district are in favor of the organization, the district shall be formed in accordance with the provisions of this part 1.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 846, § 46, effective January 1, 1993.)

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the filing of a subsequent petition for the formation of a similar area vocational district.
C.R.S. § 23-5-130 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-130
23-5-130. Governing boards - fee-for-service contracts - authorization
Status: repealed

23-5-130. Governing boards - fee-for-service contracts - authorization. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-16-210 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 23-16-210
23-16-210. Notice to educational institution
Status: in_force

23-16-210. Notice to educational institution. (a) Within seventy-two hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student athlete is enrolled or the athlete agent has reasonable grounds to believe the student athlete intends to enroll.

(b) Within seventy-two hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the student athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student athlete is enrolled that he or she has entered into an agency contract.
C.R.S. § 23-5-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-101
23-5-101. Colorado educational institutions - annual reports
Status: repealed

23-5-101. Colorado educational institutions - annual reports. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-71-129 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-129
23-71-129. Dissolution of district
Status: in_force

23-71-129. Dissolution of district. Any local college district may be dissolved in the following manner: A plan for the dissolution of the local college district may be submitted to the eligible electors of the local college district at a special election held for that purpose. The plan shall provide for the payment of all district debts and liabilities and the distribution of all district assets. If the eligible electors authorize the dissolution by a vote of the majority of electors voting at the special election, the local district college board of trustees of the district shall proceed to carry out the plan so authorized and, upon accomplishment thereof, shall file its certificate of dissolution with the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the district is situate. Thereupon the district shall be considered dissolved. If any property or funds remain in the hands of the board, credit after the dissolution of the property or funds shall be distributed as provided in the plan of dissolution for the distribution of the assets of the local college district.
C.R.S. § 23-21-302 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 3 / Section 23-21-302
23-21-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-21-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Committee" means the hemophilia advisory committee.

(2) "Hemophilia" means a bleeding tendency resulting from a genetically determined deficiency factor in the blood.
C.R.S. § 23-21-516 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-516
23-21-516. Negotiable instruments
Status: in_force

23-21-516. Negotiable instruments. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this part 5 or any recitals in any bonds issued under the provisions of this part 5, all such bonds and interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be negotiable instruments under the laws of this state, subject only to any applicable provisions for registration.
C.R.S. § 23-1-109.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-109.5
23-1-109.5. Duties and powers of the commission with regard to fiscal accountability
Status: repealed

23-1-109.5. Duties and powers of the commission with regard to fiscal accountability. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-1303 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 13 / Section 23-3.3-1303
23-3.3-1303. Fourth-year innovation pilot program - creation - eligibility - award of state f
Status: in_force

23-3.3-1303. Fourth-year innovation pilot program - creation - eligibility - award of state funding - commission policies. (1) (a) There is created in the department the fourth-year innovation pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to provide state funding to low-income students who graduate early from a high school participating in the pilot program.

(b) The pilot program is limited to local education providers or a group of providers, with the first cohort of graduates graduating early during the 2021-22 school year and the last cohort of graduates graduating early during the 2025-26 school year. A local education provider or a group of local education providers may apply to the department to participate in the pilot program; except that the commission shall not approve additional local education providers, groups of providers, or schools as pilot program participants beyond those participating in the 2023-24 school year. Prior to the 2024-25 school year, a school or local education provider approved by the department may be added to an existing group of local education providers. The commission shall select pilot program participants, including a mix of urban, suburban, and rural local education providers. In the pilot program application, the applicant or applicants shall indicate which high schools are participating in the pilot program. With approval of the charter school, a school district that is selected to participate in the pilot program may also include a charter school authorized by the school district as one of its designated high schools.

(2) The commission shall adopt any necessary policies and the department shall adopt any necessary guidelines to implement and administer the pilot program.

(3) (a) No later than July 1, 2022, and no later than July 1 each year thereafter, the local education provider of a low-income student who has graduated early during the immediately preceding budget year shall notify the department and the department of education of the student's early graduation, the name of the high school, and the graduation date. The local education provider shall notify the department and the department of education if there is a correction to the information provided pursuant to this subsection (3)(a).

(b) (I) In the annual general appropriation act enacted for the budget year that commences in July following the student's early graduation date, the general assembly shall appropriate to the fourth-year innovation pilot program fund, on behalf of each eligible graduate, an amount of money sufficient for payment of the state funding for each eligible graduate.

(II) The general assembly shall also appropriate to the department of education in the budget year that commences in July following the student's early graduation an amount sufficient for payment of twenty-five percent of the average state share of the state average per-pupil revenues for the 2021-22 budget year, as calculated during the 2021 regular legislative session, for distribution to the local education provider from which the eligible graduate graduated early prior to completion of the eligible graduate's fourth year of high school. The local education provider is encouraged to direct a portion of the money received pursuant to this subsection (3)(b)(II) to high-quality career and postsecondary counseling and supports to ensure that students who may be eligible for state funding are aware of the pilot program and receive appropriate assistance in determining how to allocate state funding received pursuant to the pilot program to their intended postsecondary program.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (3) to the contrary, an eligible graduate is not disqualified from receiving state funding due solely to the local education provider's failure to send the required notice to the department by the deadline set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section. The department shall request supplemental money, as necessary, to disburse state funding on behalf of all eligible graduates.
C.R.S. § 23-71-102.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-102.5
23-71-102.5. Local district college - local college district - change in terms - authority of
Status: in_force

23-71-102.5. Local district college - local college district - change in terms - authority of revisor. (1) The revisor of statutes is authorized to change all references to "local junior college" or "junior college" that appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes to "local district college".

(2) The revisor of statutes is authorized to change all references to "local junior college district" and "junior college district" that appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes to "local college district".
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-1003 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 10 / Section 23-3.3-1003
23-3.3-1003. Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative - created
Status: in_force

23-3.3-1003. Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative - created. There is created the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative within the department. The executive director or the executive director's designee shall appoint the director of the initiative who shall administer the initiative in accordance with rules promulgated by the board pursuant to section 23-3.3-1004 (4).
C.R.S. § 23-5-131 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-131
23-5-131. Governing boards - tuition - fixed rate contract - definitions
Status: repealed

23-5-131. Governing boards - tuition - fixed rate contract - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education.

(b) "Fixed rate" means the fixed tuition rate specified in a contract between a state-supported institution of higher education and a student enrolled in the institution.

(c) "Program" means the fixed tuition rate program.

(d) "Student" means a student who is classified for tuition purposes as an in-state student.

(2) There is hereby established a fixed tuition rate program. The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education that has been designated as an enterprise pursuant to section 23-5-101.7 may offer a fixed tuition rate to a student who is willing to enter into a contract with the institution for the fixed rate. A fixed-rate contract shall also specify the amount of the student fees collected by the institution as of the date of the contract and shall inform the student that the amount of student fees may increase over the term of the contract in accordance with the institution's student fee plan adopted pursuant to section 23-5-119.5.

(3) If a student is unable to complete a degree program within the duration of the fixed-rate contract because a course is unavailable due to a lack of available classes or class space, the state-supported institution of higher education shall provide the course to the student free of charge.

(4) (a) Each governing board that is participating in the program shall establish guidelines for each institution under its control relating to the fixed tuition rate program that shall include, at a minimum, the degree of flexibility a student has in changing majors or degree programs without voiding a fixed-rate contract.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (HB 11-1301), ch. 297, p. 1410, § 1, effective August 10, 2011.)

(c) Each state-supported institution of higher education under the direction and control of a governing board participating in the program shall publish information relating to the fixed-rate contract option in the institution's course catalog or student handbook and on the institutional website.

(5) and (6) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-71-120.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-120.5
23-71-120.5. Recall of board members
Status: in_force

23-71-120.5. Recall of board members. (1) Any board member may be recalled from office at any time. Any recall shall be initiated and conducted pursuant to part 1 of article 12 of title 1, C.R.S.

(a) to (d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 855, § 63, effective January 1, 1993.)

(2) to (4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 855, § 63, effective January 1, 1993.)
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-307.9 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 3 / Section 23-3.1-307.9
23-3.1-307.9. Policies for promotion and disclosure of program information
Status: in_force

23-3.1-307.9. Policies for promotion and disclosure of program information. (1) The authority shall design a policy related to the promotion of the program and a policy related to the disclosure of program-related information to account owners, depositors, and designated beneficiaries in a manner consistent with this part 3 and consistent with the requirements of section 529 or 529A of the internal revenue code, whichever is applicable, in order to require that:

(a) Promotional material and program-related information disclose that no moneys invested in the program are insured by the state of Colorado and that neither the principal deposited nor the investment returned is guaranteed by the state of Colorado; and

(b) Any fees paid from moneys collected pursuant to this part 3 are disclosed in promotional material and program-related information provided to the public and to account owners, depositors, and designated beneficiaries.
C.R.S. § 23-51-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 51 / Section 23-51-103
23-51-103. Board of trustees for Adams state university fund - creation - control - use
Status: repealed

23-51-103. Board of trustees for Adams state university fund - creation - control - use. (1) There is created in the state treasury the board of trustees for Adams state university fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", which shall be under the control of and administered by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of this article. Except as otherwise allowed by state law, including but not limited to section 24-36-103 (2), C.R.S., all moneys received or acquired by the board of trustees or by Adams state university shall be deposited in the fund, whether received by appropriation, grant, contract, or gift or by sale or lease of surplus real or personal property or by any other means, whose disposition is not otherwise provided for by law. All interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board of trustees and shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of a fiscal year.

(2) The moneys in the fund shall remain under the control of the board of trustees and shall be used for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the board of trustees and of Adams state university and for the payment of any other expenses incurred by the board of trustees in carrying out its powers and duties.

(3) Moneys in the fund that are not needed for use by the board of trustees may be invested by the state treasurer in investments authorized by sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S. The board of trustees shall determine the amount of moneys in the fund that may be invested and shall notify the state treasurer in writing of the amount.

(4) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-3.5-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.5 / Section 23-3.5-101
23-3.5-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-3.5-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, within appropriations available for such purpose, to provide assistance to Colorado in-state students attending institutions of higher education, by utilizing federal and other moneys available for such purpose.
C.R.S. § 23-61.5-113 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 61.5 / Part 1 / Section 23-61.5-113
23-61.5-113. Dissolution of district
Status: in_force

23-61.5-113. Dissolution of district. Any area vocational district may be dissolved in the following manner: A plan for the dissolution of the area vocational district may be submitted to the eligible electors of the area vocational district at a special election held for that purpose. The plan shall provide for the payment of all district debts and liabilities and the distribution of all district assets. If the eligible electors authorize the dissolution by a vote of the majority of electors voting at the special election, the board shall proceed to carry out the plan so authorized and, upon accomplishment thereof, shall file its certificate of that fact with the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the district is situate. Thereupon, the district shall be considered dissolved. If any property or funds remain in the hands of the board, credit after the dissolution of the property or funds shall be distributed as provided in the plan of dissolution for the distribution of the assets of the area vocational district.
C.R.S. § 23-71-126 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-126
23-71-126. Treasurer - duties
Status: in_force

23-71-126. Treasurer - duties. The treasurer of the board of trustees shall countersign all warrants drawn by the president and secretary on the county treasury and shall keep an account of the same. He shall take charge of all moneys received by the board on account of the local college district. He shall render a statement of the finances of the district as shown by the records of his office at the close of each fiscal year and at any other time when required by the board. Financial statements and records of the local college district shall be in accordance with the provisions of part 5 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S. The treasurer shall perform such additional duties and be subjected to such additional obligations as are imposed by law.
C.R.S. § 23-3.7-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.7 / Section 23-3.7-106
23-3.7-106. Rules
Status: in_force

23-3.7-106. Rules. The commission shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for the implementation of this article.
C.R.S. § 23-31-115 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 23-31-115
23-31-115. Warrants as security - when
Status: in_force

23-31-115. Warrants as security - when. Anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of this section and sections 23-31-111 to 23-31-114, 23-31-116, and 23-31-117 may be used as security for any depository bond or obligation where any kind of bonds or other securities must or may, by law, be deposited as security.
C.R.S. § 23-23-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 23 / Section 23-23-103
23-23-103. Evaluations made - when
Status: in_force

23-23-103. Evaluations made - when. (1) A child may be referred to the medical center for diagnostic evaluation and study under the following conditions:

(a) A judge who has before him or her the matter of possible certification, commitment, or sentencing of a child to one of the institutions of the state may have an evaluation of the child made at the diagnostic center; or the judge may send a child to the center for an evaluation of the child's mental and physical capacity if the judge believes such diagnosis will aid in the determination of the matter concerning the child, regardless of the fact that, because of lack of space, none of the regional centers is able to accept the child.

(b) Any judge, for the purpose of determining whether or not a child under sixteen years of age has a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability, may cause the child to be sent to the center for diagnostic evaluation.

(c) The superintendent of any institution in Colorado to which children have been committed or sentenced may request the executive director of the department of human services to have an evaluation of any child in his institution made at the center.

(d) The director of a county department of human or social services may request an evaluation at the Colorado children's diagnostic center of a child in the care, custody, or supervision of such county department when such evaluation will aid it in its determination of the disposition, placement, or planning for such child; but no such evaluation shall be requested until such parental consent as is necessary has been obtained. If such an evaluation is made, the costs are paid by the county department of human or social services.
C.R.S. § 23-41-111 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-111
23-41-111. Assays and analyses
Status: in_force

23-41-111. Assays and analyses. The president of the faculty of the school of mines, or professor in charge thereof, who shall be appointed by said board of trustees, shall be known as president of the Colorado school of mines. It is lawful for said president to make or have made by any member of the faculty or by students, for residents of Colorado only, assays and analyses of Colorado ores and minerals and to make reports of such results free of charge upon blanks printed for that purpose, which shall, in a conspicuous place, have printed thereon: "The following is the assay or analysis of sample received from .............., and is not to be used in any way for promotion purposes."
C.R.S. § 23-20-144 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 23-20-144
23-20-144. Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program (CoPPCAP) - create
Status: in_force

23-20-144. Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program (CoPPCAP) - created. (1) There is created in the university of Colorado the Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program, referred to in this section as "CoPPCAP". CoPPCAP shall:

(a) Support primary care providers to identify and treat mild to moderate pediatric behavioral health conditions in primary care practices or school-based health centers;

(b) Provide support and assistance to primary care providers with the integration of pediatric behavioral health screening and treatment into primary care practices;

(c) Provide peer-to-peer consultations with primary care providers and integrated behavioral health clinicians;

(d) Identify evidence-based resources and care coordination to support diagnosis, treatment, and referrals for children with behavioral health and substance use needs;

(e) Support all patients seen in Colorado primary care practices regardless of payer or ability to pay;

(f) Create ongoing educational opportunities focused on pediatric behavioral health conditions; and

(g) Create digital resources focused on pediatric behavioral health conditions.

(2) (a) CoPPCAP may enter into agreements with the department of public health and environment regarding the provision of federal health resources and services administration programs.

(b) CoPPCAP may collaborate with state agencies, school-based health centers, primary care providers, integrated behavioral health clinics, and community-based social service or behavioral health providers to provide behavioral health assessment and treatment to children and families.

(3) CoPPCAP is authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources to implement CoPPCAP.

(4) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate four million six hundred thousand dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created pursuant to section 24-75-230 to the board of regents of the university of Colorado to fund CoPPCAP to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative public health impacts. CoPPCAP must spend or obligate this money in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(5) The board of regents of the university of Colorado and CoPPCAP shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).
C.R.S. § 23-1-119.2 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-119.2
23-1-119.2. Commission directive - notice of college preparatory courses for high school stu
Status: in_force

23-1-119.2. Commission directive - notice of college preparatory courses for high school students. (1) The commission shall adopt a policy on or before October 1, 2005, to:

(a) Obtain, on or before June 1 of each school year, from the appropriate test administrators the names and mailing addresses of all students enrolled in Colorado public schools who take a standardized, curriculum-based, achievement college entrance exam or a precollegiate exam;

(b) Beginning in the spring of 2006, send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent or legal guardian of each student who takes a standardized, curriculum-based, achievement, college entrance exam or a precollegiate exam. The commission shall send the notice to the parent or legal guardian prior to the start of a student's twelfth-grade year if the student took the standardized, curriculum-based, achievement, college entrance exam, or prior to the start of a student's eleventh-grade year if the student took the precollegiate exam. Beginning January 1, 2021, the department shall provide such notice and disseminate related information through the free online career, education, and training resource created pursuant to section 24-46.3-106, if available. Otherwise, such notice is subject to available appropriation. At a minimum, the notice must include:

(I) A detailed description of what constitutes an inadequate score in mathematics, writing, or reading, based on the higher education admission guidelines established by the commission;

(II) Information regarding a student's ability to take basic, precollegiate skills courses while enrolled in a public high school; and

(III) Notice that a student's parent or legal guardian may contact the school in which the student is enrolled if he or she desires to develop a plan for the student to address the course work needed to meet the higher education admission guidelines adopted by the commission.
C.R.S. § 23-71-303 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 3 / Section 23-71-303
23-71-303. Distributions to area technical colleges
Status: in_force

23-71-303. Distributions to area technical colleges. (1) Any area technical college operating or organized and operating as such during the entire school year may be reimbursed by the state in an amount specified annually by the general assembly pursuant to section 23-18-304. Such reimbursement must not exceed the total direct cost of the vocational program per FTE.

(2) Distributions made under this section shall be only for students with a declared objective in approved occupational courses and shall not include students enrolled with avocational objectives.
C.R.S. § 23-15-122 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-122
23-15-122. Investment of funds
Status: in_force

23-15-122. Investment of funds. The authority may invest the proceeds from the sale of a series of bonds or any funds related to the series in such securities and other investments, whether or not any such investment or reinvestment is authorized under any other law of this state, as may be provided in the proceedings under which the series of bonds are authorized to be issued, including but not limited to the following: Bonds or other obligations of the United States; bonds or other obligations, the payment of the principal and interest of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States; obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by any agency or person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the congress of the United States; obligations issued or guaranteed by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state; prime commercial paper; prime finance company paper; bankers' acceptances drawn on and accepted by commercial banks; repurchase agreements fully secured by obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or by any person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the congress of the United States; or certificates of deposit or time deposits issued by commercial banks or savings and loan associations that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successor. The authority may invest any other funds in the securities as provided in this section and with such maturities as the authority shall determine if such maturities are on a date or dates prior to the time that, in the judgment of the authority, the funds so invested will be required for expenditure. The express judgment of the authority as to the time that any funds will be required for expenditure or be redeemable is final and conclusive.
C.R.S. § 23-21-504 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-504
23-21-504. Mission of the authority - obligation to provide uncompensated care - action of
Status: in_force

23-21-504. Mission of the authority - obligation to provide uncompensated care - action of the board of directors. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The mission of the authority shall be the operation of university hospital as a state of the art teaching and research hospital providing comprehensive medical care, including tertiary care, and patient care of limited availability. The authority shall also provide space and facilities as necessary for the operation of the clinical programs of the health sciences schools at the health sciences center together with the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, and, subject to the provisions of section 25.5-3-102 (2), C.R.S., the provision of medical care to those eligible for payment assistance through any program for the benefit of the medically indigent. For every three dollars of moneys appropriated by the general assembly that is distributed to the authority for the state medically indigent program, the authority shall provide four dollars worth of medically indigent care.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] The mission of the authority shall be the operation of university hospital as a state of the art teaching and research hospital providing comprehensive medical care, including tertiary care, and patient care of limited availability. The authority shall also provide space and facilities as necessary for the operation of the clinical programs of the health sciences schools at the health sciences center together with the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital.

(2) The board of directors shall award hospital privileges only to health-care providers who are faculty members of the health sciences schools of the university of Colorado.

(3) The board of directors shall not transfer the authority's assets or the hospital's assets to any person or entity except the regents.

(4) Upon the dissolution of the authority, all assets of the authority, after the satisfaction of creditors, shall revert to the regents.

(5) The business activities of the authority, including any joint ventures, shall be primarily in furtherance or in support of the mission of the hospital as the same is specified in subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 23-16-211 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 23-16-211
23-16-211. Student athlete's right to cancel
Status: in_force

23-16-211. Student athlete's right to cancel. (a) A student athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within fourteen days after the contract is signed.

(b) A student athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract.

(c) If a student athlete cancels an agency contract, the student athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student athlete to enter into the contract.
C.R.S. § 23-20-139 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 23-20-139
23-20-139. Retirement plan - eligibility - election
Status: in_force

23-20-139. Retirement plan - eligibility - election. (1) (a) The university of Colorado president, chancellors, deans, other professionals exempt from the state personnel system, and faculty as determined by the board of regents to be eligible to participate in a university of Colorado retirement plan shall be members of a university retirement plan and covered under social security if required by federal law; except that, upon initial appointment to or employment in a position described in this subsection (1), an employee who is a member or inactive member of the association shall elect, within thirty days after such appointment, either to join the association in accordance with the provisions of article 51 of title 24, C.R.S., or to participate in a university retirement plan.

(b) For purposes of this section, "association" means the public employees' retirement association created pursuant to section 24-51-201, C.R.S.

(2) An election made by an employee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be irrevocable and shall remain the election of the employee at any time the employee is employed by the university in a position described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) An election to participate in a university retirement plan pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be in writing and shall be filed with the association and with the university in a manner prescribed by the university.

(4) An election to join the association pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be in writing in the manner provided by the association and shall be filed with the association no more than thirty days after the election.

(5) If an employee fails to make an election pursuant to the provisions of this section, the employee shall be a member of the association.

(6) The university shall be solely responsible for educating employees and providing information to employees about the process provided in this section and for the administration of the process.

(7) Administrative actions or civil actions brought by employees to dispute the election for participation or failure to elect participation in the association or a university retirement plan shall commence within one hundred eighty days after the election or within one hundred eighty days after the date on which the employee may make an election to participate in such plan pursuant to this section, whichever is earlier, and not thereafter.
C.R.S. § 23-20-303 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 3 / Section 23-20-303
23-20-303. Recovery-friendly workplace program - participants - certified recovery-friendly
Status: in_force

23-20-303. Recovery-friendly workplace program - participants - certified recovery-friendly workplaces - requirements - renewal - termination. (1) An employer seeking to participate in the recovery-friendly workplace program may choose to do so as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace.

(2) (a) To become a participant in the program, an employer must:

(I) Submit a letter of intent to the program in a form and manner prescribed by the program that must include, at a minimum, the name and address of the employer and, if the employer has more than one workplace, the street address of each workplace to which the letter of intent applies;

(II) Complete the orientation process as required by the program, including completion of the orientation training module;

(III) Prepare a recovery-friendly workplace pledge or statement, or use a form provided by the program, that identifies the values or principles informing the commitment and briefly describes the key recovery-friendly workplace steps the employer must complete as a participant; and

(IV) Notify all employees and the members of the employer's board of directors, if any, in writing of the intent to become a participant, which the employer must submit to the program.

(b) Upon submission of the letter of intent, the program must assign the employer a recovery-friendly workplace advisor.

(c) After an employer completes the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the program must:

(I) List the employer as a participant on the program website; and

(II) Provide the employer with a certificate or other documentation verifying the employer's status as a participant in the recovery-friendly workplace program, which certificate or documentation must include the date of issuance, the expiration date, and the address of each workplace covered by the certificate. The certificate must be valid for a period of at least one year after the date of issuance.

(3) (a) To become certified as a recovery-friendly workplace, an employer must:

(I) Complete all steps set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section for becoming a participant;

(II) With the employer's recovery-friendly workplace advisor, complete a standardized assessment of the employer's current policies, procedures, and practices that impact current and prospective employees with substance use disorders and determine where improvements can be made; and

(III) With the recovery-friendly workplace advisor, set time-limited goals to make select improvements identified in subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section, which must be completed within the one-year term of the certification, unless an extension of time is granted by the program.

(b) The program shall list on the program website each employer that completes the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section as a certified recovery-friendly workplace. If the employer has a logo, the program shall include the logo in the listing.

(c) Upon completion of the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section, the program shall provide an employer with a certificate or other documentation suitable for display that verifies the employer's status as a certified recovery-friendly workplace. The certificate or other documentation must include the date of issuance, the expiration date, and the address of each workplace covered by the certificate. The certificate must be valid for one year after the date of issuance.

(4) The center shall recognize each certified recovery-friendly workplace employer through program press releases and program-sponsored events throughout the year.

(5) At least thirty days prior to the expiration of a certificate designating an employer as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace, the employer shall:

(a) Meet with the recovery-friendly workplace advisor to complete a review of the employer's recovery-friendly-related activities for the past year, including revising workplace policies to better assist employees with substance use disorders, implementing policies to encourage the hiring of individuals in recovery from substance use disorders, decreasing or eliminating barriers for employees seeking treatment, establishing a recovery-friendly workplace task force, and taking steps to reduce stigma in the workplace;

(b) In consultation with the recovery-friendly workplace advisor, set goals for the upcoming year; and

(c) Complete a written or electronic program satisfaction survey.

(6) An employer may choose to terminate its participation in the program if the termination:

(a) Takes effect prior to the expiration of the employer's current designation and the employer provides written notice to the program of the intent to terminate participation within thirty days prior to the proposed date of termination; or

(b) Takes effect on the expiration of the employer's current designation and the employer provides written notice to the program of the employer's intent not to renew its designation as a participant or a certified recovery-friendly workplace.

(7) The program may revoke or decline to renew the designation as a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace for any employer that:

(a) Violates any of the requirements of this part 3; or

(b) Fails to take the necessary steps to renew its participation or certification within the time allowed by the program.

(8) The program shall remove all participants and certified recovery-friendly workplaces whose designation is revoked or who do not seek renewal from the program website and terminate all benefits associated with such designation.

(9) The program shall be flexible in granting extensions to participants and certified recovery-friendly workplaces that begin the process of renewing their designation but fail to complete the process before their current designation expires.
C.R.S. § 23-3.5-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.5 / Section 23-3.5-102
23-3.5-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-3.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article 3.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education.

(2) "In-state student" means an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education who meets the criteria established by article 7 of this title for classification as an in-state student at a state institution of higher education, but "in-state student" does not include a member of the armed forces of the United States or his dependents who are eligible to obtain in-state tuition status upon moving to Colorado on a permanent change-of-station basis until such individual meets the one-year domicile requirement of section 23-7-102 (5).

(3) (a) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution operating in this state that:

(I) Admits as regular students only persons having a certification of graduation from a school providing secondary education or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

(II) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association and, in the case of private occupational schools, holds a regular certificate from the private occupational school division in accordance with the provisions of article 64 of this title 23, or is regulated or approved pursuant to any other statute;

(III) (A) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree; or

(B) Provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit towards such a degree; or

(C) Provides not less than a one-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; or

(D) Is a private occupational school providing not less than a six-month program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation;

(IV) Was in operation in this state as of January 1, 1999, or has been in operation in this state for a minimum of ten academic years.

(b) The term "institution of higher education" does not include a branch program of an institution of higher education whose principal campus and facilities are located outside this state, unless the institution operating the branch program has received a certificate of approval from the private occupational school division in accordance with the provisions of article 64 of this title 23.

(4) "Nonpublic institution" means an educational institution which receives no support from general fund moneys in support of its operating costs.

(5) "Professional degree in theology" means a certificate signifying a person's graduation from a degree program that is:

(a) Devotional in nature or designed to induce religious faith; and

(b) Offered by an institution as preparation for a career in the clergy.
C.R.S. § 23-64-107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 64 / Section 23-64-107
23-64-107. Private occupational school board - established - membership
Status: repealed

23-64-107. Private occupational school board - established - membership.

(1) Repealed.

(2) There is established, in the private occupational school division, the private occupational school board that shall advise the director on the administration of this article 64 and has the powers and duties specified in section 23-64-108. The board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions as specified in this article 64.

(3) The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, as follows:

(a) Three members shall be owners or operators of private occupational schools that receive Title IV funds;

(b) Four members shall be representatives of the general public, at least one of whom is employed by a lending institution located in Colorado and is familiar with federal loans and funds authorized in Title IV of the federal "Higher Education Act of 1965", as amended, and at least two of whom are owners or operators of businesses within Colorado that employ students who are enrolled in schools that are subject to administration by the division.

(4) No appointed member shall be an employee of any local district college, community or technical college, school district, or public agency that receives vocational funds allocated by any state agency.

(5) The board members shall serve four-year terms; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than four members' terms expire in the same year. A member shall not serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.

(6) The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as it may deem appropriate, but it shall not meet less than four times per year.

(7) Board members shall be paid a per diem of thirty-five dollars for each day on which the board meets and their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of official business.

(8) The division shall provide any necessary staff assistance for the board.
C.R.S. § 23-61.5-107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 61.5 / Part 1 / Section 23-61.5-107
23-61.5-107. Board of control - members and terms - meetings - officers
Status: in_force

23-61.5-107. Board of control - members and terms - meetings - officers. (1) Each area vocational district established pursuant to this part 1 shall have a board of control, referred to in this article as the "board". The board shall consist of the members of the board of control of the local college district contained in the area vocational district and one member from each of the school districts contained in the area vocational district, who shall be appointed by the school district's board of directors for a term of three years.

(2) The board shall meet and select from among its members a president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The board shall prescribe by resolution the duties of said officers. In addition to other powers provided by resolution, the president shall preside over meetings of the board and shall vote as a member of the board.

(3) The regular meetings of the board shall be held as the board shall decide; except that there shall be no less than four regular meetings each year. Additional or special meetings may be held upon call of the president or a majority of the board. The secretary of the board shall notify the members of all meetings. All special and regular meetings of the board shall be held at locations which are within the boundaries of the district or which are within the boundaries of any county in which the district is located, in whole or in part, or in any county so long as the meeting location does not exceed twenty miles from the district boundaries. The provisions of this subsection (3) governing the location of meetings may be waived only if the following criteria are met:

(a) The proposed change of location of a meeting of the board appears on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the board; and

(b) A resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this subsection (3) and further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting.
C.R.S. § 23-16-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 23-16-101
23-16-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

23-16-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds that dishonest or unscrupulous practices by athlete agents who solicit representation of student athletes can cause significant harm to student athletes and to the institutions of higher education for which they play. It is the general assembly's intent to protect the interests of student athletes and institutions of higher education by limiting the contacts between athlete agents and student athletes and by setting requirements for contracts entered into between athlete agents and student athletes.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-204 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.1-204
23-3.1-204. Organizational meeting - chairperson - conflict of interest
Status: in_force

23-3.1-204. Organizational meeting - chairperson - conflict of interest. (1) On or before July 15, 2000, a member of the board, designated by the governor, shall call and convene the initial organizational meeting of the board after transfer of the authority to the department and shall serve as its chairperson pro tempore. At such meeting, appropriate bylaws shall be presented for adoption. The bylaws may provide for the delegation of certain powers and duties and such other matters as the authority deems proper. At such meeting, and annually thereafter, the board shall elect one of its members as chairperson and one as vice-chairperson.

(2) The director or any other person designated by the board shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board and shall be custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the board and the minute books or journal of the board. Said director or other person may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the board and may give certificates to the effect that such copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the authority may rely on such certificates.

(3) The board may delegate to one or more of its members or to its director such powers and duties as it may deem proper and to its director or any other person designated by the board, the power to fix the interest rates of any particular issue, subject to such limitations as shall be prescribed by the board.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 563, § 8, effective July 1, 2004.)

(5) Any member of the board shall disqualify himself or herself from voting on any issue in which he or she has a conflict of interest unless such member has disclosed such conflict of interest in compliance with section 18-8-308, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 23-21-528 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-528
23-21-528. Severability
Status: in_force

23-21-528. Severability. Any provision of this part 5 declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid shall not impair the remaining provisions of this part 5 or the provisions of part 6 of this article. Any provision of part 6 of this article declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid shall not impair the provisions of this part 5 or the remaining provisions of said part 6.
C.R.S. § 23-15-123 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-123
23-15-123. Proceeds as trust funds
Status: in_force

23-15-123. Proceeds as trust funds. All moneys received pursuant to this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other obligations or as revenues or receipts, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article. Any officer, bank, or trust company with which such moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes of this article, subject to such regulations as this article and the resolution authorizing the bonds, notes, or other obligations of any issue or the trust agreement securing such obligations shall provide.
C.R.S. § 23-30-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 30 / Section 23-30-104
23-30-104. Meetings of board
Status: in_force

23-30-104. Meetings of board. The board shall meet at the Colorado state university twice annually and may meet at other times and places at the call of the chair who has the power in case of emergency to call special meetings of the board. The chair, with the consent of the board, shall annually set the schedule for regular board meetings. Upon the written request of any three members of the board, it is the duty of the chair of the board to call a special meeting thereof at such time and place as shall be designated in the written request therefor. A quorum of the board is a majority of voting members of the board.
C.R.S. § 23-5-105.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-105.5
23-5-105.5. State board for community colleges and occupational education - authority to cre
Status: in_force

23-5-105.5. State board for community colleges and occupational education - authority to create financial obligations. Nothing in sections 23-5-101.5 to 23-5-105 shall be construed to prohibit the state board for community colleges and occupational education from issuing revenue bonds or other revenue obligations payable from the revenues from all or any part of the auxiliary facilities within the community college and occupational education system.
C.R.S. § 23-71-203 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 2 / Section 23-71-203
23-71-203. Submission of plan for joining state system
Status: in_force

23-71-203. Submission of plan for joining state system. (1) Any local college district desiring to become a part of the state system shall use the following procedures: The local district college board of trustees of the district shall submit to the board a plan of dissolution, together with a detailed report of the finances and programs of the existing local district college. The plan of dissolution shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board. The plan shall provide for the transfer of district assets to the board and shall make provision for meeting all liabilities of the district through assumption by the board or by other lawful means which will not impair existing obligations of contract. Liabilities to be assumed by the board shall include all revenue bonds and other special obligations which by their terms are not payable from revenues derived from ad valorem taxes of the district (such obligations being sometimes collectively designated in this article as "revenue bonds"). The revenue bonds shall continue to be payable from the revenues designated therein and shall not become the general obligation of the board or of the state of Colorado. In each case where there exist outstanding general liabilities at the time of dissolution, the plan shall provide for continuing the tax levy within the boundaries of the dissolved district as may be necessary to retire all general liabilities, including without limitation all general obligation bonded indebtedness, both principal and interest. It is the intention of this part 2 that the general assembly will make timely appropriations for the retirement, and, to the extent moneys are thereby made legally available, the levy shall be diminished or eliminated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 2, no local college district shall be dissolved pursuant to this part 2 if, subsequent to May 27, 1967, it has incurred liabilities (evidenced by other than revenue bonds) for capital improvements without the approval of the board prior to the incurrence unless the liabilities have been fully paid as to principal and interest before the dissolution. The plan shall include a timetable for dissolution of the district and estimates of potential enrollment and operating and capital expenditures for a period of five years after dissolution. The date of dissolution and entry into the state system shall be the first day of July immediately following the survey of the dissolution election returns.

(2) (a) If the local district college board of trustees fails to submit a plan of dissolution on its own initiative within five years after May 27, 1967, the eligible electors of the local college district may petition the board of trustees to submit a plan to the board. The petition shall be signed by at least five percent of the eligible electors residing within each county in the local college district and shall be filed with the secretary of the local college district. The signatures need not all be on one sheet of paper, but each sheet shall contain an oath, subscribed to by the person circulating the sheet, that the signatures thereon are genuine. Each person signing the petition shall add to the signature the date of the signing and the elector's place of residence. To the extent practicable, the provisions of article 40 of title 1, C.R.S., regarding circulation of petitions, elector information and signatures on petitions, and affidavits and requirements of circulators of petitions shall apply to petitions under this section.

(b) Upon receipt of the petition, the secretary shall refer the petition to the local district college board of trustees. The board shall, without undue delay, determine if the petition has been signed by the requisite number of eligible electors residing in each county of the local college district. If the petition is found to contain the requisite number of signatures, the board of trustees shall proceed to develop and submit to the board within ninety days a plan of dissolution in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. If the petition does not contain the requisite number of signatures, the board of trustees shall make the determination by written resolution.

(c) If a petition and plan of dissolution is submitted pursuant to this section and dissolution of the local college district should not be effected because of rejection or nonapproval of the plan, or otherwise, at any stage of the process provided for by subsection (1) of this section and section 23-71-204, no further petition or plan of dissolution pursuant to this section shall be submitted or accepted for a period of five years from the date of rejection or nonapproval or other action causing the prior plan of dissolution not to be effected.
C.R.S. § 23-5-115 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-115
23-5-115. Loans or outstanding obligations offset
Status: in_force

23-5-115. Loans or outstanding obligations offset. (1) (a) At times prescribed by the department of revenue, but not less frequently than annually, a state educational institution shall certify to the department of revenue information regarding persons who owe a loan repayment or other outstanding obligation to the institution, the amount of which has been determined to be owing as a result of a final agency determination or judicial decision pursuant to section 39-21-108 (3), C.R.S., or which has been reduced to judgment.

(b) Such information shall include the name and social security number of the person owing the debt, the amount of the debt, and any other identifying information required by the department of revenue.

(2) Upon notification by the department of revenue of amounts deposited with the state treasurer pursuant to section 39-21-108 (3), C.R.S., the state treasurer shall disburse such amounts to the appropriate state educational institution.
C.R.S. § 23-1-113.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-113.5
23-1-113.5. Commission directive - resident admissions - report - definitions
Status: repealed

23-1-113.5. Commission directive - resident admissions - report - definitions. (1) It is the intent of the general assembly that all state-supported institutions of higher education operate primarily to serve and educate the people of Colorado. The general assembly therefore directs the commission to develop admission policies to ensure that, beginning with the fall term of 1994 and for the fall term of each year thereafter, not less than fifty-five percent of the incoming freshman class at each state-supported institution of higher education are in-state students as defined in section 23-7-102 (5). Commencing with the fall term of 1995, this requirement shall be met if the percentage of in-state students in the incoming freshman class for the then current fall term and the two previous fall terms averages not less than fifty-five percent. Such fifty-five percent requirement shall also apply to the percentage of incoming freshmen students who are admitted based on criteria other than standardized test scores, high school class rank, and high school grade point average pursuant to section 23-1-113 (1)(b). In addition, the commission shall develop admission policies to ensure, beginning with the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1994, and for each fiscal year thereafter, that not less than two-thirds of the total student enrollment, including undergraduate and graduate students, at each campus of each state-supported institution of higher education, except the Colorado school of mines, are in-state students as defined in section 23-7-102 (5) and that not less than sixty percent of the total student enrollment, including undergraduate and graduate students, at the Colorado school of mines are in-state students as defined in section 23-7-102 (5). This requirement shall be met if, commencing with the fiscal year that begins July 1, 1995, the fraction of in-state students, as defined in section 23-7-102 (5), enrolled at each state-supported institution of higher education, except the Colorado school of mines, averages not less than two-thirds of the total fiscal year student enrollment for the then current fiscal year plus the two previous fiscal years. For the Colorado school of mines, this fraction of in-state students shall be not less than three-fifths. Such policies shall be implemented no later than July 1, 1994.

(2) (a) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section regarding the fraction of students who are in-state students attending the Colorado school of mines shall also apply to Western Colorado university.

(b) Repealed.

(c) After one hundred percent of all qualified Colorado applicants have been accepted by Adams state university, Colorado Mesa university, and Western Colorado university, the provisions of subsection (1) of this section regarding the fraction of students who are in-state students ceases to apply to said three state institutions of higher education.

(d) After one hundred percent of all qualified Colorado applicants have been accepted by Adams state university, Fort Lewis college, Colorado Mesa university, and Western Colorado university, the provisions of subsection (1) of this section regarding the fraction of students who are in-state students ceases to apply to said four state institutions of higher education.

(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section regarding the fraction of students who are in-state students at institutions of higher education do not apply to any Native American student who attends Fort Lewis college. The calculation of the fraction of students at Fort Lewis college who are in-state students shall exclude any Native American student attending the college.

(4) (a) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section regarding the percentage and fraction of students who are in-state students, as defined in section 23-7-102 (5), do not apply to the university of Colorado system, Colorado state university, the university of northern Colorado, or the Colorado school of mines if the following requirements are met:

(I) The percentage of incoming freshmen admitted to the institution who are in-state students calculated on a three-year rolling average and excluding foreign students, is not less than fifty-five percent;

(II) The percentage of students enrolled at each campus of the university of Colorado system, at Colorado state university, at the university of northern Colorado, or at the Colorado school of mines who are in-state students is not less than fifty-five percent of the total student enrollment at each campus of the university of Colorado system, at Colorado state university, at the university of northern Colorado, or at the Colorado school of mines, respectively, including undergraduate and graduate students, calculated on a three-year rolling average and excluding foreign students and students enrolled solely in online courses;

(III) The institution continues to admit one hundred percent of all Colorado first-time freshman applicants who meet the guaranteed admissions criteria;

(IV) The percentage of in-state students admitted to each campus of the university of Colorado system, to the university of northern Colorado, or to Colorado state university based on criteria other than standardized test scores, high school class rank, and high school grade point average pursuant to section 23-1-113 (1)(b) does not fall below the average of the percentage admitted to the campus or to Colorado state university, respectively, for the three preceding academic years; and

(V) The total number of foreign students enrolled at each specific campus of the university of Colorado system, at Colorado state university, at the university of northern Colorado, or at the Colorado school of mines does not exceed fifteen percent of the total student enrollment, including undergraduate and graduate students, enrolled at the campus, at Colorado state university, at the university of northern Colorado, or at the Colorado school of mines, respectively.

(b) The university of Colorado and Colorado state university shall annually report to the commission information demonstrating that qualified in-state students are not displaced or denied admissions as a result of the provisions of this subsection (4) and that any increase in the enrollment of foreign students at a specific campus of the university of Colorado system or at Colorado state university is a result of increased capacity at the campus or at Colorado state university, respectively.

(c) For purposes of this subsection (4), "foreign student" means a student who is counted as foreign and present in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa.

(d) (I) (A) Beginning October 15, 2018, and every three years thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the joint budget committee and to the education committees of the house of representatives and of the senate, or their successor committees, demonstrating that the institutions included in this subsection (4) have met resident admission and enrollment requirements set forth in this section for the prior fiscal year; reporting the total number of resident and nonresident students enrolled in each institution of higher education before and after Colorado scholars are counted as two in-state students pursuant to subsection (5)(a) of this section; reporting how state institutions of higher education that utilize the Colorado scholars program use associated tuition revenue for purposes of merit- and need-based scholarships for resident students; and reporting the number of entering first-year Colorado residents, by county, who qualify as a Colorado scholar.

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirements in subsection (4)(d)(I)(A) of this section continue indefinitely.

(II) The department and the institutions shall ensure that the data required for these calculations is consistently included in the state's student records database, including data on the number of students with in-state classification and out-of-state classification, the number classified as international students for purposes of the calculation, the resident and nonresident students classified as online only students for purposes of the calculation, and the number of students classified as Colorado scholars pursuant to subsection (5) of this section. The report shall include both the nominal numbers of students in each relevant category and the calculation demonstrating the institution's compliance with this section.

(III) As part of the report required pursuant to this subsection (4)(d), in collaboration with the institutions, the department shall demonstrate that the institutions are complying with the provisions of section 23-1-113 (1)(a) that require that the academic admission standards for students who do not have in-state status, as determined pursuant to section 23-7-103, are equal to or exceed those established for determining admission of in-state students, and the requirements of subsection (4)(b) of this section, that require that certain institutions annually report information demonstrating that qualified in-state students are not displaced or denied admission as a result of the provisions of this subsection (4).

(5) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, beginning in the fall semester of 2013, a state-supported institution of higher education or a campus of the institution may count each Colorado scholar who enrolls at the institution or the campus of the institution as two in-state students for purposes of calculating the percentages and fractions of in-state students required in this section.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, beginning in the fall semester of 2013, a state-supported institution of higher education or a campus of the institution meets the requirements specified in subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of this section if the percentage of in-state students admitted to the institution or to each campus of the institution based on criteria that are in lieu of the established statewide criteria as provided in section 23-1-113 (1)(b) plus the percentage of in-state students enrolling as Colorado scholars exceeds the percentage of nonresident students admitted to the institution or to each campus of the institution based on criteria that are in lieu of the established statewide criteria.

(c) The provisions of this subsection (5) apply only to a state-supported institution of higher education, or to a campus of the institution, that establishes and funds a Colorado scholar program.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (5) to the contrary, the number of Colorado scholars that each institution counts for purposes of subsections (5)(a) and (5)(b) of this section in an academic year must not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of in-state students that the institution counts in the applicable fraction or percentage in that academic year.

(d.5) An institution of higher education shall make an effort to recruit in-state students who graduated from a high school that is a rural school or in a rural school district, as defined in section 23-76-102 (4).

(d.6) An institution of higher education shall make an effort to retain scholars from each demographic background with disproportionately low retention rates.

(e) As used in this subsection (5):

(I) "Colorado scholar" means an in-state student who is eligible to participate in an institutional Colorado scholar program and is designated by the state-supported institution of higher education as a Colorado scholar. A student is eligible to participate in a Colorado scholar program only if the student graduates in the top ten percent of the student's high school class or graduates with at least a 3.75 grade point average, having completed a highly rigorous college preparatory curriculum, and meets any additional criteria established by the institution.

(II) "Colorado scholar program" means an institutional program or group of programs that awards institutional financial aid or scholarships to undergraduate, degree-seeking, in-state students, with the goal of attracting in-state students to and retaining them in Colorado institutions of higher education. A state-supported institution of higher education shall provide each student who is designated as a Colorado scholar for purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (5) at least two thousand five hundred dollars in annual financial aid or scholarship moneys through the institution's Colorado scholar program.