C.R.S. § 23-51-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 51 / Section 23-51-102
23-51-102. Board of trustees - creation - members - powers - duties
Status: in_force

23-51-102. Board of trustees - creation - members - powers - duties. (1) (a) There is established the board of trustees for Adams state university, referred to in this article as the "board of trustees", which shall consist of eleven members and shall be the governing authority for Adams state university. The board of trustees shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a body corporate and, as such and by the names designated in this section, may:

(I) Acquire and hold property for the use of Adams state university;

(II) Be a party to all suits and contracts; and

(III) Do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this article in like manner as municipal corporations of this state, including but not limited to the power to demand, receive, hold, and use for the best interests of Adams state university such money, lands, or other property as may be donated or devised to or for the university.

(b) The board of trustees and its successors shall have perpetual succession, shall have a seal, may make bylaws and regulations for the well-ordering and governance of Adams state university, and may conduct the business of the university in a manner not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state. The board of trustees shall elect from the appointed members a chairperson, whose duties and responsibilities shall be prescribed in the duly adopted bylaws of the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who are not members of the board and whose duties and responsibilities shall be prescribed in the duly adopted bylaws of the board of trustees. The staff of Adams state university shall provide staff support for the board of trustees.

(2) The governor shall appoint, with the consent of the senate, nine members of the board of trustees. Members appointed by the governor shall serve terms of up to four years, expiring on December 31 of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the member is appointed; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than three members' terms expire in the same year. Of the nine members appointed by the governor, at least two shall reside in Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Mineral, Rio Grande, or Saguache county. Of the nine members appointed by the governor, no more than five members shall be from the same political party. Each member shall hold office for the term for which the member has been appointed and until the member's successor is appointed and confirmed by the senate.

(3) The tenth member of the board of trustees shall be a full-time junior or senior student at Adams state university, elected by the members of the student body of Adams state university. The term of the student member is one year, beginning on July 1 each year. The student member is advisory, without the right to vote and without the right to attend executive sessions of the board of trustees, as provided by section 24-6-402. The student member must have resided in the state of Colorado for not less than three years prior to the student's election.

(4) The eleventh member shall be a member of the faculty of Adams state university elected by other members of the faculty for a term of two years, beginning on July 1 every year. The faculty member is advisory, without the right to vote and without the right to attend executive sessions of the board of trustees, as provided by section 24-6-402.

(5) A vacancy of an appointed member of the board of trustees shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. A vacancy of either of the elected members of the board of trustees shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. Each member of the board of trustees shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (6), the powers, duties, and functions formerly performed by the trustees of the state colleges in Colorado with respect to Adams state university are hereby transferred to the board of trustees. Policies, resolutions, procedures, and agreements previously approved by the trustees of the state colleges and universities in Colorado and applicable to Adams state university shall remain in force and effect unless and until changed by the board of trustees.

(7) In addition to those powers conferred elsewhere in this article, the board of trustees has the power to:

(a) Appoint a president of Adams state university;

(b) Appoint such other executive officers of the university as may be required;

(c) Appoint faculty and employees as may be required;

(d) Determine the compensation to be paid to the president, executive officers, faculty, and professional staff;

(e) With the advice of the faculty, prescribe the degree programs for the university; and

(f) Prescribe the student admissions qualifications.
C.R.S. § 23-20-133 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 23-20-133
23-20-133. Religious societies not to control
Status: in_force

23-20-133. Religious societies not to control. The university shall never be under the control of any religious or irreligious denomination or society.
C.R.S. § 23-7-103.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 7 / Section 23-7-103.5
23-7-103.5. Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions
Status: in_force

23-7-103.5. Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions. (1) As defined in subsection (2) of this section, an unaccompanied homeless youth is a "qualified person", as defined in section 23-7-102, for purposes of determining his or her own domicile pursuant to the provisions of section 23-7-103.

(2) (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "unaccompanied homeless youth" means an individual who has not attained twenty-two years of age and who has been verified by a person described in subsection (2)(b) of this section as either:

(I) An unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, as those terms are defined in section 725 of the federal "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a; or

(II) An unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting. The Colorado commission on higher education shall include in its tuition classification policies a definition of "unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting".

(b) The following persons may verify that a youth is an unaccompanied homeless youth as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):

(I) A local educational agency homeless liaison, designated pursuant to section 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of the federal "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 11432;

(II) The director of a program funded under the federal "Runaway and Homeless Youth Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 5701 et seq., or a designee of the director;

(III) The director of a program funded under subtitle B of Title IV of the federal "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 11371 et seq., relating to emergency shelter grants, or a designee of the director; or

(IV) A financial aid administrator at an institution.
C.R.S. § 23-41-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-105
23-41-105. School established - role and mission
Status: in_force

23-41-105. School established - role and mission. There is hereby established a school at Golden, to be known as the Colorado school of mines. The school of mines shall be a specialized baccalaureate and graduate research institution with high admission standards. The Colorado school of mines shall have a unique mission in energy, mineral, and material science and engineering and associated engineering and science fields. The school shall be the primary institution of higher education offering energy, mineral, and material science and mineral engineering degrees at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
C.R.S. § 23-41-204 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 2 / Section 23-41-204
23-41-204. State geologist - appointment - qualifications
Status: in_force

23-41-204. State geologist - appointment - qualifications. The president of the Colorado school of mines shall appoint a state geologist. The state geologist shall be the director of the Colorado geological survey. The state geologist shall be a professional geologist, as defined in section 23-41-208, and shall have professional, managerial, supervisory, practical, and technical experience and knowledge in the use of geology, earth sciences, and natural resource planning and management.
C.R.S. § 23-1-112 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-112
23-1-112. Tuition - reciprocal agreements
Status: in_force

23-1-112. Tuition - reciprocal agreements. Except as provided in section 23-1-108 (10), the commission shall identify those circumstances where the waiving of the nonresident differential in tuition rates, on a reciprocal basis with other states, would enhance educational opportunities for Colorado residents. Relative to such identified circumstances, the commission shall negotiate with the other states involved with the objective of establishing reciprocal agreements for the waiving of the nonresidential differential for Colorado residents attending state institutions of higher education in other states in exchange for Colorado state institutions of higher education waiving the nonresident differential for residents of the other states. Agreements negotiated between Colorado and other states shall provide for an equal number of resident and nonresident students to be exchanged between the states. Upon successful completion of such negotiations, the commission may identify the numbers of Colorado residents by grade level whose educational opportunities would be enhanced and the numbers of nonresident students by grade level for whom the nonresident differential is to be waived by the Colorado state institutions of higher education and may direct that the state institutions of higher education grant such waivers. The commission shall establish regulations for the administration of this section, based on the application of the closest college concept, and for the reporting to the general assembly of the numbers of students to whom the waivers are given.
C.R.S. § 23-5-123 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-123
23-5-123. Sabbatical leave - policy - production of records - legislative declaration - de
Status: in_force

23-5-123. Sabbatical leave - policy - production of records - legislative declaration - definition. (1) The general assembly recognizes the necessity of maintaining a high caliber of faculty and staff within the state system of higher education and the importance of the faculty's and staff's contribution in delivering quality education within the state system of higher education. The general assembly recognizes that faculty and staff sabbaticals play an important role in developing and enhancing faculty or staff expertise, thereby supporting faculty and staff excellence in management, teaching, and research. The general assembly also recognizes that a faculty or staff sabbatical is a privilege, rather than a right, and should be granted only when it results in adding value to the institution, the students' education, and the state. The general assembly therefore declares that state-supported institutions of higher education should judiciously grant faculty and staff sabbaticals that will improve excellence within the state system of higher education and will thereby benefit the state.

(2) (a) The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education shall have in place and shall enforce policies regarding faculty and staff sabbaticals, including but not limited to the policies specified in this subsection (2).

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2023.)

(c) A governing board may not grant a sabbatical for any faculty or staff member more often than once every seven years.

(d) Prior to taking a sabbatical, a faculty or staff member shall submit to the governing board of the institution that employs the faculty member a detailed sabbatical plan that:

(I) Specifies how the sabbatical activity will result in the faculty or staff member's professional growth, how it will enhance the institution's reputation, how it will enhance the students' educational experience at the institution, and how it will increase the overall level of knowledge in the faculty or staff member's area of expertise; and

(II) Specifies the goals that the faculty member or staff member will achieve while on sabbatical.

(e) A governing board of an institution of higher education may not grant a subsequent sabbatical to any faculty or staff member who does not meet the goals stated in the faculty or staff member's sabbatical plan.

(f) The governing board of each institution shall approve any sabbaticals taken by faculty or staff at the institution in advance. In approving a sabbatical, the governing board of each institution shall consider the quality of the faculty or staff member's proposed activities while on sabbatical, the individuals who will be involved in such activities, and the benefits to be received from such activities by the faculty or staff member, the institution, and the students at the institution.

(g) Upon completion of a sabbatical, the faculty or staff member shall submit a final sabbatical report to the governing board of the institution that employs the faculty or staff member, including a summary of the faculty or staff member's activities while on sabbatical and the benefits derived by the faculty or staff member. Final sabbatical reports need not include specific details of the faculty or staff member's research conducted while on sabbatical. Final sabbatical reports are open records pursuant to section 24-72-203 and must not be included in the faculty or staff member's personnel file.

(h) Each participant in the sabbatical process shall ensure that each sabbatical meets the requirements of this section and any other requirements that may be included in the appropriate governing board's sabbatical policy. Each governing board shall specify a mechanism to hold each participant in the sabbatical process accountable for meeting the sabbatical policy requirements.

(3) Each governing board shall produce all sabbatical records for all approved sabbaticals and a list of all disapproved sabbaticals for inspection by the joint budget committee, the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and the Colorado commission on higher education upon request. In addition, each governing board shall distribute copies of the sabbatical policies developed by each governing board pursuant to this section, with amendments as necessary, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives and to the Colorado commission on higher education.

(4) As used in this section, "staff" means an employee who serves in a management position or similar capacity, including a director up to a vice president.
C.R.S. § 23-16-301 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 3 / Section 23-16-301
23-16-301. Compensation and representation of student athletes at institutions of higher ed
Status: in_force

23-16-301. Compensation and representation of student athletes at institutions of higher education - prohibited acts - contracts - definitions. (1) As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Advisory contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit, on behalf of the student athlete, compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. The term:

(I) Does not include a professional-sports-services contract, as defined in section 23-16-202 (9); and

(II) Includes an endorsement contract, as defined in section 23-16-202 (6), if the endorsement contract provides for a student athlete to receive compensation from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness.

(b) "Athlete advisor" means a person who enters into an advisory contract with a student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an advisory contract. The term includes an individual who represents to the public that the individual is an athlete advisor. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of a student athlete.

(c) "Athletic association" means an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics. The term includes the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any successor organization.

(d) "Compensation":

(I) Means money or other remuneration or thing of value given to a student athlete in exchange for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; and

(II) Does not include a scholarship from the institution at which a student athlete is enrolled that provides the student athlete all or a portion of the cost of attendance at that institution.

(e) "Institution" means a public or private institution of higher education in Colorado.

(f) "Student" means an individual who is enrolled at an institution.

(g) "Student athlete" means a student who competes in intercollegiate athletics for an institution at which the student is enrolled.

(h) "Team contract" means a contract between an institution and another entity or between an intercollegiate athletic team of an institution and another entity, which contract relates to the activities of an athletic team of the institution.

(2) (a) Except as may be required by the rules or requirements of an athletic association of which an institution is a member, an institution shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of the institution from earning compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. A student athlete's earning of such compensation does not affect the student athlete's scholarship eligibility.

(b) An athletic association shall not:

(I) Prevent a student athlete from earning compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; or

(II) Prevent an institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics because a student athlete receives compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness.

(c) Neither an institution nor an athletic association shall:

(I) Provide compensation to a current or prospective student athlete;

(II) Provide remuneration to a prospective student athlete for the prospective student athlete's athletic ability or performance or potential athletic ability or performance; or

(III) Prevent a student athlete from obtaining professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters, including representation provided by an athlete advisor and legal representation provided by an attorney.

(d) An institution may identify, create, solicit, facilitate, and otherwise enable opportunities for a student athlete to earn compensation for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness so long as the institution first acquires the consent of the student athlete to do so. An institution that solicits such an opportunity for a student athlete shall inform the student athlete of the solicitation within seventy-two hours after the solicitation.

(3) (a) A student athlete shall not enter into a contract providing compensation to the student athlete if the contract conflicts with a team contract of the team for which the student athlete competes.

(b) A student athlete who enters into a contract providing compensation to the student athlete in exchange for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness shall disclose the contract to the athletic director of the student athlete's institution within seventy-two hours after the student athlete enters into the contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, as supported by the institution's policy.

(c) An institution asserting a conflict described in subsection (3)(a) of this section shall disclose to the student athlete or to the student athlete's professional or legal representation the relevant contractual provisions that are in conflict.

(d) A team contract of an institution's athletic program entered into, modified, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, may not prohibit a student athlete from using the student athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the student athlete is not engaged in official team activities.

(4) Any person providing legal representation to a student athlete must be a licensed attorney.

(5) For the purposes of this section, an institution shall not revoke a student athlete's scholarship because the student athlete receives compensation or obtains professional or legal representation as described in this section.

(5.5) A charitable organization that is not an institution and that qualifies as an exempt organization under 26 U.S.C. sec. 501 (c)(3), as it existed on the effective date of this subsection (5.5), may compensate a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness.

(6) (a) A policy of an institution or an athletic association that does not comport with this part 3 is void and unenforceable.

(b) A student athlete who is aggrieved by an action taken by an institution or an athletic association in violation of this part 3 may bring an action for injunctive relief.
C.R.S. § 23-52-115 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 52 / Part 1 / Section 23-52-115
23-52-115. Development of natural resources
Status: in_force

23-52-115. Development of natural resources. The state board of land commissioners is authorized to prudently develop such coal measures, mineral deposits, and oil structures by lease or otherwise as is situated on lands described in section 23-52-114, but such development shall not unreasonably interfere with the use of such land as may be directed from time to time by the board of trustees. Applications for leases of the coal measures, mineral deposits, and oil structures shall be made to the state board of land commissioners, which board may execute such leases in the manner required by law. Rental, royalties, and income therefrom shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the special account established by section 23-52-114.
C.R.S. § 23-71-116 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 1 / Section 23-71-116
23-71-116. Ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and electronic voting equipment
Status: repealed

23-71-116. Ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and electronic voting equipment. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-3.7-105 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.7 / Section 23-3.7-105
23-3.7-105. Audit
Status: in_force

23-3.7-105. Audit. The state auditor, in cooperation with the commission, shall establish procedures for biannual audits at institutions participating in the grant program.
C.R.S. § 23-71-708 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 7 / Section 23-71-708
23-71-708. Committee determination conclusive
Status: in_force

23-71-708. Committee determination conclusive. The determination of the committee that the limitations imposed under this part 7 upon the issuance of securities under this part 7 have been met shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion, regardless of whether the authorizing resolution or the securities thereby authorized contain a recital as authorized by section 23-71-707.
C.R.S. § 23-56-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 56 / Section 23-56-104
23-56-104. Status and control
Status: in_force

23-56-104. Status and control. The buildings and premises of the Western Colorado university form a part of the school system of the state and are controlled and managed by the board of trustees.
C.R.S. § 23-70-114 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 70 / Section 23-70-114
23-70-114. Powers of board not limited
Status: in_force

23-70-114. Powers of board not limited. Subject to the approval of the Colorado commission on higher education, the Auraria board may exercise any and all powers conferred by this article with respect to any land or facility not otherwise a part of the Auraria center. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the powers of governing boards of constituent institutions to acquire or dispose of facilities not otherwise part of the Auraria center; however, any building or facility acquired by a constituent institution in support of academic programs shall be subject to the approval of the Auraria board, including the renewal of existing leases.
C.R.S. § 23-3.9-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.9 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.9-101
23-3.9-101. Definitions
Status: repealed

23-3.9-101. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Approved program of preparation" means a program of study for preparation that is approved by the department of education pursuant to section 22-60.5-121 and that upon completion leads to a recommendation for licensure.

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

(2.5) "Educator" means a teacher, principal, or special services provider, as those terms are defined in section 22-60.5-102; except that a special services provider need not be employed by a school district.

(3) "Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402 (1), C.R.S.

(3.5) Repealed.

(3.7) "Qualified loan" means an educational loan incurred while completing a program of preparation, including an alternative preparation program approved pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22, that leads to educator licensure pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22, or a bachelor's or master's degree in the area in which the educator is employed in a qualified position. The commission shall determine if a loan is a qualified loan for purposes of the educator loan forgiveness program created in section 23-3.9-102.

(4) "Qualified position" means:

(a) A hard-to-staff educator position in a rural school or rural school district or in a facility school that is in a rural school district identified by the department of education pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6); or

(b) A hard-to-staff educator position in a Colorado public school, a school operated by a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of title 22, or a facility school in a content shortage area identified pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6).

(5) "Rural school" or "rural school district" means a public school or school district identified by the department of education pursuant to section 23-3.9-102 (6).

(6) "School" or "public school" means a public school as provided in section 22-1-101, including a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22, or a school operated by a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of title 22.
C.R.S. § 23-41-123 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-123
23-41-123. Moneys from Colorado school of mines lands
Status: in_force

23-41-123. Moneys from Colorado school of mines lands. All moneys that arise from the sale of lands belonging to the Colorado school of mines, or from the leasing of lands belonging to the said school, or from interest arising on the investment of such funds are placed under the exclusive control of the board of trustees of the Colorado school of mines. The state treasurer is instructed to turn over to the board of trustees all the moneys, warrants, bonds, and other securities of any nature that have come from the sale of said lands belonging to said school.
C.R.S. § 23-31-605 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 6 / Section 23-31-605
23-31-605. Board to cooperate with counties
Status: in_force

23-31-605. Board to cooperate with counties. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system is authorized to cooperate with the several counties of the state in research work and in investigations of matters pertaining to the agricultural and industrial development of the counties and state upon such terms and in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the respective boards of county commissioners and the board of governors of the Colorado state university system.
C.R.S. § 23-78-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 78 / Part 1 / Section 23-78-104
23-78-104. Educator preparation program - best practices - guidelines - report
Status: in_force

23-78-104. Educator preparation program - best practices - guidelines - report. (1) (a) The department of higher education and the department of education, in collaboration with the deans of the schools of education in Colorado institutions of higher education, or their designees, shall review research and practices from other states and other countries to identify best practices in providing educator preparation programs, including:

(I) Effective curricula, teaching teacher candidates the science of teaching reading and strategies to ensure all students learn to read, course scope and sequence, and timing of and effective practices in providing clinical practice; and

(II) Effective curricula and interventions, teaching candidates for an elementary education endorsement, a middle school mathematics endorsement, or a secondary mathematics endorsement interventions and strategies to help students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics; children with disabilities, as defined in section 22-20-103; and students who are English language learners.

(b) The departments and deans, or their designees, shall work with persons who implement alternative teacher programs, local education providers, teachers, and other interested parties in identifying the best practices. No later than January 1, 2020, the departments shall jointly adopt guidelines to assist educator preparation programs in adopting and implementing the best practices, including best practices to ensure that teacher candidates are well trained to teach students to read.

(2) The department of higher education and the department of education shall jointly prepare a report concerning the identified best practices, the adopted guidelines, and regulatory and legislative recommendations to ensure that the policies and criteria for reviewing and approving educator preparation programs pursuant to sections 22-60.5-115 (2), 22-60.5-205 (3), and 22-60.5-121 align with the identified best practices and are designed to determine the degree to which educator preparation programs are implementing the best practices. On or before January 15, 2020, the departments shall submit the report to the commission, the state board, and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees. To the extent necessary, the commission shall amend its guidelines and the state board shall amend its rules to align with the best practices.

(3) On or before March 1, 2020, each educator preparation program shall submit to the department of higher education and the department of education a plan demonstrating how the educator preparation program expects to phase in implementation of the identified best practices over the following three academic years.
C.R.S. § 23-71-521 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 5 / Section 23-71-521
23-71-521. Registration of bonds
Status: in_force

23-71-521. Registration of bonds. When any district issues bonds under the provisions of this part 5, the board of trustees may make and enter in its record a request that the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the headquarters of such district is situated register the bonds in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. When so registered, the legality thereof shall not be open to contest by such district, or any person whomsoever, for any reason whatever. A certified copy of the order of the board of trustees, so made and entered of record, shall be furnished to the said county clerk and recorder by the said board, and, thereupon, it shall be his duty to register said bonds, noting the name of the district and the amount, the date of issuance and maturity, and the rate of interest of said bonds. He shall receive a fee of twenty-five dollars for registering each such issue.
C.R.S. § 23-5-126 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-126
23-5-126. Governing boards - anti-terrorism measures
Status: in_force

23-5-126. Governing boards - anti-terrorism measures. (1) The Colorado commission on higher education in consultation with each governing board shall adopt such guidelines and policies, no later than December 1, 2002, as may be necessary to provide all lawful information requested by the federal bureau of investigation, the central intelligence agency, the department of homeland security, or any other federal agency in connection with an anti-terrorism investigation. The guidelines and policies shall include requiring each state-supported institution of higher education to verify and report the status of all foreign students, as required by the department of homeland security, or any other federal agency.

(2) The administrators at each state-supported institution of higher education shall cooperate with and provide, in an immediate manner, all lawful information requested by the federal bureau of investigation, the central intelligence agency, the department of homeland security, or any other federal agency in connection with an anti-terrorism investigation.
C.R.S. § 23-31-205 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 23-31-205
23-31-205. Provisions of act of congress accepted
Status: in_force

23-31-205. Provisions of act of congress accepted. The state of Colorado does hereby accept the provisions of the act of congress dated June 7, 1924, entitled "Clarke-McNary Law", as amended.
C.R.S. § 23-18-204 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 18 / Part 2 / Section 23-18-204
23-18-204. College opportunity fund - advertisement - disclosure
Status: in_force

23-18-204. College opportunity fund - advertisement - disclosure. If an institution of higher education advertises, in the form of direct mail, print, radio, television, or via the internet, a student's ability to receive a stipend from the college opportunity fund, the institution of higher education shall include in the advertisement the total cost of attending the institution, including a student's total tuition cost plus applicable fees.
C.R.S. § 23-31-203 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 23-31-203
23-31-203. Cooperation with governmental units
Status: repealed

23-31-203. Cooperation with governmental units. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-30-113 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 30 / Section 23-30-113
23-30-113. Board's personnel powers
Status: in_force

23-30-113. Board's personnel powers. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has authority over all personnel matters relating to the system and the institutions and entities it governs. The board may delegate all or part of its powers over personnel matters in accordance with section 23-5-117.
C.R.S. § 23-1-141 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-141
23-1-141. Student success data system - student success data transparency - appropriation
Status: repealed

23-1-141. Student success data system - student success data transparency - appropriation - definition - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "institution of higher education" or "institution" means the state institutions, as defined in section 23-18-102 (10)(a), the local district colleges, and the area technical colleges.

(2) (a) The department shall create and maintain a statewide data system of student success information to enhance data-based decision-making by institutions and the public in order to increase student success using the student success measures determined by the commission. The data system includes institution interfaces described in subsection (3) of this section and a public interface. The data system must have the functionality to be developed into a longitudinal data system over time that connects K-12, postsecondary, and workforce information.

(b) (I) The commission shall provide guidance to the department on the information that should be included in the data system to align the data system with the student success measures developed pursuant to section 23-1-140.

(II) Each institution shall report postsecondary success information to the department that the department determines necessary for inclusion in the statewide data system.

(III) The department shall obtain student workforce data necessary for the data system by the best means possible, including obtaining employment information and earnings from the department of labor and employment, the Colorado workforce development council, or any other initiative or data-sharing platform that allows the department to obtain workforce data. The department of labor and employment, the Colorado workforce development council, and the department of education shall provide to the department the information that the department deems necessary to implement and operate the data system.

(c) The department may include in the statewide data system employment and wage outcome data of a workforce development or training program that joins the data system. In order to join the data system, a workforce development or training program must be listed in the eligible training provider lists described in section 8-83-225 (1)(c) or receiving funding under Title I of the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq. The department may provide a user-friendly and accessible option for a program described in this subsection (2)(c) to deliver data to the department.

(d) In developing the data system, the department shall collaborate with the Colorado workforce development council, the department of labor and employment, the department of education, and the office of economic development and international trade. The department shall also seek input from each institution of higher education, Colorado employers, Colorado students, and other workforce training providers offering an industry recognized credential.

(e) The department may enter into an agreement with a third party to create and maintain the data system and any materials derived from the system. If the department enters into an agreement with a third party, the department shall ensure that both the department and the third party comply with all state and federal laws and regulations concerning the privacy of student information, including the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974", 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended.

(3) (a) The department shall work with an institution to include information on an interface that is internal to that institution. Information available on an institution interface may provide student success data that is more timely, more granular, appears in a different format, or includes functionality that is different from information provided on the public interface.

(b) If an institution maintains or intends to create its own data system that aligns with the goals of the statewide data system and the department determines that there is sufficient alignment, the department may, with the approval of the commission, allocate money to the institution for the creation, improvement, or maintenance of the institution's data system instead of creating an interface that is internal to that institution. The department shall not allocate to the institution an amount greater than the cost to the department for creating an interface that is internal to the institution. An institution that receives an allocation is not exempt from the requirement to report student educational success information to the department pursuant to subsection (2)(b)(II) of this section.

(4) The public interface of the data system includes student success information that is aligned with the student success measures developed pursuant to section 23-1-140. The commission shall determine the specific student success information that must be included in the public interface, including determining how the information is disaggregated by student populations, including populations identified by race, ethnicity, gender, first-generation status, disability, and socioeconomic factors. The public interface must allow a user to conduct an interactive search to view and compare student success information for specific institutions and credential programs so that the user may make informed decisions regarding the economic opportunity and trade-offs of various educational and career training options. The department shall update the data in the public interface as frequently as practicable, but at least annually, to ensure that Colorado students and the public have the most relevant and current information available.

(5) (a) The commission shall, in collaboration with the office in the department that is responsible for developing policy to remove equity gaps in postsecondary education in Colorado, use the data included in the institution and statewide data system to examine educational and workforce success disparities among various student populations, including populations identified by race, ethnicity, gender, first-generation status, disability, age, and socioeconomic factors.

(b) In order to further the goal of using data to improve institutional decision-making and best practices, the commission shall facilitate information sharing among institutions about practices implemented by an institution based on data learned from the data system.

(6) (a) In order to facilitate the collection of student success data and information from institutions of higher education, the department shall update and modernize its data collection systems, including its student-unit record data system.

(b) The department, in collecting data from institutions, may use, when possible, open-source data transparency languages that utilize open, interoperable data formats.

(7) On or before January 15, 2025, and on or before January 15, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the house of representatives education committee and senate education committee on the work required and any barriers identified, including recommendations for legislative changes necessary, on the progress of the statewide longitudinal data system created in section 24-37.5-125 (2)(a) that connects K-12, postsecondary education, and workforce information.

(8) (a) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate three million dollars from the workers, employers, and workforce centers cash fund created in section 24-75-231 to the department for the purposes of this section. The money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (8) must be from the money in the workers, employers, and workforce centers cash fund that originated from the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered money appropriated pursuant to this section remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2023-24 state fiscal year without further appropriation.

(b) This subsection (8) is repealed, effective December 31, 2024.
C.R.S. § 23-31-505 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 5 / Section 23-31-505
23-31-505. Other funds - investment
Status: in_force

23-31-505. Other funds - investment. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the right to invest in the same manner as provided in section 23-31-504 any other permanent funds, the principal of which is not subject to use, that may be held by or granted to the state for the use of the Colorado state university or other institutions under the control of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system.
C.R.S. § 23-18-203 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 18 / Part 2 / Section 23-18-203
23-18-203. College opportunity fund - data retention
Status: in_force

23-18-203. College opportunity fund - data retention. (1) The commission, in cooperation with the state and participating private institutions of higher education, shall maintain a record of the number of credit hours for which each eligible undergraduate student receives a stipend from the college opportunity fund. The commission shall also maintain any confidential information concerning eligible undergraduate students participating in the program.

(2) The commission, in consultation with the governing boards, shall determine by policy when to forward to each state and participating private institution of higher education a report on the number of credit hours accumulated by each eligible undergraduate student against the lifetime-credit-hour limitation established pursuant to section 23-18-202 (5)(c). Each institution shall make the information on the number of credit hours accumulated against the limitations available to the student upon request.
C.R.S. § 23-21-513 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-513
23-21-513. General powers of the authority
Status: in_force

23-21-513. General powers of the authority. (1) In addition to any other powers granted to the authority in this part 5, the authority shall have the following powers:

(a) To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities of a body corporate and political subdivision of the state;

(b) To have perpetual existence and succession;

(c) To adopt, have, and use a seal and to alter the same at its pleasure;

(d) To sue and be sued;

(e) To enter into any contract or agreement not inconsistent with this part 5 or the laws of this state and to authorize the executive director to enter into contracts, execute all instruments, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this part 5 and to secure the payment of bonds;

(f) To borrow money and to issue bonds evidencing the same;

(g) To purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, sell, and dispose of personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and any interest therein; and to purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire real property or any interest therein and to maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, and otherwise transfer such real property, so long as such transactions do not interfere with the mission of the authority as specified in section 23-21-504;

(h) To acquire space, equipment, services, supplies, and insurance necessary to carry out the purposes of this part 5;

(i) To deposit any moneys of the authority in any banking institution within or without the state or in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and to appoint, for the purpose of making such deposits, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the authority, who shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board of directors requires;

(j) To contract for and to accept any gifts, grants, and loans of funds, property, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, or any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply, subject to the provisions of this part 5, with the terms and conditions thereof;

(k) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this part 5, which specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this part 5;

(l) To fix the time and place or places at which its regular and special meetings are to be held. Meetings shall be held on the call of the presiding officer, but no less than eight meetings shall be held annually.

(m) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws and rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this part 5; except that article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., shall not apply to the promulgation of any policies, procedures, rules, or regulations of the authority;

(n) To appoint one or more persons as secretary and treasurer of the board and such other officers as the board of directors may determine and provide for their duties and terms of office; except that the president of the university of Colorado shall designate the director who shall be the presiding officer of the board of directors;

(o) To appoint an executive director and such agents, employees, and professional and business advisers as may from time to time be necessary in its judgment to accomplish the purposes of this part 5, to fix the compensation of such executive director, employees, agents, and advisers, and to establish the powers and duties of all such agents, employees, and other persons contracting with the authority;

(p) To waive, by such means as the authority deems appropriate, the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the authority's bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, or any other federal statute providing a similar exemption;

(q) To make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this part 5, including but not limited to contracts with any person, firm, corporation, municipality, state agency, county, or other entity. All municipalities, counties, and state agencies are hereby authorized to enter into and do all things necessary to perform any such arrangement or contract with the authority.

(r) To arrange for guaranties or insurance of its bonds, notes, or other obligations by the federal government or by any private insurer, and to pay any premiums therefor.
C.R.S. § 23-5-145.8 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-145.8
23-5-145.8. Credential quality standards - report - definitions
Status: in_force

23-5-145.8. Credential quality standards - report - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Apprenticeship certificate of completion" means a certificate awarded to an apprentice in recognition of the successful completion of a registered apprenticeship program.

(b) "Colorado talent report" means the report prepared pursuant to section 24-46.3-103.

(c) "Department" means the department of higher education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-114.

(d) "Industry certification" means a credential awarded by an industry-recognized third party or industry-governing board based on an individual demonstrating by assessment that the individual has acquired the designated knowledge, skills, and abilities related to a specific occupation or skill. Industry certifications may be time-limited dependent upon the occupation or industry.

(e) "International standard classification of education" or "ISCED" means a comprehensive framework for organizing education and training programs that applies uniform and internationally agreed-upon classifications to facilitate comparisons of education and training programs across countries.

(f) "Nondegree credential" means a postsecondary certificate, apprenticeship certificate of completion, professional license, or industry certification.

(g) "Postsecondary certificate" means a credential awarded by an institution of higher education at an undergraduate level based on completion of all requirements for a program of study, including coursework and exams. Postsecondary certificates are not time-limited and do not require renewal. "Postsecondary certificate" does not include a degree or a credential awarded by an institution of higher education after completion of a bachelor's degree in the same pathway.

(h) "Quality nondegree credentials framework" means the quality and in-demand nondegree credentials framework developed pursuant to section 23-5-145.6 (2) to assess certifications, occupational licenses, apprenticeship certificates of completion, non-credit certificates, micro-credentials, and sub-baccalaureate for-credit certificates and establishes a rubric for evaluating credentials in state-recognized programs.

(i) "Stackable credential pathway" means a sequence of degree or nondegree credentials earned through various means, including through assessment of prior learning, that may be accumulated over time and move an individual along a career pathway or up a career ladder.

(j) "State institution of higher education" or "institution" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1-135.

(2) (a) The state of Colorado formally recognizes the quality nondegree credentials framework developed pursuant to section 23-5-145.6 (2) as the primary tool for evaluating and ensuring the quality of nondegree credentials offered within the state.

(b) The department, in collaboration with the Colorado work force development council, the department of education, the department of labor and employment, the Colorado office of economic development, and the Colorado community college system shall ensure the effective integration of the quality nondegree credentials framework within the state's education and workforce systems.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the Colorado work force development council, the department of education, the department of labor and employment, and the Colorado office of economic development, shall evaluate nondegree credentials offered through state-recognized programs to ensure the credentials meet the quality standards set forth in the quality nondegree credentials framework. State-recognized programs that are required to ensure nondegree credential offerings meet the quality standards set forth in the quality nondegree credentials framework include, but are not limited to:

(I) The career development success program created pursuant to section 22-54-138; and

(II) The stackable credential pathways identified pursuant to section 23-5-145.6 (3).

(d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the department of education, the department of labor and employment, and the Colorado office of economic development, shall supply the state workforce development council with a list of quality nondegree credential programs that meet the quality standards set forth in the quality nondegree credentials framework for inclusion in the Colorado talent report produced pursuant to section 24-46.3-103 (3)(a) and in a credential registry endorsed by the state.

(3) (a) The department shall engage state agencies, educational institutions, international organizations, industry associations, and other stakeholders to study and make recommendations concerning the adoption of ISCED as the state's standard framework for classifying nondegree credentials and ISCED's wider application in the state's education and workforce systems. On or before July 31, 2025, the department shall complete a stakeholder engagement process to inform a report. The stakeholder engagement process must:

(I) Solicit input from employers and their industry or trade associations;

(II) Solicit input from state institutions of higher education;

(III) Solicit input from the Colorado department of labor and employment, including the office of future of work and the state apprenticeship agency, the state workforce development council, and the Colorado department of education student pathways unit; and

(IV) Leverage the resources and tools of the ISCED community.

(b) The department shall study and make recommendations concerning how ISCED equivalency levels may be:

(I) Implemented as the state's standard framework for organizing and classifying nondegree credentials;

(II) Assigned to credentials or packages of credentials identified and approved pursuant to section 23-5-145.6 (3) and (4);

(III) Assigned to registered apprenticeships;

(IV) Widely adopted by stakeholders to facilitate alignment of education and training programs and associated qualifications; and

(V) Effectively integrated within the state's education and workforce systems.

(c) On or before July 31, 2025, the department shall report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees.

(d) On or before July 31, 2025, using the process recommended pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section, the department shall assign ISCED equivalency levels to the credentials included in the stackable credential pathways identified and approved pursuant to section 23-5-145.6 (3) and (4). The ISCED alignment process must consider credential program rigor and relevance.

(4) The department shall implement this section subject to available appropriations.
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-101 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 1 / Section 23-3.3-101
23-3.3-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-3.3-101. Definitions. As used in this article 3.3, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(1.5) "Cost of attendance at a nonpublic institution of higher education" means:

(a) Allowances specified by the commission for room and board and miscellaneous expenses, which shall be the same for nonpublic institutions of higher education as for a representative group of comparable state institutions, as determined by the commission; and

(b) An allowance for tuition and fees equal to the lesser of:

(I) The actual tuition and fees charged by the nonpublic institution of higher education; or

(II) One hundred percent of the combination of actual in-state tuition and fees charged by a representative group of comparable state institutions plus the general fund moneys allocated to support such comparable state institutions.

(2) "In-state student" means a 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) "Institution" means an educational institution operating in this state that meets all of the following:

(a) Admits as regular students persons having a certification of graduation from a school providing secondary education or comparable qualifications and persons for enrollment in courses which they reasonably may be expected to complete successfully;

(b) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association and, in the case of private occupational schools, holds a regular certificate in accordance with the provisions of article 64 of this title 23;

(c) (I) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree;

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

(III) Provides not less than a six-month program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation;

(d) Is not a branch program of an institution of higher education whose principal campus and facilities are located outside this state.

(3.5) "Nonpublic institution of higher education" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 23-3.7-102 (3).

(3.7) "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.

(4) "State institution" means an institution supported in whole or in part by general fund moneys.

(5) "Undergraduate" refers to any program leading toward a bachelor's degree or associate degree or any nondegree program providing training for employment in a recognized occupation.
C.R.S. § 23-3.1-306.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.1 / Part 3 / Section 23-3.1-306.5
23-3.1-306.5. College kickstarter account program - funding - administration - financial liter
Status: repealed

23-3.1-306.5. College kickstarter account program - funding - administration - financial literacy course - rules - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(I) Empirical evidence gathered over the last several years documents the potential of college savings accounts to expand educational and economic opportunity, especially for low- and moderate-income families;

(II) College savings accounts improve early child development and future financial capability because:

(A) Children who receive a college savings account at birth score better on socio-emotional development indicators than children who do not receive a college savings account;

(B) Families with children who receive a seeded college savings account at birth save significantly more for college than families of children who do not receive such an account; and

(C) Compared to children without savings, children with savings accumulate significantly more savings as adults;

(III) Having a college savings account increases a child's expectation of going to college, and, among children aged twelve to eighteen, those who have a college savings account are twice as likely to expect to go to college as those who do not have a college savings account because college savings accounts promote the importance of higher education and make the future feel more proximate for children;

(IV) Children who have college savings do better academically, and even a small amount of college savings can substantially increase college enrollment and graduation, especially for low- and moderate-income children, as such children with five hundred dollars or less in savings were three times more likely to enroll in college and four times more likely to graduate than children with no savings; and

(V) Providing seed money for each child born in or adopted into Colorado as an incentive to enroll in a college savings account helps make saving for college part of the collective culture of Colorado by opening the door for economic opportunity for all children and their families, better positions the state as a pioneer in building family financial capability, and promotes the development of a stronger, more qualified Colorado workforce.

(b) The general assembly further finds and declares that establishing the college kickstarter account program, which provides both an initial contribution of money for every child born in or adopted into Colorado that may be claimed and transferred to a college savings account and subsequently supplemented by other contributions and a potential opportunity for financial literacy education free of charge:

(I) Creates a public-private partnership and state-level plan aimed at transforming the college aspirations and attendance of thousands of Colorado children; and

(II) Provides a promising means of increasing academic performance and self-esteem in a child's early years and college enrollment and degree attainment in the long term.

(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Account sponsor" means, before January 1, 2025, a parent or parents and on or after January 1, 2025, a parent or parents or any other individual who provides the birth certificate number or order of adoption for an eligible child in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(a.5) [Editor's note: Subsection (2)(a.5) is effective January 1, 2025.] "Base amount" means:

(I) One hundred dollars before January 1, 2021; or

(II) One hundred dollars, annually adjusted for inflation, for each year beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

(a.7) "Eligible child" means a child born or adopted in Colorado on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2040.

(b) "Fund" means the college kickstarter account program fund created in subsection (8)(a) of this section.

(b.5) "Individual college savings account" means any collegeinvest account.

(c) "Inflation" means the annual percentage change in the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its successor index.

(c.5) [Editor's note: Subsection (2)(c.5) is effective January 1, 2025.] "Interest accrual amount" means the amount of interest that has accrued from the base amount in the year the eligible child was born to the year that the account sponsor claims kickstarter funding.

(d) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(d) is effective until January 1, 2025.] "Kickstarter funding" means an amount in the master account designated for each eligible child by the authority, which the parent or parents of the eligible child can claim on behalf of the eligible child by opening an account for the eligible child, as follows:

(I) One hundred dollars for each eligible child born before January 1, 2021; or

(II) One hundred dollars, annually adjusted for inflation for each year beginning on or after January 1, 2021, for each eligible child born on or after January 1, 2021.

(d) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(d) is effective January 1, 2025.] "Kickstarter funding" means an amount in the master account designated for each eligible child by the authority that is equal to the base amount in the claim year plus, if applicable, the interest accrual amount, which an account sponsor for the eligible child can claim on behalf of the eligible child, limited to one claim per birth certificate number or order of adoption per child, as applicable, by opening an individual college savings account for the eligible child.

(I) and (II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2024.)

(e) "Kickstarter program" means the college kickstarter account program created in subsection (3) of this section.

(f) "Master account" means the account established by the authority as required by subsection (4) of this section.

(g) "Parent or parents" means each individual identified on the birth certificate as the mother or father of a child or, if the child is adopted, identified on the report of adoption forwarded to the state registrar as required by section 25-2-107 (1), or, if no such person is the legal guardian of a child, the legal guardian of the child.

(3) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section, the authority shall oversee and administer the college kickstarter account program, which is created within the authority. The department shall create an advisory board, facilitated by the authority, in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of this section, which is a subcommittee of the board of directors of the authority, to advise the authority regarding the oversight and administration of the kickstarter program. The advisory board is subject to the open meetings provisions of the Colorado sunshine law contained in part 4 of article 6 of title 24 and the "Colorado Open Records Act", article 72 of title 24.

(b) (I) Members of the advisory board must include:

(A) The state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee;

(B) The executive director of the department of higher education or the executive director's designee;

(C) The chair or the vice-chair of the board of directors of the authority;

(D) The executive director of the department of early childhood or the executive director's designee;

(E) The executive director of the department of education or the executive director's designee;

(F) A representative from the office of children, youth, and families in the division of child welfare in the department of human services;

(G) A marketing expert from outside the authority;

(H) A customer experience design expert from outside the authority; and

(I) An employee of the authority with content knowledge of the kickstarter program.

(II) Any member of the board of directors of the authority may serve on the advisory board.

(c) The advisory board must meet at least quarterly each year.

(4) (a) The authority shall create a kickstarter program master account. By increasing available revenue, without reducing existing levels of scholarship or matching grant funding, the authority shall annually deposit to the master account for state fiscal year 2019-20 and for each succeeding state fiscal year thereafter through state fiscal year 2044-45 the amount needed to ensure that there is sufficient money in the master account to make all transfers of kickstarter funding from the master account to individual college savings accounts that name an eligible child as the beneficiary required by subsection (4)(b) of this section during the state fiscal year for which the transfer is made. Notwithstanding any other law, the amounts to be transferred shall be taken from money of the authority that is available for use by the authority for the Colorado collegeinvest scholarship program created in section 23-3.1-206.9 (1) or for the authority's matching grant program.

(b) The authority shall designate kickstarter funding in the master account for each eligible child upon receiving notice of the birth or adoption of the eligible child from the office of the state registrar of vital statistics in the department of public health and environment, created in section 25-2-103 (1), as required by section 25-2-112 (8). The authority shall initially invest the kickstarter funding in its stable value plus plan or any successor plan that has a similar investment strategy. An account sponsor shall identify an individual college savings account that names the eligible child as the beneficiary when claiming kickstarter funding for the eligible child. The account sponsor may open an individual college savings account without making any additional contribution beyond kickstarter funding. An account sponsor may claim kickstarter funding for an eligible child within eight years of the date of the eligible child's birth or adoption, at which time the authority shall transfer the kickstarter funding designated for the eligible child from the master account to the eligible child's individual college savings account. If an account sponsor for an eligible child does not open an individual college savings account that names the eligible child as a beneficiary and claims kickstarter funding within eight years of the eligible child's birth or adoption, any money in the master account that was designated for the eligible child remains in the master account and may be designated for another eligible child. Kickstarter funding and any associated interest, whether it is designated for an eligible child in the master account or in an individual college savings account that names an eligible child as the beneficiary, is excluded from the income of the eligible child and an account sponsor for the eligible child for purposes of determining eligibility or benefits amounts for any state-funded program.

(c) The authority, in consultation with the advisory board created in subsection (3) of this section, shall develop and, no later than November 1, 2024, obtain the approval of the department to implement, directly or through a contractor, a comprehensive and robust marketing and outreach plan to make the parent or parents of each eligible child aware of the kickstarter program and encourage them to claim the kickstarter funding designated for their eligible child by enrolling in an individual college savings account. The marketing and outreach plan shall include multiple strategies, including grants to appropriate community-based nonprofit organizations, to specifically target low- and middle-income families who may be less likely than wealthier families to already be aware of the authority and the availability of accounts. Upon making initial contact with an account sponsor for an eligible child, the authority or its contractor shall:

(I) Educate the account sponsor as to how to claim the designated kickstarter funding for an eligible child by enrolling in an individual college savings account, make future contributions to the account, choose from available fund options for the investment of the individual college savings account, and contact the authority regarding questions concerning the individual college savings account;

(II) Advise the account sponsor of the opportunity to take any financial literacy education program provided by the state treasurer as authorized in subsection (5) of this section; and

(III) Provide a simple enrollment process and call center support.

(d) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly with respect to any money in the master account that is not custodial money obtained through gifts, grants, or donations only, the authority may expend any money in the master account that is not kickstarter funding or associated interest and is not anticipated to be needed for future designation as kickstarter funding to defray the costs of developing, implementing, marketing, and administering the kickstarter program in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

(5) If, in the sole discretion of the state treasurer, adequate gifts, grants, and donations are received, the kickstarter program may include a free program for financial literacy education for eligible children and an account sponsor and other family members of the eligible child. The state treasurer shall develop and administer any program for financial literacy education included in the kickstarter program.

(6) The authority shall conduct an ongoing summative evaluation to collect summative data to evaluate the kickstarter program's effectiveness over time. The authority shall prepare, present during the department's "SMART Act" hearing in accordance with section 2-7-203 to the committees of reference of the general assembly to which the department is assigned, and conspicuously post on its website an annual written report on the results of the ongoing summative evaluation, which report shall include, at a minimum:

(a) A descriptive and evaluative summary of the marketing and outreach plan for the kickstarter program developed and implemented as required by subsection (4)(c) of this section, including a description of the strategies used and an assessment of the successes and failures of the plan generally and of the individual strategies used;

(b) Statistical summaries of the usage of the kickstarter program both for the past calendar year and for the life of the program that include:

(I) The number of eligible children born or adopted;

(II) The number of eligible children, and the percentage of all eligible children, for whom an account sponsor claimed kickstarter funding;

(III) Repealed.

(IV) The number of claims for kickstarter funding for eligible children by an account sponsor categorized by income levels;

(V) The number of account sponsors claiming kickstarter funding for an eligible child, and the percentage of eligible children for whom no claim for kickstarter funding has been made, in each county; and

(VI) Repealed.

(VII) The age of eligible children when the account sponsor claims kickstarter funding;

(c) A summary of grants distributed to appropriate community-based nonprofit organizations pursuant to subsection (4)(c) of this section and a list of the grantees; and

(d) Projections of the solvency of kickstarter funding in the master account, based on factors including the accrued interest in the master account.

(7) The kickstarter program is intended to be a public-private partnership, with the authority designating kickstarter funding for each eligible child within the master account and transferring the kickstarter funding into an individual college savings account for each eligible child when an account sponsor for the eligible child claims the kickstarter funding by opening the individual college savings account and the state treasurer working with a private partner to develop a free program of financial literacy education for eligible children and an account sponsor and other family members of the eligible child. The state treasurer may seek to enter into agreements with private foundations or other entities to fund, develop, and implement the financial literacy education program component of the kickstarter program, and the authority may seek to enter into agreements with such private foundations or other entities to provide additional funding for the kickstarter program.

(8) (a) The college kickstarter account program fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of gifts, grants, and donations credited to the fund pursuant to this section.

(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(c) The authority may expend money from the fund for any kickstarter program purpose, and the state treasurer may expend money from the fund for the purpose of developing and implementing a free program of financial literacy education for eligible children and an account sponsor and other family members of the eligible child as authorized in subsection (5) of this section.

(d) The state treasurer, the department, and the authority may seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section. The receiving entity shall transmit all money received through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund.

(9) The authority may adopt rules that it deems necessary for the implementation and administration of the kickstarter program.
C.R.S. § 23-31-1107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 11 / Section 23-31-1107
23-31-1107. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

23-31-1107. Repeal of part. This part 11 is repealed, effective September 1, 2026. Before the repeal, this part 11 is scheduled for review in accordance with section 2-3-1203.
C.R.S. § 23-16-204 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 23-16-204
23-16-204. Athlete agents - registration required - void contracts
Status: repealed

23-16-204. Athlete agents - registration required - void contracts. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-5-144 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-144
23-5-144. Students' right to speak in a public forum - legislative declaration - violation
Status: reserved

23-5-144. Students' right to speak in a public forum - legislative declaration - violations - court actions - free speech zones - definitions. (1) (a) The first amendment of the United States constitution and article II, section 10 of the Colorado constitution each protect the right to free speech, including the speech of students enrolled at public institutions of higher education. The general assembly declares that it is a matter of statewide interest to protect the rights of students to exercise their freedom of speech on the campuses of public institutions of higher education, while recognizing the right of those institutions of higher education to enact reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that preserve their ability to fulfill their educational missions. At the same time, the general assembly declares that student expression on the campuses of institutions of higher education is a vital component of the educational environment at these institutions of higher education and that promoting the free and unfettered exchange of ideas in this marketplace of ideas is one way in which these institutions of higher education fulfill their educational missions.

(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly that the provisions of subsections (2) to (6) of this section be confined to and apply only to student expression in a student forum at an institution of higher education, as defined herein.

(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Expression" means any lawful verbal or written means by which individuals may communicate ideas to one another, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speaking verbally, holding signs, circulating petitions, and distributing written materials. "Expression" includes voter registration activities but does not include speech that is primarily for a commercial purpose, including the promotion, sale, or distribution of any product or service.

(b) "Institution of higher education" means a public postsecondary institution.

(c) "Student" means a person who is enrolled for educational purposes at an institution of higher education.

(d) "Student forum" means, as applied to students, any generally accessible, open, outdoor area on the campus of an institution of higher education, as well as any nonacademic and publicly open portion of a facility that the institution of higher education has traditionally made available to students for expressive purposes.

(3) (a) An institution of higher education shall not limit or restrict a student's expression in a student forum, including subjecting a student to disciplinary action resulting from his or her expression, because of the content or viewpoint of the expression or because of the reaction or opposition by listeners or observers to such expression.

(b) Nothing in this section grants students, faculty, or staff of the college or university the right to materially disrupt previously scheduled or reserved activities in a portion or section of the student forum at that scheduled time.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as preventing an institution of higher education from prohibiting, limiting, or restricting expression that is not protected under the first amendment and article II, section 10 of the Colorado constitution.

(4) An institution of higher education shall not designate any area on campus as a free speech zone or otherwise create policies implying that its students' expressive activities are restricted to particular areas of campus. An institution of higher education shall not, except for the purpose of enacting time, place, and manner restrictions permitted pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, restrict the right of students to engage in expression in a student forum.

(5) An institution of higher education shall not impose restrictions on the time, place, and manner of student expression in a student forum unless the restrictions:

(a) Are reasonable;

(b) Are justified without reference to the content of the speech;

(c) Are narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest; and

(d) Leave open ample alternative channels for communication of the information or message.

(6) Any student who has been denied access to a student forum for expressive purposes protected by this section may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any violation of this section or to recover reasonable court costs and attorney fees.

(7) In an action brought pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, if the court finds that a violation occurred, the court shall award the aggrieved party injunctive relief for the violation and shall award reasonable court costs and attorney fees.

(8) A student shall bring an action pursuant to this section within one calendar year after the date that the violation occurred.
C.R.S. § 23-56-106 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 56 / Section 23-56-106
23-56-106. No authority to obligate state
Status: in_force

23-56-106. No authority to obligate state. Nothing in this article 56 constitutes authority to enter into a contract that in any way creates a debt or obligation upon the state on account of the construction of buildings or improvements; but buildings and improvements erected on lands under the control of the board of trustees and devoted to the uses of Western Colorado university under the terms of this article 56 and the leasehold interest are exempt from taxation so far as permitted by the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 23-8-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 8 / Part 1 / Section 23-8-102
23-8-102. School districts, boards of cooperative services, and institute charter schools
Status: repealed

23-8-102. School districts, boards of cooperative services, and institute charter schools conducting career and technical education courses - eligibility for state money. (1) An education provider of the state conducting a course of career and technical education approved pursuant to section 23-8-103 by the board is entitled to career and technical education program support from money appropriated for that purpose by the general assembly. The amount of career and technical education program support that an education provider is entitled to receive pursuant to this part 1 shall be computed as follows:

(a) The cost of providing the approved career and technical education programs of the education provider shall be computed in accordance with subsection (1)(c) of this section. The cost so computed shall be divided by the number of full-time equivalent students to be served by the programs, and the result shall be designated, for purposes of this part 1, as the education provider's career and technical education program cost per full-time equivalent student.

(b) As career and technical education program support, the state shall provide, to each education provider conducting an approved career and technical education program for each twelve-month period beginning July 1, eighty percent of the first one thousand two hundred fifty dollars, or part thereof, by which the education provider's approved career and technical education program cost per full-time equivalent student exceeds seventy percent of the education provider's per pupil revenues, for the school budget year during which the twelve-month period begins. In addition, if the education provider's approved career and technical education cost per full-time equivalent student exceeds seventy percent of its per pupil revenues by an additional amount in excess of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars, the state shall provide fifty percent of the additional amount.

(c) For the purpose of computing approved career and technical education program costs, the following shall be included:

(I) The cost of providing the services of instructional personnel for the time involved;

(II) The cost of services to be provided by another education agency or institution;

(III) The cost of necessary books and supplies; and

(IV) The cost of equipment approved for purchase by the board.

(V) Repealed.

(1.5) Any moneys that are transferred from the department of education to the board to be used by the board to provide career and technical education program support to an education provider pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, and which moneys are so used, shall not be considered a state grant for the purpose of calculating whether the board qualifies as an enterprise, as defined in section 24-77-102 (3)(b), C.R.S.

(2) To be eligible to receive the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the education provider shall assume the obligation of paying the balance of the program costs.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent an education provider from conducting any course in career and technical education with costs in excess of those for which state career and technical education program support moneys are approved by the board.

(4) Money made available under this part 1 shall be distributed quarterly on the basis of the report of actual expenditures furnished to the board by participating education providers at the end of the previous fiscal year. As soon as practicable after July 1 of each year, beginning in 1971, each participating education provider shall file with the board a report of actual expenditures for all career and technical education programs for which the education provider is eligible to receive money pursuant to this part 1 during the preceding twelve-month period.

(5) If the appropriations to implement subsections (1) to (4) of this section are less than the total amount required to pay the career and technical education program support for approved career and technical education courses, the board shall prorate the amount to be paid to each education provider in the same proportion that the appropriation bears to the total amount so required for distribution. Any unexpended balance of an appropriation shall revert to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made.

(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Colorado customized training program created in section 23-60-306. For the purposes of this section, the costs of such program shall not be included in computing approved career and technical education program costs, and trainees in the Colorado customized training program shall not be counted in computing the number of full-time equivalent students to be served by approved career and technical education programs. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of school district career and technical education program sites as delivery sites for specific training programs funded by the Colorado customized training program.

(7) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Colorado existing industry training program created pursuant to section 23-60-307. For the purposes of this section, the costs of such program shall not be included in computing approved career and technical education program costs, and trainees in the Colorado existing industry training program shall not be counted in computing the number of full-time equivalent students to be served by approved career and technical education programs. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of school district career and technical education program sites as delivery sites for specific training programs funded by the Colorado existing industry training program.

(8) For purposes of recording career and technical education data, the board shall contribute education and workforce readiness data beginning in the 2025-26 state fiscal year, as necessary, to the Colorado statewide longitudinal data system consistent with the governance practices established by the Colorado statewide longitudinal data system governing board pursuant to section 24-37.5-125 (4).
C.R.S. § 23-5-103 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-103
23-5-103. Pledge of income
Status: in_force

23-5-103. Pledge of income. (1) The governing board of any one or more state educational institutions, including but not limited to the state colleges under the control and operation of their respective boards of trustees, that enters into a contract for the advancement of money is authorized, in connection with or as a part of the contract, to pledge the net income derived or to be derived from land or facilities constructed, acquired, and equipped as security for the repayment of the money advanced in the contract, together with interest, and for the establishment and maintenance of reserves in connection with the contract. For the same purpose, any such governing board is also authorized, subject to the limitations specified in section 23-5-119.5 (5), to pledge the net income derived or to be derived from other facilities that are included in a designated enterprise or, if not included, other facilities that are not acquired and not to be acquired with money appropriated to the institution by the state of Colorado, and to pledge the net income, fees, and revenues derived from such sources, if unpledged, or, if pledged, the net income, fees, and revenues currently in excess of the amount required to meet principal, interest, and reserve requirements in connection with outstanding obligations to which the net income, fees, and revenues have been pledged. A governing board of an institution or group of institutions designated as an enterprise pursuant to section 23-5-101.7 that has entered into a contract for the advancement of money on behalf of the institution or group of institutions may pledge up to one hundred percent of tuition revenues of the enterprise, except for general fund money appropriated by the general assembly, and all or a portion of a facility construction fee that may be imposed as security for the repayment of the money advanced pursuant to the contract. The pledge of tuition revenues or the imposition of a facility construction fee includes a process for student input consistent with the institutional plan for student fees adopted by the governing board of the applicable institution pursuant to section 23-5-119.5.

(2) Any advancement of moneys may be evidenced by interim warrants, if necessary, and bonds to be executed by and on behalf of the educational institution receiving the advancement and containing such terms and provisions, including provisions for redemption prior to maturity, as may be determined by the governing board of such institution. Such warrants or bonds may, at the discretion of the governing board, be registerable as to principal or interest, or both, and shall never be sold at less than ninety-five percent of the principal amount thereof and accrued interest thereon to the date of delivery nor at a price which will result in a net effective interest rate which exceeds that specified in the contract for the advancement of moneys. Any of the warrants or bonds of the institution issued pursuant to this article or any other law may be refunded pursuant to article 54 of title 11, C.R.S., if in the judgment of the governing board such refunding is to the best interests of the educational institution. Such refunding obligations may be made payable from any source which may be legally pledged for the payment of the obligations being refunded at the time of the issuance of the obligations so refunded or from any of the sources described in subsection (1) of this section, notwithstanding the pledge for the payment of the outstanding obligations being refunded is thereby modified.

(3) If the pledged net income, fees, and revenues exceed the amount required to meet principal, interest, and reserve requirements in connection with revenue bonds of the institution to which such income has been pledged and exceed the amount necessary for the maintenance and operation of the auxiliary facility plus any amount set aside in a reserve fund for repair and replacement of the facility, the governing board may retain such surplus and utilize the same in such manner as in its judgment is for the best interests of the educational institution; except that, if the governing board uses the surplus moneys on a project expected to be paid from cash funds or other nonstate moneys, the project shall be subject to the provisions of section 23-1-106. Use of such surplus shall be reviewed in advance by representatives of the student government at the institution with which the auxiliary facility is associated.

(4) Anticipation warrants or bonds issued pursuant to this article may be used as security for any depository bond or obligation where any kind of bonds or other securities shall or may by law be deposited as security.
C.R.S. § 23-31-305 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 3 / Section 23-31-305
23-31-305. Cooperation by counties
Status: repealed

23-31-305. Cooperation by counties. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-31.5-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31.5 / Section 23-31.5-102
23-31.5-102. Board of governors of the Colorado state university system to supervise
Status: in_force

23-31.5-102. Board of governors of the Colorado state university system to supervise. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the general supervision of the Colorado state university - Pueblo and the control and direction of the funds and appropriations made thereto and has the power to receive, demand, and hold for the uses and purposes of said university all money, lands, and other property that may be donated, devised, or conveyed thereto and to apply the same in such manner as shall best serve the objects and interests of the said university.
C.R.S. § 23-60-111 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 23-60-111
23-60-111. Community colleges - high school diplomas - approval
Status: in_force

23-60-111. Community colleges - high school diplomas - approval. (1) The board may establish and approve graduation requirements for a high school diploma. A community college shall award a high school diploma to a student who successfully completes the high school graduation requirements approved by the board.

(2) A service provider may partner with a community college to provide courses that lead to a high school diploma or an industry-recognized credential.

(3) As used in this section, "service provider" means a nonprofit entity or for-profit entity that enters into a formal, negotiated contract for educational services with a community college.
C.R.S. § 23-15-117 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-117
23-15-117. Payment of bonds - nonliability of state
Status: in_force

23-15-117. Payment of bonds - nonliability of state. Bonds and notes issued by the authority shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt, or a liability of the state, the general assembly, or any county, city, city and county, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic within the state, and neither the state, the general assembly, nor any county, city, city and county, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state shall be liable thereon; nor shall such bonds or notes constitute the giving, pledging, or loaning of the faith and credit of the state, the general assembly, or any county, city, city and county, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic within the state, but such bonds or notes shall be payable solely from the funds provided for in this article. Unless by specific pledge in an act of issuance as authorized by law, the issuance of bonds or notes under the provisions of this article shall not obligate, directly, indirectly, or contingently, the state or any subdivision thereof nor empower the authority to levy or collect any form of taxes or assessments therefor or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or assessments therefor or make any appropriation for their payment, and such appropriation or levy is prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prevent or be construed to prevent the authority from pledging its full faith and credit or the full faith and credit of a participating educational institution or cultural institution to the payment of bonds or notes authorized pursuant to this article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the authority to create a debt of the state within the meaning of the constitution or statutes of Colorado or to authorize the authority to levy or collect taxes or assessments; and all bonds issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this article are payable and shall state that they are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the resolution authorizing their issuance or with any trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust executed as security therefor and are not a debt or liability of the state of Colorado. Unless by specific pledge in an act of issuance as authorized by law, the state shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority. No breach of any such pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement shall otherwise impose any pecuniary liability upon the state or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.
C.R.S. § 23-70-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 70 / Section 23-70-104
23-70-104. Duties of the Auraria board
Status: in_force

23-70-104. Duties of the Auraria board. (1) The Auraria board has the duty:

(a) To acquire, plan, construct, own, lease, operate, maintain, manage, or dispose of all of the physical plant, facilities, buildings, and grounds in the center (except that land owned at the Auraria center by the regents of the university of Colorado shall continue under such ownership but shall be maintained and managed in a similar manner to the other facilities in the Auraria center) and such additional land and facilities as the Colorado commission on higher education may from time to time designate and approve and to accept and hold for the use of the center and its constituent institutions such property as was designated or used prior to May 13, 1974, for purposes of the center or its constituent institutions;

(b) To allocate among and assign to the constituent institutions, in accordance with needs, suitable space within the center for the use of such institutions and for such joint or cooperative educational, vocational, and other activities and programs as may be provided by the constituent institutions;

(c) To facilitate effective coordination and economies of operation of physical facilities by designating joint facilities of the constituent institutions, to include, but not be limited to, auxiliary facilities, as defined in section 23-5-101.5 (2)(a);

(d) To determine and designate the nonacademic and nonvocational joint programs or joint activities of the constituent institutions, to include, but not be limited to, security and fire protection, maintenance, and purchasing;

(e) To continually develop, review, and update annually a long-range plan for operation of the center. There shall be a five-year forecast of the operational costs and capital construction costs, which shall be submitted to the general assembly no later than January 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 1975.

(f) To decide interinstitutional disputes presented to the Auraria board by any one or more of the constituent institutions pursuant to section 23-70-106.5; and

(g) To investigate supplementary or alternative methods for delivery of selected higher educational services through the use of existing campuses and facilities in Denver and the metropolitan area.
C.R.S. § 23-21-203 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 23-21-203
23-21-203. Center created - committee established
Status: in_force

23-21-203. Center created - committee established. (1) There is hereby established the sickle-cell anemia treatment and research center within the university of Colorado school of medicine. Such treatment center shall 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 sickle-cell anemia as they are needed. The treatment center shall assist those persons who require continuing treatment for sickle-cell anemia but who are unable to pay for the entire cost of such services on a continuing basis despite the existence of various types of hospital and medical insurance, medicare, medicaid, and other government assistance programs, and private charitable assistance.

(2) (a) The governor shall appoint a committee, to be known as the sickle-cell anemia advisory committee, to consult with the university of Colorado school of medicine in the administration of this part 2.

(b) The committee consists of eleven members representing hospitals, voluntary agencies interested in sickle-cell anemia, medical specialists in sickle-cell anemia patient care, and the general public; but no group shall have more than four members on the committee.

(c) Each member of the committee shall hold office for a term of four years and until the member's successor is appointed; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than six members' terms expire in the same year.

(d) Any vacancy occurring on the committee shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term.

(e) The committee shall meet at least annually and at such other times as the executive director of the department of public health and environment deems necessary.

(f) Members of the committee serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
C.R.S. § 23-71-702 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 7 / Section 23-71-702
23-71-702. Definitions
Status: in_force

23-71-702. Definitions. As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Committee" means the governing body of a district or any successor governing body of the district.

(2) "District" means any local college district operating pursuant to the laws of this state.

(3) "Facilities" means buildings, structures, or other income-producing facilities from the operation of which or in connection with which pledged revenues for the payment of any securities issued under this part 7 are derived, including without limitation any facilities to be acquired with the proceeds of the securities issued under this part 7.

(4) "Net revenues" or "net pledged revenues" means all pledged revenues after the deduction of operation and maintenance expenses.

(5) (a) "Operation and maintenance expenses" means such reasonable and necessary current expenses of the district, paid or accrued, of operating, maintaining, and repairing the facilities pertaining to the pledged revenues for the payment of the securities issued under this part 7, as may be determined by a committee, and the term may include, at a committee's option, except as limited by contract or otherwise limited by law, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(I) Legal and overhead expenses of the various district departments directly related and reasonably allocable to the administration of the facilities;

(II) Fidelity bond and insurance premiums appertaining to the facilities or a reasonably allocable share of a premium of any blanket bond or policy pertaining to the facilities;

(III) The reasonable charges of any paying agent or depository bank appertaining to any securities issued by a district or appertaining to any facilities;

(IV) Contractual services, professional services, salaries, administrative expenses, and costs of labor appertaining to facilities;

(V) The costs incurred by a district in the collection of all or any part of the pledged revenues, including without limitation revenues appertaining to any facilities;

(VI) Any costs of utility services furnished to the facilities by the district or otherwise.

(b) "Operation and maintenance expenses" does not include:

(I) Any allowance for depreciation;

(II) Any costs of reconstruction, improvements, extensions, or betterments;

(III) Any accumulation of reserves for capital replacements;

(IV) Any reserves for operation, maintenance, or repair of any facilities;

(V) Any allowance for the redemption of any bond securities evidencing a loan or other obligations, or the payment of any interest thereon;

(VI) Any liabilities incurred in the acquisition or improvement of any properties comprising any project or any existing facilities, or any combination thereof;

(VII) Any other ground of legal liability not based on contract.

(6) (a) "Pledged revenues" means the moneys pledged wholly or in part for the payment of securities issued under this article and, subject to any existing pledges or other contractual limitations, may include, at a committee's discretion, any grants, appropriations, or other donations from the United States or its agencies or from any other donor, except the state or its agencies or political subdivisions, and income or moneys derived from one, all, or any combination of the following revenue sources, including without limitation student fees and other fees, rates, and charges appertaining thereto and for the development thereof:

(I) Dormitories, apartments, and other housing facilities;

(II) Cafeterias, dining halls, and other food service facilities;

(III) Student union and other student activities facilities;

(IV) Store or other facilities for the sale or lease of books, stationery, student supplies, faculty supplies, office supplies, and like material;

(V) Theater, gymnasium, fieldhouse, stadium, arena, and other recreation or athletic facilities for use in part by spectators or otherwise;

(VI) Land and any structures, other facilities, or improvements thereon used or available for use for the parking of vehicles used for the transportation by land or air of persons to or from such land and any improvements thereon;

(VII) Properties providing heat or any other utility furnished by a district to any facilities on campus;

(VIII) Services, contracts, investments, and other miscellaneous unrestricted sources of income not designated in this part 7, whether presently realized or to be realized, and accounted for in a miscellaneous sales and services fund or account.

(b) "Pledged revenues" does not include income or moneys derived in connection with any of the following:

(I) Any tuition charges and registration fees;

(II) The levy of any general (ad valorem) property taxes;

(III) Any grants, appropriations, or other donations from the state, its agencies, or its political subdivisions.

(7) "Registration fees" means any charges paid by any student for the privilege of registering for attendance at a local district college in a district, except for any charges appertaining to those revenue sources set forth in subsection (6)(a) of this section.

(8) "Securities" means bonds and interim securities authorized to be issued under this part 7 in the name of and on the behalf of a district.

(9) "Tuition charges" means the price of or payment for general and special instruction of students as defined and determined from time to time by the committee.
C.R.S. § 23-30-102 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 30 / Section 23-30-102
23-30-102. Board body corporate - powers relating to real and personal property
Status: in_force

23-30-102. Board body corporate - powers relating to real and personal property. (1) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system is a body corporate, capable in law of suing and being sued; of taking, holding, acquiring, exchanging, selling, and determining the uses of personal property and real estate, or any interest therein, the ownership of which is vested in the board of governors of the Colorado state university system or the entities governed by it; of contracting and being contracted with; of having and using a corporate seal; having duties and powers to control, manage, and direct the fiscal and all other affairs of the Colorado state university system and the entities it governs; and of causing to be done all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

(1.5) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall report all sales, leases, or exchanges of real property to the Colorado commission on higher education.

(2) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the power to lease personal property, the ownership of which is vested in the Colorado state university system, or on behalf of any entity governed by it, for a term not to exceed eighty years to state or federal governmental agencies and to persons or corporations, public or private.

(2.5) Subject to such reviews and approvals of state agencies as are required by law, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the power to sell, lease, or exchange real property, or any interest therein, including any mineral rights, the ownership of which is vested in the board of governors of the Colorado state university system or on behalf of any entity governed by it. All moneys which arise from the sale, lease, or exchange of said real property, or any interest therein, and all funds transferred pursuant to this subsection (2.5), together with any interest arising from the investment of said moneys and funds, shall be under the exclusive control of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system. The state treasurer is instructed to turn over to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system all the moneys, warrants, bonds, and other securities of any nature, and any interest earned thereon, that have come from the sale, lease, or exchange of said real property, or any interest therein, including any mineral rights.

(3) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the power to lease any real property or any interest therein owned by it on behalf of any entity governed by it for mineral exploration, development, and production purposes, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and contracted by the board in the exercise of its best judgment as being in the best interests of said entity. Any lease of mineral rights shall be for a term not to exceed ten years and so long thereafter as minerals are produced and shall provide for a royalty of not less than the royalty for current commercial agreements which are generally accepted as fair royalty returns, which royalty may be reduced proportionately under an appropriate provision in the lease if the interest in said board is less than a full interest in the land or mineral rights in the land described in the lease. All royalties received under lease agreements made pursuant to the authority of this section shall be remitted by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund. Whenever, in the opinion of the board and because of the size, shape, or current use of any tract of land owned by said board on behalf of any entity governed by it, any lease of such tract provides that no mineral development or production be conducted on the land covered thereby, such lease shall be for a term not to exceed ten years and so long thereafter as the board may share in royalties payable on account of the production of minerals from lands adjacent to such tract so leased.

(4) Whenever deemed by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system to be in the best interests of any entity governed by it, the board may enter into a unit agreement on behalf of the entity, which unit agreement may provide for the pooling, unitization, or consolidation of acreage covered by any oil and gas lease executed by the board with other acreage for oil and gas exploration, development, and production purposes and also provide for the apportionment or allocation of royalties among the separate tracts of land included in the unit or pooling agreement on an acreage or other equitable basis, and the board may change, by such agreement and with the consent of the lessee under the lease, any or all of the provisions of any lease issued by it, including the term of years for which the lease was originally granted, in order to conform the lease to the terms and provisions of the unit or pooling agreement and to facilitate the efficient and economic production of oil and gas from the lands subject to such agreement.

(5) The leasing of real property or any interest therein held by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system under the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to be a sale of such property.

(6) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the power to exchange real property or any interest therein owned by the board on behalf of any entity governed by it for lands or interests in lands which the board, in the exercise of its best judgment, believes to be in the best interests of said entity in the furtherance of its programs.

(7) The authority of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system to execute oil and gas or other mineral leases of lands owned by the board prior to June 3, 1977, is hereby confirmed and acknowledged, and no such lease heretofore executed by the board shall be invalid for want of such authority.
C.R.S. § 23-5-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-104
23-5-104. No property lien
Status: in_force

23-5-104. No property lien. The governing board of any state educational institution shall not create a mortgage upon any property belonging to the institution, nor shall the state be obligated, for the purpose of securing the repayment of any funds advanced pursuant to the provisions of sections 23-5-102 to 23-5-105 or the interest on such funds.
C.R.S. § 23-52-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 52 / Part 1 / Section 23-52-104
23-52-104. Governing board - powers
Status: in_force

23-52-104. Governing board - powers. (1) In addition to those powers conferred elsewhere in this part 1, the board of trustees has the power to:

(a) Appoint a president of Fort Lewis college who shall hold the office until removed by the board of trustees or until the president resigns the same;

(b) Appoint such other executive officers of the college as may be required;

(c) Appoint such faculty and employees as the necessities of the college demand;

(d) Determine the compensation to be paid to the president, executive officers, faculty, and professional staff;

(e) Sell, lease, or exchange real property, or any interest therein, as specified in section 23-30-102, the ownership of which is vested in the board of trustees or Fort Lewis college. The board of trustees shall report all proposed sales, leases, or exchanges of such real property adjacent to or titled in Fort Lewis college to the Colorado commission on higher education, which will review and approve or disapprove the proposed transaction pursuant to section 23-1-106.

(2) The board of trustees for Fort Lewis college shall have general supervision of the college and plenary power to enact rules and regulations for the governance of the college.

(3) All real and personal property held by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for the benefit of Fort Lewis college, including the beneficial interest in the Hesperus property owned by the state board of land commissioners and the Hesperus fund, is hereby transferred to the board of trustees. Such transfer shall not include real or personal property held by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for its own benefit.

(4) All existing or future debt, liabilities, or obligations of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system incurred or arising with respect to Fort Lewis college, including but not limited to outstanding revenue bond obligations, lease obligations, and debt, shall be the sole responsibility of the board of trustees on and after September 1, 2002, and on and after September 1, 2002, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall have no further liability with respect thereto.

(5) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system and the board of trustees shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement providing that:

(a) The board of trustees and the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall jointly request that the state board of land commissioners extend the existing lease of the Hesperus property to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for the use and benefit of the Colorado agricultural experiment station beyond its current expiration on the same terms and conditions for a period of not less than ten years. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall cooperate with the board of trustees to facilitate the use of portions of the Hesperus property, which is owned by the state board of land commissioners, so long as such uses are compatible and not inconsistent with the use and operation of property by the Colorado agricultural experiment station.

(b) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall have the right to use the real property upon which the Colorado state forest service district office is located on the Fort Lewis college main campus for a minimum of twenty-five years;

(c) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall prepare appropriate documentation for transfer of all bonded and municipal lease debt related to Fort Lewis college to the board of trustees. All costs associated with such transfer shall be paid by the board of trustees. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system and the board of trustees shall cooperate to obtain any approvals required, satisfy any conditions necessary to accomplish this transfer, and execute all implementing documentation.

(d) (I) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system and the board of trustees shall cooperate to identify and transfer to the board of trustees:

(A) Any local, state, or federal licenses or permits required for the operation of Fort Lewis college held in the name of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, such as federal communications commission licenses, environmental permits, or liquor licenses; and

(B) Real property records or interests held by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for the benefit of Fort Lewis college.

(II) The board of trustees shall pay all costs associated with any such transfers.
C.R.S. § 23-1-106.3 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-106.3
23-1-106.3. Duties and powers of the commission - capital construction projects - federal mi
Status: in_force

23-1-106.3. Duties and powers of the commission - capital construction projects - federal mineral lease revenues fund - higher education institutions financed purchase of an asset cash fund. (1) (a) As soon as possible after May 12, 2008, the commission, after consultation with the appropriate governing boards of state-supported institutions of higher education, shall submit to the office of state planning and budgeting and to the capital development committee of the general assembly, established pursuant to section 2-3-1302, a prioritized list of capital construction projects at the state-supported institutions of higher education to be constructed using financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements funded through the higher education federal mineral lease revenues fund established pursuant to section 23-19.9-102 (1) and referred to in this section as the "revenues fund". As soon as possible after receipt of the list from the commission, the office of state planning and budgeting shall submit to the capital development committee a prioritized list of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education to be constructed using financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements funded through the revenues fund.

(b) (I) As soon as possible after receipt of the prioritized list from the office of state planning and budgeting, the capital development committee shall review the prioritized lists submitted by the commission and the office of state planning and budgeting and shall submit to the joint budget committee of the general assembly a prioritized list of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education to be constructed using financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements funded through the revenues fund.

(II) As soon as possible after receipt of the prioritized list from the capital development committee, the joint budget committee shall review the prioritized list submitted by the capital development committee and shall sponsor a joint resolution specifying a prioritized list of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education to be constructed using financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements funded through the revenues fund. The resolution shall contain a listing of the maximum amount of principal to be raised through financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements to be paid from the revenues fund, the minimum amount of principal to be contributed by the institution, and the total anticipated cost of the project.

(III) If approved by the general assembly, the joint resolution shall be presented to the governor in accordance with section 39 of article V of the state constitution.

(IV) The anticipated annual state-funded payments for the principal and interest components of amount payable under all financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements on the projects listed in the joint resolution adopted and approved pursuant to this subsection (1)(b) entered into during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, shall not exceed an average of sixteen million two hundred thousand dollars per year for the first ten years of payments and sixteen million eight hundred thousand dollars per year during the second ten years of payments.

(V) To the extent that any projects on the prioritized list contained in the joint resolution introduced and approved pursuant to this subsection (1) are not the subject of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements entered into pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and to the extent that the state treasurer determines that there is sufficient money in the revenues fund to enter into an additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement or agreements during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2009, the remaining projects on the prioritized list in the joint resolution shall be the prioritized list for financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements entered into during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2009.

(2) (a) On or before August 15, 2009, and on or before August 15 of each year thereafter through August 15, 2015, the state treasurer shall notify the commission, the office of state planning and budgeting, the capital development committee, and the joint budget committee of the amount of money in the revenues fund and whether the treasurer determines that there is sufficient money in the revenues fund to enter into additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements to be funded from the revenues fund. On and after April 14, 2016, the state shall not enter into any additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements to be funded from the revenues fund.

(b) After the notification required by subsection (2)(a) of this section is received, and the treasurer has determined that there is sufficient money in the revenues fund to enter into additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements, the commission, the office of state planning and budgeting, the capital development committee, and the joint budget committee, pursuant to the procedures established in subsection (1) of this section, may promptly consider a new prioritized list of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education to be constructed using financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements funded through the revenues fund. A joint resolution introduced pursuant to this subsection (2)(b) shall also include a statement of the maximum average anticipated state-funded payments under all financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements to be authorized through the joint resolution.

(3) (a) (I) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 24-82-102 (1)(b) and 24-82-801, the state of Colorado, acting by and through the state treasurer, is authorized to execute financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements each for no more than twenty years of annual payments on the projects listed in the joint resolution adopted and approved pursuant to subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b) of this section. The financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements authorized pursuant to this subsection (3)(a) may be for the total amount of the project cost as reflected in the joint resolution. A state-supported institution of higher education may either contribute the full amount of its share of the cost of the project at the commencement of the project or may have its share of the cost of the project included in the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement. Based upon the total amount of money that one or more financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements is able to raise, the treasurer shall enter into financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements in the order of the prioritized list contained in the joint resolution; except that, if, after funding all previous projects on the list, the amount of money is insufficient to fund the entire project that is next on the list, the treasurer may enter into a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement on the next project or projects on the list that may be completely funded.

(II) The state treasurer shall ensure that each state-supported institution of higher education submits a certificate of completion no later than August 1, 2012, for each project funded in whole or in part by the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into by the state treasurer in 2008 pursuant to this section. After such certificates of completion are received by the state treasurer, the state treasurer and the state controller shall calculate the amount of unspent proceeds raised through the 2008 financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement. The state treasurer and the state controller shall also calculate the amount of the unspent institutional shares of the total project costs. The state treasurer and state controller shall provide these amounts to the capital development committee in writing no later than August 15, 2012. No later than thirty days after receiving such amounts, the capital development committee shall hold a public meeting during the interim between the second regular session of the sixty-eighth general assembly and the first regular session of the sixty-ninth general assembly to decide, by majority vote, what the unspent proceeds raised through the 2008 financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement and the unspent institutional shares of the total project costs should be used to fund. The capital development committee's decision shall be limited to funding capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education or, so long as such projects are identified as eligible by bond counsel, controlled maintenance projects at state-supported institutions of higher education. The capital development committee shall communicate the decision to the state treasurer in writing, and the state treasurer shall ensure that the approved project or projects are funded from the unspent proceeds raised through the 2008 financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement and the unspent institutional shares of the total project costs as soon as possible.

(b) (I) The state of Colorado, acting by and through the state treasurer, at the state treasurer's sole discretion, may enter into one or more financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements authorized by subsection (3)(a) of this section with any for-profit or nonprofit corporation, trust, or commercial bank as a trustee, as lessor, including but not limited to the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority created pursuant to section 23-15-104.

(II) (A) Any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section shall provide that all of the obligations of the state under the agreement shall be subject to the action of the general assembly in annually making money available for all payments thereunder. Payments under any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement shall be made from the revenues fund and any money in the higher education institutions financed purchase of an asset cash fund established in subsection (4) of this section.

(B) Each agreement must also provide that the obligations of the state shall not be deemed or construed as creating an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any provision of the state constitution or the laws of the state of Colorado concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness by the state of Colorado and shall not constitute a multiple fiscal-year direct or indirect debt or other financial obligation of the state within the meaning of section 20 (4) of article X of the state constitution. In the event the state of Colorado does not renew a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, the sole security available to the seller shall be the property that is the subject of the nonrenewed financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement.

(III) Any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section may contain such terms, provisions, and conditions as the state treasurer, acting on behalf of the state of Colorado, may deem appropriate, including all optional terms; except that each financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement shall specifically authorize the state of Colorado or the governing board of the applicable state-supported institution of higher education to receive fee title to all real and personal property that is the subject of the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement on or prior to the expiration of the terms of the agreement. Any title to such property received by the state on or prior to the expiration of the terms of the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement shall be held for the benefit and use of such governing board.

(IV) Any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section may provide for the issuance, distribution, and sale of instruments evidencing rights to receive rentals and other payments made and to be made under the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement. The instruments may be issued, distributed, or sold only by the seller or any person designated by the seller and not by the state. The instruments shall not create a relationship between the purchasers of the instruments and the state or create any obligation on the part of the state to the purchasers. The instruments shall not be notes, bonds, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any provision of the state constitution or the law of the state concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness of the state and shall not constitute a multiple fiscal-year direct or indirect debt or other financial obligation of the state within the meaning of section 20 (4) of article X of the state constitution.

(V) Interest paid under a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, including interest represented by the instruments, shall be exempt from Colorado income tax.

(VI) The state of Colorado, acting through the state treasurer and the governing board of the institutions of higher education, is authorized to enter into ancillary agreements and instruments as are deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement, including but not limited to deeds, ground leases, sub-leases, easements, or other instruments relating to the real property on which the facilities are located or an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.

(c) The provisions of section 24-30-202 (5)(b) shall not apply to a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section or any ancillary agreement or instrument entered into pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section. The state controller or his or her designee shall waive any provision of the fiscal rules promulgated pursuant to section 24-30-202 (1) and (13) that the state controller deems to be incompatible or inapplicable with respect to said financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements or any such ancillary agreement or instrument.

(4) (a) A local government or the governing board of a state-supported institution of higher education may pay to the state treasurer an amount to assist the state in making payments on any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section. State-supported institutions of higher education, including but not limited to the Auraria higher education center and its constituent institutions, are authorized to transfer money to the state treasurer pursuant to this subsection (4) for the projects for which the state treasurer executes a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement pursuant to subsection (3) of this section without an appropriation from the general assembly. The state treasurer shall credit any money received pursuant to this subsection (4) to the higher education institutions financed purchase of an asset cash fund, referred to in this subsection (4) as the "fund", which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Except as provided in subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section, money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the state treasurer to make payments on financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements executed pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section. Any money in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section shall be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Except as provided in subsection (4)(b) of this section, any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.

(b) (I) Within thirty days of the state treasurer's receipt of the certificate of completion for the academic building on the Craig campus of Colorado Northwestern community college, the state treasurer shall transfer no more than two million one hundred thousand dollars of such institution's cash assistance payment to the Colorado community college system.

(II) Within thirty days of the state treasurer's receipt of the certificate of completion for the science building addition and renovation at the Auraria higher education center, the state treasurer shall transfer no more than one million dollars to the Auraria higher education center.

(5) (a) Prior to executing a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, in order to protect against future interest rate increases, the state of Colorado, acting by and through the state treasurer and at the discretion of the state treasurer, may enter into an interest rate exchange agreement pursuant to article 59.3 of title 11. A financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall be a proposed public security for the purposes of article 59.3 of title 11. Any payments made by the state under an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be made solely from money made available to the state treasurer from the execution of a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement or from money appropriated from the revenues fund or the higher education institutions financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation cash fund created pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.

(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (5) shall also provide that the obligations of the state shall not be deemed or construed as creating an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any provision of the state constitution or the laws of the state of Colorado concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness by the state of Colorado and shall not constitute a multiple fiscal-year direct or indirect debt or other financial obligation of the state within the meaning of section 20 (4) of article X of the state constitution.

(c) Any money received by the state under an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be used to make payments on financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements entered into pursuant to subsection (3) of this section or to pay the costs of the project for which a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement was executed.
C.R.S. § 23-15-126 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-126
23-15-126. Bonds eligible for investment
Status: in_force

23-15-126. Bonds eligible for investment. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and insurance companies and associations and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this article. Public entities, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., may invest public funds in such bonds only if said bonds satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 23-2-102.5 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-102.5
23-2-102.5. Applicability of article
Status: in_force

23-2-102.5. Applicability of article. (1) (a) A private college or university that enrolls a majority of its students at the certificate or associate level is regulated by the private occupational school division and the private occupational school board pursuant to article 64 of this title 23 and is not subject to the provisions of this article 2.

(b) If, as a result of changes in student enrollment, a private college or university at times meets the definition provided in section 23-2-102 (11) and should therefore be regulated by the department and the commission, and at other times meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) and should therefore be regulated by the private occupational school division and the private occupational school board, the private college or university is subject to regulation by the entity that is appropriate as of July 1, 2012, if the private college or university is authorized as of said date, or as of the date the institution applies for authorization, and the institution shall be regulated by the same entity for the following three years. The department shall review the status of the private college or university every three years after July 1, 2012, or every three years after initial authorization, whichever is appropriate, to determine whether the institution should be subject to regulation by the department and the commission or by the private occupational school division and the private occupational school board.

(2) An out-of-state public institution may request authorization pursuant to the provisions of this article from the department and the commission. In seeking and maintaining authorization pursuant to this article, an out-of-state public institution is subject to the same criteria and requirements that apply to a private college or university.
C.R.S. § 23-31-611 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 6 / Section 23-31-611
23-31-611. Proceeds from station
Status: in_force

23-31-611. Proceeds from station. The proceeds arising from the sale of products of agricultural experimental stations shall be applied in the liquidation of the running expenses. All moneys so accruing shall be credited as coming from the state and applied as part or whole payment of any amount which may be appropriated from the funds of the state for the maintenance of the stations.
C.R.S. § 23-64-114 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 64 / Section 23-64-114
23-64-114. Application for certificate of approval
Status: in_force

23-64-114. Application for certificate of approval. (1) Any entity desiring to operate a private occupational school in this state shall make application for a certificate of approval to the board upon forms to be provided by the board. The application shall include at least the following:

(a) A catalog published or proposed to be published by the school containing the information specified in the criteria promulgated by the board;

(b) A description of the school's placement assistance, if any;

(c) Documentation necessary to establish the applicant's financial stability as required by the minimum standards and bond provisions specified in this article 64;

(d) Copies of media advertising and promotional literature;

(e) Copies of all student enrollment agreement or contract forms and instruments evidencing indebtedness;

(f) A surety bond as required by this article 64;

(g) A fee as required by this article 64;

(h) The name and Colorado address of a designated agent upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served.

(2) Each application shall be signed and certified to under oath by the owner or his or her authorized designee.

(3) The board shall not be required to act upon an application until such time as an application is submitted as set forth in this section.

(4) An application submitted by a school that holds a valid certificate of approval shall be submitted on or before February 15 immediately prior to the expiration of the certificate of approval. If the application as set forth in subsection (1) of this section is not submitted as set forth in this section, the school's existing certificate of approval shall expire on June 30 by operation of law, and any such application submitted after February 15 shall be treated as an application submitted by a new school.

(5) The board shall not be required to act upon an application submitted by a school whose certificate of approval has been revoked or denied by a final nonappealable order of the board for a period of twelve months subsequent to the revocation or denial. Notwithstanding that an order of revocation or denial may be subject to judicial review, the school shall otherwise comply with and be subject to the provisions of this article 64; except that the school shall not be required to submit an application as required by this section.
C.R.S. § 23-71-610 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 71 / Part 6 / Section 23-71-610
23-71-610. Prior obligations not impaired
Status: in_force

23-71-610. Prior obligations not impaired. Nothing in this part 6 shall impair the obligations of any bonds, or the refunding thereof, issued by a district prior to July 1, 1964, or otherwise invalidate any such bond or the obligations or refunding thereof.
C.R.S. § 23-64-126 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 64 / Section 23-64-126
23-64-126. Enforceability of notes, contracts, and other evidence of indebtedness
Status: in_force

23-64-126. Enforceability of notes, contracts, and other evidence of indebtedness. (1) No note, other instrument of indebtedness, or contract relating to payment for educational services shall be enforceable in the courts of this state by any school located within this state unless the school, at the time of execution of the note, other instrument of indebtedness, or contract, holds a valid certificate of approval nor by any school having an agent in this state unless the agent, who enrolled persons to whom educational services were to be rendered or to whom educational credentials were to be granted, held a valid agent's permit at the time of the execution of the note, other instrument of indebtedness, or contract.

(2) The enforceability of notes, contracts, and other evidence of indebtedness relating to payment for educational services shall be in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations, as amended.
C.R.S. § 23-21-522 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 23-21-522
23-21-522. Powers of the authority - investments
Status: in_force

23-21-522. Powers of the authority - investments. (1) The authority has the power:

(a) To invest any funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or in securities which meet the standard for investments established in section 15-1-304, C.R.S., provided such investment assists the authority in carrying out its public purposes; and to sell from time to time such securities thus purchased and held; and to deposit any securities in any trust bank within or without the state. Any funds deposited in a banking institution or in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., shall be secured in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine, with or without payment of any interest on such deposit, including, without limitation, time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit. Any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of any funds of the authority may issue indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as may be required by the board of directors.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), to contract with the holders of any of its notes or bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any moneys of the authority and of any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds and to carry out such contract. Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds or in any way to secure notes or bonds and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.
C.R.S. § 23-5-110 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-110
23-5-110. Medical personnel
Status: in_force

23-5-110. Medical personnel. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person holding a license to practice medicine in this state may accept employment from any public or private university, college, junior or community college, school district, or private nonprofit school to examine and treat the students of such a university, college, or school, and, if no increase in staff or expenditures is required by the university, college, or school, the spouses of such students.
C.R.S. § 23-1-121 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-121
23-1-121. Commission directive - approval of educator preparation programs - review - repo
Status: repealed

23-1-121. Commission directive - approval of educator preparation programs - review - report - legislative declaration. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 23-31-321 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 3 / Section 23-31-321
23-31-321. Wildfire mitigation and preparedness - rural grant navigator grant program - cre
Status: in_force

23-31-321. Wildfire mitigation and preparedness - rural grant navigator grant program - creation - administration - reporting - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Department" means the department of local affairs created in section 24-1-125.

(b) "Forest service" means the Colorado state forest service identified in section 23-31-302.

(c) "Nongovernmental organization" or "NGO" has the meaning set forth in section 24-37.5-102 (20).

(d) "Rural grant navigator grant program" or "competitive grant program" means the competitive grant program authorized under subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(2) (a) The forest service shall establish a rural grant navigator grant program to provide grant money for nongovernmental organizations providing outreach and technical assistance, including grant writing assistance, to rural communities seeking to apply for federal or state grants related to wildfire mitigation and preparedness.

(b) On or after March 1, 2025, an NGO assisting one or more rural communities with obtaining federal or state grants related to wildfire mitigation or preparedness may apply to the forest service for grant money in accordance with application and eligibility guidelines that the forest service establishes pursuant to subsection (3) of this section for the competitive grant program.

(3) (a) The forest service shall consult with NGOs that currently assist or are seeking to assist Colorado communities with wildfire mitigation and preparedness to develop criteria and guidelines for the competitive grant program.

(b) The criteria and guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section must:

(I) Be completed and posted on the website of the forest service on or before February 28, 2025; and

(II) Include criteria and guidelines for at least the following aspects of the competitive grant program:

(A) Eligibility requirements for NGO applicants assisting rural communities in seeking federal or state grant money for wildfire mitigation and preparedness efforts;

(B) Application requirements; and

(C) Participation requirements for selected NGOs, including requirements for coordination between selected NGOs to ensure nonduplication of efforts and for periodic reporting.

(c) (I) After the forest service has created the competitive grant program, the forest service, to the best of its ability, shall consult on effective uses of the grant money and successful outcomes with:

(A) The department;

(B) The division of fire prevention and control created in section 24-33.5-1201 (1)(a);

(C) The governor's office;

(D) A rural county on the western slope;

(E) A rural county on the eastern plains; and

(F) A rural county in the southern part of the state.

(II) The forest service, in consultation with selected NGOs, shall develop metrics to help the forest service assess the success of the competitive grant program.

(4) (a) On or before March 1, 2026, and on or before March 1 each year thereafter, the forest service shall submit a written report summarizing the competitive grant program to the wildfire matters review committee created in section 2-3-1602 (1)(a) or, if the committee no longer exists, to both the house of representatives agriculture, water, and natural resources committee and the senate agriculture and natural resources committee, or their successor committees. The forest service shall post copies of the reports on its website.

(b) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the written report specified in subsection (4)(a) of this section continues indefinitely.
C.R.S. § 23-20-104 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 23-20-104
23-20-104. Meetings - quorum
Status: in_force

23-20-104. Meetings - quorum. The meetings of the board of regents shall be held at such times and places as the board may appoint; but not less than two meetings per annum shall be held at the university. The president of the board may call special meetings where he deems it expedient, or special meetings may be called by any three members of the board. A majority of the regents shall constitute a quorum and be competent for the transaction of business.
C.R.S. § 23-5-145.6 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-145.6
23-5-145.6. Opportunities for credential attainment - fund - report - definitions - repeal
Status: repealed

23-5-145.6. Opportunities for credential attainment - fund - report - definitions - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Apprenticeship certificate" means verification of completion of an apprenticeship program. Apprenticeship certificates are applicable to industry trades and professions.

(b) "Colorado talent report" means the report prepared pursuant to section 24-46.3-103.

(c) "Commission on higher education" or "commission" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1-101.1 (1).

(d) "Department" means the department of higher education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-114.

(e) "Guaranteed-transfer pathways" or "GT pathways" means the statewide articulation matrix system of common course numbering for general education courses described in section 23-1-108.5 (3)(c).

(f) "Industry certification" means a credential awarded by an industry-recognized third-party or industry-governing board based on an individual demonstrating by assessment that the individual has acquired the designated knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform a specific occupation or skill. Industry certifications may be time-limited dependent upon the occupation or industry.

(g) "Nondegree credential" means a postsecondary certificate, apprenticeship certificate, professional license, or industry certification.

(h) "Postsecondary certificate" means a credential awarded by an institution of higher education at an undergraduate level based on completion of all requirements for a program of study, including course work and exams. Postsecondary certificates are not time-limited and do not require renewal. "Postsecondary certificate" does not include a degree and does not include a credential awarded by an institution of higher education after completion of a bachelor's degree in the same pathway.

(i) "Stackable credential pathway" means a sequence of credentials earned through various means, including through assessment of prior learning, that may be accumulated over time and move an individual along a career pathway or up a career ladder.

(j) "State institution of higher education" or "institution" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1-135 (2).

(k) "Statewide degree transfer agreement" means a statewide degree transfer agreement described in section 23-1-108 (7).

(2) By June 15, 2023, the department, in consultation with institutions and at least one business organization or representative of industry, shall develop and implement a process that encourages institutions to identify incremental achievements on the path to degree completion and organize stackable credentials that build upon each other toward degrees and may articulate to pathways in high-demand industries. The department and institutions shall collaborate to identify how credentials may be evaluated for their component skills, competencies, and learning outcomes, and then may become stacked into a stackable credential pathway to provide increased access to employment and may result in a degree. As a part of the process, the department and institutions shall:

(a) Evaluate the quality of nondegree credentials that are currently available that lead to in-demand living wage jobs identified in the most recent Colorado talent report and respond to critical job shortages in Colorado. The department, in collaboration with institutions, shall evaluate the quality of nondegree credentials using the framework and process created in this subsection (2) and informed by one or more quality standards frameworks developed by national organizations.

(b) (I) Identify where alignment currently exists along a degree pathway between nondegree and degree credentials and work-based learning and apprenticeships; and

(II) Identify opportunities to develop where further alignment may be created between nondegree and degree credentials and work-based learning and apprenticeships; and

(c) Articulate where the various alignments identified in subsection (1)(b) of this section may incorporate into stackable credential pathways that may lead to a degree and opportunities for credits to be transferred in order for persons to be able to attain nondegree or degree credentials that lead to in-demand or living wage jobs.

(3) By January 1, 2024, the department, in consultation with the representatives described in section 23-5-145.5 (5), shall facilitate the creation of stackable credential pathways for at least three growing industries identified by the most recent Colorado talent report. By January 1, 2025, the department, in consultation with the representatives described in section 23-5-145.5 (5), shall facilitate the creation of stackable credential pathways for at least two additional growing industries identified by the most recent Colorado talent report. The department shall facilitate the creation of at least two stackable credential pathways for each industry. The stackable credential pathways must include:

(a) A competency framework that articulates the knowledge, skills, learning outcomes, nondegree credentials, and degrees associated with the pathway and identifies the career and professional development opportunities associated with the pathway;

(b) An inventory of credentials that are a part of the pathway, offered by accredited and nonaccredited providers, including training and industry credential providers, high schools, programs recognized by the career development success program pursuant to section 22-54-138, postsecondary institutions, and nonprofit organizations;

(c) Credentials that are a part of the pathway evaluated pursuant to section 23-5-145.5 (3), including credit awarded for courses in GT pathways or a statewide degree transfer agreement; and

(d) Credits that are awarded for other courses with a career and technical education focus in a postsecondary degree, noncredit program, or industry certification program.

(4) The stackable credential pathways must be approved by the commission, in consultation with the Colorado work force development council.

(4.5) The stackable credential pathways must meet the quality standards required pursuant to section 23-5-145.8 (2)(c).

(5) (a) The credentials to support the Colorado jobs cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of this section and any other money that the general assembly appropriates or transfers to the fund.

(b) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate one million dollars to the department from the workers, employers, and workforce centers cash fund created in section 24-75-231. The department shall use this appropriation for the purposes described in this section.

(c) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(d) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department may expend money from the fund for the purposes described in this section.

(6) On or before December 29, 2023, and on or before December 31, 2025, the department of higher education shall submit a report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, regarding the implementation of this section. The report must include data collected by institutions to measure the total number of credits, credentials, certificates, and professional licenses earned in each pathway at each institution, as practicable. The report must include the data for the state as a whole and for each institution, in total and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender.

(7) (a) Nothing in this section supersedes or replaces the curriculum or program standards of a construction industry registered apprenticeship program that is registered and approved by the United States department of labor or the state apprenticeship agency.

(b) Nothing in this section supersedes or replaces any statutory or regulatory training requirement for a professional license or credential regulated by the department of regulatory agencies.

(8) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 23-15-107 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 15 / Section 23-15-107
23-15-107. General powers of the authority
Status: repealed

23-15-107. General powers of the authority. (1) In addition to any other powers granted to the authority by this article 15, the authority has the following powers:

(a) To have perpetual existence and succession as a body politic and corporate;

(b) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business, consistent with the provisions of this article;

(c) To sue and be sued;

(d) To have and to use a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(e) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate;

(f) To determine, in accordance with the provisions of this article, the location and character of any facility to be financed under the provisions of this article and to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, improve, alter, replace, maintain, repair, operate, and lease such facility as lessee or lessor; to enter into contracts for any and all of such purposes and for the management and operation of a facility; and to designate a participating educational institution or cultural institution as its agent to determine the location and character of a facility undertaken by such participating institution under the provisions of this article and, as agent of the authority, to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, replace, alter, improve, maintain, repair, operate, lease as lessee or lessor, and regulate the same and to enter into contracts for any and all of such purposes including contracts for the management and operation of such facility;

(g) To enter into an agreement with a participating institution of postsecondary education or cultural institution covering any or all of the facilities upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall deem proper, including, but not limited to, renewable, one-year leases with institutions of postsecondary education supported in whole or in part by state funds if authorized pursuant to section 23-1-106 or section 24-82-709, or a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to sections 24-82-102 (1)(b) and 24-82-801; to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such agreement upon the failure of the buyer to comply with any of the obligations thereof; and to include in any such agreement, if desired, provisions that the buyer thereof shall have options to renew the term of the agreement for such period or periods, at such rent, and upon such terms or conditions as shall be determined by the authority or to purchase any or all of the facilities or to include, if desired, provisions that, upon payment of all of the indebtedness incurred by the authority for the financing of such facilities, the authority will convey any or all of the facilities to the buyer or buyers thereof with or without consideration;

(h) To borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, or other obligations for any of its corporate purposes and to fund or refund the same, all as provided for in this article;

(i) To establish rules and regulations, and to designate a participating educational institution or cultural institution as its agent to establish such rules and regulations, for the use of the facilities undertaken or operated by such participating institution and to employ or contract for consulting engineers, architects, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and such other employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment and to fix their compensation;

(j) To receive and accept from the federal government or any other public agency loans, grants, or contributions for or in aid of the construction of facilities or any portion thereof, or for equipping the same, and to receive and accept grants, gifts, or other contributions from any source, but only for the purposes for which they were loaned, contributed, or granted;

(k) To mortgage or pledge all or any portion of the facilities and the site or sites thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, for the benefit of the holders of bonds issued to finance such facilities or any portion thereof;

(l) To make mortgage loans or other secured or unsecured loans to any participating educational institution or cultural institution for the cost of the facilities in accordance with an agreement between the authority and such participating institution; but no such loan shall exceed the total cost of such facilities as determined by such participating institution and approved by the authority;

(m) To make mortgage loans or other secured or unsecured loans to a participating educational institution or cultural institution; to refund outstanding obligations, mortgages, or advances issued, made, or given by such participating institution for the cost of its facilities, including the issuance of bonds and the making of loans to a participating educational institution or cultural institution; or to refinance outstanding obligations and indebtedness incurred for facilities when the authority finds that such financing is in the public interest and alleviates the financial hardship upon the participating educational institution or cultural institution or is in connection with other financing by the authority for such participating institution;

(n) To obtain or aid in obtaining, from any department or agency of the United States or of this state or any private company, any insurance or guarantee as to, or of, or for the payment or repayment of the interest or principal, or both the interest and principal, or any part of either or both on any loan, lease, or obligation or any instrument evidencing or securing the same made or entered into pursuant to the provisions of this article and, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, to enter into any agreement, contract, or other instrument whatsoever with respect to any such insurance or guarantee, to accept payment in such manner and form as provided therein in the event of default by a participating educational institution or cultural institution, and to assign any such insurance or guarantee as security for the authority's bonds;

(o) To charge to and equitably apportion among participating educational institutions or cultural institutions the administrative costs and expenses of the authority incurred in the exercise of the powers granted and the duties conferred by this article;

(p) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this article;

(q) To do all other things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this article;

(r) To make mortgage loans or other secured or unsecured loans to any person for the costs of a facility which will be made available for use by an educational institution or a cultural institution, if the governing body of such institution has resolved that the use of such facility will be in the best interests of such institution; but no such loan shall exceed the total cost of said facility as determined by said institution and approved by the authority;

(s) To refund or refinance, through the issuance of bonds and the making of loans, any outstanding obligations, mortgages, indebtednesses, or advances issued, made, or given by a person for the cost of facilities which will be made available for use by an educational institution or a cultural institution when the governing board of such institution finds that the use of said facility is in the best interests of said institution;

(t) To administer the Colorado education savings program pursuant to the provisions of section 23-15-110.5;

(u) To designate bonds or certificates of participation of the authority as Colorado education savings bonds or certificates pursuant to the provisions of section 23-15-110.5;

(v) To designate as Colorado education savings bonds or certificates the bonds or certificates of participation of issuers other than the authority if the issuer has applied for such designation and the authority has determined that such instruments satisfy the criteria established in section 23-15-110.5 (2); and

(w) To establish and administer one or more funds for loans, revolving loans, or grants to support capital projects for facilities, as well as operations, maintenance, programming and other endeavors, for cultural institutions and educational institutions from any sources that may be available to the authority for its general purposes, including but not limited to net facility revenues, grants, gifts, or fees.

(2) The authority has the power to operate a facility either directly or indirectly through contracts for the management and operation of a facility, or as a lessee or lessor. If the authority operates a facility, the authority must direct all net revenue from the facility to the purposes set forth in this article 15. In order to isolate operating risk on a project-by-project basis, the authority has the power to establish, or adopt a resolution approving the establishment of, one or more subsidiary controlled entities. Such a controlled entity enjoys and is entitled to the same powers, privileges, and immunities as the authority so long as:

(a) The controlled entity is a nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, limited liability limited partnership, or other entity formed pursuant to state law and the authority is the sole member or partner of the entity;

(b) The authority appoints the governing body of or an agent to oversee the controlled entity and may remove a member of the governing body or agent;

(c) Any revenue of the controlled entity that is not required to pay its expenses and obligations and to fund reserves for such expenses and obligations and, upon dissolution of the controlled entity, any assets of the controlled entity not required to pay its expenses and obligations must be distributed to or at the direction of the authority and shall not be used for or accrue to the benefit of any private interests; and

(d) The authority may loan proceeds from bonds issued by the authority to the controlled entity.

(3) No institution of postsecondary education supported in whole or in part by state funds shall contract or otherwise agree with the authority to issue bonds on its behalf unless all approvals required by law, including but not limited to approvals required pursuant to section 23-1-106 and section 24-82-709, C.R.S., have been obtained.

(4) Repealed.

(5) No mortgage loan, other secured or unsecured loan, or financing, refinancing, refunding, or other financial obligation incurred pursuant to the terms of this article for the benefit of a charter school as described in section 23-15-103 (8)(a)(V), shall obligate, directly or indirectly, the school district that granted the charter to the charter school unless:

(a) The express written consent of the school district is obtained; and

(b) The authority obtains a written opinion of legal counsel that the obligation of the school district is legally permissible under the Colorado constitution and all applicable laws.
C.R.S. § 23-5-127 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 5 / Section 23-5-127
23-5-127. Unique student identifying number - social security number - prohibition
Status: in_force

23-5-127. Unique student identifying number - social security number - prohibition. (1) Each postsecondary institution in Colorado shall assign to each student enrolled in the institution a unique primary identifier that may be a series of numbers or characters.

(2) On and after July 1, 2003, each postsecondary institution in Colorado shall take reasonable and prudent steps to ensure the privacy of a student's social security number.

(3) (a) On and after July 1, 2004, a postsecondary institution in Colorado shall not use a student's social security number or part of a student's social security number as the student's primary identifier.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the Colorado commission on higher education may allow a postsecondary institution in Colorado to use a student's social security number or part of a student's social security number as the student's primary identifier if:

(I) The institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that the institution is unable to comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) because of the financial cost of compliance; and

(II) The institution submits to the commission and the commission approves a plan and timetable for phasing out the use of a student's social security number or part of a student's social security number as the student's primary identifier.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section, for each student who graduates from or was enrolled in a Colorado high school, a postsecondary institution in Colorado that is eligible for the college opportunity fund program created in section 23-18-201 shall use the unique student identifier assigned, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 22-11-104, C.R.S., to the student while he or she was enrolled in the elementary to secondary public education system, including public prekindergarten programs, as an alternative student identifier at the postsecondary institution.

(b) Adams state university, Colorado Mesa university, Western Colorado university, and Metropolitan state university of Denver shall implement the provisions of subsection (4)(a) of this section on or before July 1, 2008. All other postsecondary institutions shall implement the provisions of subsection (4)(a) of this section on or before July 1, 2009.
C.R.S. § 23-41-104.6 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 23-41-104.6
23-41-104.6. Performance contract - authorization - operations
Status: repealed

23-41-104.6. Performance contract - authorization - operations. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that the Colorado school of mines is an exemplary institution of higher education that has demonstrated a high degree of responsibility and capability with regard to its academic and administrative functions as evidenced by the following:

(a) The Colorado school of mines retains and graduates over sixty percent of the students who enroll in the institution;

(b) The Colorado school of mines consistently demonstrates that at least ninety percent of its graduates are employed in a field that is relevant to the education they received at the institution and that the average starting salary of those graduates is in excess of the national average for engineering school graduates;

(c) The Colorado school of mines continues to receive accreditation reviews from national accrediting organizations that raise no issues with the quality of the engineering programs offered at the institution;

(d) Senior students at the Colorado school of mines consistently score above the national average on a standardized exam for engineering school students;

(e) Over seventy-five percent of the undergraduate students at the Colorado school of mines receive some form of financial aid;

(f) The Colorado school of mines has an endowment that places it among the top fifteen public institutions of higher education in the amount of endowment per student.

(2) For the reasons specified in subsection (1) of this section, the general assembly hereby authorizes the Colorado school of mines to operate pursuant to a performance contract, as described in this section, with the department of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education. The Colorado school of mines shall operate pursuant to a performance contract for the period specified in subsection (4) of this section.

(3) The board of trustees of the Colorado school of mines shall negotiate and sign a performance contract with the department of higher education, subject to approval by the Colorado commission on higher education, that specifies the performance goals that the institution shall achieve during the period that it operates under the performance contract. The specified goals must be measurable and specific to the Colorado school of mines' role and mission and include provisions relating to master plan goals and may also include, but need not be limited to, the following issues:

(a) Appropriate levels of student enrollment, transfer, retention, and graduation rates, and institutional programs specifically designed to assist students in achieving their academic goals;

(b) Student satisfaction and student performance after graduation, including employment and enrollment in graduate programs;

(c) Assessment of the quality of the institution's academic programs, including assessment by external reviewers such as accreditation boards and employers and consideration of student performance on national examinations;

(d) Increasing financial support to sustain and enhance essential functions that are partially state funded, including:

(I) Education, industrial, and federal research capabilities and competitiveness;

(II) Student financial aid;

(III) Capital construction; and

(IV) Technological advancements.

(4) (a) The performance contracts negotiated pursuant to this section shall not take effect until approved by a joint resolution adopted by the general assembly. The grounds for rejection of the performance contracts shall include the effect of the provisions of the contracts on the funding for the Colorado school of mines and funding for the statewide system of higher education.

(b) As early as possible during the 2002 regular session and as early as possible during the 2013 regular session, the Colorado commission on higher education shall present the finalized performance contract for the applicable contract period at a joint session of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly. The members of the education committees and the members of the joint budget committee shall review the financial effect of the provisions of the contract with regard to funding for the Colorado school of mines or funding for the statewide system of higher education and may recommend changes to the terms of the performance contract or renegotiation of the performance contract. If a majority of the members of the education committees and the members of the joint budget committee approve the terms of the performance contract, the chairmen of the education committees, in cooperation with the joint budget committee, shall sponsor a joint resolution to recognize and approve the performance contract. The performance contract shall be deemed approved upon final passage of said joint resolution.

(c) The school of mines shall operate pursuant to the performance contract that is approved by joint resolution passed during the 2002 regular session beginning on the date the performance contract is approved and continuing through the date on which the governor signs the joint resolution passed during the 2013 regular legislative session that approves the next performance contract. The school of mines shall operate pursuant to the performance contract that is approved by joint resolution passed during the 2013 regular session beginning on the day after the date on which the governor signs the joint resolution and continuing through the date on which the governor signs the joint resolution passed during the 2023 regular legislative session that approves the next performance contract.

(5) While operating pursuant to the performance contract negotiated pursuant to this section, the board of trustees of the Colorado school of mines:

(a) Shall continue to operate as the governing board for the institution. In addition, the governor may appoint additional advisory members to the board to sustain and enhance the role and mission of the Colorado school of mines. Any additional members of the board of trustees shall serve as nonvoting members of the board and be representative of national and international industries and research and academic institutions. The role of any such advisory members shall be to improve the trustees' opportunities to develop and enrich the academic and research programs at the institution.

(b) Need not consult with nor obtain approval from the Colorado commission on higher education to create, modify, or eliminate academic and vocational programs offered by the Colorado school of mines, so long as such creations, modifications, and eliminations are consistent with the institution's statutory role and mission;

(c) (I) (A) Shall have sole authority to establish resident and nonresident tuition rates for the Colorado school of mines so long as the school continues to meet the goals specified in the performance contract and to comply with the provisions of section 23-41-104.7.

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I) to the contrary, for fiscal years 2011-12 through 2015-16, the board of trustees shall have sole authority to establish resident and nonresident tuition rates for the Colorado school of mines; except that the annual percentage increase in resident tuition rates shall not exceed the greater of a percentage equal to two times the rate of the percentage change in the consumer price index for the Denver metropolitan area or, for fiscal years 2011-12 through 2013-14, nine percent, or, for fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16, six percent. For fiscal years 2011-12 through 2013-14, the Colorado commission on higher education may approve a greater tuition increase pursuant to section 23-5-130.5.

(II) Repealed.

(6) While operating pursuant to the performance contract negotiated pursuant to this section, the Colorado school of mines shall:

(a) Remain eligible for state-funded capital construction projects and controlled maintenance projects as provided in section 23-1-106;

(b) Continue to admit all Colorado resident applicants who meet the admissions criteria of the institution and shall provide equal educational opportunities to all students.

(7) and (8) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 23-3.3-205 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 3.3 / Part 2 / Section 23-3.3-205
23-3.3-205. Dependents of deceased or permanently disabled National Guardsman, law enforceme
Status: repealed

23-3.3-205. Dependents of deceased or permanently disabled National Guardsman, law enforcement officer, or firefighter. (1) (a) Any dependent of a person who died or was permanently disabled while on state active duty, federalized active duty, or authorized training duty as a Colorado National Guardsman or any dependent of any person who has been 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 any dependent of a person, including a volunteer, who died or was permanently disabled while engaged in backcountry search and rescue activities, as defined in section 33-1-102 (1.3), upon being accepted for enrollment into any state institution, shall be permitted to pursue studies leading toward his or her first bachelor's degree or certificate of completion, free of tuition and free of room and board charges of the institution, for so long as said dependent achieves and maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or above based upon a 4.0 scale, but said benefits shall not be extended beyond six years from the date of enrollment. Such dependents pursuing studies at a nonpublic institution of higher education within the state of Colorado shall be eligible for assistance not to exceed the average cost of undergraduate instruction calculated for a full-time equivalent student at a comparable state institution for the previous year, and the average cost of room and board calculated for a full-time equivalent student at all state institutions for the previous year. Such dependents pursuing studies at an out-of-state institution of higher education shall be eligible for assistance not to exceed the average cost of undergraduate instruction calculated for a full-time equivalent student at a comparable state institution for the previous year. The commission shall provide tuition and, if appropriate, room and board assistance to such qualified students from appropriated student financial assistance funds.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 1719, § 1, effective June 1, 2000.)

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) (a) A qualified dependent may receive benefits pursuant to this section prior to receiving federal educational benefits available to dependents pursuant to the federal "Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act", 34 U.S.C. sec. 10281 et seq.

(b) The benefit provided pursuant to this section must be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of any federal educational benefits provided to the dependent.

(3) (a) An individual who was permanently disabled while on state active duty, federalized active duty, or authorized training duty as a Colorado National Guardsman is permanently disabled for the purpose of determining eligibility of dependents to qualify for educational benefits if such individual is ineligible for retention as a member of the National Guard and is unable to engage in any substantial full-time gainful activity by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted for a continuous period of not less than twelve months and exists at the time the dependent seeks entry into an institution.

(b) An individual who has been permanently disabled while acting to preserve the public peace, health, and safety in the capacity of police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter is permanently disabled for the purpose of determining eligibility of dependents to qualify for educational benefits if such individual is, as a result of the disability, unable to perform in the position to which he or she was regularly assigned at the time he or she became disabled.

(c) An individual who has been permanently disabled while engaged in backcountry search and rescue activities, as defined in section 33-1-102 (1.3), is permanently disabled for the purpose of determining eligibility of dependents to qualify for educational benefits if the individual is, as a result of the disability, unable to perform in the position to which the individual was regularly assigned at the time the individual became disabled, or, if the individual was engaged in backcountry search and rescue activities as a volunteer, is unable to engage in any substantial full-time gainful activity by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted for a continuous period of not less than twelve months and exists at the time the dependent seeks entry into an institution.
C.R.S. § 23-31-507 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 31 / Part 5 / Section 23-31-507
23-31-507. Management of funds
Status: in_force

23-31-507. Management of funds. The board of governors of the Colorado state university system is designated to receive, manage, and disburse all funds not permanent in character derivable and derived under the several acts of congress supplementary to the act of congress of 1862.
C.R.S. § 23-1-119 — CO Code / Title 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-119
23-1-119. Department directive - transition between K-12 education system and postsecondar
Status: repealed

23-1-119. Department directive - transition between K-12 education system and postsecondary education system. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, in order for students to succeed at state-supported institutions of higher education, the Colorado public system of elementary and secondary education must have provided students with the skills and abilities necessary to make the transition to the postsecondary system. The general assembly further recognizes that the establishment of goals and standards for providing transition skills and abilities is the prerogative of the elementary and secondary public education system. The general assembly recognizes that, in establishing these goals and standards, the elementary and secondary education system should be in communication with the postsecondary education system regarding the skills and abilities that are needed to succeed in higher education. It is therefore the intent of the general assembly that the department, in consultation with the department of education, adopt necessary policies and procedures to facilitate the transition for students between the two systems.

(2) In consultation with the state board of education, appropriate school boards, and governing boards of state-supported institutions of higher education, the department and the governing boards shall adopt necessary policies and procedures to promote the establishment of a mechanism for postsecondary institutions to report back to the secondary public education system concerning:

(a) The skills and abilities, and the level of proficiency thereof, that first-year students at such postsecondary institutions need to have in order to succeed;

(b) The level of proficiency in such skills and abilities currently exhibited by first-year students;

(c) The level of achievement currently exhibited by first-year students; and

(d) Any other information that will provide a better transition for students between the two education systems.

(3) In consultation with the state board of education, governing boards of state-supported institutions of higher education, and appropriate school district boards, the department shall aid the elementary and secondary public education system and the postsecondary public education system in establishing a network to connect the faculty of postsecondary institutions with the teachers in school districts for the purpose of exchanging information.

(4) For purposes of this section, "postsecondary" means related to instruction of students over the age of seventeen years who are not enrolled in a regular program of kindergarten through grade twelve in a public, independent, or parochial school.

(5) Repealed.

(6) (a) The department shall establish an outreach team to provide training to and establish partnerships between the department and school districts, charter schools authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, charter schools 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 to assist them in preparing students to transition from the K-12 education system. The team shall also provide outreach and training to individuals in workforce centers, individuals in correctional facilities, and foster youth.

(b) The training must include:

(I) Career advising as part of a student's individual career and education plans;

(II) Financial literacy, including information on the free application for federal student aid and the Colorado application for state financial aid;

(III) How to support the completion of federal and state financial aid applications;

(IV) The importance of, and return on investment of, all postsecondary options, including available state-supported websites and navigation tools on postsecondary and workforce opportunities;

(V) The availability of state funded scholarships and financial assistance for students; and

(VI) The department's role and mission.

(c) The training must be available to educators in conjunction with the training approved pursuant to section 22-2-127.1.