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CO Code § 23-60-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 1 - General Provisions - State Board|§ 23-60-110. Teaching Career Pathway - Design

  No later than the 2022-23 academic year, the department of higher education, in collaboration with the department of education, the board, and the deans of the schools of education and academic administrators in Colorado institutions of higher education, or their designees, shall design a career pathway, as defined in section 23-60-1002 (2), for students to enter the teaching profession. The teaching career pathway must connect school districts, local district colleges, community colleges, and four-year institutions of higher education with adult programs, and may allow a student to earn income while progressing along the career pathway. The board shall approve all pathways that begin in middle or high school.    The teaching career pathway must be aligned with the performance-based teacher licensing standards adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 22-2-109 (3). In addition, the pathway must include the following components:   Secondary, adult education, and postsecondary education options, with a nonduplicative, clearly articulated course progression from one level of instruction to the next, with opportunities to earn postsecondary credits, maximize credit for prior learning, and secure educator licensure;    Academic and career counseling resources; best practices in wraparound support services, particularly at transition points along the teaching career pathway; and support and development of individual career and academic plans; and    Curriculum and instructional strategies that are appropriate for adult students and that embed learning and skill-building in a work-related context.       The department of education shall direct each school district to publicize the teaching career pathway on its website and social media and the department of higher education shall direct each community college campus and four-year institutional campus to publicize the teaching career pathway on its website and social media.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-185), ch. 246, p. 1325, § 4, effective September 7.
CO Code § 23-60-202.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-202.5. Powers of Board With Respect to the Higher Education and Advanced Technology Center at Lowry

 The board is authorized to lease classroom and administrative facilities located at the higher education and advanced technology center at Lowry to colleges within the state system of community and technical colleges and to public and private institutions of higher education that are not included in the system.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 582, § 1, effective May 22.
CO Code § 23-60-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-203. Duties of Board With Respect to Local District Colleges

  With respect to local district colleges operating under the provisions of article 71 of this title, the board shall:   Exercise all powers and perform all duties vested prior to July 1, 1967, in the state board of education or in the commissioner of education with respect to local district colleges;    Review and make recommendations concerning requests by any local district college for appropriations for capital construction before such requests are submitted to the Colorado commission on higher education and the general assembly; and    Provide such local district colleges with such technical assistance as they may request.        History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-12. L. 73: P. 1337, § 1. L. 75: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended, p. 787, § 11, effective July 1. L. 78: (1)(a) amended, p. 265, § 60, effective May 23. History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-12. L. 73: P. 1337, § 1. L. 75: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended, p. 787, § 11, effective July 1. L. 78: (1)(a) amended, p. 265, § 60, effective May 23.
CO Code § 23-60-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-204. Financing

 Except as provided in this article, the construction, operation, and maintenance of the community and technical colleges within the state system shall be financed by the state in the same manner as are all other state institutions of higher education.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-13. History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-13.
CO Code § 23-60-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-205. Community and Technical Colleges

 The state system of community and technical colleges includes: Arapahoe community college, Colorado Northwestern community college, the community college of Aurora, the community college of Denver, Front Range community college, Lamar community college, Morgan community college, northeastern junior college, Otero college, Pikes Peak community college, Pueblo community college, Red Rocks community college, Trinidad state college, and Colorado community college and occupational education system college. The state board for community colleges and occupational education governs the state system of community and technical colleges.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-14. L. 85: Entire section R&RE, p. 766, § 17, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 6, effective March 20. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2596, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-008), ch. 155, p. 881, § 1, effective September 7. History. Source: L. 67: P. 440, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-14. L. 85: Entire section R&RE, p. 766, § 17, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 6, effective March 20. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2596, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-008), ch. 155, p. 881, § 1, effective September 7.
CO Code § 23-60-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-207. College Service Areas

 Each college in the state system of community and technical colleges shall operate within a service area assigned by the Colorado commission on higher education.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 766, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-60-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-208. Eminent Domain

 The board has the power to take and hold, by gift, devise, purchase, or lease or through the exercise of the power of eminent domain pursuant to law, so much land as may become necessary for the location and construction of such buildings, structures, and other facilities as may be required for the uses and purposes of the colleges in the state system.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 766, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-60-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-209. Programs and Services

 The board shall ensure that no unnecessary duplication of programs or services exists between the community colleges in the metropolitan Denver area and the vocational schools operating in the same geographic area.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 766, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-60-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-210. Transfer of Records and Equipment - Creation of New Colleges

  At the board's discretion, the board may transfer books, records, equipment, property, personnel, accounts, and liabilities of the community college of Denver or any other entity to Red Rocks community college, Front Range community college, and the reconstituted community college of Denver in order to effect the creation of such colleges.    All employees, exempt and classified, transferred pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall retain all rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All such transfers and any abolishment of positions in the state personnel system shall be made and processed in accordance with state personnel system laws and rules and regulations.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 766, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-60-212 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-212. Northeastern Junior College - Golf Course and Restaurant - Positions of Employment

 Positions of employment for the operation of the golf course and restaurant that are owned and operated by Northeastern junior college and open to the public, known commonly as the “Northeastern 18” and the “Plainsman Grill and Steakhouse”, and any successor businesses, are exempt from the state personnel system.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire section added, (HB 11-1187), ch. 53, p. 139, § 1, effective March 24.
CO Code § 23-60-213 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 2 - State System of Community and Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-213. Red Rocks Community College - Physician Assistant Master's Program

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Red Rocks community college is authorized to confer a graduate degree upon a student who completes the physician assistant studies program and shall seek accreditation for the program.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added(SB 13-178), ch. 241, p. 1170, § 3, effective August 7.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 241, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
CO Code § 23-60-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 3 - Occupational Education|§ 23-60-301. Supervision of Occupational Education

 The director of occupational education shall supervise the administration of the occupational education programs of the state and upon approval of the board shall determine the allocation and distribution of state and federal vocational education funds to the community and technical colleges, local college districts, individual school districts, and other appropriate state and local educational agencies and institutions.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 441, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-20. History. Source: L. 67: P. 441, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-20.
CO Code § 23-60-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 3 - Occupational Education|§ 23-60-302. Approval for Postsecondary Occupational Programs

 The board shall review each proposal by any board of cooperative services for the establishment of any new postsecondary program of occupational education and shall transmit its decision thereon to such board of cooperative services within ninety days after receipt of such proposal. No board of cooperative services shall establish a new postsecondary program of occupational education without first obtaining approval from the board.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 442, § 13. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-21. History. Source: L. 67: P. 442, § 13. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-21.
CO Code § 23-60-303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 3 - Occupational Education|§ 23-60-303. Acceptance of Congressional Acts

  The state of Colorado accepts the provisions, terms, and conditions of the acts of the congress of the United States, known as the “Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act” (Pub.L. 347), the “George-Barden Vocational Education Act of 1946” (Pub.L. 586), the “Vocational Education Act of 1963” (Pub.L. 210), and that portion of the “Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962” (Pub.L. 415) which is administered by any educational agencies, and any amendments enacted by the congress to any of said acts.    The state board for community colleges and occupational education is designated as the state board for career and technical education and declared to be the sole agency for purposes of compliance with the said acts of congress and with any subsequent and future acts of congress requiring the designation of a state agency for the administration of the state plan of career and technical education and for receiving and administering funds appropriated by the congress for programs of career and technical education. The state board for community colleges and occupational education is also designated as the state approving agency pursuant to section 1771 of title 38, United States Code.    The state treasurer is hereby appointed custodian of the funds due and payable to the state of Colorado by the said acts of congress and is authorized to pay out such funds on warrants drawn by the controller on the order of the board.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 442, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-22. L. 71: P. 1187, § 1. L. 2019: (2) amended,(SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3468, § 22, effective August 2. History. Source: L. 67: P. 442, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-22. L. 71: P. 1187, § 1. L. 2019: (2) amended,(SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3468, § 22, effective August 2.    Cross references:   Prior to its repeal in 1997, the “Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act” was codified at 20 U.S.C. 11 et seq.; prior to its repeal in 1973, the “Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962” was codified at 42 U.S.C. 2571 et seq.; for the “George-Barden Act”, see the “Vocational Education Act of 1946”, 20 U.S.C. 15h et seq.; for the “Vocational Education Act”, see chapter 44 of title 20, U.S.C.   ANNOTATION   In the field of federal-state cooperation in the disbursement of federal assistance through state agencies, state enabling legislation is generally enacted, such as this section which specifically provides for the acceptance of the provisions, terms, and conditions of certain congressional acts and designates the state board as the sole agency for compliance with those particular congressional acts. Colo. Polytechnic Coll. v. State Bd. for Cmty. Colls., 173 Colo. 39 , 476 P.2d 38 (1970).
CO Code § 23-60-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 3 - Occupational Education|§ 23-60-305. Coordination of Resources

 The board shall coordinate all resources available for the promotion of job development, job training, and job retraining in the state, including, but not limited to, secondary, postsecondary, and out-of-school or on-site work programs, and shall make available this and any other information relating to occupational education.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 443, § 16. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-24. History. Source: L. 67: P. 443, § 16. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-24.
CO Code § 23-60-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 5 - Miscellaneous|§ 23-60-502. Applicability of Article

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the duties, functions, or responsibilities of the department of human services.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 446, § 21. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-37. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1431, § 9, effective June 11. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2692, § 227, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 67: P. 446, § 21. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-37. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1431, § 9, effective June 11. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2692, § 227, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
CO Code § 23-60-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 6 - Workplace Literacy Programs|§ 23-60-601. Certification of Programs

  In the interest of promoting adult literacy, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, in consultation with the college advisory councils of the community and local district colleges, shall develop and employ a program of certification for workplace literacy programs.    Certification shall identify those programs, completion of which shall be accepted as satisfaction of basic skill prerequisites and placement testing for occupational training in the state system of community and local district colleges. Exemption from placement testing shall be available to anyone satisfactorily completing a certified workplace literacy program within one year of enrollment in any local district or community college. For purposes of this section, the term “basic skill prerequisites” means instruction in basic literacy and math skills which are necessary for placement in certificate and degree course programs at state community or local district colleges.    The board shall develop and establish criteria, procedures, and accountability standards for the certification of workplace literacy programs. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the operation of any workplace literacy program which is not certified according to the terms of this section, but no community or local district college shall credit completion in the workplace of basic skill prerequisites which are not completed in a certified program.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire part added, p. 866, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-60-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 7 - Private Occupational School Division|§ 23-60-701. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to article 64 of this title 23, there is a demonstrated need for statewide administration of private occupational schools in order to provide standards for, foster improvements of, and protect the citizens of this state against fraudulent or substandard educational services in private occupational schools. Therefore, the general assembly has determined that the overall responsibility for such administration and for ensuring compliance with article 64 of this title 23 should be placed with a division that has only this responsibility. The statutes for the implementation of this division are located in article 64 of this title 23.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1157, § 2, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 34, § 1, effective March 17. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1479, § 21, effective May 28. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1239), ch. 261, p. 1206, § 16, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-60-802 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 8 - Area Technical Colleges|§ 23-60-802. Area Technical Colleges - Credits - Transfer

 On or before September 1, 2004, the board shall adopt policies to ensure that, if a student completes a program of study at an area technical college and subsequently enrolls in an institution within the state system of community and technical colleges, or transfers from an area technical college to an institution within the state system of community and technical colleges, any postsecondary course credits earned by the student while enrolled in the area technical college will apply in full at another area technical college or to an appropriate program leading to a certificate or to an associate degree at a community or technical college. Postsecondary credits earned by a student at an area technical college may be transferred into an associate degree program at a community college or into a degree program at a four-year institution of higher education as provided in section 23-1-108 (7) and the state credit transfer policies established by the Colorado commission on higher education.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 930, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1082), ch. 58, p. 149, § 29, effective August 10.
CO Code § 23-60-901 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 60 - Community Colleges and Occupational Education|Part 9 - Accelerated Education and Skills Training|§ 23-60-901. Definitions

 As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Accelerated certificates program” means the certificate programs that the board may design pursuant to section 23-60-902 to provide career and technical education certificates on an accelerated schedule for eligible adults who have an insufficient level of information or math literacy and are seeking to enter or re-enter the workforce or obtain better employment.    “Board” means the state board for community colleges and occupational education created in section 23-60-104.    “Commission” means the Colorado commission on higher education established in section 23-1-102.    “Eligible adult” means an individual who is eligible to enroll in an adult education program because the individual is underemployed or unemployed.    “Information or math literacy” means an individual's ability to use appropriate mathematical, literacy, or technical skills for career success.    “Local district college” means a local district college operating pursuant to article 71 of this title.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1005), ch. 358, p. 2104, § 1, effective May 28.