2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-56-111) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-56-111) › Article 20 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-20-305) › Part 1 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-20-145) › Section 23-20-138 - Health sciences center - definitions - accountable student program - creation

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Accountable student" means a person who, as of the date of his or her selection for admission into a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program, will not be receiving funding from the state of Colorado or a cooperative state for any portion of the costs incurred in participating in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program.
(b)
"Board" means the board of regents of the university of Colorado.
(c)
"Cooperative state" means a state that has entered into a cooperative agreement with the state of Colorado pursuant to section
24-60-601
, C.R.S.
(d)
"Special support fee" means the fee determined by the board pursuant to subsection (5) of this section to reflect the difference between the actual costs of education for an accountable student enrolled in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program and the tuition assessed to the accountable student.
(2)
The board is hereby authorized to enter into a contract concerning the assessment of a special support fee with each accountable student.
(3)
Each accountable student shall enter into a contract with the board that shall provide that, as a condition of the accountable student's continued enrollment in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program, a special support fee shall be paid annually to the board by or on behalf of the accountable student pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.
(4)
Beginning in the 2006-07 academic year, the board may annually assess each accountable student a special support fee as the board determines necessary pursuant to subsection (5) of this section. The fee required to be collected pursuant to this subsection (4) is based on an accountable student's status as an accountable student at the time of selection for admission into a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program and shall not be reduced or waived regardless of the accountable student's future status as an in-state student, pursuant to the provisions of section
23-7-103
, at any time during the accountable student's participation in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program. If after the first year the accountable student ceases to participate in his or her university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program for reasons other than a medical disability, he or she shall repay to the university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program the difference between the amount paid for the special support fee and the amount of tuition that would have been otherwise assessed to the accountable student.
(5)
The board shall determine annually the amount of the special support fee based on recommendations from each university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center campus offering professional health care program courses.
(6)
The fee-for-service contract negotiated between the board and the department of higher education pursuant to section
23-18-303.5
must specify the amount of funding for educational services provided to graduate students by the state of Colorado. A graduate student receiving educational services paid for by the state of Colorado is not eligible to be an accountable student.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 181, § 15, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 169, § 13, eff. 5/9/2014.
L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 522, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2014: (6) amended, (HB 14-1319), ch. 614, p. 614, § 13, effective May 9. L. 2020: (6) amended, (HB 20-1366), ch. 835, p. 835, § 15, effective 7/1/2021.