Title 23, Postsecondary Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-134 Appointments to governing boards - considerations
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(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the governor shall consider, when appointing individuals to serve on governing boards of institutions of higher education, an individual's: (a) Commitment to public education; (b) Record of public or community service; (c) Knowled…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-135 Governing boards - underserved students - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-5-135Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-136 Governing boards - online textbook program
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Each governing board of a state institution of higher education shall consider creation and implementation of an online textbook library at the institution to allow students to purchase only those materials needed for the applicable course work. In considering the program, the go…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-137 Loan repayment assistance - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Loan Repayment Assistance Act. (2) (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (I) It is of great value to the state to encourage students and graduates of institutions of higher education to enter …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-138 Textbooks - academic freedom - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Adopting entity means the person or persons responsible for selecting and ordering a textbook or supplemental learning material for use in a college course at a state institution of higher education. (b) Bund…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-139 Higher education revenue bond intercept program - definitions
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(1) (a) The state treasurer, on behalf of an institution, shall make payment as provided in this section of principal and interest on intercept bonds unless the governing board adopts a resolution stating that it will not accept on behalf of the institution payment of principal o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-140 Lifesaving school safety information - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (I) The safety of students, faculty, and staff who work and learn on the campuses of Colorado institutions of higher education can be enhanced by informing, organizing, and empowering those individuals to respond approp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-140.5 Employee information - student loan repayment and forgiveness programs
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Each governing board shall annually distribute to each employee informational materials relating to federal student loan repayment programs and student loan forgiveness programs, including updated materials, received from the department of higher education pursuant to section 23-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-140.7 Calculation of full-time employment of teachers for purposes of the federal public loan forgiveness program - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Certifying employment” means either completing the employer sections of the public service loan forgiveness form or sharing data directly with the United States department of education that corresponds to th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-141 Campus police information sharing - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Providing for the safety of the students, faculty, and staff of Colorado’s state institutions of higher education is an important priority for those institutions and for the state; (b) Unfortunate and tragic events at educatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-142 Institution law enforcement agencies to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Law enforcement agency of an institution of higher education” means an agency within an institution of higher education described in this title that employs at least one peace officer. (b) “Peace officer” me…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-143 Sexual assault victim care - memorandum of understanding - training - definitions
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares: (a) College-aged students are at a high risk of being victims of sexual assault; (b) It is important for a victim of a sexual assault to receive time-sensitive medical care following the assault whether or not medical forensic evidence…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-144 Students’ right to speak in a public forum - legislative declaration - violations - court actions - free speech zones - definitions
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-145 Credit for military education and training - policy - definition
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, state institution of higher education or institution has the same meaning as provided in section 23-18-102 (10); except that state institution of higher education or institution includes each local district colle…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-145.5 Credit for work-related experience - plan - report - definitions - repeal
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Commission on higher education” or “commission” has the same meaning set forth in section 23-1-101.1 (1). (b) “Council” means the council created and existing pursuant to section 23-1-108.5, convened by the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-145.6 Opportunities for credential attainment - fund - report - definitions - repeal
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(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 th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-145.7 Funding for nondegree credential programs - duty - policy - appropriation - report - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-5-145.7Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-145.8 Credential quality standards - report - definitions
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(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 r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-146 Sexual misconduct - policies - confidential resources - training - reports - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Clery act” means the federal “Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act” or “Clery Act”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1092(f). (b) “Complainant” means a person who is subject to all…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-147 Sexual misconduct advisory committee - membership - duties - report - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that in November of 2018, the federal department of education issued new, proposed rules on Title IX dealing with sexual misconduct. (b) The draft rules included changes in how educational institutions were to handle: (I) Allegation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-148 Dental therapy training programs - authorization to grant advanced standing - definition
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(1) As used in this section, “state institution of higher education” has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-18-102 (10)(a). (2) A state institution of higher education offering an accredited dental therapy training program may grant advanced standing toward completion of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-149 Epinephrine auto-injectors at institutions of higher education - immunity - short title
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(1) The short title of this section is “Sydney Meegan’s Law”. (2) Each institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-18-102, shall acquire and stock a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors. (3) Each institution of higher education is encouraged, but is not required, to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-150 Transfer credit review process and nontransferable credit - notice - definition
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(1) An institution shall provide a student with a determination regarding the acceptance or denial of the student’s request and required documentation for transfer credit within thirty days after the student is admitted to the institution. (2) An institution shall publish the ins…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-6-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this article 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Faculty members means all presidents, deans, professors, administrators, instructors, and research workers. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2050, � 93, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-6-101 Persons eligible for benefits
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(1) This article 6 shall apply to all faculty members retired from service of state institutions of higher education in Colorado, to their dependent surviving spouses, and to the surviving spouses of said faculty members who have died in service after ten or more years of employm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-6-102 Application
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Any faculty member or surviving spouse of such faculty member eligible under section 23-6-101 who is not receiving a pension or annuity under a retirement system supported in whole or in part from the state or its political subdivisions which is in excess of the retirement benefi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-6-103 Benefits commence - when
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All faculty members or their surviving spouses who are declared eligible by the commissioner of education to receive the retirement benefits provided by this article shall receive a monthly benefit provided in this article effective the first month after the commissioner declares…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-6-104 Fund - limitation on pension
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(1) There is hereby created a state institutions of higher education emeritus retirement fund from which the commissioner of education shall authorize payments from such appropriations as are made to the fund, as follows: (a) (I) To any faculty member eligible under section 23-6-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-101 Legislative declaration
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It is the intent of the general assembly that the state institutions of higher education shall apply uniform rules, as prescribed in this article and not otherwise, in determining whether students are classified as in-state students or out-of-state students for tuition purposes. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (2) Domicile means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain and to which he expects to return when he leaves without intending to es…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-103 Presumptions and rules for determination of status - definition
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(1) Unless the contrary appears to the satisfaction of the registering authority of the institution at which a student is registering, it is presumed that: (a) The domicile of an unemancipated minor is that of the parent with whom the minor resides or, if the minor has a guardian…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-103.5 Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-104 Commission to recommend enrollment incentive program
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The Colorado commission on higher education shall propose an enrollment incentive program for summer sessions at state-supported colleges and universities and make recommendations for the legislative implementation thereof to the education committees of the general assembly on or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-105 Tuition classification of Olympic athletes
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, but subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, every athlete who otherwise would not be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes under this article may be classified as an in-state s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-106 Tuition classification of Canadian military personnel
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, any member of the military forces of Canada stationed in Colorado, or the dependent of any such member, shall receive in-state tuition status at any institution of higher education in this state. No member …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-107 Tuition classification of Chinese and Russian students in graduate public policy programs
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, but subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section, up to a total of twenty-five students deserving of financial support per year from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the People ‘s Republic of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-108 Tuition classification of Colorado National Guard personnel. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-7-108Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-108.5 Tuition classification of armed forces veterans. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1039), ch. 382, p. 2076, � 3, effective August 5. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (HB 18-1228), ch. 103, p. 787, � 3, effective August 8. Editor's note: This section was relocated to � 23-7.4-203 in 2018. 23-7-108.6. Tuition classif…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-108.6 Tuition classification for veterans pursuant to federal law. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-7-108.6Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-108.7 Tuition classification of dependents of members of the armed forces. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-7-108.7Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-109 Tuition classification for employees or employees ‘ children of companies who move to Colorado
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, but subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a student who otherwise would not be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes under this article may be classified as an in-state stu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-110 Tuition classification of students who successfully complete high school or a high school equivalency examination in Colorado
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, must be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if: (a) The student either attended a public or private high school in Colorado for at least one y…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-111 Tuition classification for persons who move to Colorado for employment
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of subsections (2) to (4) of this section, a minor who is a legal resident of the United States and who would otherwise not be classified as an in-state student for tuitio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-112 Tuition classification for members of American Indian tribes with historical ties to Colorado - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (I) Often due to circumstances beyond their control, many American Indian tribes and members of American Indian tribes have been forced to relocate across state lines, far from their historical home places. As a consequence, A…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-113 Tuition classification for peace corps volunteers
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, a student shall be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the student was certified by the director of the peace corps as having served satisfactorily as a peace corps volunteer. (2) A s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-8-101 Legislative declaration
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit or limit existing programs of career and technical education in any grade level, the value of which is specifically recognized by the general assembly. Source: L. 70: p. 429, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 146-4-5. L. 2008: Entire artic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-8-101.5 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the state board for community colleges and occupational education created in section 23-60-104. (2) Board of cooperative services shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 22-5-103 (2), C.R.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-8-102 School districts, boards of cooperative services, and institute charter schools conducting career and technical education courses - eligibility for state money
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(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 amou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-8-103 Standards for eligibility for grants - rules
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(1) The board shall not approve career and technical education program support to be provided under section 23-8-102 unless the courses of career and technical education conducted by an education provider meet the standards prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. (2) Any co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-8-104 Reports
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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 311, � 1, effective August 5, 2008.) (2) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before February 28, 2009, and on or before February 28 each year thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the joint budget committee and to the…