Title 23, Postsecondary Education
0 chapters · 918 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-210 Transfer of records and equipment - creation of new colleges
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(1) At the board's discretion, the board may transfer books, records, equipment, property, personnel, accounts, and liabilities of the community college of Denver or any other entity to Red Rocks community college, Front Range community college, and the reconstituted community co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-211 Degrees
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(1) Before a community college offers a two-year degree program with academic designation, as authorized by section 23-60-201, the community college shall determine the program designation for the degree. A two-year degree program with academic designation shall only be for a deg…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-212 Northeastern junior college - golf course and restaurant - positions of employment
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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 exemp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-213 Red Rocks community college - physician assistant master ‘s program
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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.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-214 Develop short-term degree nursing programs - appropriation - repeal
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(1) For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department of higher education for allocation by the board five million dollars from the general fund to establish two new short-term degree nursing programs at community or technical colleges de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-301 Supervision of occupational education
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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 techni…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-302 Approval for postsecondary occupational programs
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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 propos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-303 Acceptance of congressional acts
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(1) 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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-304 Plans - development and implementation - credentialing - fees
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(1) The board shall prepare state plans for occupational education in this state that are required for compliance with any acts of congress which require a state plan for career and technical education and shall prepare or approve such further plans for occupational education pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-305 Coordination of resources
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-306 Colorado customized training program - creation - policy - functions of the state board for community colleges and occupational education - report
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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Customized Training Act”. (2) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (I) That it is the policy of this state to encourage quality economic development by providing incentives for the location of new in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-307 Colorado existing industry training program - creation - policy - functions of the state board for community colleges and occupational education
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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Existing Industry Training Act”. (2) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (I) That it is the policy of this state to maintain our economic health and vitality by ensuring the availability of a skille…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-501 Transfer of funds, property, etc. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 67: p. 446, � 20. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-26-36. L. 2015: Entire section repealed, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 957, � 58, effective August 5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-502 Applicability of article
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the duties, functions, or responsibilities of the department of human services. 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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-601 Certification of programs
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(1) In the interest of promoting adult literacy, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, in consultation with the college advisory councils of the community and local district colleges, shall develop and employ a program of certification for workplace l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-701 Legislative declaration
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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 stat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-702 Definitions. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1158, � 2, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 34, � 2, effective March 17. L. 2008: Entire section repealed, p. 1483, � 30, effective May 28.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-703 Private occupational school division - creation. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1158, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section repealed, p. 1483, � 29, effective May 28. Editor's note: In 2008, this section was relocated to � 12-59-104.1 and was subsequently relocated to � 23-64-105 in 2017. 23-60-704. Private occup…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-704 Private occupational school board - established - membership. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-60-704Statutes 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. § 23-60-704.5 Duties and powers of the board. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 35, � 4, effective March 17. L. 2008: Entire section repealed, p. 1483, � 30, effective May 28. 23-60-705. Duties and powers of the division subject to the approval of the executive director. (Repealed) Source: L. 90: Entire part added, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-705 Duties and powers of the division subject to the approval of the executive director. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-60-705Statutes 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. § 23-60-801 Area vocational schools - name. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 929, � 2, effective August 4. L. 2016: Entire section repealed, (HB 16-1082), ch. 58, p. 148, � 28, effective August 10.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-802 Area technical colleges - credits - transfer
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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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-803 Area technical colleges - high school diplomas - approval
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(1) An area technical college may develop and implement minimum graduation requirements for a high school diploma based on the high school graduation requirements of a school district within the geographic area of the area technical college. The area technical college shall award…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-804 Emily Griffith technical college - associate of applied science degree program - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Board” means the state board for community colleges and occupational education created in section 23-60-104. (b) “Degree program” means a degree program offered by the Emily Griffith technical college pursua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-901 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) 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 eligibl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-60-902 Accelerated education and skills training - certificates
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(1) (a) The board may collaborate with the local district colleges, area technical colleges, the unit within the department of education that works with adult education, and local workforce development programs to design certificate programs through which an eligible adult who ha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 64 is the Private Occupational Education Act of 1981. Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1239), ch. 261, p. 1177, � 1, effective August 9. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-59-101 as it existed prior …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is the purpose of this article 64 to provide standards for and to foster and improve private occupational schools and their educational services and to protect the citizens of this state against fraudulent or substandard private occupational schools by: (a) Prohibiting the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 64, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Administrative law judge means a person, appointed by the authority from a list provided by the attorney general, who shall conduct hearings on any matter that is within the jurisdiction of the division and th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-104 Exemptions
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(1) The following educational institutions and educational services are exempt from this article 64: (a) A public school or public educational institution funded wholly or in part by a local school district or school districts or by direct appropriation from the state to a school…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-105 Private occupational school division - creation
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The private occupational school division and the office of the director of the division are created in the department of higher education. The division and the office of the director of the division are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-106 Powers and duties of division
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(1) The division shall have, in addition to the powers and duties now vested therein by law, the following powers and duties: (a) To publish a list of schools and maintain a list of agents authorized to operate in this state under the provisions of this article 64; (b) To receive…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-107 Private occupational school board - established - membership
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(1) Repealed. (2) There is established, in the private occupational school division, the private occupational school board that shall advise the director on the administration of this article 64 and has the powers and duties specified in section 23-64-108. The board is a type 1 e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-108 Powers and duties of board - rules
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(1) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To establish minimum criteria in conformity with section 23-64-112, including quality of education, ethical business practices, and fiscal responsibility, that an applicant for a certificate of approval shall meet befo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-109 Duties of private occupational schools
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A private occupational school shall provide the division with such data as the board deems necessary upon written request of the board. Data pertaining to individual students or personnel shall not be divulged or made known in any way by a member of the board, by the director, or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-110 Submittal of fingerprints for persons teaching at designated schools - fingerprint-based criminal history record checks - prerequisite for commencing or continuing employment
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(1) (a) (I) Instructional staff or prospective instructional staff who may be teaching students in a school designated by the board pursuant to section 23-64-108 (1)(l) shall, beginning July 1, 2006, in order to commence or continue employment at a designated school, submit a set…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-111 Duties and powers of the division subject to approval of the executive director
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The division shall exercise all of the powers and duties set forth in section 23-64-106. The executive director shall review and approve, consistent with the institutional role and statewide needs, any action taken by the division pursuant to the powers and duties set forth in se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-112 Minimum standards
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(1) In establishing the criteria required by section 23-64-108 (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(j), the board shall observe and require compliance with at least the following minimum standards for all schools: (a) That the school can demonstrate that it has sufficient financial resources …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-113 Prohibitions
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(1) No entity of whatever kind, alone or in concert with others, shall: (a) Operate in this state a school not exempt from the provisions of this article 64 unless the school holds a valid certificate of approval issued pursuant to the provisions of this article 64; (b) Offer edu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-114 Application for certificate of approval
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-115 Issuance of certificate of approval
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(1) Following the review and evaluation of an application for a certificate of approval and any further information required by the board to be submitted by the applicant and an investigation and appraisal of the applicant as the board deems necessary or appropriate, the board sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-116 Application for change of ownership - definition
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(1) In the event of a change of ownership of a school, the seller, prior to the effective date of the change of ownership, shall notify the board in writing, and the buyer, prior to the change of ownership, shall apply for approval of the change of ownership upon forms to be prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-117 Agent's permits
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(1) In-state schools. (a) Any person desiring to engage in the performance of the duties of an agent for a school located within this state shall be registered by the school upon forms to be provided by the division. The registration shall include the following: (I) A statement s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-118 Denial of application for certificate of approval or agent’s permit
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(1) If the board, upon review of an application for a certificate of approval or for an agent’s permit, determines upon reasonable belief that the applicant fails to meet any one or more of the criteria established pursuant to this article 64, the board shall submit to the applic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-119 Revocation of certificate of approval and agent's permit
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(1) If the board determines upon reasonable belief that the holder of a certificate of approval or an agent's permit has violated or is violating any one or more of the criteria established pursuant to this article 64, the board or its authorized designee shall submit to the hold…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-120 Refund policy
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(1) As a condition for granting a certificate of approval or an agent's permit to represent a school located outside this state, a school shall maintain a policy for the refund of tuition and fees in the event, and within thirty days of the date, a student fails to enter the cour…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-121 Bonds - definitions
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(1) Schools located within this state shall file as a part of their application for a certificate of approval evidence of a savings account, deposit, or certificate of deposit meeting the requirements of section 11-35-101, or one bond as set forth in this section covering the sch…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-122 Fees - private occupational schools fund - annual adjustment - rules - repeal
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(1) The board by rule shall establish fees for the direct and indirect costs of the administration of this article 64, which fees shall accompany any application for a certificate of approval for a new school or for a school other than a new school, for an in-state or out-of-stat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-123 Deceptive trade or sales practices
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(1) It is a deceptive trade or sales practice for: (a) A school or agent to make or cause to be made any statement or representation, oral, written, or visual, in connection with the offering of educational services if the school or agent knows or reasonably should have known the…