Title 23, Postsecondary Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-512 Absentee voting. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 771, � 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 410, � 13, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 864, � 81, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-513 Use of voting machines. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 771, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 863, � 50, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 865, � 82, effective January 1, 1993. 23-71-514. Board of trustees may issue bonds - exemption from Colorado incom…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-514 Board of trustees may issue bonds - exemption from Colorado income tax
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When approved at an election held pursuant to section 23-71-502, the board of trustees, from time to time, as the proceeds thereof are needed for the purposes specified in the notice of said bond election, shall issue bonds of the district in denominations of one thousand dollars…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-515 Form of bonds
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The bonds issued under the provisions of this part 5 shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one. The board of trustees of the district is authorized to prescribe the form of such bonds. Said bonds shall recite that they are issued pursuant to this part 5, and said…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-516 Sale at less than par - discount
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If it is found to be in the best interest of the district, the board of trustees may issue such bonds and accept therefor less than their face value; but such bonds shall be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate for the issue of bonds does not exceed the maxim…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-517 Board of trustees to certify needed revenues
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(1) If the board of trustees has issued any of said bonds at the time of certifying to the board of county commissioners a statement showing the amount necessary to raise from the taxable property of said district for the general fund as required by law, it shall also certify to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-518 Tax levy to pay principal and interest
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(1) If any district has issued bonds under the provisions of this part 5, it is the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county in which said district is situated, at the time of levying other district taxes, to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said district …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-519 Bond fund - payment and redemption
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(1) Such taxes shall be collected in the same manner as district taxes and when collected shall be placed by the county treasurer in the bond redemption fund of said district. The moneys in said fund shall be used only for payment of interest upon and for the redemption of such b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-520 Place of payment
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(1) The board of trustees is authorized to designate the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the headquarters of such district is situated as the place of payment or optional place of payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds issued by any such distri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-521 Registration of bonds
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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 h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-522 Changes in boundaries - liability
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(1) Nothing in this part 5 or in any other provision of law shall release the taxable property within a district which incurred bonded indebtedness from liability for its proportionate share of the outstanding obligations thereof. (2) The taxable property located within the terri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-523 Validation
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All outstanding bonds and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to July 1, 1964, by or on behalf of any district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment of all such bonds a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-524 Prior obligations not impaired
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Nothing in this part 5 shall impair the obligations of any bonds, or the refunding thereof, issued by a school district prior to July 1, 1964, or otherwise invalidate any such bond or the obligations or refunding thereof. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 775, � 1, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-525 Public disclosure of terms of sale
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(1) When bonds are sold, the board of trustees of the district selling the same shall cause to be prepared and filed with the state board for community colleges and occupational education, within ten days after said sale, a report setting forth a description of the bond issue, th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-526 Validation
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All elections and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to June 2, 1971, by or on behalf of any district, under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the holding and canvass of all elections are validated, ratified, approved, and con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-527 Validation - effect - limitations
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(1) All bonds issued and other contracts, leases, or agreements executed by districts, all district bond elections held and carried, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to July 1, 1973, by or on behalf of such districts, preliminary to and in the authorization, execut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-601 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board of trustees means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any local college district. (2) District means a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law. (3) Federal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-602 Refunding bonds may be issued
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(1) Any district in this state may issue negotiable coupon bonds to be denominated refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any of the bonded indebtedness of such district, whether said indebtedness is due or not due or has or may hereafter become payable or redeemable at the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-603 Question of issuing refunding bonds
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(1) When the board of trustees of any district deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 and the net effective interest rate and the net interest cost of said issue of refunding bonds do not exceed the net effective interest rate and the net …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-604 Authorization - form - interest
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(1) Such refunding bonds shall be authorized by a resolution fixing the date, the denominations, the rate of interest on individual bonds, the maturity dates which shall not be more than twenty-five years after the date of such refunding bonds, and the place of payment, within or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-605 Sale - proceeds - amounts
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Such refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold at, above, or below their par value; but such refunding bonds shall be exchanged or sold at a price such that the net interest cost and the net effective interest rate for the issue of refundi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-606 Needed revenues - tax levy - miscellaneous
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(1) Whenever a board of trustees issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6, sections 23-71-517 to 23-71-521 shall be applicable to said refunding bonds and the procedures therefor, in the same manner as prescribed for other district bonds; except that any such re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-607 Application of bond proceeds - procedures - limitations
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(1) The proceeds derived from the issuance of any refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 shall either be immediately applied to the payment or redemption and retirement of the bonds to be refunded and the cost and expense incident to such procedures or shall immediat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-608 Reports
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Each district which issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 shall file a report within sixty days after the issuance of said bonds with the state board for community colleges and occupational education. The report shall indicate the principal amount of bonds re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-609 Validation
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All outstanding bonds and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to July 1, 1964, by or on behalf of any district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment of such bonds are v…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-610 Prior obligations not impaired
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 781, � 1, effective July …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-701 Short title
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This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the Local District College Revenue Securities Law. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 781, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-702 Definitions
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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 bu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-703 Power to issue securities
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(1) The committee of any district, pursuant to authorizing resolution and subject to the provisions and contractual limitations in resolutions authorizing outstanding revenue bonds and other securities of the district, may issue, without an election, securities to defray, in whol…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-704 Interim securities
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The committee may issue interim securities, which may be designated bonds, notes, or warrants, evidencing any emergency loans, construction loans, and other temporary loans of not exceeding three years, in supplementation of long-term financing, such interim securities to be fund…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-705 Terms of securities
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(1) Except to the extent inconsistent with this part 7, any securities issued under this part 7 for any project shall be issued in the form and manner and with the effect provided in sections 11-54-111 and 11-54-112, C.R.S., for public securities issued under the Refunding Revenu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-706 Payable from special fund
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The securities shall be payable and collectible, as to principal, interest, and any prior redemption premium, solely out of net pledged revenues; the holder thereof may not look to any general or other fund for such payment of such securities, except the net revenues pledged ther…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-707 Recital of regularity
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A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds or other securities under this part 7 or an indenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto may provide that the securities contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this part 7, which recital shall be conclusive evide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-708 Committee determination conclusive
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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 resoluti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-709 No impairment of contract
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Nothing in this part 7 or in any other law shall impair the existing obligations of contract embodied in outstanding revenue bonds validly issued under the statutes in force at the times of their issue prior to July 1, 1967. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 784, � 1, effec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-710 Tax exemption
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Bonds and other securities issued under the provisions of this part 7, their transfer, and the income therefrom are exempt from taxation by this state or any subdivision thereof. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 784, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-711 Construction
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(1) This part 7, without reference to other statutes of this state, except as otherwise expressly provided in this part 7, constitutes full authority for the exercise of the incidental powers granted in this part 7 concerning the borrowing of money to defray wholly or in part the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-712 Liberal construction
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This part 7, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 785, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-713 Validation
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All pledges of pledged revenues (including but not necessarily limited to grants, appropriations, and other donations from the United States or its agencies and any other donor, except the state or its agencies or political subdivisions) made to the payment of revenue bonds of lo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Teachers have a great impact on student achievement. Evidence shows that the quality of teachers can account for the majority of variances in student learning and test scores. (b) The teaching and learning conditions under which teachers p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 76, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the Colorado commission on higher education created in section 23-1-102. (2) Educator preparation program means an educator preparation program approved by the department of education pursuant…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-103 Rural education coordinator - request for proposals - reporting requirements
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(1) (a) On or before July 1, 2017, the department of higher education shall establish one rural education coordinator to represent a rural region of the state. The rural education coordinator must be based in an institution of higher education. The purpose of the rural education …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-104 Student teachers in rural areas - financial incentives
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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department of higher education shall provide financial stipends annually, not to exceed four thousand dollars per student, to offset tuition costs for individuals in approved educator preparation programs who agree to student teach in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-105 Teacher cadet program
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On or before July 1, 2017, the department of higher education shall establish teacher cadet programs in identified rural schools and school districts. Money may be provided to local school districts, charter schools, or the charter school institute, any of which may contract with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-76-106 National board certified teacher stipends - concurrent enrollment stipends - continuing education stipends
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(1) The department of higher education shall annually provide financial stipends, not to exceed six thousand dollars each, to any: (a) Teacher in a rural school or school district who is seeking certification as a national board certified teacher; (b) Teacher in a rural school or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-78-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 78 is the Growing Great Teachers Act. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 19-190), ch. 153, p. 1806, � 1, effective May 10.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-78-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) High-quality teaching is the linchpin for effective, high-quality education in the schools of the state. To be an excellent, effective educator, an individual must receive comprehensive, rigorous, and effective training in the art and scie…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-78-103 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Alternative teacher program has the same meaning as provided in section 22-60.5-102. (2) Approved educator preparation program means an educator preparation program for teachers that the department of education ha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-78-104 Educator preparation program - best practices - guidelines - report
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(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 i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-78-105 Teacher mentor grant program - created - standards - appropriation - report - rules
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(1) The teacher mentor grant program is created in the department of higher education to provide money to partnering local education providers and educator preparation programs to provide training and stipends for teachers who serve as mentors for teacher candidates participating…