C.R.S. Section 23-1-104
Financing the system of postsecondary education

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(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Repealed.

(b)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

For the 2010-11 fiscal year and for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2016, the general assembly shall make annual appropriations of general fund money, of cash funds received from tuition income, and of money that is estimated to be received by an institution, under the direction and control of the governing board, as stipends, as defined in section 23-18-102, and through fee-for-service contracts, as authorized in section 23-1-109.7 or 23-18-303.5, whichever is applicable, as a single line item to each governing board for the operation of its campuses; except that, if the general assembly appropriates money, as described in subsection (1)(c) of this section, to the Colorado state forest service, the agricultural experiment station department of the Colorado state university, the Colorado state university cooperative extension service, or to the state board for community colleges and occupational education as described in subsection (1)(c.5) of this section, such money shall not be included within the single line item appropriations described in this subsection (1)(b).

(II)

For the 2010-11 fiscal year and for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2016, the general assembly shall also make annual appropriations of cash funds, other than cash funds received as tuition income or as fees, as a single line item to each governing board for the operation of its campuses. Each governing board shall allocate said cash fund appropriations to the institutions under its control in the manner deemed most appropriate by the governing board; except that, if the general assembly appropriates money pursuant to section 23-31.5-112 or 27-80-118, that money is not included within the single line item appropriation described in this subsection (1)(b)(II).

(c)

In addition to any appropriations made pursuant to subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section, the general assembly may make annual appropriations of general fund money and of money received pursuant to a fee-for-service contract negotiated by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system or the regents of the university of Colorado, whichever is applicable, and the department of higher education, as described in section 23-18-303.5, as separate line items to:

(I)

The Colorado state forest service described in part 3 of article 31 of this title 23;

(II)

The agricultural experiment station department of the Colorado state university described in part 6 of article 31 of this title 23;

(III)

The Colorado state university cooperative extension service described in part 7 of article 31 of this title 23; and

(IV)

The center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies created in section 27-80-118.

(c.5)

In addition to any appropriations made pursuant to subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) of this section, the general assembly may make annual appropriations of general fund money as separate line items to the state board for community colleges and occupational education for the in-demand short-term credentials program created in section 23-60-1201.

(d)

In accordance with the provisions of section 5 of article VIII of the state constitution, the governing boards of the state institutions of higher education shall have control and direction of any moneys received by their respective institutions in addition to the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection (1), unless otherwise provided by statute.

(2)

Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, beginning in the 2011-12 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter through the 2020-21 fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate moneys to the governing board of the Colorado school of mines in accordance with section 23-41-104.7, through fee-for-service contracts, as authorized in sections 23-1-109.7 and 23-18-303, and as stipends, as defined in section 23-18-102, as a single line item to said governing board.

(3)

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(a)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-75-102, the governing boards are authorized to retain all money appropriated pursuant to this section or otherwise generated from fiscal year to fiscal year.

(b)

All moneys raised by a governing board shall be available for expenditure by such governing board and shall not be transferred or otherwise made available for expenditure by any other governing board or by a state entity or state agency; except that said moneys may be transferred to the department of higher education or the Colorado commission on higher education to the extent required to pay indirect cost assessments, as defined in section 24-75-112 (1)(f), C.R.S.

(3.5)

Each governing board shall report to the Colorado commission on higher education, using approved forms, the institution’s plans for any tuition or other proposed increases for the following fiscal year. The commission shall review the plans and make recommendations to the general assembly during the annual budget process.

(4)

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(a)

On or before November 10, 2010, each governing board shall submit to the commission and to the joint budget committee of the general assembly a report describing, with regard to each institution under its governance, the governing board’s plans to fund the institution in the following fiscal year if the general assembly reduces overall state funding for higher education by fifty percent.

(b)

Each governing board’s report prepared pursuant to this subsection (4) shall specifically address
the manner in which the institutions governed by the governing board shall serve students who graduate from Colorado high schools and are enrolling as first-time freshmen students and meet one or more of the following criteria:

(I)

The student’s family is low-income and the student is likely to incur significant student debt in attending an institution of higher education;

(II)

The student’s parents did not attend postsecondary education and may not have graduated from high school;

(III)

The student is a member of an underrepresented population; or

(IV)

The student has limited access to technologies to support learning.

Source: Section 23-1-104 — Financing the system of postsecondary education - report, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-23.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

23‑1‑101
Legislative declaration 23‑1‑101.1
Definitions 23‑1‑102
Commission established - terms of office 23‑1‑103
Advisory committee to the Colorado commission on higher education 23‑1‑104
Financing the system of postsecondary education - report 23‑1‑105
Duties and powers of the commission with respect to appropriations 23‑1‑105.5
Duties and powers of the commission with respect to student fees - report on tuition and fees 23‑1‑106
Duties and powers of the commission with respect to capital construction and long-range planning - legislative declaration - report - definitions 23‑1‑106.3
Duties and powers of the commission - capital construction projects - federal mineral lease revenues fund - higher education institutions financed purchase of an asset cash fund 23‑1‑106.7
Duties and powers of the department with respect to technology transfers 23‑1‑107
Duties and powers of the commission with respect to program approval, review, reduction, and discontinuance 23‑1‑108
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to systemwide planning - reporting - definitions 23‑1‑108.5
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to common course numbering system - council of higher education representatives - definitions - repeal 23‑1‑109
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to off-campus instruction - provision of concurrent enrollment programs - legislative declaration - definitions 23‑1‑109.3
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to student data - memorandum of understanding 23‑1‑109.7
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to the provision of educational services 23‑1‑109.8
Duties and powers of the commission with regard to employment first policies 23‑1‑110
Organization, meetings, and staff 23‑1‑112
Tuition - reciprocal agreements 23‑1‑113
Commission directive - admission standards for baccalaureate and graduate institutions of higher education - policy - report - definitions 23‑1‑113.2
Department directive - admission standards for students holding international baccalaureate diplomas - legislative declaration 23‑1‑113.3
Commission directive - developmental education courses - report 23‑1‑113.5
Commission directive - resident admissions - report - definitions 23‑1‑113.7
Commission directive - nursing programs - employer-based gift and scholarship fund - reporting requirement - legislative declaration 23‑1‑119
Department directive - transition between K-12 education system and postsecondary education system 23‑1‑119.1
Department directive - notice of postsecondary educational opportunities and higher education admission guidelines 23‑1‑119.2
Commission directive - notice of college preparatory courses for high school students 23‑1‑119.3
Department directive - exchange of student records 23‑1‑119.5
Online career platform - appropriations from Colorado work force development council 23‑1‑120
Commission directive - incentives for improvement initiative grants 23‑1‑121.2
Department directive - educator preparation pathways - public information 23‑1‑121.7
Commission directive - paraprofessional programs 23‑1‑121.8
Department directive - workgroup on diversity in the educator workforce - duties - recommendations - report - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 23‑1‑125
Commission directive - student bill of rights - degree requirements - implementation of core courses - competency test - prior learning - prior work-related experience 23‑1‑126
Commission directive - nursing programs 23‑1‑127
Commission directive - regional education providers - criteria 23‑1‑128
Commission directive - American sign language in higher education institutions 23‑1‑129
Commission directive - student loans 23‑1‑131
Commission directive - associate degree completion program - legislative declaration - definitions 23‑1‑131.5
Commission directive - Colorado re-engaged (CORE) initiative - four-year institutions - associate degrees - report - definitions 23‑1‑132
Commission directive - tuition waivers for exonerated persons 23‑1‑133
Commission directive - bachelor of science degree in nursing program - Aims community college - approval 23‑1‑134
Commission directive - open educational resources - course notice - report - definitions 23‑1‑135
Department directive - undergraduate degree and certificate programs - annual return on investment report - definition - repeal 23‑1‑136
Department directive - federal student loan repayment and forgiveness program information 23‑1‑137
Prohibition on use of American Indian mascots - exemptions - definitions 23‑1‑137.5
Tribal regalia at college graduation ceremonies - definitions 23‑1‑139
Department directive - contract for use of online platform for public benefits 23‑1‑140
Commission directive - statewide student success measures - definitions 23‑1‑141
Student success data system - student success data transparency - appropriation - definition - repeal 23‑1‑142
Commission directive - expansion of forestry and wildfire mitigation degree and certificate programs - simulator - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal
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