C.R.S. Section 23-3.3-107
Improvements to CASFA

  • definitions
  • repeal

(1)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

“CASFA” means the Colorado application for state financial aid.

(b)

“Department” means the department of higher education.

(c)

“FAFSA” means the free application for federal student aid.

(2)

On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall make the following improvements to the CASFA:

(a)

Improve the accessibility and ease of use in completing the CASFA forms;

(b)

Improve the form and application by conducting focus groups and consulting organizations serving CASFA-eligible students and families, including streamlining to mirror modernizations in the FAFSA application;

(c)

Assessing the existing functionality of the CASFA process, web tool, and application;

(d)

Identifying and improving website functionality; and

(e)

Providing the department of education with support for students and families on an ongoing capacity.

(3)

For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred twenty thousand dollars from the general fund to the department for the purposes of this section. Any unexpended money remaining at the end of the 2022-23 state fiscal year:

(a)

Does not revert to the general fund or any other fund;

(b)

May be used by the department in subsequent state fiscal years without further appropriation; and

(c)

Shall not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes set forth in this section.

(4)

This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.

Source: Section 23-3.3-107 — Improvements to CASFA - definitions - repeal, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-23.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

23‑3.3‑101
Definitions 23‑3.3‑102
Assistance program authorized - procedure - audits 23‑3.3‑103
Annual appropriations - repeal 23‑3.3‑104
Assistance to professional theology students prohibited 23‑3.3‑106
Technology to support FAFSA and CASFA - definitions 23‑3.3‑107
Improvements to CASFA - definitions - repeal 23‑3.3‑201
Definitions 23‑3.3‑202
Program funding 23‑3.3‑204
Dependents of prisoners of war and military personnel missing in action 23‑3.3‑205
Dependents of deceased or permanently disabled National Guardsman, law enforcement officer, or firefighter 23‑3.3‑301
Student loan matching program - funding 23‑3.3‑401
Work-study program established - requirements 23‑3.3‑501
Scholarship and grant program - funding 23‑3.3‑600.1
Short title 23‑3.3‑601
Educational exchange program 23‑3.3‑701
Colorado nursing scholarship program 23‑3.3‑901
Teach Colorado grant initiative created - award of grants - legislative declaration 23‑3.3‑1001
Legislative declaration - repeal 23‑3.3‑1002
Definitions 23‑3.3‑1003
Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative - created 23‑3.3‑1004
Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board - created - duties - rules - repeal 23‑3.3‑1005
Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative fund - created - rules - repeal 23‑3.3‑1006
Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative - federal money - institutional allocations - purposes - reporting - rules - definitions - repeal 23‑3.3‑1007
Student aid applications completion grant program - created - applications - rules - definitions - repeal 23‑3.3‑1008
Displaced workers grant - repeal 23‑3.3‑1009
Support for in-demand short-term health-care credentials - report - definitions - repeal 23‑3.3‑1010
Youth mentorship assistance grant pilot program - creation - policies - reports - definitions - repeal 23‑3.3‑1101
Career and technical education certificate programs - tuition assistance - funding - definitions 23‑3.3‑1301
Legislative declaration 23‑3.3‑1302
Definitions 23‑3.3‑1303
Fourth-year innovation pilot program - creation - eligibility - award of state funding - commission policies 23‑3.3‑1304
Receipt and use of state funding 23‑3.3‑1305
Reporting requirements 23‑3.3‑1306
Fourth-year innovation pilot program fund - creation - reversion 23‑3.3‑1307
Repeal of part 23‑3.3‑1401
Financial aid for students who have been in out-of-home placement - institution liaisons - navigators - definitions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 23-3.3-107’s source at colorado​.gov