C.R.S. Section 23-60-202
Duties of board with respect to state system


(1)

With respect to the community and technical colleges within the state system, the board has the authority, responsibility, rights, privileges, powers, and duties customarily exercised by the governing boards of institutions of higher education, including the following:

(a)

To recommend to the Colorado commission on higher education and the general assembly the location and priorities for establishment of new community and technical colleges;

(b)

To construct, lease, or otherwise provide facilities needed for the community and technical colleges as authorized by the general assembly; to issue in the name of the board revenue bonds and other revenue obligations in the manner, for the purposes, and subject to the provisions provided by law for state educational institutions under article 5 of this title or for local college districts; and to refund in the name of the board revenue bonds and other revenue obligations transferred to the board or incurred by the board as provided in this article, such refunding to be undertaken pursuant to article 54 of title 11, C.R.S.;
(c)(I)(A) To fix the tuition and fees to be charged in the community and technical colleges. The board shall fix tuition in accordance with the level of cash fund appropriations set by the general assembly for such institutions pursuant to section 23-1-104 (1)(b)(I).

(B)

Repealed.

(II)

To the extent space is available, the board may allow persons licensed pursuant to article 60.5 of title 22 to take, without charge, at community and technical colleges, courses identified by the department of public safety pursuant to section 24-33.5-1606.5 (4), as related to the national incident management system developed by the federal emergency management agency.

(d)

To appoint the chief administrative officer of each community and technical college;

(e)

To recommend and review proposals for the establishment of curriculums and for major changes in curriculums, subject only to the review function of the Colorado commission on higher education relating to formal academic programs;

(f)

To define the requirements of appropriate degrees and certificates and to authorize the award thereof in the community and technical colleges, subject only to the review function of the Colorado commission on higher education relating to formal academic programs;

(f.5)

To review and approve the degree programs described in section 23-60-211, subject only to the review function of the Colorado commission on higher education relating to formal academic programs;

(g)

To develop a plan with the governing boards of baccalaureate degree-granting universities and colleges of the state which will assure maximum freedom of transfer of students between local district colleges and community and technical colleges under the direct control of the board and such universities and colleges;

(h)

To receive, review, and transmit with recommendations to the Colorado commission on higher education and the general assembly both operating and capital budget requests of the community and technical colleges;

(i)

To plan, in cooperation with other state agencies, the allocation of federal funds for instructional programs and student services, including funds for vocational and technical education and retraining;

(j)

To determine policies pertaining to the community and technical colleges, subject only to the functions and powers assigned by law to the Colorado commission on higher education relating to formal academic programs;

(k)

To control the direction of funds and appropriations to the colleges in the system;

(l)

To receive, demand, and hold for the uses and purposes of the colleges in the system such moneys, lands, or other properties as may be donated, devised, leased, or conveyed and to apply the same in such manner as will serve best the objects and interests of the colleges in the system;

(m)

To develop and implement, in coordination with four-year institutions and under the direction of the Colorado commission on higher education, a core transfer program for students wishing to obtain a baccalaureate degree after transferring out of the state system to a four-year institution, which program shall be implemented within the state system by September 15, 1987.

(n)

Repealed.

Source: Section 23-60-202 — Duties of board with respect to state system, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-23.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

23‑60‑101
Short title
23‑60‑102
Legislative declaration
23‑60‑103
Definitions
23‑60‑104
State board for community colleges and occupational education - student advisory council - state advisory council
23‑60‑104.5
Recommendations of governor’s task force - legislative declaration - definitions
23‑60‑106
Notification concerning gaming schools
23‑60‑107
State board for community colleges and occupational education fund - creation - control - use
23‑60‑109
Career pathways - design - legislative declaration
23‑60‑110
Teaching career pathway - design
23‑60‑111
Community colleges - high school diplomas - approval
23‑60‑201
State system of community and technical colleges established - local district colleges - role and mission
23‑60‑202
Duties of board with respect to state system
23‑60‑202.5
Powers of board with respect to the higher education and advanced technology center at Lowry
23‑60‑202.7
Powers of board with respect to concurrent enrollment - definitions
23‑60‑203
Duties of board with respect to local district colleges
23‑60‑204
Financing
23‑60‑205
Community and technical colleges
23‑60‑206
College advisory council
23‑60‑207
College service areas
23‑60‑208
Eminent domain
23‑60‑209
Programs and services
23‑60‑210
Transfer of records and equipment - creation of new colleges
23‑60‑211
Degrees
23‑60‑212
Northeastern junior college - golf course and restaurant - positions of employment
23‑60‑213
Red Rocks community college - physician assistant master’s program
23‑60‑214
Develop short-term degree nursing programs - appropriation - repeal
23‑60‑301
Supervision of occupational education
23‑60‑302
Approval for postsecondary occupational programs
23‑60‑303
Acceptance of congressional acts
23‑60‑304
Plans - development and implementation - credentialing - fees
23‑60‑305
Coordination of resources
23‑60‑306
Colorado customized training program - creation - policy - functions of the state board for community colleges and occupational education - report
23‑60‑307
Colorado existing industry training program - creation - policy - functions of the state board for community colleges and occupational education
23‑60‑502
Applicability of article
23‑60‑601
Certification of programs
23‑60‑701
Legislative declaration
23‑60‑802
Area technical colleges - credits - transfer
23‑60‑803
Area technical colleges - high school diplomas - approval
23‑60‑901
Definitions
23‑60‑902
Accelerated education and skills training - certificates
23‑60‑1001
Legislative declaration
23‑60‑1002
Definitions
23‑60‑1003
Manufacturing career pathway - design
23‑60‑1004
Online information - manufacturing career pathway
23‑60‑1201
Support for in-demand short-term credentials program - created - report - appropriation - definitions - repeal
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 23-60-202’s source at colorado​.gov