Colorado § 23-5-117 Governing boards - delegation of personnel power

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-5-117 — Governing boards - delegation of personnel power

Colorado § 23-5-117

Title 23Postsecondary Education

Art.General Provisions

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-5-117 (2026).

Text

The governing
board of any state-supported institution of higher education, including the Auraria
higher education center established in article 70 of this title 23, may delegate all or
part of its power over personnel matters, including the power to hire or to fire
employees exempt from the personnel system, to the chief executive officer of the
institution governed by such board. The governing board may authorize the chief
executive officer to delegate to other officers of the institution any power so
delegated pursuant to this section. The governing board of each state-supported
institution of higher education, except the university of Colorado, Colorado state
university, the university of northern Colorado, the Colorado school of mines, Fort
Lewis college, Adams state univers

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The governing
board of any state-supported institution of higher education, including the Auraria
higher education center established in article 70 of this title 23, may delegate all or
part of its power over personnel matters, including the power to hire or to fire
employees exempt from the personnel system, to the chief executive officer of the
institution governed by such board. The governing board may authorize the chief
executive officer to delegate to other officers of the institution any power so
delegated pursuant to this section. The governing board of each state-supported
institution of higher education, except the university of Colorado, Colorado state
university, the university of northern Colorado, the Colorado school of mines, Fort
Lewis college, Adams state university, Colorado Mesa university, Western Colorado
university, or Metropolitan state university of Denver, after consultation with
faculty representatives chosen by the faculty, shall prepare, enact, promulgate,
administer, and maintain in place policies and practices which afford due process
procedures for those faculty members exempt from the state personnel system
who are terminated, including terminations resulting from reductions in force.

Legislative History

Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 767, � 19, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 851, �2, effective May 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 217, � 1, effective April 5. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 794, � 20, effective July 1. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (HB 11-1301), ch. 297, p. 1428, � 24, effective August 10; entire section amended, (SB 11-265), ch. 292, p. 1367, � 21, effective August 10. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1080), ch. 189, p. 759, � 16, effective May 19; entire section amended, (SB 12-148), ch. 125, p. 426, � 12, effective July 1; entire section amended, (HB 12-1331), ch. 254, p. 1271, � 15, effective August 1; entire section amended, (HB 12-1081), ch. 210, p. 902, � 3, effective August 8. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1178), ch. 400, p. 3546, � 14, effective July 1.