§ 23-60-202 — Duties of board with respect to state system

Colorado § 23-60-202

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 23: Postsecondary Education
• Art.: Community Colleges and

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(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(B) Repealed.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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 67: p. 439, � 7. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-26-11. L. 70: p. 358, � 14. L. 85: (1)(d) and (1)(i) amended and (1)(k) and (1)(l) added, p. 765, � 16, effective July 1. L. 86: (1)(m) added, p. 840, � 3, effective April 14. L. 93: (1)(c) amended, p. 1520, � 30, effective June 6. L. 2007: (1)(n) added, p. 338, � 4, effective April 2. L. 2008: (1)(c) amended, p. 119, � 7, effective March 19; (1)(c) amended, p. 805, � 6, effective May 14. L. 2009: (1)(n) repealed, (HB 09-1319), ch. 286, p. 1322, � 13, effective May 21. L. 2010: (1)(c)(I) amended, (SB 10-003), ch. 391, p. 1845, � 18, effective June 9; (1)(f.5) added, (SB 10-088), ch. 154, p. 530, � 2, effective August 11. L. 2020: (1)(c)(II) amended, (HB 20-1402), ch. 216, p. 1050, � 42, effective June 30.