Colorado § 23-7-103.5 Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-7-103.5 — Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions

Colorado § 23-7-103.5

Title 23Postsecondary Education

Art.Classification of Students for

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-103.5 (2026).

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(1)As defined in subsection (2) of this section, an unaccompanied homeless youth is a qualified person, as defined in section 23-7-102, for purposes of determining his or her own domicile pursuant to the provisions of section 23-7-103.

(2)(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, unaccompanied homeless youth means an individual who has not attained twenty-two years of age and who has been verified by a person described in subsection

(2)(b) of this section as either:

(I)An unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, as those terms are defined in section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a; or

(II)An unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting. The Colorado commission on high

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(1) As
defined in subsection (2) of this section, an unaccompanied homeless youth is a
qualified person, as defined in section 23-7-102, for purposes of determining his
or her own domicile pursuant to the provisions of section 23-7-103.

(2) (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires,
unaccompanied homeless youth means an individual who has not attained twenty-two years of age and who has been verified by a person described in subsection
(2)(b) of this section as either:

(I) An unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, as those terms
are defined in section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a; or

(II) An unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting.
The Colorado commission on higher education shall include in its tuition
classification policies a definition of unaccompanied youth, at risk of
homelessness, and self-supporting.

(b) The following persons may verify that a youth is an unaccompanied
homeless youth as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):

(I) A local educational agency homeless liaison, designated pursuant to
section 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
42 U.S.C. sec. 11432;

(II) The director of a program funded under the federal Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 5701 et seq., or a designee of the director;

(III) The director of a program funded under subtitle B of Title IV of the
federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11371 et seq.,
relating to emergency shelter grants, or a designee of the director; or

(IV) A financial aid administrator at an institution.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1100), ch. 169, p. 535, � 1, effective May 17. L. 2017: IP(2)(a) and (2)(a)(II) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1399, � 60, effective May 25.