Colorado § 23-7.4-203 Tuition classification of armed forces veterans

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-7.4-203 — Tuition classification of armed forces veterans

Colorado § 23-7.4-203

Title 23Postsecondary Education

Art.Military Members, Veterans, and Dependents

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7.4-203 (2026).

Text

(1)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 7.4 or article 7 of this title 23 to the contrary, beginning with the fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic year, the governing board of each state institution of higher education in Colorado shall adopt a policy that grants in-state tuition status to an honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States and a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section 28-5-100.3, who enrolls in the state institution of higher education and who meets, for any length of time, the presumptions and rules for maintaining a domicile in Colorado described in section 23-7-103.

(b)Notwithstanding any provision of this article 7.4 or article 7 of this title 23 to the contrary, beginning with the fall semester of the 2009-2010

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(1) (a)
Notwithstanding any provision of this article 7.4 or article 7 of this title 23 to the
contrary, beginning with the fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic year, the
governing board of each state institution of higher education in Colorado shall
adopt a policy that grants in-state tuition status to an honorably discharged
member of the armed forces of the United States and a discharged LGBT veteran,
as defined in section 28-5-100.3, who enrolls in the state institution of higher
education and who meets, for any length of time, the presumptions and rules for
maintaining a domicile in Colorado described in section 23-7-103.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this article 7.4 or article 7 of this title
23 to the contrary, beginning with the fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic
year, the governing board of each state institution of higher education in Colorado
may adopt a policy that grants in-state tuition status to a dependent of an
honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States or a
discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section 28-5-100.3, who enrolls in the state
institution of higher education if the honorably discharged member of the armed
forces or discharged LGBT veteran meets, for any length of time, the presumptions
and rules for maintaining a domicile in Colorado described in section 23-7-103.

(2) A student who is classified as an in-state student solely pursuant to this
section is not counted as a resident for any purpose other than tuition classification;
except that, beginning with the fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year, upon
classification as an in-state student pursuant to this section, the student is also
eligible to receive a stipend from the college opportunity fund pursuant to part 2 of
article 18 of this title 23.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1228), ch. 103, p. 783, � 1, effective August 8. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-026), ch. 42, p. 175, � 8, effective November 11.