S.B. 08-17 Community colleges and occupational education - teachers and professionals - credentials - fees - authority - appropriation. Retains authority in the state board for community colleges and occupational education ("state board") for establishing minimum qualifications necessary for teachers and other professionals in occupational education at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. Places with the state board the authority for issuing credentials, including establishing and charging fees, for postsecondary occupational education teachers and professionals, but allows the state board to delegate to a postsecondary institution the authority to issue the credentials. Retains in the department of education the authority for issuing credentials, including establishing and charging fees, for junior high school, middle school, and high school occupational education teachers and professionals. Authorizes the department of education to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state board to allow the state board for one year to issue credentials to secondary-level teachers and professionals.
Appropriates $45,380 and 1.0 FTE from the educator licensure cash fund to the department of education for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 20, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 20, 2008
S.B. 08-18 Higher education governance - roles of the department of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education - private occupational school division - obsolete provisions. Clarifies the roles of the department of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education. Consolidates the statutes related to the private occupational school division. Repeals obsolete higher education provisions.
APPROVED by Governor May 28, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 28, 2008
S.B. 08-71 Board of governors of the Colorado state university system - Colorado state forest service - forest restoration pilot program - technical advisory panel - continuation. Extends the automatic termination date of the forest restoration pilot program and the technical advisory panel to September 1, 2012. Creates the forest restoration pilot program cash fund. Transfers $1 million for each of the next 4 state fiscal years from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund to the cash fund. Appropriates $1 million to the department of education for allocation to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 28, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 28, 2008
S.B. 08-73 Higher education textbooks - costs. Requires a publisher of college textbooks and supplemental learning materials ("textbooks") to make immediately available on its web site and to faculty members and instructors at state institutions of higher education information concerning the price of the textbooks, history of substantive revisions to the textbooks, and other formats in which the textbooks may be available. Requires a publisher of a bundled textbook package to offer the option of purchasing the textbook and each of the individual products separately.
APPROVED by Governor April 8, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 08-79 In-state tuition - U.S. citizen - attended high school in Colorado - GED in Colorado - appropriation. Provides that the following students who are United States citizens are entitled to receive in-state student classification for purposes of tuition at state-supported institutions of higher education:
● A student who graduated from a Colorado high school and attended high school in the state for three years prior to enrolling in college in Colorado; and
● A student who completed a general equivalency diploma in Colorado and resided in the state for at least three years prior to enrolling in college in Colorado.
Appropriates $71,760 from the general fund for college opportunity fund stipends for 26 full-time students. Appropriates $144,825 to Metropolitan State College of Denver, of that money $69,000 will be from student stipends and $75,825 shall be from student's tuition share. Appropriates $5,075 to the state board for community colleges and occupational education state system, of that money, $2,760 shall be from student stipends and $2,315 shall be from student's tuition share.
APPROVED by Governor May 20, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 20, 2008
S.B. 08-126 Higher education cash fund limits - repeal. Repeals the provision limiting the amount of cash fund revenues subject to the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending that a state-supported institution of higher education may raise, spend, or transfer to reserves during a fiscal year to the amount of cash funds appropriated in the long appropriations bill to the governing board or board of trustees of the institution for the fiscal year.
APPROVED by Governor March 19, 2008
EFFECTIVE March 19, 2008
S.B. 08-133 Teach Colorado grant initiative - scholarships for teacher candidates - appropriation. Creates the teach Colorado grant initiative ("grant initiative") in the department of higher education ("department") to award grants to public institutions of higher education to fund scholarship programs for students who are enrolled or who are enrolling in approved teacher preparation programs with the intent to teach in high-need content areas in Colorado public schools upon graduation.
Requires the department to implement and administer the grant initiative and to collaborate annually with the department of education in determining the high-need content areas.
Directs the department in awarding the grants to public institutions of higher education to give special consideration to scholarship programs that meet certain criteria, including the need for teachers in high-need content areas and in rural and high-poverty school districts.
Limits the amount of each scholarship to no more than the amount of in-state tuition charged by the awarding public institution of higher education for 30 semester hours of credit.
Requires the Colorado commission on higher education to report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives concerning the grant initiative. Authorizes the department to seek and accept gift, grants, and donations for implementation of the grant initiative.
Appropriates $500,000 to the department from the general fund for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 12, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 12, 2008
S.B. 08-166 Tuition - college opportunity fund - national guard - appropriation. Allows members of the Colorado National Guard who are eligible for in-state tuition status to receive college opportunity fund moneys.
Appropriates from the general fund to the department of higher education for the college opportunity fund $28,612. Adjusts other appropriations.
APPROVED by Governor May 29, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 08-167 Private colleges or universities, bible colleges, and seminaries - authorization process - deceptive trade practice complaint process - appropriation. Clarifies the procedures related to the authorization to do business in Colorado for private colleges or universities, bible colleges, and seminaries ("institutions"). Authorizes the Colorado commission on higher education ("commission") to revoke an institution's authorization to do business. Permits the commission to establish fees payable by a private college or university related to the administration of degrees and authorization to do business in Colorado. Directs the commission to specify procedures by which students may file complaints related to deceptive trade practices. Specifies deceptive trade practices and the types of complaints the department of higher education may investigate. Identifies the procedures for addressing complaints, including providing notice to the institution and time for the institution to resolve the complaint. Authorizes the commission to forward a meritorious complaint to the attorney general if it is not resolved by the institution and the student.
Appropriates $31,500 to the department of higher education from fees paid by private colleges and universities for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 29, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 29, 2008
S.B. 08-180 Capital construction - Metropolitan state college - Auraria higher education center. Authorizes the board of trustees of Metropolitan state college of Denver to:
● Enter into lease-purchase agreements and issue revenue bonds for the construction of necessary facilities; and
● Transfer or pledge certain revenues to the Auraria higher education center ("Auraria center") to finance the construction of auxiliary or complementary facilities.
Authorizes the board of directors of the Auraria higher education center to:
● Create special districts within the Auraria center;
● Construct complementary facilities within the Auraria center and finance the construction of complementary facilities in the same manner as auxiliary facilities, including through lease-purchase agreements or revenue bonds.
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 22, 2008
S.B. 08-191 Colorado school of mines board of trustees - membership. Adds a nonvoting member to the Colorado school of mines board of trustees ("board") to be selected from among the academic faculty. Removes the requirement that the nonvoting, advisory student member of the board reside in Colorado for at least 3 years before serving on the board.
APPROVED by Governor April 24, 2008
EFFECTIVE April 24, 2008
S.B. 08-227 Colorado state university - board of governors - appointment. Beginning in 2008, requires that the voting members of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system include one member who either resides in Fort Collins or is a graduate of Colorado state university, one member who either resides in Pueblo or is a graduate of Colorado state university - Pueblo, and at least 2 members who have substantial experience in the production of agriculture. Directs the governor, in appointing the members, to give consideration to broad geographical representation whenever possible.
APPROVED by Governor June 2, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 08-232 Colorado state university system - wildfire emergency response fund. Authorizes separate line item appropriations of moneys for the Colorado state forest service, the agricultural experiment station department of the Colorado state university, and the Colorado state university cooperative extension service.
Transfers $250,000 from the wildfire preparedness fund to the wildfire emergency response fund.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 21, 2008
S.B. 08-233 Capital construction projects - lease-purchase agreements funded from federal mineral lease revenues - prioritized lists - joint resolution - appropriation. Directs the Colorado commission on higher education ("commission") to submit to the office of state planning and budgeting ("OSPB") and the capital development committee ("CDC") a prioritized list of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education ("higher education projects") to be constructed through lease-purchase agreements funded through the higher education federal mineral lease revenues fund ("fund"). Directs the OSPB to submit its prioritized list of higher education projects to the CDC. Directs the CDC to submit its prioritized list of higher education projects to the joint budget committee ("JBC"). Directs the JBC to sponsor a joint resolution that proposes a prioritized list of higher education projects and that, if approved by the general assembly, is presented to the governor for approval. Limits the amount of the total average annual payments under all lease-purchase agreements related to the prioritized list and entered into during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008. If projects on the prioritized list are not subject to lease-purchase agreements entered into during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, provides that the remaining projects in the joint resolution shall constitute a prioritized list for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2009.
Directs the state treasurer to notify annually the commission, OSPB, CDC, and JBC of the amount of money in the fund and whether the treasurer determines that there are sufficient moneys available in the fund to enter into additional lease-purchase agreements for higher education projects.
Authorizes the state treasurer to enter into lease-purchase agreements not to exceed a specified number of annual payments for the construction of the higher education projects on the prioritized list in the joint resolution. Specifies terms of the lease-purchase agreements. Authorizes local governments and state-supported institutions of higher education to assist the state in making payments on the lease-purchase agreements. Establishes the higher education institutions lease-purchase cash fund. Authorizes the state treasurer to enter into interest rate lock agreements related to the lease-purchase agreements.
If there is insufficient money in the fund, authorizes the general assembly to transfer money to the fund from the principal of the higher education maintenance and reserve fund or to reduce the transfer from the mineral leasing fund to the public school fund and transfer the money to the fund.
Appropriates from the higher education federal mineral lease revenues fund $10,000,000 to the state treasurer to make payments on any lease-purchase agreements. Appropriates cash funds of $22,227,526 to the Auraria higher education center for the science building addition and renovation, but reduces the appropriation by any amount that is included in a lease-purchase agreement. Reduces the cash fund appropriation to the Colorado school of mines for the Marquez hall petroleum engineering building by $20,000,000.
Specifies that the act will take effect only if Senate Bill 08-218 becomes law. Specifies that certain sections of the act shall take effect only if House Joint Resolution 08-1042 is adopted by the general assembly and is signed by the governor.
APPROVED by Governor May 12, 2008
EFFECTIVE May 12, 2008
NOTE: Senate Bill 08-218 was signed by the governor June 4, 2008, and House Joint Resolution 08-1042 was signed by the governor June 5, 2008.
S.B. 08-245 Bonds of state-supported institutions of higher education - direct payment by state treasurer to prevent default. Requires the state treasurer to make a scheduled payment of principal and interest on revenue bonds or refunding bonds issued on or after the effective date of the act by a state-supported institution of higher education (institution) on behalf of the institution if the institution will not make the payment by the date on which it is due unless:
● The bonds did not satisfy specified criteria at the time of issuance; or
● The institution adopted a resolution before issuing the bonds that indicates that it will not accept the making of such a payment.
Requires the state treasurer to recover the amount of any payment made on behalf of an institution by withholding amounts from the institution's payments of the state's fee-for-service contract with the institution, from any other state support for the institution, and from any unpledged tuition moneys collected by the institution. Requires the state treasurer to notify the department of higher education and the general assembly of any payments made and amounts withheld. Prohibits an institution from requesting a supplemental general fund appropriation or budget amendment in order to replace any withheld fee-for-service revenue.
Requires an institution that issues bonds on which the state treasurer may be required to make payments to file specified legal documents related to the bonds with the state treasurer. Specifies that the state will not modify the provisions of the act in a way that impairs the legal rights and remedies of purchasers and owners of bonds but that the act does not create any debt or other obligation of the state. Requires the department of higher education to initiate an audit of any institution for which the state treasurer makes a bond payment to determine why the institution could not make the payment and, if necessary, assist the institution in developing and implementing measures to ensure that the institution makes future bond payments when due.
APPROVED by Governor June 4, 2008
EFFECTIVE June 4, 2008
H.B. 08-1002 Mesa state college - Colorado state university system - authority to invest moneys. Allows the secretary and treasurer of Mesa state college ("college") to also be members of the board of trustees of Mesa state college ("Mesa state board"). Allows the Mesa state board to invest the assets of the college. Requires the Mesa state board to establish an investment advisory committee and a written investment policy if the Mesa state board elects to invest the assets of the college. Under certain conditions, authorizes the Mesa state board to hold certificates of stock in the name of a selected nominee without disclosing the fact that the certificates are held by the Mesa state board or are held in a fiduciary capacity. Requires the Mesa state board to require annual financial statements to be submitted to the Mesa state board, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly if the Mesa state board elects to invest the assets of the college. Prohibits the college from requesting general fund appropriations to replace any investment losses.
Grants to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system ("CSU board") exclusive control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to its institutions. Requires the CSU board to establish an investment advisory committee and a written investment policy if the board elects to invest the assets of the Colorado state university system. Under certain conditions, authorizes the CSU board to hold certificates of stock in the name of a selected nominee without disclosing the fact that the certificates are held by the CSU board or are held in a fiduciary capacity. Requires the CSU board to require annual financial statements to be submitted to the CSU board, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly if the CSU board elects to invest the assets of the Colorado state university system. Prohibits the Colorado state university system from requesting general fund appropriations to replace any investment losses.
APPROVED by Governor April 10, 2008
EFFECTIVE April 10, 2008
H.B. 08-1026 Colorado state university - Colorado water institute. Changes the name of the Colorado water resources research institute to the Colorado water institute (institute). Expands the purposes and duties of the institute. Authorizes state funds made available for water research to pass through the administrative control of the institute. Authorizes the institute to assess an administrative fee not to exceed 20% of the total cost of the project being administered by the institute.
Designates the executive directors of the departments of natural resources, agriculture, and public health and environment as members of the advisory committee on water research policy. Repeals the limitation of the use of the general fund for the institute.
APPROVED by Governor March 20, 2008
EFFECTIVE March 20, 2008
H.B. 08-1058 Athlete agents - registration - contracts with student athletes - appropriation. Enacts the "Uniform Athlete Agents Act", drafted by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, and amends and repeals statutes that previously limited the activities and conduct of athlete agents making contracts with college athletes.
Provides for the uniform registration of athlete agents seeking to represent college athletes pursuing commercial endorsement contracts or contracts to become professional athletes (agency contracts). Requires athlete agents to register with the division of registrations in the department of regulatory agencies within 7 days after contact with a student athlete in this state. Requires athlete agents to disclose certain information in order to be registered. Provides for reciprocal registration with other states that have adopted the uniform act.
Imposes certain requirements and disclosures to be given to student athletes in an agency contract, including:
● The amount and method of calculating the athlete agent's compensation;
● The name of any unregistered person receiving compensation because the student athlete signed the agreement;
● A description of reimbursable expenses and services to be provided; and
● Warnings disclosing the cancellation and notice requirements under the uniform act.
Decreases the time period of the statutory right of a student athlete to cancel an agency contract, without penalty, from 15 days to 14 days after the agency contract is signed.
Requires both the athlete agent and the student athlete to give notice of an agency contract made with an athlete agent to the athletic director of the affected educational institution within 72 hours after signing the agency contract or before the student athlete's next scheduled athletic event, whichever occurs first.
Gives the educational institution a statutory right of action against an athlete agent or former student athlete for damages, including losses and expenses incurred as a result of the educational institution being penalized, disqualified, or suspended from participation by an athletics association or conference or as a result of reasonable self-imposed disciplinary actions taken to mitigate sanctions. Allows for the recovery of costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.
Prohibits an athlete agent from:
● Providing materially false or misleading information or making a materially false promise or representation with the intent of inducing a student athlete to enter into an agency contract;
● Furnishing anything of value to a student athlete or another person before the student athlete enters into the agency contract;
● Violating certain registration requirements.
Imposes criminal penalties for such violations.
Appropriates $56,749 and 0.6 FTE to the department of regulatory agencies for allocation to the division of registrations for the implementation of the act. Appropriates $7,564 to the department of law for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2008
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2008
H.B. 08-1079 State assistance for vocational education. Replaces the term "vocational education" with the term "career and technical education" in specified statutes. Requires specified moneys to be distributed based on actual, rather than estimated, expenditures by participating school districts, boards of cooperative services, and institute charter schools. Amends the standards for eligibility for grants of specified moneys. Changes the date by which the state board for community colleges and occupational education shall report to the joint budget committee and the education committees of the house of representatives and senate concerning the implementation and results of specified programs. Amends the mandatory contents of the report.
Authorizes the revisor of statutes, where appropriate, to change all references to "vocational education" in the Colorado Revised Statutes to "career and technical education".
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 08-1106 Higher education police officers - powers, duties, rights, and liabilities - security officers' powers and duties - emergency preparedness response and planning. Grants authority to state institutions of higher education to employ police officers and reserve police officers who are certified by the peace officer standards and training board. Delineates the powers, duties, rights, and liabilities of higher education police officers. Provides the governing board of the institution of higher education with the power of supervision and control of the officers. States the qualifications for the officers. Differentiates between the powers and duties of higher education police officers and higher education security officers. Encourages cooperation between law enforcement agencies and security officers at educational institutions in emergency preparedness and response planning.
APPROVED by Governor March 18, 2008
EFFECTIVE March 18, 2008
H.B. 08-1120 University of Colorado hospital authority board - membership. Increases the number of members on the university of Colorado hospital authority board from 9 members to 11 members. Permits no more than 4 of the board members to be employees of the university or the authority.
APPROVED by Governor March 6, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 08-1197 Fitzsimons trust fund. Extends the repeal of the Fitzsimons trust fund to July 1, 2032.
APPROVED by Governor April 3, 2008
EFFECTIVE April 3, 2008
H.B. 08-1201 Collegeinvest - executive director approval requirements - name of scholarship program - loan forgiveness program authority - investment authority - implementation fee authority. Permits the collegeinvest authority ("authority") to use moneys in the collegeinvest fund for payment of expenses incurred by the authority. Removes the requirement of executive director approval when the authority:
● Engages private consultants or legal counsel;
● Is collecting and paying reasonable fees and charges; or
● Is investing the Colorado achievement scholarship fund moneys.
Changes the name of the Colorado achievement scholarship program to the Colorado collegeinvest scholarship program. Authorizes the authority to develop and administer loan forgiveness programs and administer and fund scholarship programs. Removes the authority's $2 billion bond limit. Directs the investment of the collegeinvest fund.
Removes the requirement that institutions of higher education that receive loan origination and disbursement services pay an implementation and ongoing disbursement fee. Makes charging the fee permissive based on certain criteria.
APPROVED by Governor March 26, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 08-1205 Capital construction projects. For institutions of higher education, increases the dollar-amount thresholds for:
● Exceptions from the requirements for program and physical planning;
● Exceptions from Colorado commission on higher education ("commission") approval and capital development committee ("CDC") and joint budget committee ("JBC") review of capital construction projects funded from certain sources; and
● Exceptions from commission approval of capital construction projects funded from cash funds.
Provides for CDC and JBC review of cash-funded projects over a certain amount. Exempts cash-funded capital construction projects for higher education institutions from the requirement that professional service contracts be entered into within 6 months after the appropriation is made for the project.
APPROVED by Governor March 31, 2008
EFFECTIVE March 31, 2008
H.B. 08-1252 Tuition assistance - Colorado National Guard - homeland security degree program. Allows a member of the Colorado National Guard to receive tuition assistance when enrolled at a private institution of higher education in a certificate or degree program in homeland security.
APPROVED by Governor April 10, 2008
EFFECTIVE April 10, 2008
H.B. 08-1255 Teacher preparation - rural teachers - loan forgiveness. Expands the definition of "rural school district" to allow more teachers who teach in rural areas to qualify for the teacher loan forgiveness pilot program ("program"). Specifies that the teacher loan forgiveness fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly in addition to gifts, grants, and donations. Increases the dollar amount that rural teachers under the program can receive in loan forgiveness. Extends the repeal date of the program to July 1, 2019.
APPROVED by Governor May 29, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 08-1318 Board of governors of the Colorado state university system - Colorado state forest service - beetle mitigation fund. Creates a beetle mitigation fund for use by the Colorado state forest service to mitigate the effects of beetle infestation on state-owned land. Specifies that the fund shall consist of donations received through interested state agencies' web sites.
APPROVED by Governor May 28, 2008
EFFECTIVE August 5, 2008
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date,
see page vi of this digest.
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