The purposes of this article are to maximize opportunities for postsecondary education in Colorado; to avoid and to eliminate needless duplication of facilities and programs in state-supported institutions of higher education; to achieve simplicity of state administrative procedures pertaining to higher education; to effect the best utilization of available resources so as to achieve an adequate level of higher education in the most economic manner; to accommodate state priorities and the needs of individual students through implementation of a statewide enrollment plan; and to continue to recognize the constitutional and statutory responsibilities of duly constituted governing boards of state-supported institutions of higher education in Colorado. In this article, express powers and duties are delegated to a central policy and coordinating board, the Colorado commission on higher education, and the department of higher education is responsible for implementing the duly adopted policies of the Colorado commission on higher education. The ultimate authority and responsibility is expressly reserved to the general assembly, and it is the duty of the Colorado commission on higher education and the department of higher education to implement the policies of the general assembly.
Source: L. 85: Entire article R&RE, p. 750, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1792, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1470, § 1, effective May 28.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 23-1-101 as it existed prior to 1985.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 23 - Postsecondary Education
Article 1 - Colorado Commission on Higher Education
§ 23-1-101. Legislative Declaration
§ 23-1-102. Commission Established - Terms of Office
§ 23-1-103. Advisory Committee to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education
§ 23-1-104. Financing the System of Postsecondary Education - Report
§ 23-1-105. Duties and Powers of the Commission With Respect to Appropriations
§ 23-1-106.7. Duties and Powers of the Department With Respect to Technology Transfers
§ 23-1-109.8. Duties and Powers of the Commission With Regard to Employment First Policies
§ 23-1-110. Organization, Meetings, and Staff
§ 23-1-112. Tuition - Reciprocal Agreements
§ 23-1-113.3. Commission Directive - Developmental Education Courses - Report
§ 23-1-113.5. Commission Directive - Resident Admissions - Report - Definitions
§ 23-1-119.2. Commission Directive - Notice of College Preparatory Courses for High School Students
§ 23-1-119.3. Department Directive - Exchange of Student Records
§ 23-1-119.5. Online Career Platform - Appropriations From Colorado Work Force Development Council
§ 23-1-120. Commission Directive - Incentives for Improvement Initiative Grants
§ 23-1-121.2. Department Directive - Educator Preparation Pathways - Public Information
§ 23-1-121.7. Commission Directive - Paraprofessional Programs
§ 23-1-126. Commission Directive - Nursing Programs
§ 23-1-127. Commission Directive - Regional Education Providers - Criteria
§ 23-1-128. Commission Directive - American Sign Language in Higher Education Institutions
§ 23-1-129. Commission Directive - Student Loans
§ 23-1-132. Commission Directive - Tuition Waivers for Exonerated Persons
§ 23-1-134. Commission Directive - Open Educational Resources - Course Notice - Report - Definitions
§ 23-1-137. Prohibition on Use of American Indian Mascots - Exemptions - Definitions