§ 23-7-109. Tuition Classification for Employees or Employees’ Children of Companies Who Move to Colorado

1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, but subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a student who otherwise would not be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes under this article may be classified as an in-state student for purposes of tuition at any state-supported institution of higher education if the student or the student’s parent or legal guardian moved to Colorado in the twelve months preceding enrollment as a result of the student’s employer or the employer of the student’s parent or legal guardian moving all or a portion of its operations to Colorado as a result of receiving an incentive from the Colorado office of economic development, created in section 24-48.5-101, C.R.S., or an incentive from a local government economic incentive program. Each state-supported institution of higher education shall develop a policy to use to verify that the student’s employer or the employer of the student’s parent or legal guardian did, in fact, move all or a portion of its operations to Colorado as a result of receiving an incentive from the Colorado office of economic development or a local government economic incentive program and that the student or the student’s parent or legal guardian was employed by the employer prior to the relocation.
   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, but subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a student who otherwise would not be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes under this article may be classified as an in-state student for purposes of tuition at any state-supported institution of higher education if the student moved to the state of Colorado in the twelve months preceding enrollment as a result of the student’s parent or legal guardian moving to Colorado to take a faculty position at a state-supported institution of higher education. Each state-supported institution of higher education shall develop a policy to use to verify that the student’s parent or legal guardian moved to Colorado to take a faculty position at a state-supported institution of higher education.
2. If a student is classified as an in-state student pursuant to this section, he or she may be counted as a resident student for any purpose; except that the student shall not be entitled to receive state financial aid.
3. The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education may grant in-state tuition status to students classified pursuant to this section.

Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1824, § 2, effective August 3.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 402, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.