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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-3.3-1501. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Cost of attendance” has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-3.3-1002.

(2) “Department” means the department of higher education created in section 24-1-114.

(3) “Financial assistance program for students experiencing homelessness” or “financial assistance program” means the financial assistance program for students experiencing homelessness created in section 23-3.3-1502.

(4) “Institution of higher education” or “institution” means a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-18-102(10)(a); local district college, as defined in section 23-71-102; or area technical college, as defined in section 23-60-103.

(5) “Qualifying student” means a resident of Colorado who has been accepted for enrollment at an institution of higher education and who:

(a) Has been identified by designated school personnel as a homeless child or youth pursuant to section 725 of the federal “McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a while residing in Colorado at any time between the start of ninth grade and the end of twelfth grade; and

(b) Will be seventeen years of age or older but under twenty-seven years of age at the time of financial assistance receipt.

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