Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-3.3-1503. Financial assistance program for students experiencing homelessness--program liaison--program navigator--data-sharing

(1) Each institution shall designate one employee as a liaison to serve as a point of contact for qualifying students and prospective qualifying students. The liaison may have other duties unrelated to work as the liaison. The liaison shall provide qualifying students and prospective qualifying students with information regarding application assistance, financial assistance, support services, and other resources and assistance that are available. Each institution shall publicize the availability of the financial assistance program for students experiencing homelessness on the institution's website and notify qualifying students of their eligibility.

(3) The department shall enter into a data-sharing agreement with the department of education to share personally identifiable student information for the purpose of identifying and supporting prospective qualifying students. At a minimum, the data-sharing agreement must ensure that the exchange of information is conducted in compliance with the “Colorado Privacy Act”, part 13 of article 1 of title 6; the federal “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Rights Act of 1974”, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, as amended; and the “Student Data Transparency and Security Act”, article 16 of title 22. The departments shall maintain strict standards for student data privacy and shall not publicly report individual student data for any purpose.