Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-5-117. Governing boards--delegation of personnel power

The governing board of any state-supported institution of higher education, including the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of this title 23, may delegate all or part of its power over personnel matters, including the power to hire or to fire employees exempt from the personnel system, to the chief executive officer of the institution governed by such board. The governing board may authorize the chief executive officer to delegate to other officers of the institution any power so delegated pursuant to this section. The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education, except the university of Colorado, Colorado state university, the university of northern Colorado, the Colorado school of mines, Fort Lewis college, Adams state university, Colorado Mesa university, Western Colorado university, or Metropolitan state university of Denver, after consultation with faculty representatives chosen by the faculty, shall prepare, enact, promulgate, administer, and maintain in place policies and practices which afford due process procedures for those faculty members exempt from the state personnel system who are terminated, including terminations resulting from reductions in force.