In-State Tuition Classification Institution Of Higher Education

The bill adds information to the department of education's current annual reporting requirement as it relates to Colorado scholars.

Current law limits the number of Colorado scholars that each institution counts in an academic year to 8% of the total number of in-state students. The bill increases that limit to 15%.

The bill permits requires a peace corps volunteer to be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the student was certified by the director of the peace corps as having served satisfactorily as a peace corps volunteer. A peace corps volunteer who is classified as an in-state student must not be counted as a resident student for any purpose other than tuition classification.The bill permits a nonresident student athlete to be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes. A student athlete who is classified as an in-state student may be counted as a resident student for any purpose; except that such a student is not entitled to receive state financial aid.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)