Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-112 (2026)

General powers of the board - definitions

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(1) The board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university; appoint the requisite number of professors, tutors, and all other officers; and determine the salaries of such officers and the amount to be paid for tuition in accordance with the level of cash fund appropriations set by the general assembly for the university pursuant to section 23-1-104 (1)(b)(I). It shall remove any officer connected with the university when in its judgment the good of the institution requires it.

(2) Repealed.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an institution governed by the board of regents may use funding provided pursuant to section 23-18-303.5 as financial assistance for in-state students to reduce the student's share of in-state tuition, as defined in section 23-18-102.

(b) For purposes of parts 1 and 2 of article 18 of this title, for an institution governed by the board of regents, "student's share of in-state tuition" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-18-102 less the amount of any financial assistance awarded to the student pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3).

Source: G.L. § 2757. G.S. § 3448. R.S. 08: § 6944. C.L. § 8006. CSA: C. 169, § 11. CRS 53: § 124-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-11. L. 70: p. 357, § 10. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1519, § 25, effective June 6. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 118, § 3, effective March 19. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-003), ch. 391, p. 1842, § 8, effective June 9. L. 2014: (3) added, (HB 14-1319), ch. 169, p. 612, § 6, effective May 9. L. 2020: (3)(a) amended, (HB 20-1366), ch. 181, p. 835, § 14, effective July 1, 2021.

Editor's note: Subsection (2)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (2), effective July 1, 2016. (See L. 2010, p. 1842.)

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 391, Session Laws of Colorado 2010.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1975–2012 · leading case: Churchill v. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 285 P.3d 986 (Colo. 2012).
Churchill v. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 285 P.3d 986 (Colo. 2012). · cites it 2× “§ 23-20-112(1), C.R.S. (2011) ('The board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university; appoint the requisite number of professors, tutors, and all other officers; and determine the salaries of such officers.”
Univ. of Colorado v. Silverman, 555 P.2d 1155 (Colo. 1976). · cites it 6× “NOTES [1] Substantially reenacted as section 23-20-112, C.R.S.1973. [2] Repealed, L.”
Uberoi v. Univ. of Colorado, 713 P.2d 894 (Colo. 1986). · cites it 4× “" The general powers to govern the university are granted to the regents by section 23-20-112, 9 C.R.S. (1973): "[t]he board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university.”
Uberoi v. Univ. of Colorado, 686 P.2d 785 (Colo. 1984). · cites it 4× “(1983 Supp.), confers on the regents the "general supervision of the university and control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to the university .”
Van Pelt v. State Bd. for Cmty. Colleges & Occupational Educ., 577 P.2d 765 (Colo. 1978). · cites it 3× “6 Section 23-20-112, C.R.S. 1973. 7 Section 23-31-109, C.”
Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n Ex Rel. Ramos v. Regents of the Univ. of Colorado, 759 P.2d 726 (Colo. 1988). · cites it 3× “§ 23-20-112, 9 C.R.S. (1973). In accordance with their lawmaking authority, the Regents enacted a law requiring that all tenured and other appointments “shall be subject to the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Colorado.”
Associated Students of the Univ. of Colorado v. Regents of the Univ. of Colorado, 543 P.2d 59 (Colo. 1975). · cites it 3× “1963, 124-2-11 *485 (now section 23-20-112, C.R.S. 1973) to “. . .”
Kreith v. Univ. of Colorado, 689 P.2d 718 (Colo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 5× “Relying on § 23-20-112, C.R.S., and University of Colorado v.”
Subryan v. Regents of the Univ. of Colorado, 698 P.2d 1383 (Colo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “The regents, as a constitutional body, occupy a unique position in our governmental structure. Similar to the powers quoted to the General Assembly they have been empowered by the constitution of Colorado to “enact laws for the government of the University.”
Silverman v. Univ. of Colorado, 541 P.2d 93 (Colo. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 4× “While the preface thereto indicates that the contents do not identify all "University practices or commitments," the document purports to include, inter alia, the "laws" of the Board of Regents apparently adopted as regulations pursuant to § 23-20-112, C.R.S.1973. We discuss…”
Churchill v. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 293 P.3d 16 (Colo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “" § 23-20-112(1), C.R.S.2010; see also Colo.”
Ricci v. State Pers. Bd., 605 P.2d 492 (Colo. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “” Furthermore, as the appointing and regulatory authority, § 23-20-112, C.R.S.1973, which terminated plaintiff’s employment, the University, through the Board of Regents, Colo.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-112(1) — 2 cases
Churchill v. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 285 P.3d 986 (Colo. 2012). “§ 23-20-112(1), C.R.S. (2011) ('The board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university; appoint the requisite number of professors, tutors, and all other officers; and determine the salaries of such officers.”
Churchill v. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 293 P.3d 16 (Colo. Ct. App. 2010). “" § 23-20-112(1), C.R.S.2010; see also Colo.”
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