SB 34 — Auraria Board Student & Faculty Participation

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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ThisSENATE summaryBILL applies26-034 toBY thisSENATOR(S) billKolker as introduced and doesMarchman, notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.IfthisbillGonzales eJ., nJodeh, 2Kipp, passesWeissman, thirdColeman; reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that m 2 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at T n 7 A U 1 http://leg.colorado.gov.) E i a S a r R e Under current law, the members of the Auraria board of directors r F whoaretherepresentativesofthestudentadvisorycommitteeandfaculty 3 advisory committee are nonvoting members.

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ConcerningC theONCERNING representativeEXPANDING ofPARTICIPATION nBY theMEMBERS studentOF advisoryTHE committee, the bill repeals the requirement that the d 2 student be a full-time student and reduces the Colorado residency e 2 T R 2 A nURARIA 1BOARD EOF dDIRECTORS rADVISORY ShadingCOMMITTEES denotes. HOUSE amendment.

Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.

S e r Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.n e Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

m F A requirement from3 years prior to the member's election to one year prior to the member's election.

The bill expands the faculty advisory committee from 6 to 9 members.Oneoftheadditionalmembersiselectedfromeachconstituent institution of the Auraria higher education center.

SECTION1.SECTION 1.

Shorttitle.Theshorttitleofthisactisthe"AurariaShort Studenttitle. and Faculty Board Voting Rights Act of 2026".

The short title of this act is the "Auraria Student and Faculty Board Voting Rights Act of 2026".

(a) StudentStudentandfacultyrepresentationinpostsecondaryinstitutions' andinstitutional faculty representation in postsecondary institutions'institutional governance promotes accountability, transparency, and responsiveness to the educational needs of the student body;

(b) TheAurariahighereducationcenterhas3separatelygovernedThe institutionsAuraria whosehigher studentseducation andcenter facultyhas are3 materiallyseparately affectedgoverned by________ decisionsCapital ofletters theor Aurariabold board& ofitalic directors,numbers knownindicate asnew thematerial Aurariaadded board;to existing law;

(c)dashes Grantingthrough thewords electedor studentnumbers andindicate facultydeletions membersfrom ofexisting thelaw Auraria board full voting rights strengthens shared governance by ensuring that directly elected student and facultysuch representativesmaterial participateis substantivelynot inpart decisionsof thatthe affectact. students;

institutionswhosestudents and facultyare materiallyaffectedbydecisions of the Auraria board of directors, known as the Auraria board;

(c) Grantingtheelectedstudentandfacultymembersof theAuraria board full voting rights strengthens shared governance by ensuring that directlyelectedstudentandfacultyrepresentativesparticipatesubstantively in decisions that affect students;

(2) TheThegeneralassemblyfurtherdeclaresthatthisactdoesnotalter generalany assemblystatutory furthereligibility declaresrequirement that this act does not alter anystatutory eligibilityrequirement for the elected facultymemberfaculty member of the Auraria board, including residency requirements, except as expressly provided in the act.

-2- 034 (3) It is the intent of the general assembly that:

(a) The Auraria board and each of the governing boards of the constituentinstitutionsoftheAurariahighereducationcenterwillupdateconstituent theirinstitutions policies,of bylaws,the andAuraria rules,higher includingeducation rulescenter ofwill procedure,update astheirpolicies,bylaws,andrules,includingrulesofprocedure,asapplicable applicable and as necessary to comply with the amendments to Auraria board members' authority made in this act;

and (b) AAstudentorfacultymemberservingontheAurariaboardonthe student or faculty member serving on the Auraria board on the effective date of this act assumes the voting rights granted to that member in this act without needing to be reelected to the Auraria board.

SECTIONSECTION3. 3.

InInColoradoRevisedStatutes,23-70-102,amend(1) Coloradointroductory Revisedportion, Statutes,(1)(c)(I), 23-70-102,(1)(c)(III), amend(1)(d)(I), (1)introductoryportion,(1)(c)(I),(1)(c)(III),(1)(d)(I),and(2)and 23-70-102.(2) as follows:

23-70-102.

(1) EffectiveEffectiveJuly1, July1989, 1,Thereiscreatedanewboardof 1989,ere is created a new board of directors of the Auraria higher education center, which consists of nine ELEVEN voting members.

The members of the Auraria board shall beEbe ARE chosen in the following manner AS FOLLOWS:FOLLOWS :

PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 26-034 (c) (I) An advisory committee of six members who are full-time students shall belected,ISelected, two from each of the student bodies of each of the three institutions governed by the Auraria board.

and ititISORY ADVISORYCOMMITTEECOMMITTEE shall elect one of its members to filloneofficeonfill one office on the Auraria board to serve for one termEtermONE-YEAR YEAR TERM beginning EACH JulyJuly1. 1.

The elected student office is advisory, without the right to vote.Thevote. elected student member of the board must have resided in the state of Colorado not less than three yeONE YEAR prior to the member'selection.Avacancyintheofficeoftheelectedstudentmember -3- 034 shallMUST be filled by reelection for the unexpired term.

(III)The Intheeventofdeath,resignation,orinabilityorrefusaltoact of any suchAN elected memberstudentmemberof oftheboardmusthaveresidedin the studentstate advisory committee, the student governing body of theColoradonot institutionNO withless thethan vacancythree shallyearONE appointYEAR aprior full-timestudent from that institution to fill the vacancymember's forelection. the remainder of the term.

(d)A (I)vacancyin Anthe advisoryoffice committee of sixNEthe memberselected whostudent aremember full-timefacultymembersshallbISelected,twTHREEshallbe fromeachofthefilled facultiesby ofreelection eachfor of the threeunexpired institutionsterm. governed by the Auraria board.

anditTHEADVISORYCOMMITTEE(III) shallelectoneofitsmemberstofilltheIn remainingofficeontheAurariaboardtoserveforthe one-yeartermsTERMevent beginningof eachdeath, Julyresignation, 1.or inability or refusal to act of any such AN elected member of the student advisory committee, the student governing body of the institution with the vacancy shall appoint a full-timetudent from that institution to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term.

The(d) (I) An advisory committee of six NINE members who are full-time faculty members shall seleabeelected, membertwTHREE from each of the samefacultiesofeachofthethreeinstitutionsgovernedbytheAurariaboard.and institutionit onlyonceHE inADVISORY COMMITTEE shall elect one of its members to fill the sameremaining three-yearoffice period.on the Auraria board to serve for-year termsTERM beginning each July1.

The electedcommittee facultyshall officeselect issuch advisory,a without the right to vote.d faculty member offrom the boardsameinstitutiononlyonceinthesamethree-yearperiod.Theelectedfaculty mustoffice haveis residedadvisory, inwithout the stateright of Colorado not less than three years prior to thevote. member's election.

AThe vacancyelected facultymember of the board must have resided in the officeoftheelectedfacultymembershallSTstate befilledbyreelectionforof Colorado nots than three years prior to the unexpiredmember's term.election.

A vacancy in the office of the elected faculty member shallUST be filled by reelection for the unexpired term.

(b) MEMBERSM EMBERS OF THE AURARIAA URARIA BOARD ARE FIDUCIARIES OF THE CENTER ,AND, AND A MEMBER SHALL RECUSE THEMSELF FROM A VOTE OR EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.INTEREST .

THE A URARIA BOARD MAY ADOPT ,,THROUGH THROUGH ITS BYLAWS AND POLICIES,APOLICIES , A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK DEFINING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO BOARD MEMBERS .

THE BYLAWS AND POLICIES MAY ESTABLISHPROCEDURESFORIDENTIFYINGPOTENTIALCONFLICTSESTABLISH ,REQUIREPROCEDURES -4-FOR 034IDENTIFYING POTENTIALCONFLICTS ,REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT INTERESTS , AND DESIGNATE A FINAL DECISION-MAKINGPAGE AUTHORITY3-SENATE TOBILL DETERMINE26-034 WHENDECISION-MAKINGAUTHORITYTODETERMINEWHENRECUSALISREQUIRED RECUSAL IS REQUIRED .THEA URARIA BOARD SHALL ENSURE THAT THE BYLAWS AND POLICIESPROVIDECONSISTENT,FAIR,ANDTRANSPARENTSTANDARDSFOR RECUSAL DETERMINATIONS .