SB 17-297

Senate Bill 17-297 in Colorado撤销了一项未实施的基于绩效的高等教育资助计划，该计划原本旨在根据高校的表现来分配资金。法案还取消了要求各大学与州教育部签订年度绩效合同的规定，并改为每年确认一次学校为实现教育总体规划目标所做的贡献。此外，法案简化了一些程序，比如允许学校在不需委员会批准的情况下修改或终止学术项目，前提是这些改动符合学校的使命和角色。该法案已由州长签署成为法律，这意味着各高校将不再受之前严格的绩效合同约束，并且教育部需要每年报告各校的进展情况。

Official Summary

The bill repeals a performance-based funding plan for institutions of higher education (institutions) that was included in the master plan for Colorado postsecondary education. The performance-based funding plan was not implemented. The bill repeals the statutory provision requiring performance contracts between the department of higher education (department) and each institution, except for performance contracts with the Colorado school of mines and private institutions participating in the college opportunity fund program. Instead, the department and the public institutions shall affirm annually the institutions' contribution toward meeting master plan goals. The department shall report annually to legislative committees concerning the institutions' progress towards those goals using data collected for state and federal reporting and state funding purposes. The department shall post the information on its website. The bill makes conforming amendments relating to the repeal. The bill repeals a provision that allowed the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) to waive any provision of article 1 of title 23, Colorado Revised Statutes, for a governing board with a performance contract. The bill replaces this with provisions that modify statutory sections that are currently waived or modified for all the state higher education governing boards as part of their performance contracts. Specifically, the bill: Removes the requirement that an institution submit a proposal to obtain approval from the commission to create, modify, or discontinue an academic or vocational program, so long as the programs offered are consistent with the institution's statutory role and mission; Amends provisions relating to commission master plan approval and approval of capital construction projects. Under certain circumstances, and with the commission's approval, an institution is not required to seek facility master plan approval or approval of capital construction projects. Amends provisions related to student fees to enable the commission to waive fee policies. The bill makes other changes to commission responsibilities, including repealing an obsolete program for designating institutions' programs of excellence, allowing the commission to waive provisions relating to its oversight of graduate program duplication, requiring a report on student fees to continue indefinitely and to address student tuition, and modifying the commission's responsibilities related to the development of cooperative programs among state-supported institutions. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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