HB 22-1407

House Bill 22-1407, which has been signed into law in Colorado, allows veterans to audit college courses for free or a small fee of up to $10 per course at institutions that offer an auditing program. The bill encourages colleges without such programs to start offering them to veterans for no cost. Veterans can take up to three courses per semester under this policy and may be charged different fees for additional courses beyond the first three. This law benefits veterans by providing educational opportunities without the requirement of earning academic credit or receiving financial aid like the College Opportunity Fund stipend.

Official Summary

The act requires an institution of higher education that has a program or policy that permits a person to audit courses for no credit to permit a veteran to audit courses, subject to any other requirements of the program or policy. An institution may set and collect a fee of no more than $10 per course audited by a veteran for up to three courses per academic semester. The institution may permit a veteran to audit additional courses for a different fee. The general assembly encourages each institution that does not have an existing audit program or policy to permit veterans to audit courses for no credit. A veteran auditing a course is not an eligible student for the purposes of receiving a college opportunity fund stipend. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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