SB 26-34

Senate Bill 26-34 changes how students and faculty are represented on the Auraria Board. It makes student and faculty representatives voting members, allowing them to have a say in decisions. The bill also reduces residency requirements for student board members from three years to one year and increases the size of the faculty advisory committee from six to nine members. This means that both students and faculty will now have more direct influence over how Auraria Higher Education Center is run. Since the status is "signed," this bill has been approved by the governor and is now law.

Official Summary

Under current law, the members of the Auraria board of directors (board) who are the representatives of the student advisory committee and faculty advisory committee are nonvoting members.     The act makes the student board member and the faculty board member voting members of the board. Concerning the student board member, the act repeals the requirement that the student be a full-time student and reduces the Colorado residency requirement from 3 years prior to the member's election to one year prior to the member's election. The faculty advisory committee is expanded from 6 to 9 members. One of the additional members is elected from each constituent institution of the Auraria higher education center.     The act states that board members are fiduciaries of the Auraria higher education center and requires board members to recuse themselves from a vote or executive session of the board when they have a conflict of interest.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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