Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 22-1034.01 Alana Rosen x2606
HOUSE BILL 22-1393
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING CREATING THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR101
THE DESCENDANTS OF AURARIANS DISPLACED BY THE102
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AURARIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER .103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill creates the displaced Aurarian scholarship (scholarship)
to fund scholarships to attend Metropolitan state university of Denver, the
university of Colorado at Denver, or the community college of Denver for
descendants of people displaced by the development of the Auraria higher
education center.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Tipper and Soper, Gonzales-Gutierrez
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. The bill appropriates $2 million from the general fund to the
department of higher education to be distributed to Metropolitan state
university of Denver, the university of Colorado at Denver, and the
community college of Denver for the scholarships.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 23-70-117 as2
follows:3
23-70-117. Displaced Aurarian scholarship - created -4
appropriation - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) (a) T
HE5
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT :6
(I) W
HEN THE AURARIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER WAS BUILT7
IN THE 1970S, A WELL-ESTABLISHED, CLOSE-KNIT, LARGELY HISPANIC8
COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS WERE9
DISPLACED;10
(II) A
S PART OF THE FORCED RELOCATION, THE RESIDENTS WERE11
COMPENSATED FOR THEIR HOMES AND PROMISED FREE EDUCATION FOR12
THE YEARS TO COME;13
(III) T
HE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BEGAN14
IN THE 1990S AND PROVIDED FUNDS FOR TUITION AND FEES FOR FORMER15
RESIDENTS OF THE AURARIA NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR16
GRANDCHILDREN; AND17
(IV) A
N EXPANSION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL ALLOW ALL LINEAL18
DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE AURARIA NEIGHBORHOOD19
FROM 1955 TO 1973 TO BE ELIGIBLE AND WILL FUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR20
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS .21
(b) T
HEREFORE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE22
CREATION OF THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR DESCENDANTS23
HB22-1393-2- OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE AURARIA NEIGHBORHOOD WILL MAKE1
ATTENDING METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE2
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF3
D
ENVER MORE ACCESSIBLE . THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP4
REAFFIRMS THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND RESTORATIVE5
JUSTICE BY SUPPORTING AND MAKING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES6
ACCESSIBLE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE DISPLACED BY THE AURARIA7
HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER.8
(2) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE9
REQUIRES:10
(a) "A
URARIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER" OR "AURARIA CENTER"11
MEANS THE MULTI -INSTITUTIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION COMPLEX12
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 23-70-101.13
(b) "D
EPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER14
EDUCATION CREATED IN SECTION 24-1-114.15
(c) "D
ISPLACED AURARIAN" MEANS A PERSON WHOSE FAMILY WAS16
DISPLACED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AURARIA CENTER.17
(d) "D
ISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP" OR "SCHOLARSHIP"18
MEANS THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP CREATED IN SUBSECTION19
(3)(a)
OF THIS SECTION.20
(3) (a) T
HERE IS CREATED THE DISPLACED AURARIAN21
SCHOLARSHIP. THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP IS TO FULLY FUND THE22
TUITION OF DESCENDANTS OF DISPLACED AURARIANS TO ATTEND23
M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE UNIVERSITY OF24
C
OLORADO AT DENVER, OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER.25
(b) T
O THE EXTENT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE , METROPOLITAN26
STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT27
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-3- DENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER MUST SUPPLEMENT1
AND SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP F UNDS FOR THE2
SCHOLARSHIP.3
(c) M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE4
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE5
OF DENVER SHALL, IN COLLABORATION, ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR6
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:7
(I) D
EFINING "ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT"; AND8
(II) D
ETERMINING THE DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A9
SCHOLARSHIP.10
(4) (a) F
OR THE 2022-23 STATE FISCAL YEAR, THE GENERAL11
ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE12
GENERAL FUND FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO BE13
ALLOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER :14
(I) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX15
DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF16
M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER;17
(II) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX18
DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SIX CENTS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE19
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER; AND20
(III) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX21
DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS TO THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY22
COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE23
OF DENVER.24
(b) M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE25
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE26
OF DENVER SHALL EACH HOLD THE FUNDS IN TRUST OR TRANSFER THE27
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-4- FUNDS TO THE INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS , AND1
SHALL ONLY USE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND2
ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP . ANY INTEREST,3
INCOME, AND PROFIT, IF ANY, MUST BE USED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP.4
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act5
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the6
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except7
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V8
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this9
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take10
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in11
November 2022 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the12
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.13
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