Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 22-1034.01 Alana Rosen x2606
HOUSE BILL 22-1393
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
Appropriations
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
AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.104
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
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 28, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Tipper and Soper, Gonzales-Gutierrez
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Gonzales and Moreno,
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. descendants of people displaced by the development of the Auraria higher
education center.
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
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OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE AURARIA NEIGHBORHOOD WILL MAKE2
ATTENDING METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE3
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF4
D
ENVER MORE ACCESSIBLE . THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP5
REAFFIRMS THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND RESTORATIVE6
JUSTICE BY SUPPORTING AND MAKING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES7
ACCESSIBLE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE DISPLACED BY THE AURARIA8
HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER.9
(2) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE10
REQUIRES:11
(a) "A
URARIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER " OR "AURARIA CENTER"12
MEANS THE MULTI -INSTITUTIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION COMPLEX13
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 23-70-101.14
(b) "D
EPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER15
EDUCATION CREATED IN SECTION 24-1-114.16
(c) "D
ISPLACED AURARIAN" MEANS A PERSON WHOSE FAMILY WAS17
DISPLACED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AURARIA CENTER.18
(d) "D
ISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP" OR "SCHOLARSHIP"19
MEANS THE DISPLACED AURARIAN SCHOLARSHIP CREATED IN SUBSECTION20
(3)(a)
OF THIS SECTION.21
(3) (a) T
HERE IS CREATED THE DISPLACED AURARIAN22
SCHOLARSHIP. THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP IS TO FULLY FUND THE23
TUITION OF DESCENDANTS OF DISPLACED AURARIANS TO ATTEND24
M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE UNIVERSITY OF25
C
OLORADO AT DENVER, OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER.26
(b) T
O THE EXTENT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE , METROPOLITAN27
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-3- STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT1
D
ENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER MUST SUPPLEMENT2
AND SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR THE3
SCHOLARSHIP.4
(c) M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE5
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE6
OF DENVER SHALL, IN COLLABORATION, ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR7
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:8
(I) D
EFINING "ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT";
9
(II) DEFINING "LINEAL DESCENDANTS";10
(III) DEFINING "AURARIA NEIGHBORHOOD ";11
(IV) DEFINING "QUALIFIED DEGREE PROGRAMS "; AND12
(V) DETERMINING THE DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A13
SCHOLARSHIP.14
(4) (a) F
OR THE 2022-23 STATE FISCAL YEAR, THE GENERAL15
ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE16
GENERAL FUND FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO BE17
ALLOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER :18
(I) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX19
DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOR20
M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF
DENVER, AS ESTABLISHED IN21
SECTION 23-54-103;22
(II) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX23
DOLLARS AND SIXTY -SIX CENTS TO THE BOARD OF
REGENTS, AS24
ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 12 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION,25
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER; AND26
(III) S
IX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX27
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-4- DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS TO THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY1
COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION2
23-60-104, FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER.3
(b) M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE4
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE5
OF DENVER SHALL EACH HOLD THE FUNDS IN TRUST OR TRANSFER THE6
FUNDS TO THE INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS , AND7
SHALL ONLY USE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND8
ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP . ANY INTEREST,9
INCOME, AND PROFIT, IF ANY, MUST BE USED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP.10 SECTION 2. Appropriation. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year,11
$2,000,000 is appropriated to the department of higher education. This12
appropriation is from the general fund. To implement this act, the13
department may use this appropriation for the displaced Aurarian14
scholarship.15
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act16
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the17
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except18
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V19
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this20
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take21
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in22
November 2022 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the23
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.24
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