Colorado § 23-60-206 - College advisory council.

§ 23-60-206. College advisory council.

(1) The board shall establish a procedure for receiving nominations for appointments to the college advisory council and shall appoint a seven-member college advisory council for each community and technical college under its governance, composed of residents from the area in which the community and technical college is located and serves, which council shall meet at least quarterly with the chief administrative officer of the college. The board of trustees of any local district college shall be designated as the first college advisory council when such local district college joins the state system, and members thereof shall serve for the duration of their terms. Upon expiration of such terms, new appointees shall be so designated that the college advisory council will at all subsequent times include at least two members familiar with occupational education needs. Of members first appointed, three members shall be appointed for four years and two members for two years. Thereafter, terms of members appointed to the college advisory council shall be for four years. The members of a college advisory council in office on April 14, 1986, shall remain in office for the remainder of their respective terms, and, thereafter, may be reappointed by the board. Effective July 1, 1986, the board shall appoint two members for each college advisory council, one member to serve for a term of two years and one member to serve for a term of four years. Members of the college advisory council shall receive twenty dollars per day for meetings attended and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of official business.

(1.5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, if the plan for Colorado Northwestern community college to join the state system of community and technical colleges is approved and moneys are appropriated therefor as provided in section 23-71-207 and if the Moffat county affiliated junior college district voters approve the ballot measure set forth in section 23-71-207 (1)(b)(II), the initial advisory council for Colorado Northwestern community college shall consist of three members of the Rangely junior college district board of trustees, three members of the Moffat county affiliated junior college district board of control, and one member at large to be appointed by the state board for community colleges and occupational education from the Colorado Northwestern community college designated service area. If the Moffat county affiliated junior college district voters do not approve the ballot measure set forth in section 23-71-207 (1)(b)(II), the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply.

(2) The board shall officially recognize within its policies the manner in which it shall receive advice from local councils concerning local oversight of each of the state system community colleges and shall include consideration of advice in the areas of tuition and fees; operating and capital budgets; allocation of moneys; money, land, and other property; instructional programs; degrees and certificates; appointment of chief administrative officers of campuses; personnel policies; and admissions and academic standards. A report containing such information shall be prepared and submitted to the Colorado commission on higher education no later than January 15, 1987.

Source: L. 67: p. 441, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-26-15. L. 85: (2) amended, p. 770, § 28, effective July 1. L. 86: (1) amended and (2) R&RE, pp. 840, 841, §§ 4, 5, effective April 14; (1) amended, p. 845, § 5, effective July 1. L. 98: (1.5) added, p. 902, § 2, effective May 26.

Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (1) in House Bill 86-1133 and House Bill 86-1237 were harmonized.

ANNOTATION

State board has exclusive hiring authority. The state board for community colleges and occupational education has exclusive hiring authority and any hiring decision is subject to its approval. Rivas v. State Bd., 517 F. Supp. 467 (D. Colo. 1981).

Duty to appoint faculty and administrators not delegable. Absent legislative authorization, the duty of the state board of community colleges and occupational education to approve appointments of faculty and administrative personnel may not be delegated to a college council, expressly or impliedly. Van Pelt v. State Bd. for Cmty. Colls. & Occupational Educ., 195 Colo. 316, 577 P.2d 765 (1978).

Council may not be sued in own name. The college council has not been endowed with the authority to be sued in its own name. Rivas v. State Bd., 517 F. Supp. 467 (D. Colo. 1981).