Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0803.01 Brita Darling x2241  HOUSE BILL 14-1255
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Everett, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Education
 
 
 
 Appropriations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning waiving the nonresident tuition differential for
            Israeli residents at Colorado public institutions of
            higher education.
       
       
                           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://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires the Colorado commission on higher education to 
       negotiate with public institutions of higher education in Israel to allow
       residents of Colorado to attend public universities in Israel at the resident
       tuition rate in exchange for residents of Israel attending Colorado public
       institutions of higher education at the resident tuition rate.
            If an agreement is reached, the commission shall direct public
       institutions of higher education to comply with the agreement and shall
       report to the general assembly regarding the agreement and the number
       of Colorado and Israeli residents benefitting from the agreement. 
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 23-1-112.5 as
       follows:
            23-1-112.5. Commission directive - tuition agreements with
       public institutions in Israel. (1)  The commission shall negotiate
       with the public higher education system in Israel or individual
       institutions within the system with the objective of establishing
       reciprocal agreements to waive the nonresidential tuition
       differential for Colorado residents attending public
       institutions of higher education in Israel in exchange for
       Colorado public institutions of higher education waving the
       nonresident tuition differential for residents of Israel. 
            (2)  Upon successful completion of an agreement with the
       public higher education system in Israel or an individual
       institution within the system, the commission shall direct public
       institutions of higher education to comply with the agreement.
            (3)  The commission shall report to the general assembly
       the terms of the agreement and the number of Colorado and
       Israeli residents benefitting from the agreement.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       6, 2014, if adjournment sine die is on May 7, 2014); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.