HOUSE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
       May 1, 2015             HOUSE
       2nd Reading Unamended
                      April 30, 2015First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 15-1030.01 Brita Darling x2241  HOUSE BILL 15-1369
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Pettersen and Esgar, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Kerr, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the ability of unaccompanied homeless youth  to
            determine domicile for purposes of in-state tuition
            status at 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 amends statutory provisions relating to the persons
       qualified to determine domicile for purposes of establishing in-state
       tuition at state institutions of higher education. The bill adds
       unaccompanied homeless youth to the list of persons who are qualified to
       determine their own domicile. An "unaccompanied homeless youth" is
       defined in the bill consistent with the federal definition as an individual
       who has not attained 22 years of age and who is either an unaccompanied
       youth who is a homeless child or youth or who has been verified as
       unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting by one of
       four verifiers listed in the bill.
            The bill amends the definition of "qualified person" in the statutory
       provisions relating to tuition status to include unaccompanied homeless
       youth.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 23-7-103.5 as
       follows:
            23-7-103.5.  Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile -
       definitions. (1)  As defined in subsection (2) of this section, an
       unaccompanied homeless youth is a "qualified person", as defined
       in section 23-7-102, for purposes of determining his or her own
       domicile pursuant to section 23-7-102.
            (2)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
       requires, "unaccompanied homeless youth" means an individual
       who has not attained the age of twenty-two years and who has
       been verified as either an unaccompanied youth who is a
       homeless child or youth, as those terms are defined in section
       725 of the federal "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act",
       42 U.S.C. 11434a, or as unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness,
       and self-supporting, by:
            (a)  A local educational agency homeless liaison,
       designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the federal
       "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act", 42 U.S.C. 11432;
            (b)  The director of a program funded under the federal
       "Runaway and Homeless Youth Act", 42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq., or a
       designee of the director;
            (c)  The director of a program funded under subtitle B of
       Title IV of the federal "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
       Act", 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq., relating to emergency shelter
       grants, or a designee of the director; or
            (d)  A financial aid administrator at an institution.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-7-102, amend (9)
       as follows:
            23-7-102.  Definitions.  As used in this article, unless the context
       otherwise requires:
            (9)  "Qualified person" means a person qualified to determine his
       or her own domicile. A person over the age of twenty-two years, or a
       student commencing a postbaccalaureate degree-granting program, or an
       emancipated minor, or an unaccompanied homeless youth pursuant
       to section 23-7-103.5 is so qualified.
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.