{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7-103.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 23-7-103.5","heading":"Unaccompanied homeless youth - domicile - definitions.","body":"(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 the provisions of section 23-7-103.\n\n(2) (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, \"unaccompanied homeless youth\" means an individual who has not attained twenty-two years of age and who has been verified by a person described in subsection (2)(b) of this section as either:\n\n(I) 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. sec. 11434a; or\n\n(II) An unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting. The Colorado commission on higher education shall include in its tuition classification policies a definition of \"unaccompanied youth, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting\".\n\n(b) The following persons may verify that a youth is an unaccompanied homeless youth as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):\n\n(I) 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. sec. 11432;\n\n(II) The director of a program funded under the federal \"Runaway and Homeless Youth Act\", 42 U.S.C. sec. 5701 et seq., or a designee of the director;\n\n(III) The director of a program funded under subtitle B of Title IV of the federal \"McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act\", 42 U.S.C. sec. 11371 et seq., relating to emergency shelter grants, or a designee of the director; or\n\n(IV) A financial aid administrator at an institution.","path":["Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION","Article 7 - Classification of Students for Tuition Purposes"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-23.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"b7cd049e0d3a35f610be564159373356c2c352cab5600e223761545cbfd2880b","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7-103","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}