{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7.4-104","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 23-7.4-104","heading":"Veteran education opportunity - noncredit courses - definitions.","body":"(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(a) \"Audit a course for no credit\" or \"audit\" means enrolling in a course at an institution but not completing course assignments or exams and not receiving academic credit for completing the course.\n\n(b) \"Institution of higher education\" or \"institution\" means a state institution of higher education identified in section 23-18-102 (10)(a), a local district college as defined in section 23-71-102, or an area technical college as defined in section 23-60-103.\n\n(c) \"Veteran\" has the same meaning as set forth in section 28-5-100.3 and includes a member of the Colorado National Guard.\n\n(2) An institution of higher education that has a program or policy that permits a person to audit a course offered by the institution for no credit shall, as part of the institution's program or policy, permit a veteran to audit a course for no credit, subject to any other requirements of the program or policy. The institution may set and collect a fee of no more than ten dollars per course audited by a veteran.\n\n(3) The general assembly encourages each institution that does not have a program or policy that permits a person to audit a course offered by the institution for no credit to permit a veteran to audit a course for no credit. An institution that permits a veteran to audit a course shall not collect a fee of more than ten dollars per course.\n\n(4) An institution that permits a veteran to audit a course for no credit is not required to permit a veteran to audit more than three courses in each academic semester for the fee of up to ten dollars per course. An institution may permit a veteran to audit additional courses for a fee in a different amount set by the institution.\n\n(5) A veteran who audits a course for no credit is not an eligible undergraduate student for the purposes of receiving a college opportunity fund stipend pursuant to article 18 of this title 23.","path":["Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION","Article 7.4 - Military Members, Veterans, and Dependents","Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"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":"6ba8b27ce2785eac0792c499323650635aed6855fbd84ef367849a4fe68beda1","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7.4-103","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-23-7.4-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}