Senate Bill 12-040 Summary

• Adds the Auraria Higher Education Center and University of Colorado to institutions subject to Colorado Commission on Higher Education oversight and policies.

• Allows academic and auxiliary facilities funded and maintained from institutional cash funds or state appropriations to qualify for state controlled maintenance funding if they meet eligibility guidelines in section 24-30-1303.9.

• Establishes definitions for "academic facility" (classrooms, libraries, administrative buildings central to institutional mission) and "auxiliary facility" (housing, dining, recreation facilities funded from auxiliary sources).

• Requires the Office of the State Architect, in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education and Office of State Planning and Budgeting, to develop classification guidelines for academic versus auxiliary facilities, with annual Capital Development Committee review.

• Extends the definition of "facility" under state controlled maintenance law to include qualifying academic and auxiliary higher education facilities.