Duty LXD-8560
Serves colleges and universities, in Colorado
Colorado postsecondary institutions: protect a student's social security number and do not use it as the primary student identifiersince 4 lines
C.R.S. section 23-5-127 · Read the law's page
- If you are a postsecondary institution in Colorado, assign each enrolled student a unique primary identifier (C.R.S. 23-5-127(1)).
- Take reasonable and prudent steps to ensure the privacy of a student's social security number (C.R.S. 23-5-127(2)).
- Do not use a student's social security number, or part of it, as the student's primary identifier, unless the Colorado commission on higher education has approved a phase-out plan and timetable for an institution that cannot comply because of the financial cost (C.R.S. 23-5-127(3)).
- If you are eligible for the college opportunity fund program, use the unique student identifier assigned in the elementary and secondary system as an alternative identifier for a student who graduated from or was enrolled in a Colorado high school (C.R.S. 23-5-127(4)(a)).
Colorado schools, public colleges and other public-facing institutions: limits on collecting immigration and citizenship information and policies for federal immigration enforcement requestssince 4 lines
C.R.S. sections 24-74.1-101 to 24-74.1-103 (as added by SB 25-276) · Read the law's page
- If you are a public school, local education provider, public institution of higher education, public child care center, public health-care facility or publicly supported library, or an employee of one, do not collect a person's place of birth, immigration or citizenship status, or information from passports, permanent resident cards, alien registration cards or employment authorization documents, unless federal or state law requires it, it is necessary to perform duties, or it is needed to verify eligibility for a government-funded program where verification is a necessary condition of funding or participation (C.R.S. 24-74.1-102(1)).
- Releasing a record is not a violation of the section when it is made under a subpoena, order or warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate, or with the valid consent of the student, patient or patron or of a child's, student's, patient's or patron's parent or guardian (C.R.S. 24-74.1-102(2)).
- Adopt and implement by a policy for employees and a policy for students, parents, guardians, relatives and the public that covers the procedures the section lists for releasing personal identifying information, granting access to non-public parts of the facility, designating a responsible employee and documenting a federal immigration enforcement request, and make the policies available through your usual means (C.R.S. 24-74.1-102(3)).
- A private institution of higher education is covered only if it receives college opportunity funding for an eligible undergraduate student (C.R.S. 24-74.1-101(6)).