Colorado Law on Student Riots - CRS 23-5-124

For your information, Colorado law prohibits persons convicted of rioting from enrolling in state-supported universities/colleges for 12 months following the date of a conviction. In 2002, the following statute was enacted by the Colorado General Assembly:

1. No person who is convicted of a riot offense shall be enrolled in a state-supported institution of higher education for a period of 12 months following the date of conviction.
2. A student who is enrolled in a state-supported institution of higher education and who is convicted of a riot offense shall be immediately suspended from the institution upon the institution's notification of such conviction for a period of 12 months following the date of conviction: except that a student has been suspended prior to the date of conviction by the state–supported institution of higher education for the same riot activity, the 12-month suspension shall run from the start of the suspension imposed by the institution.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a state-supported institution of higher education from implementing its own policies and procedures or disciplinary actions, in addition to the suspension in subsection (2) of this section, regarding students involved in riots.
4. (a) The court in each judicial district shall report to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) the name of any person who is convicted in the judicial district of a riot offense.
   (b) The Colorado Commission on Higher Education shall make the convictions reports received pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) available to all state-supported institutions of higher education with the notification that the persons included in the conviction reports are subject to the provisions of this section and that the state-supported institution of higher education in which any of such persons are enrolled shall consider appropriate disciplinary action against the student.
5. Each state-supported institution of higher education shall notify its students and prospective students of the requirements of this section. The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education shall prescribe the manner in which this information shall be disseminated.
6. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   (a) "Convicted" means having received a verdict of guilty, pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or having received a deferred judgment and sentence.