Colo. Const. art. VIII, § 1
Educational, reformatory and penal institutions, and those for the benefit of insane, blind, deaf and mute, and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be established and supported by the state, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 53.
Cross references: For the university of Colorado, see articles 20 and 20. 5 of title 23; for the university of Colorado university hospital, see article 21 of title 23; for the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, see article 22 of title 23; for the Colorado children's diagnostic center, see article 23 of title 23; for Colorado state university, see article 31 of title 23; for university of northern Colorado, see article 40 of title 23; for Colorado school of mines, see article 41 of title 23; for Fort Lewis college, see article 52 of title 23; for state universities, see articles 51, 53, 54, and 56 of title 23; for Colorado state university - Pueblo, see article 31. 5 of title 23; for community colleges, see article 60 of title 23; for the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, see article 93 of title 27; for the state regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities, see part 3 of article 10. 5 of title 27; for Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, see article 94 of title 27; for state correctional facilities, see § 17-1-104. 3; for the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind, see article 80 of title 22.