Operations and Procedures Manual

IP 2.01 Loyalty Oath

Pursuant to C.R.S. 1973, 22-61-104, all individuals employed to teach in any state university, college, junior college, community college or technical college in the state of Colorado are required to take the following oath or affirmation; except that no person employed to teach in a temporary capacity who is a citizen of a nation other than the United States shall be required to take such oath or affirmation.

“I solemnly (swear) (affirm) that I will uphold the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Colorado, and I will faithfully perform the duties of the position upon which I am about to enter.”