Appropriations requests constitute the institution's requests to the Colorado General Assembly for funds.  The requests for the fiscal years beginning July 1st are submitted in the prior fall, usually in October.  They include considerable material other than financial items.  For example, they include enrollment figures, base faculty salaries, information on organized research activities and requests for capital expenditures. 

In May, June or July, prior to submission of the appropriation requests (RG8 S1 F1), the president sends recommendations for the Operating Budget to the Board of Trustees.  After consideration, the Trustees file the official institutional request with the legislature for the portion of the Operating Budget to be funded by the state. 

Working budgets include those for monies which come from the state appropriations as well as those from other sources, as follows:

Financial reports are filed after the end of the fiscal year.  The first report in the Archives is for the year 1943-1944 when the fiscal year was October 1 through September 30.  It includes a consolidated balance sheet and reports of all college activities corresponding, more or less, to the items in the working budgets.

Consolidated Reports 1943-44 through 1954-55 - October-September.
Financial Reports 1952-53 through 1962-63, 1966-67 - July-June.
These include information on capital equipment owned by the College.

College and University funds are audited by the State Auditor.  Most of the audit reports include a copy of the financial statements. 

Archives has one auditor's report dated 1981.