The University of Colorado will segregate dorms for students who have valid permits to carry concealed weapons, The Denver Post reports.
The newspaper says student housing contracts at CU-Boulder and CU-Colorado Springs will be amended for students over the age of 21 with concealed-carry permits.
In Boulder, students who want to carry their gun must live in the family-housing units downtown, while those in Colorado Springs will have to live in upperclass dorms.
In all other dorms, guns will be banned, the newspaper says, quoting university officials.
Students with a permit that live off the main campus must store their weapon in a safe within their home when not carrying it, KUSA-TV reports.
"Residence hall students may still store weapons at the University of Colorado Police Department on campus, which is open and available for drop off and pick up of weapons, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," says CU-Boulder says in a statement on its website.
The policy change follows a Colorado Supreme Court decision in March upholding an appeals-court ruling that struck down CU's gun ban.
"I believe we have taken reasonable steps to adhere to the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court, while balancing that with the priority of providing a safe environment for our students, faculty and staff," says CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano.
Students with gun permits will also be barred from bringing guns to ticketed athletic and cultural events on campus.
Those with a permit may still live in dorms on both campuses but may not have weapons in their possession in those general living quarters, officials said.
Officials in Boulder say they can accomodate about 50 students with permits, although they don't expect to have that many.
The Post quotes a Colorado Spring university official as saying they estimate that less than 1 percent of their student-body population of less than 10,000 will have a concealed-carry permit.
