Second Regular Session | 74th General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyThis memorandum responds to your request for information on school discipline policies. Specifically, you were contacted by a constituent expressing concern about several incidents at her granddaughter’s elementary school in School District 27J. Please note that because Legislative Council...
New Legislator Orientation Phase II: FY 2016-17 State Operating Budget Overview
Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture
Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture
Each year, the General Assembly is tasked with balancing constitutional, statutory, and federal requirements with a host of other considerations, such as competing policy priorities, caseload pressures, and the health of the state’s economy...
Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2017-18. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law,...
Economic Outlook for the U.S. and Colorado
The ongoing expansion in the U.S. economy is fueld by consumer contributions.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - December 2016 Forecast
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the School Safety and Youth in Crisis Interim Committee.
Submitted to the Capital Development Committee on January 3, 2017.
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at its January 10, 2017, meeting.
Presented to the Select Committee on Energy and the Environment at its January 19, 2017, meeting.
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at its January 18, 2017, meeting.
Presented to the Joint Finance Committee at its January 5, 2017, meeting.
Presented to the Joint Finance Committee on January 5, 2017, meeting.
Presented to the Joint Finance Committee at its January 5, 2017, meeting.
Submitted herewith is the final report of the Interim Committee to Study the Every Student Succeeds Act. This committee was created pursuant to Legislative Council Executive Committee approval of Interim Committee Letter 2016-6. The purpose of this committee is to study new federal legislation...
Presented to the Joint Education Committee on January 25, 2017.
Presented to the Joint Education Committee.
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at is January 25, 2017, meeting.
Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. In April 2016, the state received $92.3 million. This memorandum presents the distribution of the 2016 payment and forecasts payments through 2019.
This memorandum provides background information on the structure of the business personal property tax and the estimated fiscal impact of eliminating the tax. The first section of the memorandum describes the business personal property tax base, authorized exemptions, filing procedures, and the...