State law defines "achievement gap" as the difference in academic achievement attained by student groups on the statewide assessments and "growth gap" as the differences among student groups in the rates of academic g...
Release date:
2014-11-02
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
Senate Bill 09-256 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts for the 2009-10 budget year. Senate Bill 09-259, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the money distributed to s...
Release date:
2009-06-08
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Staff Publications
House Bill 10-1369 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts for the 2010-11 budget year. House Bill 10-1376, the "long bill," appropriates most of the money distributed to s...
Release date:
2011-01-05
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
Senate Bill 11-230 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2011-12. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 9, 2011, and became effective on that date. Senate Bil...
Release date:
2011-08-25
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
House Bill 12-1345 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2012-13. The bill was signed by the Governor on May 19, 2012, and became effective on that date. House Bill...
Release date:
2012-11-28
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
The school finance bill, Senate Bill 13-260, amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2013-14. The bill was signed by the Governor on May 18, 2013, and became effectiv...
Release date:
2013-12-12
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
House Bill 14-1292 and House Bill 14-1298 amend the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2014-15. The bills were signed by the Governor on May 21, 2014, and became effective ...
Release date:
2014-06-12
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
Senate Bill 15-267 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2015-16. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 5, 2015, and became effective on that date. Senate Bil...
Release date:
2015-08-23
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
House Bill 16-1422 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2016-17. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 10, 2016, and became effective on that date. House Bil...
Release date:
2016-08-24
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
The “negative factor” is a provision in state law that reduces the amount of total program funding and state aid provided to K-12 school districts. This issue brief discusses how the negative factor is applied in t...
Release date:
2015-11-30
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
This issue brief provides an overview of marijuana tax revenue. Three state taxes apply to marijuana, with medical and retail marijuana taxed differently. Both medical and retail marijuana are subject to the existing ...
Release date:
2016-07-17
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana
- State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations needed to pay for school finance have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2011. Property values have stabilize...
Release date:
2012-01-31
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2010. The ongoing economic recession is affecting forecasts for prope...
Release date:
2011-01-31
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations necessary to meet the funding requirements of Amendment 23 have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2009. The ...
Release date:
2010-02-02
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations necessary to meet the funding requirements of Amendment 23 is significantly changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in Ma...
Release date:
2009-01-29
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Other
2015 Colorado School District Cost of Living Analysis
Release date:
2016-02-04
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
Legislative Council Staff conducts a study of the cost of living in each school district every two years, as required by state law. The results of the 2015 study indicate that the cost of living, adjusted by where emp...
Release date:
2016-03-08
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
Assumptions in the model: The model was updated to reflect actual data for the current budget year and the Legislative Council Staff December 2005 revenue forecast. The result in the short term is higher state aid cos...
Release date:
2006-01-31
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
The model developed by the Pacey Economics Group in February 2001 was updated to reflect actual data for the current budget year and Legislative Council Staff's December 2006 revenue forecast. The result in the short ...
Release date:
2007-02-01
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Budget Related Publications
State funding for K-12 public schools is a conglomeration of money allocated through the funding formula in the school finance act, categorical programs, and a variety of other specific-purpose programs. This memorand...
Release date:
2008-05-01
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Data breaches are becoming increasingly common and bring uncertainty for private citizens. According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Data brea...
Release date:
2014-11-19
Subjects:
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
In 1992, voters approved a Colorado Constitutional Amendment -- Article X, Section 20, known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR limits annual growth in state spending.
Release date:
2014-06-19
Subjects:
- General Assembly
- State Revenue & Budget
Telecommunications regulation has been an active issue in the Colorado state legislature for several years. In 2014, five bills passed that changed telecommunications regulation, subsidies, and infrastructure in Color...
Release date:
2014-07-27
Subjects:
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Academic standards provide a broad outline for what students are expected to know and be able to do at the end of each grade level, and for what students should know in order to be prepared to enter college or the wor...
Release date:
2014-07-20
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Remedial education refers to academic courses in higher education intended to improve the basic skills of new or returning college students, so that they are adequately prepared for college-level work. These basic ski...
Release date:
2014-10-06
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
