2014 Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission Final Report

Pursuant to Section 31-31-1001, C.R.S. The purpose of the committee is to study and develop proposed legislation relating to funding of police officers' and firefighters' pensions in this state and the benefit designs...

2014 Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission Final Report

Pursuant to Section 26-6.5-203, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this commission is to study issues related to early childhood and school readiness in order to improve the state’s early childhood policies.

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Data Privacy in Colorado (2014)

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...

Charge of the Joint Technology Committee (2014)

This memorandum provides information about the charge of the Joint Technology Committee, as established by House Bill 13-1079 and amended by House Bill 14-1395. It discusses the formation, membership, and meetings of ...

Colorado's K-12 Achievement Gaps (2014)

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...

State Taxes on Marijuana (2014)

In 2000, voters approved Amendment 20, allowing the possession and use of medical marijuana in Colorado. In 2012, voters approved Amendment 64, legalizing marijuana for use by adults aged 21 and older. Sales of retail...

Staff Summary LERP Committee (10/23/2014)

STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

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Table 2 School Finance Funding Comparison with HB 14-1292 AND hb 14-1298

School Finance Funding Comparison With Both HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298 FY 2014-15 vs FY 2013-14

Table 1 School Finance Funding Comparison with Passage of HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298

School Finance Funding Comparison With Passage of Both HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298, FY 2014-15 Current Law vs. Passage of HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298 Combined

Remedial Education (2014)

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...

Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade (K-12) Public School Funding (2014)

This memorandum provides an overview of K-12 funding within the context of the state's operating budget. In December 2013, about $1.1 billion was transferred from the General Fund to the State Education Fund (SEF). Th...

Statewide Student Assessments (2014)

Assessments provide teachers, parents, students, policymakers, and other stakeholders in Colorado's education system with a way of measuring student performance against state standards. First administered on a statewi...

Distribution of FY 2013-14 General Fund Surplus

The FY 2013-14 General Fund surplus is estimated at $235.8 million.1 State law requires this surplus to be distributed in the amounts and order shown in Table 1.2 Additionally, the transfer to the Capital Construction...

Child Support Enforcement (2014)

Child support is a required payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child after a divorce or other dissolution of a relationship. This issue brief summarizes how child support orders are issued, detail...

Telecommunications Modernization (2014)

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...

Academic Standards and the Common Core (2014)

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...

2014 Summary of Local Government Legislation

This document provides a summary of major local government legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

2013 Colorado Cost of Living Study (2014)

2013 Colorado Cost of Living Report - Expenditure Totals

Estimated Value of School Finance Factors, Including Negative Factor FY 2014-15

ESTIMATED VALUE OF SCHOOL FINANCE FACTORS, INCLUDING NEGATIVE FACTOR, FY 2014-15

Summary of Marijuana Legislation (2014)

This document provides a summary of major marijuana legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

Summary of Elections Legislation (2014)

This document provides a summary of major 2014 elections legislation.

Summary of Tax and Finance Legislation (2014)

The attached document provides a summary of major legislation considered by the General Assembly pertaining to taxes and fiscal policy.

School District Table (2014)

School District Table