CDC Potential Legislation, State Historical Society Authority To Sell Property

2017 Capital Construction Recommendations

This memorandum summarizes the capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital information technology (IT) project recommendations for FY 2017-18.

Taxation of Military Income

This issue brief provides an overview of filing considerations for military service persons and tax breaks for military income.

Economic Outlook Presentation March 2017

Economic Outlook for the U.S. and Colorado The ongoing expansion in the U.S. economy is fueld by consumer contributions.

Forecast March 2017

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2018-19. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's high...

Residential Assessment Rate and the Gallagher Amendment

A video presentation about Colorado property taxes and the Gallagher Amendment.  It is anticipated that the residential assessment rate will be reduced for the first time in 14 years, impacting homeowners and the tax ...

Capital Development Committee, Additional Information on Vacant Buildings

Evaluating Tax Expenditure Legislation

This memorandum provides information intended to aid in the evaluation of legislation that would create a new or alter an existing tax expenditure. State law defines a tax expenditure as a “tax provision that provides...

Capital Development Committee FY 2017-18 Long Bill Recommendations

Summary of Water Legislation (2014)

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

Summary of Transportation Legislation (2014)

This document provides a summary of transportation 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

Summary of Insurance Legislation (2014)

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

Summary of Public Health Legislation (2014)

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

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...

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...

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...

Staff Summary LERP Committee (10/23/2014)

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

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...

Summary of Marijuana Legislation (2014)

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

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...

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

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

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.