FY 2012-13 Budget Package and Long Bill Narrative

FY 2012-13 Budget In Brief

FY 2011-12 Budget In Brief

FY 2010-11 Budget In Brief

FY 2009-10 Budget In Brief

FY 2008-09 Budget In Brief

FY 2007-08 Budget In Brief

FY 2006-07 Budget In Brief

FY 2006-07 Appropriations Report

FY 2007-08 Appropriations Report

FY 2008-09 Appropriations Report

FY 2009-10 Appropriations Report

FY 2010-11 Appropriations Report

FY 2011-12 Appropriations Report

Summary of Energy Legislation (2014)

The General Assembly considered a variety of energy-related legislation during the 2014 session. The bills focused on changes to the renewable electricity standard, the Colorado Energy Research Authority, and enterpri...

Summary of Economic Development Legislation (2014)

The General Assembly considered several bills related to economic development during the 2014 session. Bills relating to workforce development, a statewide brand marketing plan, and a study of Colorado's employee tale...

Summary of Business Legislation (2014)

The Colorado legislature considered several important bills related to labor and employment, consumer protection, licensing and professional occupations, liquor law, procurement, and telecommunications and technology ...

Summary of Agriculture Legislation (2014)

The General Assembly considered bills on a variety of agricultural issues in 2014 including agricultural labeling, agriculture oversight, taxation, and animal care. This document provides a summary of the legislation.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Colorado's Constitutional Spending Limit (2014)

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.