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 marijuana for adult use began on January 1, 2014.
Staff Summary LERP Committee (10/23/2014)
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
Interim Committee Legislation (2014)
During the summer and fall of 2014, seven interim committees and commissions met to discuss policy issues and draft legislation for consideration by the General Assembly during the upcoming legislative session. As required by legislative rules, the Legislative Council Committee met to review the...
Meeting Agenda - Committee on Legal Services - 20141021
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
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 skills courses are typically non-credit courses. This issue brief discusses how...
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). The General Assembly has used some of this one-time money to set funding levels...
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 statewide basis in 1997 under the name Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP),...
Colorado Gun Laws (2014)
Gun control is a much studied and debated topic. Proponents of gun control argue that the availability of firearms is directly linked to gun deaths and injury, especially in situations of domestic violence. Opponents counter that crime victims who defend themselves with guns are less likely to...
The Sale and Use of Fireworks in Colorado (2014)
This issue brief examines Colorado's fireworks law, including the ability of cities and counties to regulate fireworks.
The Colorado Water Plan (2014)
On May 14, 2013, Governor Hickenlooper issued an executive order directing the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to develop the Colorado Water Plan (CWP). According to executive order D 2013-005, the CWP must promote a productive economy that supports vibrant and sustainable cities;...
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 Fund is allocated by state law in the order and amounts shown in Table 2.3 Up...
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, details elements of child support enforcement units and various child support...
Business Personal Property Tax
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...
State and Local Government as a Proportion of the State Economy (2014)
This issue brief provides information on the relative size of state and local governments, compared with the total state economy. Government expenditures are represented as a percentage of the state's gross domestic product (GDP). In Colorado, stategovernmentexpendituresarebelowthenational...
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 Colorado. These bills deregulate a number of telecommunications products, specify...
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 workforce by the time they graduate from high school. In Colorado, academic...
Summary of Local Government Legislation (2014)
This document provides a summary of major local government legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.
Estimated Value of School Finance Factors, Including Negative Factor FY 2014-15
ESTIMATED VALUE OF SCHOOL FINANCE FACTORS, INCLUDING NEGATIVE FACTOR, FY 2014-15
2013 Colorado Cost of Living Study (2014)
2013 Colorado Cost of Living Report - Expenditure Totals
Summary of Elections Legislation (2014)
This document provides a summary of major 2014 elections legislation.
Summary of Marijuana Legislation (2014)
This document provides a summary of major marijuana legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.
School District Table (2014)
School District Table