Final/Annual Reports
2017 Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Final Report
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Final Report for 2017.
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State Historical Fund Courthouse Grants
Presented to the County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 committee.
Issue Briefs
The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on School Finance
Public K-12 eduction in Colorado is financed in part by local governments and in part by state government. The school finance formula establishes a statewide total funding level. The difference between this amount and the local share determines the state’s obligation to school finance. The...
Staff Publications
Financing of Public Schools for Fiscal Year 2017-18
Senate Bill 17-296 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2017-18. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 2, 2017, and became effective on that date. Senate Bill 17-254, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to...
Final/Annual Reports
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Committee, Final Report
The 2016 final report provides a complete summary of all LEPRRC activity in 2016.
Staff Publications
Impact of Final Residential Assessment Rate Study on Local Share
The final Residential Assessment Rate Study released by the Division of Property Taxation on April 17, 2017 estimates a residential assessment rate of 7.20 percent for 2017 and 2018. The General Assembly must pass a bill before this rate becomes law. Compared with the baseline forecast which...
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
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 base of every local taxing jurisdiction in the state.
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03/09/2017
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Local Government
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
School Finance Impacts of Senate Bill 17-119
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Education Budget Outlook Slide Deck
Where are we?
- 11.5% lower than the formula
- Local share falling or slowing
- State Education Fund close to depleted
- General Fund budget in cutting mode
How did we get here?
- Business cycle, demographic changes, and constitutional ...
02/09/2017
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
State Revenue & Budget
Other
Department of Education State Assessment
Presented to the Joint Education Committee on February 8, 2017.
Staff Publications
State Education Fund Report (2017)
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 2016. Property values grew rapidly in 2016, and are expected to continue to grow over the next few years. The...
Other
Department of Education, Upcoming Standards Review and Revision Process
Presented to the Joint Education Committee on January 25, 2017.
Other
Department of Education, Review and Revision Plan - Colorado Academic Standards
Presented to the Joint Education Committee.
Other
Academic Standards Stakeholder Survey Analysis, Prepared by the Department of Education
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at is January 25, 2017, meeting.
Final/Annual Reports
2016 Interim Committee to Study the Every Student Succeeds Act, Final Report
Submitted herewith is the final report of the Interim Committee to Study the Every Student Succeeds Act. This committee was created pursuant to Legislative Council Executive Committee approval of Interim Committee Letter 2016-6. The purpose of this committee is to study new federal legislation...
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Accountability Presentation to the Joint Education Committee
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at its January 18, 2017, meeting.
Other
Department of Education SMART Act Presentation
Presented to the Joint Education Committee at its January 10, 2017, meeting.
Final/Annual Reports
School Safety and Youth in Crisis Interim Committee, 2016 Final Report
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the School Safety and Youth in Crisis Interim Committee.
Staff Publications
School Finance Summary Presentation December 2016
Issue Briefs
Overview of the Colorado Open Records Act (2016)
The Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) 1 creates a presumption in favor of public access to government documents. This issue brief addresses CORA’s two threshold questions: 1) what is and is not considered a public record; and 2) which public records are exempt from disclosure. It also briefly...
Issue Briefs
Information Technology and the Role of the Joint Technology Committee (2016)
Information technology (IT) is used by every state agency to make operations more efficient and services more widely available to the citizens of Colorado. Along with other day-to-day expenses of state government, expenses related to IT are paid through the operating budget in the state's annual...
11/18/2016
General Assembly
State Revenue & Budget
Telecommunications & Information Technology
Issue Briefs
Capital Construction and the Role of the Capital Development Committee (2016)
The day-to-day expenses of state government are paid through the operating budget in the state's annual budget bill. Expenses related to new construction, renovation, or maintenance of the state's capital assets are paid through the capital budget. This issue brief outlines the types of...