Interim Committees and other Legislative Committees with a possible impact to education funding.
Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance - August 16, 2022
- Interim School Finance Presentation
- Funding for District Cost of Living
- Cost of Living State Comparison
- 2021 Cost of Living Memo
- SB22-202 Fiscal Note
- HB22-1390 Year Comparison by District
- Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement
At-Risk Working Group (HB22-1202)
Website here
- At-Risk Workgroup Funding 101 - August 8, 2022
- Workgroup Meeting #1 - August 15, 2022
- Workgroup Meeting #2 & District Estimates - September 12, 2022
Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance
November 5, 2021
- Poverty Study Update presentation- Urban Institute
- Cost of Living memo- Legislative Staff
October 19, 2021
- Special Education: Funding Overview- Legislative Council Staff
- Overview of Possible Special Education Funding Scenarios- Consortium of Directors of Special Education
- 2019-20 Annual Report by the Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee - Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee (SEFAC)
- CDE Early Childhood Update
- Mile High Early Learning: Montessori Inspired- Pamela Harris
- Early Milestones Colorado: Ideal Learning in Colorado- Katie Nicolau
- Colorado's Missing Year: Assessing Colorado's K-12 Performance in the Wake of COVID- Keystone Policy Center
- Wildflower Schools- Rachel Kelley-Cohn
September 17, 2021
- State Land Board funding for K-12 Education- Colorado State Land Board
- A National Perspective on Property Tax & School Finance: How Colorado Compares- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- Mill Levy Overrides 101- Legislative Staff
- Property Tax Levy Overrides in Other States- Andrew Reschovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- School District Overrides- Daniel Thatcher, NCSL and Michael Griffith, LPI
August 24, 2021
- School Finance 101 presentation- Legislative Council staff and Office of Legislative Legal Services
- Federal COVID Recovery Funding for Education Update- Colorado Department of Education
- Measuring Student Poverty in Colorado's School Finance System- Colorado Children's Campaign
2019 Interim School Finance Committee:
- 2019 Interim Committee on School Finance Colorado General Assembly website for 2019 session. Includes links to committee documents, committee schedule and meeting materials, and committee members.
- FIRST MEETING: June 25, 2019
- Meeting Agenda
- Colorado's School Funding Formula Presentation- Office of Legislative Legal Services
- School Finance Revenues in Colorado- Joint Budget Committee (JBC) Staff
- Staff Budget Briefing FY 2019-20 Department of Education- JBC Working Document
- 2018 report from the Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance.
- School Finance Act (SB19-246) Fiscal Note
- SECOND MEETING: August 19, 2019
- Meeting Agenda
- EdBuild At-Risk report
- EdBuild Cost-of-Living report
- EdBuild Size Factor report
- THIRD MEETING: September 12, 2019
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- Meeting Agenda
- EdBuild- Categorical Program Funding in Colorado
- EdBuild- Funding for English Language Learners
- EdBuild- Funding for Students with Disabilities
- CSFP- What is the budget stabilization factor? And how does it impact school districts?
- EdBuild- Overview of Possible Special Education Funding Scenarios
- Links to EdBuild's Supplemental Charts
- Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee Report (SEFAC annual report)
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- FOURTH MEETING (2 days): October 21 & 22, 2019
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- Agenda- October 21, 2019
- Update from Joint Budget Committee Members on Issues Related to School Finance- October 21, 2019
- Agenda- October 22, 2019
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- FIFTH MEETING: December 16, 2019
- FIRST MEETING: June 25, 2019
2018 Interim Committee on School Finance Colorado General Assembly website for 2018 session. Includes links to committee documents, committee schedule and meeting materials, HB17-1340 and committee members. Information on the Interim Committee on School Finance Legislative website for 2017 session is available here.
Final report Interim Committee on School Finance 2018
Recordings of the 2018 School Finance Interim Committee Meetings are available here.
- December 11, 2018
- October 29, 2018
- September 17, 2018 (Workshop) note: recordings are not available for workshops
- July 31, 2018 (Meeting 7)
- June 16, 2018
- Four Point Education Partners - Monthly Report June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018
- Year 1 Report, Volume 1: Preliminary Set of Principles to Guide Assessment and Evaluation of Colorado's School Finance and Funding System
- Year 1 Report Volume II: Preliminary Data, Analysis, and Research Evidence to Inform Assessment and Evaluation of Colorado's School Finance and Funding System
- Year 1 Report, Volume II: Appendices 1-9
- June 18, 2018 (Meeting 2)
- June 18, 2018 Agenda
- FourPoint: Volume I: Preliminary Set of Principles to Guide Assessment & Evaluation of Colorado's School Finance and Funding System - DRAFT
- FourPoint Education Partners - Analytical approach and data analysis to inform assessment and evaluation of Colorado's school finance and funding system.
- January 9, 2018 (Meeting 1)
- Colorado Association of School Boards
- Colorado School Finance Project
- Colorado Superintendent's Proposed Formula to Modernize School Funding
- Public e-mails for January 9
- Public e-mails for January 9
- Colorado Children's Campaign Early Education Recommendations to the Interim Committee on School Finance
- ACE Scholarships
- Colorado Children's Campaign K-12 Recommendations to the Interim Committee on School Finance
- Four Point Education Partners Presentation January 9 2018
Previous CSFP research related to HB17-1340 Interim Committee discussions
- Average Daily Membership - research per HB10-008 - feasibility study of implementing new student count method.
- Consolidation of District Services
Recordings of the Gallagher Interim Study Committee are available here.
Charge memo for Gallagher Alternatives Interim Committee
- Summary Report to Legislative Council - Gallagher Interim Committee 2018, Bill A, Bill B, Bill C - October 2018
- October 3, 2018 Meeting - SCR 357
- September 2018:Alternatives to the Gallagher Amendment Interim Study Committee - Proposed Legislation
- Bill 1 - Repeal Gallagher
- Bill 2 - Property Tax Classification Short-term Rental Units
- Bill 3 - Property Tax Residential Assessment Rate
- Bill 4 - Backfill Property Tax Loss to Fire Protection District
- Bill 5 - Backfill Property Tax Loss to Library District
- Bill 6 - pulled
- Bill 7 - Regional Residential Assessment Rates for Property Tax
- Bill 8 - Backfill Property Tax Loss to Certain Special District
- August 21, 2018 Meeting - HCR 0112
- August 17, 2018 Meeting - Pueblo
- July 18, 2018 Meeting - Colorado Mountain College
- July 13, 2018 Meeting
Background information:
Effect of Gallagher (1982), TABOR (1992), Amendment 23 (2000), and the Negative Factor (2010) on Public School Funding, Legislative Legal Services, 2016
2018 Interim Committee: School Start Time Interim Committee Colorado General Assembly website
August 31, 2018 Meeting - 9:00 Meeting and 1:00 Meeting scheduled - SCR 357
Interim Committee on School Finance state website for 2017 session. Includes links to committee documents, committee schedule and meeting materials, HB17-1340 and committee members.
- January 9, 2018 (Meeting 5):
- Colorado Association of School Boards
- Colorado School Finance Project
- Colorado Superintendents' Proposed Formula to Modernize School Funding
- Public e-mails for January 9
- Public e-mails for January 9 part 2
- Colorado Children's Campaign Early Education Recommendations to the Interim Committee on School Finance
- ACE Scholarships
- Colorado Children's Campaign K-12 Recommendations to the Interim Committee on School Finance
- Four Point Education Partners Presentations January 9, 2018
- December 15, 2017 (Meeting 4):
- December 15, 2017 Agenda
- FourPoint Education Partners Presentation (Cross and Joftus changed their name to FourPoint Education Partners)
- November 9, 2017 (Meeting 3):
- September 27, 2017 (Meeting 2):
- No agenda posted, no committee documents
- Prior to meeting
- Cross & Joftus, LLC selected as the vendor
- EdBuild selected to do modeling for changes to input and output to School Finance model
- August 23, 2017 Subcommittee Meeting:
- No subcommittee documents posted
- RFP Re-release Dated 07 27 2017
- July 24, 2017 (Meeting 1):
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Previous CSFP research related to HB17-1340 Interim Committee discussions
May 2017: 2017 HB17-1340 Interim Committee to study school finance issues and, in conjunction therewith, make an appropriation. Interim Committee to meeting during 2017 Interim and 2018 Interim.
- 2017 interim (May 2017 – December 2017):
- Appoint members on or before July 1, 2017
- 5 members of Senate, 3 appointed by Senate President, 2 by minority leader of Senate
- 5 members of House, 3 appointed by Speaker of House, 2 by minority leader of House
- Speaker of House appoints Chair and Vice-Chair
- Chair and Vice-Chair may appoint subcommittees as necessary to provide technical assistance to Interim Committee.
- May include members of Interim Committee and persons with technical expertise in school finance.
- Interim Committee meet on or before August 1, 2017. May meet up to 5 times.
- Issue Request for Proposals for private entity to assist in gathering information and analyzing issues specified in HB17-1340 – subject to available appropriations.
- By September 1, 2017, hire consultant to study issues in HB17-1340
- 2018 Legislative Session (January 2018 – May 2018): May introduce total of 5 bills, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions (exempt from five-bill limitation)
- For 2017-18 state fiscal year $380,869 appropriated to legislative department from the state public school fund.
- Appoint members on or before July 1, 2017
- 2018 interim (May 2018 – December 2018):
- Senate President appoints Chair and Vice-Chair
- Interim Committee may meet up to 5 times.
- 2019 Legislative Session (January 2019 – May 2019): May introduce total of 5 bills, joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions (exempt from five-bill limitation)
Interim Committee to Study the Financing of Public Schools
- HJR09-1020
- CSFP letter read at June 4, 2009 meeting and
- CSFP Report presented to the members of the Interim Committee
- CSFP presentation information: CSFP’s School Finance Interim Committee Power Point and 2009 updates of CSFP’s annual State Profile data.
- School Finance Interim Committee Report – Final
- Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission:
- SJR09-044
- CSFP presentation information: CSFP’s Long-Term Fiscal Stability Power Point, School Finance Timeline, and CSFP Report. Additional CSFP booklets are available on the School Finance 101 page.
- Final Report to General Assembly
- Brief History of Fiscal Committees or Commissions – Colorado Legislative Council Staff
- 2005 Interim Committee: Charged by the Colorado Legislature (SJR05-047) to Study the Financing of Public Schools. The CSFP presented information on adequacy to this committee on August 2, 2005 and August 12, 2005.
- Charge for the School Finance Task Force
- Presentation to Interim Committee - August 2005
- School Finance Task Force Final Report - September 2005
- Generation of School Finance - 1980 - 2005