Interim Committees

Interim Committees and other Legislative Committees with a possible impact to education funding.

2023 INTERIM COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE
2022 INTERIM COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE (HB22-1390)
2021 INTERIM COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE (HB21-1325)

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 COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE (SB19-1094)

2019 Interim School Finance Committee:

2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE (HB17-1340)

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.

Previous CSFP research related to HB17-1340 Interim Committee discussions

2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE TO STUDY GALLAGHER ALTERNATIVES
2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE INTERSCHOOL SAFETY & YOUTH IN CRISIS
2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE SCHOOL START TIME
2017 INTERIM COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE (HB17-1340)

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.

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.
  • 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)
2016 THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL FINANCE IN CO: JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE, HOUSE & SENATE ED COMMITTEES
2009 LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION

Interim Committee to Study the Financing of Public Schools

2005 INTERIM COMMITTEE
1995 INTERIM COMMITTEE