School Finance Bills / Legislation
School Finance Bills, K-12 Education Supplemental Bills, District by District Funding, Negative Factor / Rescission with related legislative information from 2000 – 2020. A good companion document to school finance legislation is CSFP’s Timeline for Colorado’s School Finance and Education Reform.
Links to CDE School Finance Division and Colorado Legislative Information
2021Legislative Wrap-up 2020-21 session
CSFP Education Funding 2021-22 one-pagerSchool Finance
Not school finance legislation but will affect school finance
- Public School Finance Act (SB21-268)
- Funding Public Schools Formula (HB21-1325)
- Total Program Mill Levy Tax Credit (HB21-1164)
- Early Childhood System (HB21-1304)
- Long Bill (SB21-205) Education Appropriation
Joint Budget Committee
Education Briefing Documents: December 2020
Colorado Legislative Council Staff Office of State Auditor2020Legislative Wrap-up 2019-20 session includes special session informationSchool Finance
Referred Measures related to School Finance
- HB20-1418 - Public School Finance bill
- HB20-1418 - Public School Finance Fiscal Note
- HB20-1418 - Public School Finance Fiscal Note Amended (6/7/2020)
- HB20-1260- School Finance Mid-Year
- HB20-1420- Adjust Tax Expenditures for State Education Fund
- HB20-1420 Fiscal Note
- HB20B-1001-
- HB20B-1001 Fiscal Note
Joint Budget Committee Education Briefing Documents: December 2019 Colorado Legislative Council Staff Colorado Department of Education Office of State Auditor
- SCR20-001- Repeal Property Tax Assessment Rates
- SCR 20-001- Fiscal Note
- HB20-1427- Cigarette Tobacco And Nicotine Products Tax Bill Text
- HB20-1427 Fiscal Note Cigarette Tobacco And Nicotine Products Tax
2019Legislative Wrap-up 2018-19 session School FinanceAdditional School Finance related legislation
- SB-246 School Finance Act
- SB19-199 READ Act Implementation Measures
- HB19-1055 Public School Cap Construction Financial Assistance
- HB19-1262 Full-day Kindergarten
- SB19-066 High-Cost Special Education Trust Fund Grants
- SB19-128 School Finance Mid-Year Adjustments
Joint Budget Committee
- HB19-1008 Include Career and Technical Education om Building Excellent Schools Today Program
- HB19-1002 Leadership Professional Development for School Principals
- HB19-1017 Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Social and Emotional Health Act
- HB19-1036 Annual Stipends for Certified School Professionals
- HB19-1052 Early Childhood Development Special District
- HB19-1134 Identification and Interventions for Students with Dyslexia
- HB19-1161 Comprehensive Physical Education Instruction Pilot
- HB19-1203 School Nurse Grant Program
- HB19-1222 International Baccalaureate Exam Fee Grant
- HB19-1276 Ninth Grade Success Grant
- HB19-1277 Computer Science Grant Program
- SB19-003 Educator Loan Forgiveness Program
- SB19-009 Financial Incentives for Rural Educators
- SB19-010 Professional Behavioral Health Services for Schools
- SB19-059 Automatic Enrollment in Advanced Course Grant Program
- SB19-176 Expanding Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities
- SB19-179 Enhance School Safety Incident Response Grant Program
- SB19-183 Alternate Procedure to Reorganize School Districts
- SB19-216 High School Innovative Learning Pilot
- SB19-094 Extend School Finance Interim Committee
Colorado Legislative Council Staff
- Education Briefing Documents: December 2018
- Supplemental Budget Requests FY2018-19, Department of Education, January 2019 - JBC staff document - subject to change.
- Summary of Potential JBC Bills as of January 31, 2019 - Memorandum from John Ziegler, JBC Director
Colorado LegiSource
- IssueBrief: The Colorado READ Act, Legislative Council Staff, October 2019
- Summary of Memorandum- Financing of Public Schools for Fiscal Year 2019-20- Legislative Council Staff, September 23, 2019
- Impact of Final Residential Assessment Rate Study on Local Share - April 12, 2019
- School Finance - Potential Uniform Mill Scenario - February 12, 2019 - Districts levy 27 mills or the number at which they are fully locally funded. This analysis assumes full implementation in FY 2019-20. Uniform Mill Proposal FY 2019-20 - School Finance Funding Comparison with Current Law - FY 2019-20 with and without Mill Levy Equaliztion (27 or fully funded) - Full Implementation First Year.
- Report on the State Education Fund - February 1, 2019
- Early Childhood School Readiness Legislative Commission- December 2018
Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Office of State Auditor
- A Tale of Two Amendments: The Property Tax Dilemma - March 7, 2019
2018School Finance School Finance Related LegislationJoint Budget Committee: Education Briefing Documents
- HB18-1070- Marijuana Excise Tax and Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST)
- HB18-1306 - Improving Educational Stability for Foster Youth
Colorado Legislative Council Staff
- Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Summary, December 2017
- Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Full Report, December 2017
Office of Legislative Legal Services
- Report on State Education Fund
- 2018 School District Cost of Living Study Memo (2017), April 4, 2018
- 2017 Cost of Living Study (Pacey - March 2018)
- School Finance in Colorado Booklet, April 2018
- Financing of Public Schools for FY 2018-19 HB18-1379
- School Finance and the Constitution - October 2018
Interim Committee on School Finance Office of State Auditor
- Overview of statutory process for reorganizing school district boundaries - Jan 2017, Revised September 2018
2017
- School Finance
- Interim Committee on School Finance
- Joint Budget Committee
- Colorado Legislative Council
- December 2016 Forecast
- Presentation December 2016 Forecast
- Financing of Public Schools for FY 2016-17 - 8/2016
- School Finance in Colorado - April 2017
- School Finance Funding Change FY17-18 to FY16-17, April 2017 - Negative Factor
- Report on State Education Fund - February 2017
- School Finance & the Constitution - March 1, 2017
- Impact of Tax Increment Financing on School Districts - 08/2017
- Office of State Auditor
- CDE
2016
- School Finance
- Current Year Adjustments to School Finance
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Joint Budget Committee
- Legislative Legal Services
- Debt Free Schools Act
- Data Privacy: Maximize trust in use of student data K-12
- Office of State Auditor
- Information Report August 2016: Trends over Fiscal Years 2013, 2014, 2015
- Map: Districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- 2015 School Capital Construction Report - January 2016
- Joint House & Senate Education Committees and Joint Budget Committee Meetings
- CDE
- School Finance Act Summary
- 2016-17 District by District Projected
- Negative Factor / Rescission 2016-17: projected $830.7M
- Four-Day School Week Manual
- School Finance - How Does It Work? presentation to Joint Ed March 2016
2015
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Limted waiver of Governmental Immunity - injuries resulting from incidents of school violence
- Small Rural District Funding
- Additional At-Risk Funding
- Office of State Auditor
- Colorado School District Fiscal Health Information Report May 2015: Trends over Fiscal Years 2012, 2013, 2014
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- CDE
- School Finance Act Summary
- 2014-15 District by District Supplemental - 2015-16 School Finance Act SB15-267 - Final
- 2015-16 District by District Projected 2015-16 District by District Projected
- Negative Factor / Rescission 2015-16: $830.7M
- Colorado Supreme Court Ruling
2014
- Student Success Act
- School Finance
- HB14-1298 (with Negative Factor)
- HB14-1298 LLS Revised Fiscal Impact
- HB14-1298 and HB14-1292 CLCS Memorandum
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Nancy Todd A23 Memo
- Office of State Auditor
- Colorado School District Fiscal Health Information Report July 2014 - Trends over FY ending 2011, 2012, 2013
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- CDE
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding 2014-15 Final
- District by District With Supplemental 2014-15
- Negative Factor / Rescission 2014-15: $880.1M
- 2014 End of Legislative Session Report
2013
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Office of State Auditor
- Fiscal Health of Colorado School Districts - June 2013- Trends over FY ending in 2010, 2011, 2012
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- Financing of Public Schools and Creating the Public School Finance Act
- CDE
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding Final 2013-14 HB13-260
- FY2013-14 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
- Negative Factor / Rescission 2013-14: $1.004B
2012
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Office of State Auditor
- Fiscal Health of Colorado School Districts August 2012 - Trends over FY ending 2009, 2010, 2011
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- CDE
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding HB12-1345 Final 2012-13
- FY2012-13 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
- Negative Factor/ Rescission FY12-13: $1.001B
2011Demo Content
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Office of State Auditor
- Fiscal Health of Colorado School Districts - August 2011 - Trends over FY ending 2008, 2009, 2010
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- CAP4K Second Interim Report - Cost Analysis - (SB08-212)
- CDE: District by District Funding 2011-12
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding SB11-230 Final
- FY2011-12 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
- Negative Factor / Rescissions FY11-12: $774M
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Student Count Feasibility Study (Average Daily Membership - ADM)
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Amendment 23
- Office of State Auditor
- Fiscal Health of Colorado School Districts - September 2010 - Trends over FY ending 2007, 2008, 2009
- Appendix C: Map of districts with 2 or more warning indicators
- CAP4K First Interim Report - Cost Analysis (SB08-212)
- CDE: District by District Funding 2010-11
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding HB10-1369
- FY2010-11 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
- Negative Factor / Rescissions FY2010-11: $381M
2009
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Mid-Year Rescission
- SB09-215 Rescission for FY08-09
- CDE FY08-09 Total Program Rescission SB09-185
- Mid-Year Rescission: $5.8M
- Interim Committee - School Finance
- Interim Committee - Fiscal Stability
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Colorado Supreme Court - Mesa County
- Office of State Auditor
- Fiscal Health of Colorado School Districts - August 2009- Base FY ending 2008
- CDE: District by District Funding 2009-10
- School Finance Act Summary
- District by District Funding SB09-256
- FY2009-10 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
- Negative Factor / Rescissions FY09-10: $130M
Fiscal Stability Commission: State Constitution & School Finance
Colorado Legislative CouncilColorado Supreme Court - Mesa CountyOffice of State AuditorFiscal Health of Colorado School Districts - August 2009- Base FY ending 2008CDE: District by District Funding 2009-10Negative Factor / Rescissions FY09-10: $130M2008
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- PreSchool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act (CAP4K)
- Colorado Legislative Council
- CDE
2007
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- CDE
2006
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- CDE
2005
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- 2005 School Finance Interim Committee
2004
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- State Charter School Institute - authorization
- HB04-1362 - Authorization of the State Charter School Institute
- HB04-1362 Fiscal Note
2003
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- King Memo A23
- 2003 TABOR, A23, Gallagher Interim Committee
2002
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
2001
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Colorado Legislative Council
- Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
- Office of State Auditors
2000
- School Finance
- Supplemental
- Amendment 23
19961996 - HB96-1012 - Simplifies the organization planning process of HB92-1003 for district consolidation
1995199419931992199019881949School District Reorganization Act of 1949 HB49-900 - Eagle Valley Enterprise 1949, newspaper articles with the sections from the bill.