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 – 2025. 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
20252024Public School Finance Act 2024 Bill Text Fiscal Note 2024 Bill Tracker Legislative Changes 2024 Presentations HB24-1448 New School Finance Formula Presentation - CSFP Newcomer Funding + SB24-188 Public School Finance Presentation - CSFP SB24-233 Property Tax Bill Presentation - CSFPAugust 2024 Special Session HB24b-1001 Bill and Fiscal Note HB24b-1003 Bill and Fiscal Note2023Special Session Executive Order Governor Polis Budget Request - November 1, 2023 Governor Polis's Letter outlining budget proposals -Jan 3rd, 2023School Finance Act 2023 School Finance Bill (SB23-287) Fiscal Note Comparison Spreadsheet - with rural funding CDE District Spending SpreadsheetSB23-136: Adjustments to School Funding Fiscal Year 2022-23 Fiscal Note 2023 Bill Tracker2022Financing Public Schools 22-23 (From the JBC) Legislative Wrap-Up (updated 6/21/2022) Rural Schools Distributions per HB20‐1427 Quick Access to Top Bills Public School Finance Act (HB22-1390) -Public School Finance Act (HB22-1390) Fiscal Note Funding for Special Education Services (SB22-127) - Funding for Special Education Services (SB22-127) Fiscal Note State Match For Mill Levy Override Revenue (SB22-202) - State Match For Mill Levy Override Revenue (SB22-202) Fiscal Note Joint Budget Committee - Programs other than School Finance and Categorical Programs Budget Briefing FY 2022-23 - School Finance and Categorical Programs Only Budget Briefing FY 2022-23 - Supplemental Budget Request FY2021-22 Department of Education2021Legislative 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
2011
- 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
20092009
- 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
- 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.