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Financing Public Schools for FY 2024-25

Subject

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

09/27/2024

This memorandum summarizes the primary funding changes to school finance for FY 2024-25. Several enacted bills during the 2024 legislative session and August 2024 special session substantively impact the financing of public schools in Colorado.

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Waivers from State Education Laws (2016)

This memorandum provides information regarding the regulation of school districts, charter schools, innovation schools, and home schools. Specifically, it describes the waivers to state law granted by the State Board of Education (SBE) to school districts, charter schools, innovation districts...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/16/2016

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Staff Publications

Summary of 2016 School Finance Bill HB16-1422

House Bill 16-1422 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2016-17. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 10, 2016, and became effective on that date. House Bill 16-1405, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/25/2016

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Staff Publications

Cost of Living Study Memo with Table (2016)

Legislative Council Staff conducts a study of the cost of living in each school district every two years, as required by state law. The results of the 2015 study indicate that the cost of living, adjusted by where employees live, increased in 177 of the 178 school districts in the state. In 137...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/09/2016

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Staff Publications

Bullying Prevention in Colorado Schools (2016)

This memo discusses the scope of bullying in Colorado schools; summarizes the provisions and programs in Colorado state law related to bullying prevention, including safe school plans and criminal penalties; and provides information on training resources and best practices for preventing...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

02/17/2016

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Other

2015 Cost of Living Study - Pacey Economics

2015 Colorado School District Cost of Living Analysis

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

02/05/2016

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Staff Publications

State Education Fund Report (2016)

The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations needed to pay for school finance has changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2015. Property values grew rapidly in 2015, and are expected to continue to grow over the next few years, helping to...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

02/01/2016

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

State Revenue & Budget

Final/Annual Reports

2015 School Safety and Youth in Crisis Interim Committee Final Report

Pursuant to Article 15 of Title 22, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to study issues relating to school safety and threat prevention in public and private schools; programs and methods for identifying and monitoring students in crisis; standardized criteria for school...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/18/2015

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

General Assembly

Final/Annual Reports

2015 Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission Final Report

Pursuant to Section 26-6.5-203, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this commission is to study issues related to early childhood and school readiness in order to improve the state’s early childhood policies.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/18/2015

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

General Assembly

Issue Briefs

Negative Factor and Public School Finance (2015)

The “negative factor” is a provision in state law that reduces the amount of total program funding and state aid provided to K-12 school districts. This issue brief discusses how the negative factor is applied in the School Finance Act (SFA), gives a short history of school finance leading to...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/01/2015

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Staff Publications

Financing of Public Schools for Fiscal Year 2015-16

Senate Bill 15-267 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2015-16. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 5, 2015, and became effective on that date. Senate Bill 15-234, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/24/2015

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

State Revenue & Budget

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