School Finance Legislation

School Finance Bills, K-12 Education Supplemental Bills, District by District Funding, Negative Factor / Rescission with related legislative information from 2000 – 2024. A good companion document to school finance legislation is CSFP’s Timeline for Colorado’s School Finance and Education Reform.

Public 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 - CSFP

Special Session Executive Order Governor Polis Budget Request - November 1, 2023 Governor Polis's Letter outlining budget proposals -Jan 3rd, 2023 

School Finance Act 2023 School Finance Bill (SB23-287) Fiscal Note Comparison Spreadsheet - with rural funding CDE District Spending Spreadsheet 

SB23-136: Adjustments to School Funding Fiscal Year 2022-23 Fiscal Note 2023 Bill Tracker

Legislative Wrap-up 2020-21 session

School Finance

• Public School Finance Act (SB21-268)
  • Public School Finance Act (SB21-268) Fiscal Note
  • Funding Public Schools Formular (HB21-1325) Fiscal Note
  • Total Program Mill Levy Tax Credit (HB21-1164) Fiscal Note
  • Early Childhood System (HB21-1304) Fiscal Note
  • Property Tax Reclassification and Assessment Rates (SB21-293)
    • Property Tax Reclassification and Assessment Rates (SB21-293) Fiscal Note

    Joint Budget Committee

    Education Briefing Documents: December 2020

    • State Budget Briefing FY2021-22
    • FY2021-22 Budget Briefing Summary
    • Supplemental Budget Requests FY2020-21,
    • School Finance in Colorado Workbook 2021
    • Report on State Education Fund 2021
    • School Capital Construction Annual Reporting by CDE, FY20

    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 Fiscal Note
      • HB20-1420 Fiscal Note
      • HB20B-1001 Fiscal Note
      • SCR20-001- Repeal Property Tax Assessment Rates
        • SCR 20-001- Fiscal Note
        • HB20-1427 Fiscal Note Cigarette Tobacco And Nicotine Products Tax
        • State Budget Briefing FY2020-21
        • FY2020-21 Budget Briefing Summary
        • Supplemental Budget Requests FY2019-20, Department of Education
        • Memo from JBC re Supplemental Comeback for FY2019-20
        • School Finance in Colorado Workbook 2020
        • Report on State Education Fund 2020
        • Report on Referendum C Revenue and Spending FY 2005-06 through FY 2020-21
        • Budget Reductions FY2020-21
        • 2053s_School District Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2017-2019
        • 2053s_School District Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2017-2019 Highlights
        • SB-246 School Finance Act
          • SB-246 Fiscal Note
          • SB19-199 Fiscal Note
          • HB19-1055 Fiscal Note
          • HB19-1262 Fiscal Note
          • SB19-066 Fiscal Note
          • SB19-128 Fiscal Note
          • HB19-1008 Include Career and Technical Education om Building Excellent Schools Today Program
            • HB19-1008 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1002 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1017 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1036 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1052 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1134 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1161 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1203 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1222 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1276 Fiscal Note
            • HB19-1277 Fiscal Note
            • SB-003 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-009 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-010 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-059 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-176 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-179 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-183 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-216 Fiscal Note
            • SB19-094 Fiscal Note
            • Education Briefing Documents: December 2018
              • Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Summary, December 2018
              • Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Full Report, December 2018
              • 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
              • A Tale of Two Amendments: The Property Tax Dilemma - March 7, 2019
              • The Estimated Residential Assessment Rate Study Final Findings For 2019-2020- April 10, 2019
              • 1931s_School District Fiscal Health 2016-2018 Report and Highlights
              • HB18-1379 Financing of Public Schools for FY 2018-19
                • HB18-1379 Fiscal Note
                • HB18-1070- Marijuana Excise Tax and Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST)
                  • HB18-1070 Fiscal Note
                  • HB18-1306 Fiscal Note
                  • Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Summary, December 2017
                  • Briefing Document for the Department of Education, Full Report, December 2017
                  • 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
                  • Overview of statutory process for reorganizing school district boundaries - Jan 2017, Revised September 2018
                  • 2018 Interim Committee on Finance Final Report
                  • Link to 2018 Interim Committee on School Finance website
                  • 1839S - Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2015-2017 (full report)
                  • 1839S - Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2015-17 (highlights)
                  • School Finance
                    • SB17-296
                    • SB17-296 Fiscal Note
                    • District by District funding SB17-296
                    • Rural Funding per SB17-267
                    • Leg Council Summary of School Finance FY17-18
                    • HB17-1340 Authorized
                    • Link to 2017 Interim Committee on School Finance website
                    • CDE Budget Briefing 12/7/2016
                    • CDE Budget Hearing 12/16/2016
                    • CDE Figure Setting 3/9/3017
                    • 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
                    • 1739S-Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2014-2016 full report
                    • 1739S - Fiscal Health Analysis Fiscal Years 2014-2016 summary
                    • 1739S Appendix C-1 Map of Districts with 2 Missed Benchmarks
                    • 2016 School Capital Construction Report - February 2017
                    • School Finance Act Summary
                    • School Finance
                      • HB16-1422
                      • HB16-1422 Fiscal Note
                      • Reengrossed HB16-1422 FY2016-17 compared w/ FY2015-16 - Leg Council
                      • HB16-1253
                      • HB16-1253 Fiscal Note
                      • FY 2016-17 Appropriations Report
                      • Effect of Gallagher, TABOR, A23 & Negative Factor on Public School Funding
                      • HB16-1354
                      • HB16-1354 Fiscal Note
                      • HB16-1423
                      • HB16-1423 Fiscal Note
                      • 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
                      • The Future of School Finance in Colorado - documents and presentations to the joint committees meetings
                      • 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
                      • School Finance
                        • SB15-267
                        • SB15-267 Fiscal Note
                        • SB15-145
                        • JBC FY14-15 Supplemental 1/2015
                        • FY14-15 Negative Factor w/Supplemental $880.1M
                        • 2015 State Education Fund Report
                        • 2015 State Education Fund Presentation
                        • Estimated Per Pupil Value of School Finance Factors, including Negative Factor FY15-16
                        • The Negative Factor and Public School Finance; Issue Brief 15-22
                        • Colorado's Constitutional Spending Limit - Issue Brief Number 15-14
                        • SB15-213
                        • Fiscal Note SB15-213
                        • HB15-1321
                        • CDE Fact Sheet: Small rural District Funding
                        • SB15-267
                        • Additional At-Risk School Funding by District
                        • 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
                        • School Finance Act Summary
                        • 2014-15 District by District Supplemental - 2015-16 School Finance Act SB15-267 - Final
                        • 2015-16 District by District Projected2015-16 District by District Projected
                        • Negative Factor / Rescission 2015-16: $830.7M
                        • Taxpayers for Public Education v Douglas County School District
                        • Student Success Act
                          • HB14-1292
                          • Summary of HB14-1292 & HB14-1298
                          • HB14-1292 and HB14-1298 CLCS Funding Comparison 10/24/2014
                          • HB14-1298 (with Negative Factor)
                          • HB14-1298 LLS Revised Fiscal Impact
                          • HB14-1298 and HB14-1292 CLCS Memorandum
                          • HB14-1234
                          • JBC FY13-14 Supplemental
                          • 2014 State Education Fund Report
                          • 2014 State Education Fund Presentation
                          • Summary of Major Education Bills 2014
                          • LLS Summary of Section 17 of Article IX of the Colorado Constitution ("Amendment 23")
                          • Addendum A
                          • Addendum B
                          • 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
                          • 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
                          • School Finance
                            • SB13-260
                            • SB13-260 LLS 13-0347 Fiscal Note
                            • SB13-260 CLCS Memorandum
                            • SB13-108
                            • JBC FY2012-13 Supplemental
                            • 2013 State Education Fund Report
                            • 2013 State Education Fund Presentation
                            • Summary of Major Education Bills - 2013
                            • 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
                            • SB13-213
                            • SB13-213 Fiscal Note
                            • CDE Summary of SB13-213
                            • 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
                            • School Finance
                              • HB12-1345
                              • HB12-1345 LLS 12-0909 Fiscal Note
                              • HB12-1345 CLCS Memorandum
                              • HB12-1182
                              • JBC FY2011-12 Supplemental
                              • 2012 State Education Fund Report
                              • Summary of Major Education Bills - 2012
                              • How Colorado Compares in State and Local Taxes 06 2012
                              • Corporate Income Taxes, Nov 2012
                              • 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
                              • 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
                              • School Finance
                                • SB11-230
                                • SB11-230 LLS 11-0841 Fiscal Note
                                • SB11-230 CLCS Memorandum
                                • SB11-137
                                • JBC FY2010-11 Comeback Supplemental
                                • JBC FY2010-11 Comeback Supplemental
                                • Summary of Major Education Bills - 2011
                                • 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
                                • SB08-212
                                • CAP4K Second Interim Report
                                • School Finance Act Summary
                                • District by District Funding SB11-230 Final
                                • FY2011-12 Per Pupil Funding After Rescission
                                • Negative Factor / Rescissions FY11-12: $774M