immediate action for colorado's kids
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Will the Colorado Legislature keep the promise to kids it made 14 years ago to fund education in good times and bad? It will if public school supporters take actionTRANSCRIPT
Impact NOW:Immediate Action for Colorado’s Kids
Great Education ColoradoFebruary 2014
Falling.
Falling.
Falling.
FY92
FY93
FY95
FY97
FY99
FY01
FY03
FY05
FY07
FY09
FY11
-3000
-2500
-2000
-1500
-1000
-500
0
500
Trends in Per Pupil Spending:Dollar Amounts Colorado Spends Less than the National Average
Profile Data: U.S. Census: Ed Week NCES US Average
U.S. Average per Pupil Spending (baseline)
Funding Gap between what CO spends per student and the Na-tional Average
Increased Expectations
Districts must implement: Teacher Effectiveness (SB 191) Accountability Reform (SB 163) P-20 Standards & Assessments (SB 212) Literacy Act Common Core Standards
Per Pupil Funding Hasn’t Kept Up . . .
FY
08
-09
FY
09
-10
FY
10
-11
FY
11
-12
FY
12
-13
FY
13
-14
$5,000
$5,500
$6,000
$6,500
$7,000
$7,500
$6,874 $7,077 $6,813 $6,468 $6,474 $6,585
Average per pupil funding in Colorado
Actual per pupil
Didn’t we protect funding with Amendment 23?
• 2000: Voters passed Amendment 23 to guarantee increases in education funding
• 2009: General Assembly reinterpreted Amendment 23 in a way that allowed them to cut total program from one year to the next
• 2014: Total funding is $1 billion below what Amendment 23 requires
Unconstitutional Cuts
FY
08
-09
FY
09
-10
FY
10
-11
FY
11
-12
FY
12
-13
FY
13
-14
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
$6,874 $7,077 $6,813 $6,468 $6,474 $6,652
$134 $423 $906
$1,278 $1,209
Average per pupil funding in Colorado
Neg. FactorActual per pupil
Is it time to climb?
• This year, the legislature has
$1.4 Billion more general fund to spend above last year’s appropriations.
$1.4BLegislative Decisions
1) Increase Funding Beyond Inflation and Enrollment Growth?
2) If so, by how much? 3) In what way?
Ongoing vs. One-TimeEarmarked vs. Negative Factor (local control)
$1.4BLegislative Decisions
1) Increase Funding Beyond Inflation and Enrollment Growth? YES
2) If so, by how much? 3) In what way?
Ongoing vs. One-TimeEarmarked vs. Negative Factor (local control)
$1.4BLegislative Decisions
1) Increase Funding Beyond Inflation and Enrollment Growth? YES
2) If so, by how much? $250-275M3) In what way?
Ongoing vs. One-TimeEarmarked vs. Negative Factor (local control)
$1.4BLegislative Decisions
1) Increase Funding Beyond Inflation and Enrollment Growth? YES
2) If so, by how much? $250-275M3) In what way?
Ongoing vs. One-TimeEarmarked vs. Negative Factor
(local control)
$1.4BLegislative Decisions
1) Increase Funding Beyond Inflation and Enrollment Growth? YES
2) If so, by how much? $250-275M3) In what way?
Ongoing vs. One-TimeEarmarked vs. Negative Factor (local control)
Investment – not just spending
• The benefit lives on even if funding stream is disrupted:– the child in preschool– the teacher who
improves his craft– the student who
overcomes a disability
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