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A Vision for Colorado: Every Student Graduates
Ready for the World
Great Education ColoradoJune 2015
Our Vision: Every Student Graduates “Ready for the World”
Prepared for:• Post-secondary education (2 or 4 yr) • 21st century careers• Independence• Engaged, productive citizenship in
community, state and country• Life-long learning
Colorado Academic Standards: Our Proxy for “Ready for the World”
Statewide standards in:• Math (CCSS)• Language Arts (CCSS)• Science• Social Studies• World Languages• Arts• Health & Physical Ed
Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)
• Adopted in 2014• Successor to CSAP/TCAP• Reflects new Colorado Academic Standards• Testing parameters, after HB15-1323 passed:– Math (3rd – 8th, high school) – English Language Arts (3rd – 9th)– Science (5th, 8th, high school)– Social Studies (optional)
But, standards don’t teach themselves…
A great start with quality ECEWell-supported, inspiring, high quality teachers
Rich curriculum
Individual attention & reasonable class size
Updated technology & textbooks
Safe schools & classrooms
The best teaching & classrooms in the nation.
Stepping up on Early Childhood?
Colorado ranks:• 16th in 3-4 year old
enrollment• 47th in “Poverty Gap”• 45th in Full-Day preschool• 45th in Full-Day K
What’s Getting in the Way?
1995 1999 2002 2009 20127500
7700
7900
8100
8300
8500
8700
8900
9100
9300
9500Per pupil funding (adjusted for inflation)
Growth in at-risk, English lan-guage learners, and special
needs populations
Transition to standards-based ed – higher expectations &
universal proficiency
Increased reliance on up-to-date technology: instruction,
student data, testing, etc.
Higher inflationary growth in energy, transportation, health
care.
1995 - 2012 – Increasing Expectations schools
What about this year’s budget?
FY13-14 per pupil funding is below FY07-08.
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-09
FY
09
-10
FY
10
-11
FY
11
-12
FY
12
-13
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-16
)$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
$6,874 $7,077 $6,813 $6,468 $6,474 $6,651
$7,294
$134
$423 $906 $1278
$1209 $1056
Ave. per pupil funding – Long Bill for 15-16
Actual per pupil Neg. Factor
$7,021
$1000
2015 Legislative Session
119 education-related bills introduced --62% killed.
$281M for inflation & growth$25M reduction in negative factor ($56/pupil) now at $860M$10M for rural schools$5M for at-risk studentsLegislative Promise: increased property tax revenues to supplement school funding- Could see an increase of $70M
Why can’t Colorado restore recession cuts?
Colorado’s Constitution has a provision that imposes a barrier to restoring cuts without a
vote of the people.
TABOR
Not Done Yet…
• 2015 Legislature– Still $1,000 less per
student than required to keep up with inflation
– Killed HB15-1334 that would have created 2-yr legislative process to develop an adequate, equitable & sustainable school finance system
TABOR’s Impact
When state revenues exceed voter approved cap, Colorado’s Constitution requires money be returned in some way to taxpayers unless voters
allow the state to keep the surplus.
Colorado is about to exceed that limit for the first time in well over a decade.
TABOR Rebates
FY 2013-2014 FY 2014-2015 FY 2015-2016 FY 2016-2017 $10,500
$11,000
$11,500
$12,000
$12,500
$13,000
$13,500
$14,000
$14,500
Total TABOR Revenue Legislative Council TABOR limit/Ref C Cap Legislative Council
FY 2014-15Leg. Council: $69.7 million above cap
FY 2015-16Leg. Council: $116.8 million above cap
FY 2016-17Leg. Council: $434.9 million above cap
Per CO Fiscal Institute
Impact of TABOR on K-12
During bad economic times…we cut K-12.
During good economic times…we can’t reinvest.
Why we should do it together.
“Well, sure Coloradans know how to spend their money. But we also know we can’t personally hire a teacher, repair a failing bridge or hire a prison guard. That’s why we all pool our resources – to do things we can’t do individually, for the good of everyone.”
-- Former Rep. Don Marostica
What is Great Ed doing about it?
• Advocating at the Capitol for maximum education funding
• Putting pressure on state leaders to take action and provide leadership
• Preparing for a ballot initiative
How You Can HelpJoin our email listShare our social mediaInvite us to speakAttend our annual conferenceSupport our crowdfunding project
Great Education Colorado
Liane MorrisonExecutive Director, Great Education Colorado
liane@greateducation.org303 722 5901
www.greateducation.orgFacebook or Twitter @greated
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