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CO SB023

Bill

Status

Failed

2/8/2016

Primary Sponsor

Andy Kerr

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases supplemental kindergarten enrollment from 0.08 to 0.15 of a full-day pupil starting in the 2016-17 budget year
  • Establishes intent to fund kindergarten as full-day pupils by the 2021-22 budget year with appropriations increasing from at least $112 million (2017-18) to at least $256 million (2021-22)
  • Directs Secretary of State to place a ballot question before voters on November 8, 2016 asking whether the state may retain and spend all revenues exceeding the constitutional spending cap without raising taxes
  • Creates a preschool through twelfth grade education general fund exempt account to receive excess retained revenues, which shall first fund full-day kindergarten and then the state's share of total program funding
  • Requires legislative council director to submit annual reports describing how retained excess revenues are expended

Legislative Description

Funding For Full-day Kindergarten

Last Action

Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely

2/8/2016

Committee Referrals

State, Veterans, & Military Affairs1/13/2016

Full Bill Text

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