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Amendment 73

 

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The Economic Impacts of a $1.6 Billion Tax Increase to Spend on Education

A new study released by the REMI Partnership finds that without any guarantees of improvement in student performance, the $1.6 billion tax increase proposed by Initiative 73 will negatively impact the Colorado economy, cost private sector jobs, and place a significant tax burden on Coloradans.

 

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Colorado’s Higher Education Funding Formula: Options for Reform that Balance Learning with Career Success

Colorado’s current funding formula doesn’t reward better performance in any substantive way. The lack of real financial rewards provides very little incentive for higher education institutions to move the n

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From Cradle to Classroom: How Falling Birth Rates are Shaping Colorado’s K-12 System

Colorado has experienced a 25.1% reduction in its general fertility rate from 2020 compared to the annual average between 2001 and 2010, marking the third-largest decline in the nation. This trending downti

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Administrative Growth in Colorado’s Public School System

Outside of a brief decline between 2020 and 2021, Colorado’s public schools have seen a steady influx of administrative positions over the past decade outpacing both teacher and student population growth.

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Unlocking Work: Impacts of Improving Access to Affordable Child Care

Licensed child care slots are lagging in Colorado. There are 2 licensed child care slots for every 3 children under 6 in a household where all parents are in the labor force, creating a deficit of 88,500 sl