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What Kind Of Colorado Do You Want?

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60-61-101 Drains resources from K-12 schools and FROM Essential Colorado services and infrastructure. What Kind Of Colorado Do You Want?. In a nutshell. 3 Proposals on 2010 Ballot - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What Kind Of Colorado Do You Want?

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3 Proposals on 2010 Ballot• Prop 101: Significantly reduces local and state support for public services, in particular transportation and K-12 education

• A60: Overturns prior local elections, cuts local support for schools, charges new taxes on many public services

• A61: Restricts common-sense investment in our infrastructure and ability to manage finances

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• Sold as tax relief, but really these are job killing, recession extending and class-size expanding measures

• State will lose $2.1 billion annually AND will need to make up $1.6 billion in lost local revenue for K-12

• Local governments will lose $3.8 billion per year when the measures are fully in place

• Total fiscal impact on state and local governments would be $6.3 billion

• 70,000 direct job losses; 8,000 teacher job losses• Amendment 61 will lead to $2.06 billion in lost public financing at the state and local level

• And that’s just the beginning

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Impact of the 3 Proposals on Schools

• Public K-12 schools will lose $1.6 billion in local funding as a result of slashed property taxes

• 8,000 teacher jobs cut = larger class sizes• All other essential state services will be cut by 99% if the state replaces lost local funds

• State officials have validated a district-by-district analysis of K-12 impacts across the state—we will see cuts of 37-62 percent from per pupil funding from local sources.

• More information at www.lookingforwardcolorado.com

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If 60-61-101 pass…fiscal chaos• By law, K-12 should consume 99% of the state general fund—it  would be “anarchy” according to Representative Carole Murray

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FY 2009-10 General Fund AppropriationsTotal $7.4 Billion(Legislative Council)

Big 6

Education43%

Judicial5%

Higher Education9%

Human Services9%

Corrections9%

Health CarePolicy21%

Other4%

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Colorado is already behind the average by $1,919 in the most recent study* (2010)

$1,919*2010 Education Week Quality Counts

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• Includes several major changes in property-tax policy including:– Enacts a 50 percent reduction in school district mill levies with a required State backfill—an approximate $1.2 billion current-year equivalent

– Requires enterprises and authorities to pay property taxes

– Repeals local property tax “de-Brucings”—taking away local voter decisions about tax issues

– Limits future property tax increases to 10 years– Amends the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) portion of the Colorado Constitution

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• Prohibits all levels and divisions of government from bonding, lease-purchase, revenue anticipation, etc., even if they have the authority to do so now

• Exceptions limit local voter-approved borrowing to a maximum 10 years• State of Colorado borrowing is prohibited• Changes local borrowing limits to a fraction of the currently allowed maximums

• Additionally, requires a tax cut equivalent to the average annual repayment of any loan that is paid off

• Will have a serious fiscal impact on the State of Colorado and many local agencies

• For example, when TRANS bonds are paid off, CDOT will then lose $168 million of gas tax revenue used to repay those bonds

• Amends the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) portion of the Colorado Constitution

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• Reduces several revenue streams including:– Eventual reductions in the Colorado state income tax rate to 3.5 percent from the current 4.63 percent—

– approximate $1.2 billion current-year equivalent– Elimination of the specific ownership tax on vehicles—approximate $500 million cut to local schools

– and other local revenue– Reduction of vehicle registration fees to $10—about a $375 million cut to state and local road and

– bridge funds– Additionally, 101 may trigger a loss of about $535 million in Federal Medicaid payments to Colorado

– Amends the Colorado Revised Statutes—not the Colorado Constitution

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What can you do?

• Get informed about the issues– www.donthurtcolorado.org– www.lookingforwardcolorado.com

• Work on your own personal time to share your perspectives with friends, neighbors, community groups and others

• Activate your social networks• Make a contribution

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Questions?