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Great Futures Start with a Great Education
Winter/Spring2010
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Great Education Colorado is a statewide, nonpartisan, grassroots organization focused on improving education in Colorado through wise, increased investment in our schools, colleges and universities.
Great Education Colorado
Mission
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What Do We Want For Our Kids?
Is Colorado Investing In Our Children’s Future?
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•40th in K-12 per pupil funding (42nd adjusted for COL)
•$1,397 below national average in per pupil spending (or $1,919 adjust for COL)
•42nd/46th in poverty gap measures
•42nd in pupil to teacher ratio
•41st in technology in our schools
•$0 for professional development
How is Colorado Doing?
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Why the gap?
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Schools are funded by a combination of:
LOCAL (property taxes) +
STATE (general fund) +
FEDERAL (mostly special ed and “Title I”)
School Funding
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Gallagher: lowers personal property taxes - was once major source of school funding. Now it’s the state’s general fund.
TABOR: limits growth of state and local revenues. Result - can’t fund cost of government faced with increasing demands.
A. 23: State must increase schoolfunding by inflation + 1% thru 2011. Reinterpreted in 2009 = irrelevant.
Gallagher, TABOR and Amendment 23
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Statewide – 7.5% $431 million Over $500 per student
Tough Decisions:Cut school days; close schools; increase class size; freeze
wages/reduce benefits; teacher layoffs; eliminate/charge for transportation; eliminate special art/music/electives; cut
instructional coach and literacy staff…
Proposed Cuts to K-12Education
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“But K-12 Funding is Taking More and More of the Budget!”
•Schools were funded 60% local, 40% state. Now reversed (37%-63%)
• Gallagher + TABOR + School Finance Act = huge reduction in property tax ($3.1 billion annual average)
• State share of K-12 funding: $3.15 billion (Local $2.4 billion)
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Increased student achievement*:• Individual attention/smaller classes• Professional Development-quality teachers• Summer School• Counselors• Pre-School & Full Day KindergartenAugenblick, Palaich and Associate and Colorado School Finance Project, 2008
More Money Not the GoalBut the Means
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What do we want for our kids?
•{Optional: Discussion Element}
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Colorado: 48th Higher Ed Funding
(per capita)
How Low Can Higher Ed Go?
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Colorado and Higher Education
• 2009-10: $56 million cut. Federal $$ prevented far worse.
• 2010-11: Less Federal $$. Drastic cuts offset in part by tuition increase.
• 30% of family Income pays for 4 year college
• 17% gap between whites and minorities enrolled in college (18-24 year olds) - one of largest in U.S.
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2011Expiration of-
• Referendum C
• Federal Stimulus Funds
• Amendment 23
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Proposition 101 Reduces Government Revenues: Car registration, license fees, income tax rate, phone bill taxes. Result: $2 billion/year
A. 60 Limits Property Taxes & Voids TABOR Elections Cut local property taxes for schools in 1/2. Override local “de-Brucing”
A. 61 Limits Government Debt Ban use of debt to finance capital construction. Destroy BEST
>Result $2 Billion Lost Revenue<
The Bad Three
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• Share the story of Colorado’s school funding crisis
• Work together to promote a long term solution (stay tuned)
•Great Education provides easy tools
What Can We Do?
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Tell the Story … greateducation.org/map
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Today We Can…•Sign the Great Futures Pledge
Help us reach 2010 in 2010 www.greateducation.org/pledge
•Donate $10 or more if you can•Join the Great Futures Colorado Campaign
(as an organization)•Set up a Great Futures presentation
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Contact Information
Patty BortzMetro Outreach
Great Education Colorado303-722-5901