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Colorado Senate adopts resolution to pursue multi‑year plan to fully fund schools after adequacy studies
Summary
The Colorado Senate adopted a joint resolution directing lawmakers to use two recent school‑funding adequacy studies to develop a multiyear implementation plan to bring per‑pupil funding toward recommended levels. The measure passed 27–5.
The Colorado Senate on April 16 adopted a joint resolution directing the legislature to use two recently completed adequacy studies to develop a multiyear plan to fully and fairly fund K‑12 public education in Colorado.
Senate Joint Resolution 021, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Lisa Kipp, passed on a roll‑call vote of 27 yeas and 5 nays, with three senators excused. The measure directs lawmakers to review the findings of two independent studies and to choose study methodology and recommendations to follow while developing a plan that may include phased revenue triggers to implement the studies’ recommendations.
The resolution responds to two reports delivered to the 2025 legislature: an American Institutes for…
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