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The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations needed to pay for school finance have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2011. Property values have stabilized and are expected to grow slowly over the next few years, helping to boost the local contribution to school finance. Similarly, income tax receipts are growing, which is increasing deposits into the State Education Fund and the General Fund.

The Office of Research and Analysis at Colorado Department of Revenue prepares, every odd-numbered year, a tax profile and expenditure report for the state as required by §39-21-303, C.R.S.  This report is to include information identifying and describing tax expenditures administered by the Department, estimates of the identified tax expenditures, the Colorado Tax Profile Study (CTPS), and the Colorado Statistics of Income (SOI) reports.

I. PREAMBLE
II. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE (ULC)
III. THE OPERATION OF THE ULC
IV. ACTIVITIES OF THE COLORADO COMMISSIONERS
V. A SUMMARY OF NEW ACTS
VI. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENACTMENT AND FOR OTHER ACTION
VII. ENACTMENT RECORD, TO DATE

Senate Bill 11-230 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2011-12. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 9, 2011, and became effective on that date. Senate Bill 11-209, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the money distributed to school districts. Highlights of funding provided to school districts by the two bills follows. This memorandum also contains an appendix with estimates of school district funding in the current budget year.

Publication of the Colorado Revised Statutes occurs several months following the end of each regular legislative session. Prior to such publication, the Office of Legislative Legal Services prepares the Digest of Bills and concurrent resolutions as required under section 2-3-504, C.R.S. The Digest consists of summaries of all bills and concurrent resolutions enacted by the Sixty-eighth General Assembly at its First Regular Session ending May 11, 2011. The summaries include the dates bills are approved and the effective dates of the bills.