School Finance Act - Rocky Mountain Voice

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice For years the story about Colorado's marijuana taxes and its schools ran in one direction. Sales climbed, revenue climbed, and a share of it went to a fund that helps districts repair aging buildings. When sales started falling, the natural assumption followed. Less marijuana money, less for schools. That assumption is incomplete, and the reason is buried in how the money is structured. The marijuana excise tax that flows to school construction has dropped to about the level the state constitution singles out for protection. The first $40 million collected each year is reserved for construction before anything else can touch it. Marijuana collections are now close to that line, which means the protected piece ...

By Colleen Enos | Commentary, Christian Home Educators of Colorado When tasks are put off to the last minute, we assume that those responsible are procrastinators or that time just got away from them. We don’t typically think that what they did was intentional. Applying this logic to our state’s General Assembly would be wrong. The majority party plans the schedule of when bills will be debated in each chamber, how to introduce them, and enacts a plan of intentional obstruction. This process was taking place during the last three days of the legislative session. Controversial bills were saved for the very last moments. On Monday morning, the State House Appropriations Committee met to discuss the final bills. Committee hearings are a place for the public to offer testimony and make t...

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