a
A
SOUND
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
SYSTEM
IS
FUNDAMENTAL
TO
ENABLINGEVERY
PERSON
TO
DEVELOP
HISOR
HER
FULLPOTENTIAL
ANDTO
PARTICIPATE
MEANINGFULLY
IN
THECIVIC
AND
ECONOMIC
LIFEOF
THE
COMMUNITY;
b
QUALITY
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
IS
ESSENTIAL
TO
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
THEQUALITY
WORKFORCETHAT
WILLDRIVE
A
VIBRANTCOLORADOECONOMY
FORDECADES
TO
COME;
c
OUR
PUBLICSCHOOLSHAVEBEENTHE
PATHWAY
TO
OPPORTUNITY
ANDA
BEflER
LIFE
FORGENERATIONS
OF
COLORADOANS;
d
EACH
AND
EVERYCOLORADO
CHILDREQUIRESACCESS
TO
EXCELLENTPUBLIC
SCHOOLS,
QUALITYEARLYCHILDHOODEDUCATIONOFFERINGS
A
HIGHLY
PROFESSIONAL
AND
WELL-SUPPORTEDTEACHING
FORCE APPROPRIATE
EDUCATIONALTECHNOLOGY,
TEXTBOOKS
AND
OTHER
SCHOOL
SUPPLIES
AND
BROAD,HIGH-QUALITYEDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES;
AND
e
A
MORESUSTAINABLE FAIR
AND
ADEQUATE
SYSTEMFOR
FINANCINGPUBLIC
SCHOOLS
IS
NECESSARY
TO
ACHIEVE
THESE
GOALSAND
MEET
THENEEDS
OF
EVERYSTUDENT
INTHE
STATE
OF
COLORADO
TO
PREPARE
THEM
FOR
SUCCESS
IN
CAREER,
COLLEGE
AND
LIFE
IN
THE
21ST
CENTURY.
2
THE
PURPOSE
OFTHIS
SECTION
TO
IMPLEMENTSUBSECTION
4.5
OF
SECTION
17
OF
ARTICLE
DC
OF
THE
STATE
CONSTITUTION
AS
APPROVED
BY
THE
REGISTERED
ELECTORS
OFTHIS
STATE
AT
THE
2018
GENERALELECTION.
3 a
IN
STATE
FISCALYEAR
20
19-2020,
AND
EACHFISCAL
YEAR
THEREAFTER
THE
GENERALASSEMBLY
SHALL
ANNUALLY
APPROPRIATE,
AND
LOCALSCHOOLDISTRICTS
MAYANNUALLYEXPEND,
MONEYS
FROM
THE
QUALITYPUBLICEDUCATION
FUND
FOR
THEPURPOSES
STATEDINTHIS
SUBSECTION
3 .
b
UNTIL
SUCH
TIME
AS
A
COMPREHENSIVE
NEWPUBLICSCHOOLFINANCELAWSUBSTANTIALLY
IN
COMPLIANCE
WITH
SUBSECTION
3 c
OFTHIS
SECTION
HAS
BEENENACTED
ANDHAS
TAKEN
EFFECT,
THESEMONEYS
SHALL
BE
APPROPRIATED
AND
SPENT
AS
FOLLOWS:
I
To
INCREASETHEANNUALSTATEWIDEBASEPERPUPIL
FUNDING
FOR
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
FROM
PRESCHOOL
THROUGH
THE
TWELFTHGRADE
TONOLESS
THAN
SEVEN
THOUSANDTHREEHUNDRED
DOLLARS,
PLUS
ANNUAL
ADJUSTMENTSFOR
INFLATION;
II
To
INCREASE
THE
LEVEL
OF
TOTAL
ANNUAL
STATE
FUNDING
FOR
CATEGORICALPROGRAMSDIRECTED
TO
SPECIAL
EDUCATION
BYAN
AMOUNT
NOLESS
THAN
ONE
HUNDRED
TWENTY
MILLION
DOLLARS,
TO
PROGRAMSFOR
GIFTED
AND
TALENTED
STUDENTSBY
AN
AMOUNT
NOLESS
THAN
TEN
MILLIONDOLLARS
AND
TO
PROGRAMS
FOR
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY
BY
AN
AMOUNT
NOLESS
THAN
TWENTYMILLIONDOLLARSOVERTHE
AMOUNTS
OF
FUNDING
FOR
THOSE
PROGRAMSFORFISCALYEAR
2018 2019
PLUS
ANNUAL
ADJUSTMENTS
FOR
INFLATION;