Historical Information:
CSFP Archival Reports and Documents. Either scroll down to view all CSFP reports or select from the following years: 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 (includes Interim Committee Report).
August 2011: Follow The Lobato Case (Lobato et al. (Plaintiffs) v State of Colorado et al. (Defendants).
2011 CSFP State Profile Data:Our annual profile information depicting changes in K-12 funding and counts (comparing 1992-93 to 2004-05 to 08-09 to 09-10).
- CSFP Profile Data: 2011 Highlights is a one page overview of all the state profile data, reported by CSFP, compiled by Augenblick, Palaich & Company (APA) using data from CDE. This one page document highlights areas of concern for K-12 funding.
- Table 1 - Enrollment in K-12 Public Education includes all students, Special Education, Free Lunch, ELL
- Table 2 - Number of Teachers and Teachers per 1,000 Students
- Table 3 - Average Teacher Salary
- Table 4 - Per Student Current Spending & Revenues
- Table 5 - Relationship Between Local Revenue for K-12 and Personal Income
- State Profile Data Table A
CSFP's Characteristics of Colorado's School Population: Two charts indicating the change over time of Colorado's K-12 population, 1) state student count, 2) Student counts for At-Risk, SPED, ELPA, ELL served 3+ years (no state funding).
July 2011: CSFP presentation at CASE Conference: Ups & Downs, What's Up with School Finance.
Final District Budget Cut Conversations 2011-12. From February 2011 through June 2011 the CSFP assembled district budget cut conversations from media reports and directly reported to us by districts.
- District Reported Budget Conversations
- Media Reported Budget Conversations
- Trends in district cuts
June 2011: Timeline of Colorado's School Finance & Education Reform 1980-2012 (Updated through 2011 Legislative session)
Growth trend in Colorado's K-12 homeless population and Free Lunch and Reduced Lunch populations.
U.S. Census Bureau data for Per Pupil Spending and Revenue 1) Spending Amounts by State and 2) three charts comparing Colorado to U.S Spending, Revenue and the historical trend of Colorado's ranking.
April 2011: Colorado Costing Out P12 Education, presentation by APA.
A Rural Needs Study: Improving CDE Services to Rural School Districts, prepared for CDE by Phil Fox and David Van Sant, Ph.D.
Results of an educational cost study conducted by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), commissioned by Children’s Voices as part of its school finance adequacy lawsuit, Lobato v. State of Colorado.
Overview of Costing Out Analysis presented by APA to CSFP on March 25, 2011.
Exploration of School District Consolidation by the CSFP and Augenblick, Palaich & Associates (APA).
- APA report: An Exploration of District Consolidation: Status and Research. June 2009
- School District Organization Highlights - helpful to read with the power point below
- School District Organization: Status and Research (APA), power point presentation and Table 3 referenced in the power point, included in research report.
- Colorado's Enrollment Trends 2004-2008 (Did You Know?)
- Colorado County & District Data Snapshot
- Student Count Change (CDE 2004-2008) by County and School District
- Student Count, Districts in County, square miles, people per square mile: Counties in CDE Regional Service Areas (RSA) Summary
- Student Count, Districts in County, square miles, people per square mile: Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) Region
Average Daily Membership Study (ADM)- CSFP, APA and University of Colorado Denver presented the findings of the Average Daily Membership study (powerpoint), SB 10-008 to the Joint Senate and House Education Committees, full report Average Daily Membership (ADM) study.
CSFP presented an overview of the Colorado School Finance Project to the Joint Senate and House Education Committees.
CSFP contracted with APA to look at historical data (1994 through 2007-08) for fifty states and DC regarding spending, relationship of various characteristics and what has changed over time. Brief overview and six maps (2 per page): Change in Enrollment and Need, Performance and Size, Wealth and Effort.
CDE's Colorado Student population by Race & Ethnicity pie charts - Fall 2009-2010.
Quality Counts 2011 from Education Week Updates:
- Line graph indicating how much more nearby states spend per pupil than Colorado.
- Bar graph comparing Colorado and nearby states per pupil spending with the national average.
- Bar and line graph comparing Colorado and the US Average Per Pupil Expenditures
- Chart of Per Pupil Expenditures comparing Colorado funding to the National average and nearby states
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- The CSFP and Augenblick, Palaich and Associates presentation and Colorado School Finance booklet prepared for the Colorado Reform Roundtable.
- Presentation by the Colorado Fiscal Policy Center: Rethinking Revenue in Colorado: Considerations
- Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA) presentation Counting Students: The Driving Force of School Finance in reference to SB10-008, the CDE Average Daily Membership (ADM) Study.
- Colorado and National per pupil funding trends from 1995 to 2009, adjusted for inflation. Source: CDE, National Education Association, APA Profile reports.
- Education Finance Statistics Center Finance Graphs (EDFIN) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2007-08 map of the United States and vertical ranking by state illustrating average state funding for K-12.
- 2010 District Ballot Measure November Results (Bond, Bond/BEST, Mill Override, Cash Flow Gap if Amendment 61 passes).
- EAGLE-Net $100M federal grant for broadband expansion in Colorado: Press Release and Press Packet from EAGLE-Net's grant announcement on September 13, 2010, A Brighter Future for Colorado through Broadband (powerpoint pdf).
- Presentation (pdf) by Colorado Legislative Council to the Colorado Reform Roundtable on August 6, 2010: Colorado's Revenue & Tax Structure.
- Summary (one page) of the Trends of 2010-11 District Reported Budget Cuts reported to CSFP by districts in the 2010-11 District Reported Budget Decisions.
- Per Pupil Funding Trends with NCES, US Census, and Profile data.
- Using 2007-08 data from the US Census and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CSFP created two charts 1)comparing Colorado to neighboring states Per Pupil Spending and 2) US Census spending per $1,000 of Personal Income. US Census and NCES data was reported in 2010.
- School district budget cuts for 2010-11. The Media Reported version summarizes the media's reporting of district budget cuts through July 31, 2010. The Cuts Reported by Individual School Districts summarizes information supplied to us by school districts from May-September 2010. Summary (one page) of the Trends of 2010-11 District Reported Budget Cuts reported to CSFP by districts. We thank the school districts for supporting our requests for updates as we worked through the process.
- Using 2007-08 data from the US Census and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CSFP created two charts 1)comparing Colorado to neighboring states Per Pupil Spending and 2) US Census spending per $1,000 of Personal Income. US Census and NCES data was reported in 2010.
- US Census data from 1991-92 through 2007-08 charting Colorado and US Average Per Pupil Spending, Revenue and rankings over time.
- Link to The Bell Policy Center's preliminary analysis of Proposition 101, Amendment 61 and a summary of Amendment 60. Link to The Bell's county-by-county impact of Proposition 101.
- Presentation by APA and CSFP on the First Interim Report on the Analysis of the Costs of Colorado's Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K).
- Making Tough Budget Decisions Powerpoint handout and Colorado K-12 Funding, A Crisis for Kids brochure created by Colorado Springs D-11 school district.
- Augenblick, Palaich & Associates (APA) and CSFP: first of three reports estimating costs associated with Colorado's Achievement Plan for Kids (SB08-212), commonly referred to as CAP4K to the State Board of Education in mid April. The full report is here and the presentation is here. The first report focuses on the planning phase for 1) school readiness, 2) new content standards and 3) Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR).
- The Statewide Financial Assistance Priority Assessment (authorized by 2008 state legislature) documents the condition and the educational adequacy of all the schools in Colorado. The assessment indicates a need of $17.9 billion for Tier 1 buildings for 2010-2018 and will assist the Capital Construction Assistance Board (CCAB) in prioritizing grant applications for Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) awards.
- Information from the Declining Enrollment Study Report by the Pacey Economic Group, commissioned by CDE.
- US Census data from 1991-92 through 2007-08 charting Colorado and US Average Per Pupil Spending, Revenue and rankings over time.
- Presentation on school finance to the League of Women Voters as part of a School Finance Panel Discussion along with Aurora Public Schools, Cherry Creek School District, and Littleton Public Schools. Click here for the Colorado School Finance Project's School Finance Timeline.
- February 2010: FY 2007 map of the United States created by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) illustrating average state funding for K-12.
- View The Decline: The Geography of a Recession by LaToya Egwuekwe, unemployment rates by county.
- FY 2007 map of the United States created by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) illustrating average state funding for K-12.
- Illustration of the 2010-11 School Finance Act Proposals vs CDE (OSPB) Proposal versus the JBC as prepared by Wil Hatcher.
- Quality Counts 2010: Line graph indicating how much more nearby states spend more than Colorado and bar graph comparing Colorado and nearby states per pupil spending with the national average.
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- Exploration of
School District Consolidation by the CSFP and Augenblick, Palaich & Associates (APA)
- APA report: An Exploration of District Consolidation: Status and Research. June 2009
- School District Organization Highlights - helpful to read with the power point below
- School District Organization: Status and Research (APA), power point presentation and Table 3 referenced in the power point, included in research report.
- Colorado's Enrollment Trends 2004-2008 (Did You Know?)
- Colorado County & District Data Snapshot
- Student Count Change (CDE 2004-2008) by County and School District
- Student Count, Districts in County, square miles, people per square mile: Counties in CDE Regional Service Areas (RSA) Summary
- Student Count, Districts in County, square miles, people per square mile: Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) Region
- CSFP, along with Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA) presented our report: An Exploration of District Consolidationat the CASE Conference, to BOCES representatives, CSFP Advisory Committee, and at the CASB Fall Conference. A PDF of the Power Point is available here. One of the tables in the Power Point is available here.
- The CSFP participated in two presentations at the CASB Conference. Delivery of Services/Consolidation with Augenblick, Palaich & Associates and the State Budget Update Presentation/Discussion with newly elected (Freshman) Board of Education members. "Colorado Hills" is the name of the fictional district whose budget had to be cut. After considering and evaluating items for the budget reductions, the Freshman BOE members made reductions that are tabulated here.
- 2009 Legislative Interim Committees
- School Finance:
- CSFP letter read at June 4, 2009 meeting and CSFP Report presented to the members of the Interim Committee.
- CSFP presentation information: CSFP's School Finance Interim Committee Power Point and 2009 updates of CSFP's annual State Profile data.
- 2009 School Finance Interim Committee
- Committee Report to Legislative Council
- Long-Term Fiscal Stablity Commission:
- CSFP presentation information: CSFP's Long-Term Fiscal Stability Power Point, School Finance Timeline, and CSFP Report.
- 2009 Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission
- Report to Legislative Council
- School Finance:
- CSFP Interactive District Budget model and how to use the model.
- CSFP's Characteristics of Colorado's School Population: Charts document Colorado's total enrollment from 1992-93 through 2007-08. A second chart illustrates the the number of students receiving Special Services from 1992-93 through 2007-08. Special Education, At-risk (free lunch) and ELPA students are included in the chart.
- Maximizing the Stimulus, Removing the Arveschoug-Bird Provisions by Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute. Balancing Taxes, Education Funding and Long-Term Economic Development by Dr. Richard G. Sims, Chief Economist, National Education Assocation.
- A brief overview: School Finance Formula, Rational and Perspective.
- CSFP's Presentation to House and Senate Education Committees.
- The Relationship Between Allocation of Finances, Amount of Finances and Student Achievement: A spring 2008 study funded by CSFP found close links between funding specific, systemic student education initiatives and increased student achievement. Read the Executive Summary and Key Points of this study, performed by APA for CSFP. View APA's powerpoint (pdf) for CSFP analyzing the relationship between the allocation of finances, amount of finances and student achievement.
- Using data from Education Week Quality Counts 2009 report, CSFP created several reports/charts. A report indicating how much money nearby states expend more per pupil than Colorado and a school finance report with two charts: comparing Colorado per pupil expenditures with nearby states and comparing Colorado to states engaged in school reform.
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CSFP and APA powerpoint at CASE Convention: Making the Connection between CAP4K (SB08-212), school finance and the Costing Out Analysis. Learn about what other states are doing:
- Maryland - Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act 2002 (includes 2010 Update)
Best Practices, Programs or Factors that Consistently Produce Positive Results, Feb. 2009
- New Jersey - All Children, All Communities
- Delaware - Vision 2015
- Pennsylvania - Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania's Public Education Goals
- Massachusetts - Ready for 21st Century Success
Graduation Guidelines Development Council's report to the State Board of Education.
US Census Bureau data for 05-06 (released in 2008) comparing Per Pupil Spending and Amount Spent per $1000 of Personal Income for Colorado and neighboring States.
Mill Levy Stabilization: CSFP response to the most common questions about the Mill Levy Stabilization in SB07-199 FAQ's and effects of the Mill Levy Stabiliation.
2008 update in process: Adequacy/Costing Out Analysis
US Census Bureau and the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES): CSFP created two charts related to Per Pupil Spending in Colorado and nearby states. Data from the US Census Bureau used to rank Colorado and nearby states on the amount spent on K-12 per $1,000 of personal income.
CSFP's Characteristics of Colorado's School Population: Charts document Colorado's total enrollment from 1992-93 through 2005-06. A second chart illustrates the the number of students receiving Special Services from 1992-93 through 2005-06. Special Education, At-risk (free lunch) and ELPA students are included in the chart.
Education Week, Quality Counts 2008: Synopsis gives perspective of how Colorado compares to the national average and the rest of the country.
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STAR Report: STAR Report: The State Taxpayer Accountability Report (STAR) for summarizes the operation of the State of Colorado.
Mill Levy Stabilization: CSFP response to the most common questions about the Mill Levy Stabilization in SB07-99, Mill Levy Stabilization FAQs and a description of the effects of Mill Levy Stabilization.
Colorado's Mill Levy History: CSFP Mill Levy History: School Finance 1994-95 to 2005-06.
Total Program Mill Levy by County for each District for 1994-95 and 2004-05 (5 pgs).
Challenges for Adolescent English Language Learners: Alliance for Excellent Education reported on Adolescent English Language Learners for the Carnegie Corporation in late 2006. Their report Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners sheds new light on this subject. Read their press release for the highlights of the report.
Other Reports
Fingertip Fact Card - 2007
School Finance: What is Happening in Other States?
State of School Funding, 2006
Presentations:
CASB Conference 2007, Joint Presentation: 21st Century School Finance; Complexities of Academic Expectations and Tax Policy
BOCES July 2007: School Finance
CASE Conference August 2007, Joint Presentation: Aiming For The Middle
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Colorado K-12 Education Funding: An Overview for 2004-05 data (CDE Source).
ELPA 10 Year Summary Report 1996-2006. Source: CDE
School Population Characteristics 92-93 thru 05-06
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Interim Committee
- 2005 Interim Committee: Charged by the Colorado Legislature (SJR05-047) to Study the Financing of Public Schools. The CSFP presented information on adequacy to this committee on August 2, 2005 and August 12, 2005.
- Charge for the School Finance Task Force
- Presentation to Interim Committee - August 2005
- School Finance Task Force Final Report - September 2005
- Generation of School Finance - 1980 - 2005
Specific to Colorado (Charts):
How And Why The Base Changes: Changes over time to Adequate Base Funding compared to Actual Base Funding
Teachers Per Thousand Students: Comparison for 94-95 through 04-05
Total State Enrollment 1994-2003
Enrollment & Characteristics of School Populations from 94-95 through 02-03
ELPA Student Count & Dollar Allocation 94-95 through 05-06
Operating Expenditures (in dollars); Operating Expenditures (percentage)
Impact of Unreimbursed Costs on Base Funding 03-04
How Colorado Compares Nationally:
How Does Colorado Compare?: Education Week, Quality Counts, Jan. 6, 2005
Rankings of the States: Colorado (NEA Research, May 2004)
Education State Rankings 2004-2005 (Publisher Morgan-Quinto)
Taxes 2005: How Does Colorado Compare (Tax Foundation, Washington, DC, April 2005)