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Quick Clicks to current reports:

July 2008: School Finance Timeline 1980 - 2011 updated through 2008 Legislative Session

English Language Proficiency Act (ELPA) Charts & Data

Mill Levy Stabilization

Colorado School Finance Project: Fourteen years of research and analysis of school finance.

August 2008: APA's powerpoint for CSFP about The Relationship Between
K-12 Resources and Student Performance: Three Different Ways to Examine the Impact of Spending on Achievement.

July 2008: CSFP and APA presented at CASE's annual Conference. The powerpoint about Making the Connection between CAP4K, school finance and the Costing Out Analysis. Learn about what other states are doing:

• Maryland
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Massachusetts

Initiative 126: Read a one-pager about Representative Romanoff's new initiative to fix the fiscal mess in Colorado's consititution.

May 2008: Read the Graduation Guidelines Development Council's report to the State Board of Education.

Read the Denver Post's, Sunday, May 11, front page article: Schools Hurt by Souring Economy and email CSFP with your district's stories and the Colorado economy.

Another "Aha!" Video, click over to David Warlick's blog to watch this important video about IT and Education. David's comments, speaking about the video follow:

But the statement that really struck me was the first one, delivered by Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN. He said that…

The U.S. Department of Commerce Ranked 55 industry sectors by their level of IT intensiveness. Education was ranked number 55 — below coal mining

Believe in a Better Colorado, Phase Two is ready to go on their website and you can also "sign up for more info" to receive BBC updates.

April 2008: 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.

March 2008: Report in response to questions about effects of the Mill Levy Stabilization. We are also in the process of our 2008 Update of the Adequacy/Costing Out Analysis.

Feb. 2008: Using data from the 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 was also 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 document charts Colorado's total enrollment from 1992-93 through 2005-06. A second chart illustrates the the number of students receiving Special Services from 1991-93 through 2005-06. Special Education, At-risk (free lunch) and ELPA students are included in the chart.

Ed. Week, Quality Counts 2008
Jan. 2008: Synopsis of the latest Quality Counts analysis.  The synopsis gives the perspective of how Colorado compares to the national average and the rest of the country. 

Profile Data
Our annual Profile Reports (2005-06 data) on the state of education in Colorado are available in a one page summary and five tables.

• Table 1 - Enrollment in K-12 Public Education
• 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
  CDE's four year Changes Over Time In Enrollment, Expenditures, and Revenue summary is also available.

CSFP Background: The Colorado School Finance Project (CSFP) compiles, collects and distributes research-based information and data on topics related to school finance.

The CSFP was created in 1995, following the passage of the 1994 School Finance Act. It is funded by contributions from our Colorado school districts, from the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB), the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE), the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and the Colorado BOCES Association.

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How Colorado ranks in
K-12 spending?
Colorado spends $1034 less per pupil than the national average.
Neighboring states spending more per pupil than Colorado:

• Kansas $923
• Montana $1,012
• Nebraska $1,991
• New Mexico $492
• Wyoming $3187
  

Colorado K-12 rankings:

• 43rd in percent of taxable income
• 47th on amount spent on K-12 per $1000 of personal income.

Source: Ed. Week, Quality Counts, 2004-05 data