Source: Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) Amendment 60 Resolution in opposition to the ballot initiative ON LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WHEREAS, the _______________ Board of Education is a public entity that provides educational services to the children in the _______________ School District; and WHEREAS, a ballot initiative to amend Article X, Section 20 (“Taxpayer [...]

DECIDE may have been defeated this year, but the fight for better investment in our kids has just begun. Please add your name to Great Futures’ open letter to voters: we won’t let another year go by without giving voters a chance to improve resources for public education!

In a 35-30 vote, the Colorado House of Representatives today failed to reach the two-thirds vote necessary to put DECIDE (HCR 1002) on the ballot in November 2010. Great Education Colorado — a member of the Great Futures Colorado coaltion, which proposed the referendum — issued the following statement:

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