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Colorado Establish "Expanded Learning Opportunities Program" Initiative (2020)
| Colorado Establish "Expanded Learning Opportunities Program" Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Taxes and Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Establish "Expanded Learning Opportunities Program" Initiative (#74, 75) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The initiative would have established an "Expanded Learning Opportunities Program".[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 74 is below:[1]
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating an expanded learning opportunities program that provides out-of-school learning experiences, such as tutoring, supplemental instruction in reading, math, science, and writing, support for students with special needs, English and foreign language programs, and arts, career, or technical education training, for any child aged 3 to 18 who is eligible to attend public school in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating a functionally independent agency within the department of education to oversee the program and select a non-profit to administer the program; allowing a 100% income tax credit, subject to specified caps, to any taxpayer who makes a contribution to the administering non-profit to fund the program; requiring the administering non-profit to provide need-based financial aid to parent-directed individual learning accounts for participating students and to select and certify providers of such experiences; and authorizing the state to annually retain and spend state revenue exceeding the state spending limit in an amount equal to the appropriation to the agency for administrative and operational expenses?[2] | ” |
The ballot title for Initiative 75 is below:[1]
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado revised statutes creating an expanded learning opportunities program that provides out-of-school learning experiences, such as tutoring, supplemental instruction in reading, math, science, and writing, support for students with special needs, English and foreign language programs, and arts, career, or technical education training, for any child aged 3 to 18 who is eligible to attend public school in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating a functionally independent agency within the department of education to oversee the program and select a non-profit to administer the program; allowing a 100% income tax credit, subject to specified caps, to any taxpayer who makes a contribution to the administering non-profit to fund the program; requiring the administering non-profit to provide need-based financial aid to parent-directed individual learning accounts for participating students and to select and certify providers of such experiences; and authorizing the state to annually retain and spend state revenue exceeding the state spending limit in an amount equal to the appropriation to the agency for administrative and operational expenses?[2] | ” |
Full text
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Colorado, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado secretary of state in the preceding general election. State law provides that petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. State statutes require a completed signature petition to be filed three months and three weeks before the election at which the measure would appear on the ballot. The Constitution, however, states that the petition must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. The secretary of state generally lists a date that is three months before the election as the filing deadline.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 124,632 valid signatures
- Deadline: August 3, 2020[3]
The secretary of state is responsible for signature verification. Verification is conducted through a review of petitions regarding correct form and then a 5 percent random sampling verification. If the sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required valid signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If the sampling projects more than 110 percent of the required signatures, the initiative is certified. If less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- Monica R. Colbert and Juliet Sebold filed all versions of this initiative.[1]
- Proponents did not submit signatures by the deadline on August 3, 2020.[1]
See also
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State: Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
- Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Colorado Secretary of State, "2019-2020 Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results," accessed April 8, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ On May 17, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed Executive Order D 2020 065, which temporarily suspended the state law requiring signatures to be submitted six months after ballot language finalization. Under the order, signatures for 2020 Colorado initiatives were due by August 3, 2020.
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