Colorado Amendment 17, Income Tax Credit for Private Education Expenses and Restrict Nonpublic Education Regulations Initiative (1998)
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| Topic Income taxes and School choice policy |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 17 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 3, 1998. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing an income tax credit for parents of students enrolled in private schools, covering the lesser of 80% of the cost of their child's education or 50% of the average per-student public school expenditure, and prohibiting state and local governments from increasing regulations on nonpublic education beyond the level in place on January 1, 1998. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing an income tax credit for parents of students enrolled in private schools, covering the lesser of 80% of the cost of their child's education or 50% of the average per-student public school expenditure, and prohibiting state and local governments from increasing regulations on nonpublic education beyond the level in place on January 1, 1998. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 17 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 515,942 | 39.72% | ||
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782,982 | 60.28% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 17 was as follows:
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the constitution of the state of Colorado concerning the establishment of an income tax credit for parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in public, non-public schools and non-public home-based education programs, and, in connect therewith, requiring the general assembly to establish an income tax credit for income tax years beginning in 1999; specifying the methods for determining the amount of such credit; establishing priorities for eligibility for such credit; establishing an education opportunity fund to be used to offset the entire costs of such credit; prohibiting reductions in the current pre-student public school expenditures as a result of the measure or as a result of the transfer of students to non-public schools; prohibiting the state or any political subdivision thereof from using this section to increase their regulatory role over the education of children in non-public schools beyond that exercised and existent on January 1. 1998; and eliminating eligibility for the income tax credit of parents or legal guardians who send children to certain non-public schools, including those that illegally discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color or national origin or teach hatred? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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