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Colorado Out-of-School Learning Program Initiative (2020)
| Colorado Out-of-School Learning 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 Out-of-School Learning Program Initiative (#250) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The initiative would have created an out-of-school learning program to be funded through a tax credit of 100% of a taxpayer's contribution.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 250 is below:[1]
| “ | Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes to create an out-of-school learning opportunities program for Colorado children, and, in connection therewith, providing parent-directed financial aid to be used for out-of-school learning opportunities such as tutoring, supplemental instruction in core subjects, support for students with special needs, language programs, art and music, and career and technical education training; requiring the award of financial aid to prioritize low- and middle-income students; creating a state agency independent of the department of education to oversee the program to ensure financial accountability and transparency and to select a nonprofit to administer the program; repealing the program in 2035; allowing a state income tax credit of 100% of a taxpayer's contribution to fund the program; and temporarily limiting the state income tax net operating loss deduction for corporations by an amount set annually by the department of revenue to offset, as nearly as practicable, the tax revenue loss resulting from the allowed income tax credit?[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
- Chad Cookinham and Camille Howells filed the initiative on February 7, 2020. A ballot title was set for it on February 19, 2020.[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
- Initiative 250 full text
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Colorado Secretary of State, "2019-2020 Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results," accessed April 8, 2019
- ↑ 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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