Local school boards may direct the funding to areas including decreasing class size, technology, student safety, teacher recruitment and development, accountable programs to meet state standards, more preschool and kindergarten programs, and the Governor's report card. The initiative dedicates a small percent of the existing state income tax to a State Education Fund. The fund will be exempted from revenue and spending limitations and can only be used to help our public schools. Your taxes will not increase. The initiative contains a safety mechanism to prevent this from happening.
Education reform is already a reality in Colorado.
We have a state mandate that all children read at grade level by third grade. We have the Governors report card to ensure accountability. Our reforms are paying off, too. Our accomplishments in educational reform will never last without an increase in school funding. For sustainable educational reform, we need to attract and keep the best teachers, make sure our students have the best possible textbooks and materials, and foster exemplary educational programming.