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Great Futures Start with a Great Education Great Ed Douglas County

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Great Futures Start with a Great Education Great Ed Douglas County

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• Education - Our children won’t get a 21st century education if we continue to disinvest

• Jobs - 73,000 jobs will be lost if these three measures pass. Companies won’t come to Colorado, creating new jobs and strengthening our economy and our kids’ futures.

• Public safety, health, and transportation – These services that support our communities will be at risk. • More at www.lookingforwardcolorado.com

Three Reasons to Care about Amendments 60, 61 and Prop 101:

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Is Colorado Making the Necessary Investments in our Future?

Great Futures Start with a Great Education . . .

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How is Colorado doing?

• 42nd in K-12 education per pupil funding (adjusted for cost of living)

• 40th in elem. level pupil to teacher ratio• 41st in technology in our schools • 48th in per capita spending on higher ed• 46th in combined state and local taxes

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In other states …

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Statewide 6.12 percent or $354 million (so far) Over $400-500 per studentResult: Increased class size; school days, summer school cut; schools closed; furloughs & layoffs; transportation, activity & technology fees; art/ music/electives, mentoring & literacy staff cut.

Douglas County School District•440 DCSD Jobs Eliminated from 09/10 to 10/11

-160 were classroom teachers•Fees for buses, technology and sports•Preparing for another 6 percent cut in 2011-12

Cuts to Public Schools

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Colorado: 48th Higher Ed Funding

(per capita)

How Low Can Higher Ed Go?

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Cuts to Higher Education• Higher Ed• 2010-11: Funding propped up by federal stimulus

dollars. • 2011-12: cuts of as much as $300 million in state aid

anticipated when stimulus ends.• Result: Annual 9% increases in tuition, making higher

ed less accessible; larger classes, shrinking course availability, potentially closed departments, campuses.

• Deeper cuts expected for the current year and the 2011-12 year. . .

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When will it get better?

• When will full day Kindergarten be free and Preschool more accessible?

• When will our class sizes approach other states’?• When will tuition stop increasing?• When will technology be on par with the national

average? • When will we be able to restore art, music, PE,

and Career Tech. classes?

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Never.

Until we act.

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In fact, it could get even worse.

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AT A CROSSROADS

Current Trajectory

If A60, A61, or P101 pass

Long Term Goal

2011-122010-11 2012-13

Investment

($)

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$5,000

$5,500

$6,000

$6,500

$7,000

$7,500

$8,000

$8,500

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Spending per student declining in Douglas County

More budget cuts are expected next year even if 60, 61, and 101 fail.

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$5,000

$5,500

$6,000

$6,500

$7,000

$7,500

$8,000

$8,500

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Passage of 60,61,101 Current projections

Douglas County schools would be devastated by 60, 61, and 101

If 60, 61, and 101 pass spending per student plummets

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Reduces Government Revenues

• Reduces car registration, license fees, income tax rate, phone bill taxes. Result: $2+ billion/year (large proportion goes to schools)

Bottom line: Slashes revenues at state/local levels on the heels of $3+ billion in state cuts alone. Education cuts inevitable, resulting in larger class sizes, narrowing curriculum, higher tuition, higher fees.

DCSD estimates losing $16M over 5-yr period in Specific Ownership Tax when fully implemented

Proposition 101

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Limits Property Taxes & Voids TABOR Elections • Cuts local property taxes for schools in half without means for

state to replace those lost local revenues. • Overrides past local “de-Brucing” elections.• Allows citizens to put mill levy reductions on ballot by petition.• Applies property tax to many colleges and universities.Bottom line: Reverses voters’ will in previous elections resulting in

increased class size, decreased opportunities, higher tuition, closed institutions.

DCSD estimates losing $80M over 10-year period under this measure

Amendment 60

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Limits Government Borrowing • Prohibits state from any use of debt to finance

important projects over time. Colorado would be only state in the country with this restriction.

• Would end the “Build Excellent Schools Today” program

• Could result in March – November school year in some districts.

• DCSD would not be able to borrow until 2014, even if voters wanted to provide space to reduce class size.

Amendment 61

Bottom line: An end to state assistance for school construction, more expensive local school construction.

District Impact: DCSD depends on interest-free loans. If passed, DCSD would lose $5.6M/yr, or $56M over 10-yr period, more than 70 teachers

B.E.S.T.

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Statewide:• At least $2.7 billion loss of local and state

revenue for important community services.• Loss of thousands of jobs in public and

private sector, including 8,000 educators

Source: Looking Forward Colorado, www.lookingforwardcolorado.com

Prop 101, Amendment 60 & 61 Impact

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Prop 101, Amendment 60 & 61 Impact

Douglas County School District:• If Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition

101 pass, would reduce DCSD funding contribution by 40%, or $99M ($1,790/student) when fully implemented.

• District will not be able to borrow until 2014

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Prop 101, Amendment 60 & 61 Impact

Douglas County Total Impact: One-third reduction in annual revenue• 47% cut to Developmental Disabilities Fund• 47% cut to Road and Bridge Fund• 23% cut to Law Enforcement Authority Fund• 52% cut to Library funding

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1. Colorado’s funding for preschool, K-12 and higher ed is already too low and being cut further.

2. A60, A61 and P101 – would devastate our education system and make it impossible for our economy to recover or compete.• A60 – Guts local support for schools• A61 – Makes construction and health & safety repairs virtually

impossible• Prop 101 – Cuts $2+ billion out of district, local and state

budgets that are already unable to meet the needs of their citizens.

Great Futures Start with a Great Education, but . . .

… even mediocre education will be impossible if 60, 61 or 101 pass.

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• Get Informed -- and inform others• Schedule a speaker for your PTO, HOA, etc.• Learn the elevator speech (use a wallet card!)

• Join our facebook: Great Education Colorado, Douglas County• Volunteer!

• Host or Attend a Postcard-writing Party• Pass a resolution against 60, 61, 101• Thank school board members for unanimous passage of resolution opposing 60, 61, and 101

What Can We Do?

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Contact Great Education Colorado and the Great Futures Colorado Coalition

Sue Catterall, Douglas [email protected]

Casey Shea [email protected]

303-722-5901

www.greateducation.org

douglas.greateducation.org

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