SB 26-145

Senate Bill 26-145, titled "Charter School Involvement in Local Ballot Questions," ensures that charter schools have a say in local ballot questions related to funding for capital construction. The bill requires school districts to ask charter schools about their needs and inform them if those needs will be included in any upcoming ballot measures. It also encourages districts to include proposals from institute charter schools when creating ballot questions. This means that charter schools can now more directly influence how funds are raised for their building projects, impacting both the charter schools themselves and the local voters who decide on these funding issues. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now enforceable policy in Colorado.

Official Summary

The act requires a school district that is considering submitting to its voters a ballot question concerning capital construction to solicit proposals from its charter schools about their capital construction needs. The act specifies the solicitation process requirements and requires the school district to notify a charter school that submitted a proposal whether the school district will include the charter school's capital construction needs in the school district's ballot question or questions. If the school district decides not to include the charter school's capital construction needs in the ballot question, the notification must include the school district's reasons for the exclusion and must include an opportunity for the charter school to address issues raised by the school district.     If the school district and charter school mutually agree to the content of the charter school's proposal, a school district that voluntarily submits to its voters a ballot question for the charter school's capital construction needs is not required to comply with the required solicitation process.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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