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

Under current law, subject to procedural requirements, a charter school that has capital construction needs may seek money to fund these needs by requesting that its chartering school district (district):Submit a ballot question to the district's voters concerning a special mill levy; orInclude the charter school's capital construction needs in the district's ballot question for bonded indebtedness or for an additional mill levy.     The bill:Requires a district that is considering submitting a ballot question or questions to its voters to solicit proposals from its charter schools about their capital construction needs; andRequires the district's board to notify the charter schools regarding whether it will include the charter school's capital construction needs in the district's ballot questions. and Encourages a district to solicit proposals from institute charter schools located within the district's boundaries about their capital construction needs and include funding for the capital construction needs in the district's relevant ballot question.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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