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Pursuant to Section 2-2-1404, Colorado Revised Statutes. The primary purpose of this task force is to assess current state policies and practices that promote economic opportunity and poverty reduction and, by 2019, reduce by at least 50 percent the number of Coloradans, including children and families, living in poverty.

The school finance bill, Senate Bill 13-260, amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2013-14. The bill was signed by the Governor on May 18, 2013, and became effective on that date. Senate Bill 13-230, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to school districts. The following summarizes the primary funding changes.

Academic standards provide a broad outline for what students are expected to know and be able to do at the end of each grade level, and for what students should know in order to be prepared to enter college or the workforce by the time they graduate from high school. In Colorado, academic standards are also the basis of the annual statewide assessment.

Juvenile justice systems were created in the late 19th century under the philosophy that juveniles are different than adults and may have different rehabilitation needs. Colorado has two separate systems for the detention or commitment of juveniles convicted of crimes. One system exists within the Department of Human Services (DHS), a department with the responsibility of addressing child welfare, while the other exists within the Department of Corrections (DOC), where adult offenders are sentenced.

March 8, 2013

MEMORANDUM

TO:        Committee on Legal Services

FROM:    Chuck Brackney, Office of Legislative Legal Services

RE:        Rules of the State Physical Therapy Board, Department of Regulatory Agencies, concerning physical therapists, 4 CCR 732-1 (LLS Docket No. 120310; SOS Tracking No. 2012-00318).

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22. COMMITTEE RULES

25. COMMITTEES

(a) Committees of reference of the House shall be: (1) Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources. (2) Appropriations. (2.5) Repealed, House Resolution 13-1002, January 9, 2013.

The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations needed to pay for school finance have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2012. Property values have stabilized and are expected to grow modestly over the next few years, helping to boost the local contribution to school finance. Similarly, income tax receipts are growing faster than anticipated, increasing deposits into the State Education Fund and the General Fund.

I. PREAMBLE
II. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE (ULC)
III. THE OPERATION OF THE ULC
IV. ACTIVITIES OF THE COLORADO COMMISSIONERS
V. A SUMMARY OF NEW ACTS
VI. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENACTMENT AND FOR OTHER ACTION
VII. ENACTMENT RECORD, TO DATE

MEMORANDUM

TO:        Committee on Legal Services

FROM:    Chuck Brackney, Office of Legislative Legal Services

DATE:    December 27, 2012

RE:        Rules of the Colorado State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Division of Professions and Occupations, Department of Regulatory Agencies, concerning the scope of practice of chiropractors, 3 CCR 701 (LLS Docket No. 130070; SOS Tracking No. 2012-01055).

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Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Lower North Fork Wildfire Commission.

Pursuant to Section 31-31-1001, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of the committee is to study and develop proposed legislation relating to funding of police officers' and firefighters' pensions in this state and the benefit designs of such pension plans.