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The FY 2013-14 General Fund surplus is estimated at $235.8 million.1 State law requires this surplus to be distributed in the amounts and order shown in Table 1.2 Additionally, the transfer to the Capital Construction Fund is allocated by state law in the order and amounts shown in Table 2.3 Up to 90 percent of the surplus will be distributed on September 15th, with the remainder distributed when the State Controller publishes the comprehensive annual financial report for FY 2013-14.

Child support is a required payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child after a divorce or other dissolution of a relationship. This issue brief summarizes how child support orders are issued, details elements of child support enforcement units and various child support enforcement mechanisms, outlines the Colorado ChildSupport CollectionConsumerProtectionAct, and provides information on cases that involve noncustodial parents who live outside Colorado.

Telecommunications regulation has been an active issue in the Colorado state legislature for several years. In 2014, five bills passed that changed telecommunications regulation, subsidies, and infrastructure in Colorado. These bills deregulate a number of telecommunications products, specify the manner in which basic telephone service will be deregulated subject to limited regulatory oversight, and provide a framework for the expansion of broadband service in the state. This issue brief provides a background on telecommunications issues and an overview of the recent legislation.

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.

This document provides a summary of major local government legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

ESTIMATED VALUE OF SCHOOL FINANCE FACTORS, INCLUDING NEGATIVE FACTOR, FY 2014-15

2013 Colorado Cost of Living Report - Expenditure Totals

This document provides a summary of major marijuana legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

This document provides a summary of major 2014 elections legislation.

School District Table

The attached document provides a summary of major legislation considered by the General Assembly pertaining to taxes and fiscal policy.

This document provides a summary of transportation legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

This document summaries the major pieces of legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

In 1992, voters approved a Colorado Constitutional Amendment -- Article X, Section 20, known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR limits annual growth in state spending.

This document provides a summary major legislation pertaining to military and veterans affairs considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 session.

This document provides a summary of legislation pertaining to the operations of the General Assembly considered by the legislature during the 2014 session.

2014 Summary of Major K-12 Education Legislation

This document provides a summary of major motor vehicles and traffic regulation legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 session.

This document provides a summary of legislation pertaining to human services considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

This document provides a summary of major legislation pertaining to property and housing considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

This document provides a summary of legislation pertaining to higher education considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.

House Bill 14-1292 and House Bill 14-1298 amend the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2014-15. The bills were signed by the Governor on May 21, 2014, and became effective on that date. House Bill 14-1336, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to school districts. The following summarizes the primary funding changes contained in these bills.