Colorado § 22-54-101 - Short title.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 22-54-101 — Short title., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-54-101. Short title.
The short title of this article 54 is the "Public School Finance Act of 2025".
Source: L. 94: Entire article added with relocations, p. 779, § 2, effective April 27. L. 2024: Entire section amended, (HB 24-1448), ch. 236, p. 1480, § 1, effective May 23.
ANNOTATION
Constitutionality of prior school finance system. The school finance system provided in the "Public School Finance Act of 1973" did not violate § 2 of art. IX, Colo. Const., nor did it deny equal protection of the law, as it was rationally related to a legitimate state purpose. Lujan v. Colo. State Bd. of Educ., 649 P.2d 1005 (Colo. 1982).
The public school financing system is constitutional. The financing system contained in this article is rationally related to the thorough and uniform mandate in the constitution because it funds a free public school system that is of a quality marked by completeness, is comprehensive, and is consistent across the state, and does so using a multi-faceted statutory approach that applies uniformly to all of the school districts in this state. Further, the system affords local school districts control over locally raised funds and therefore over instruction in the public schools, and nothing in the system itself requires a particular allocation of local funds. Lobato v. State, 2013 CO 30, 304 P.3d 1132 (Lobato II).
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