Fund public education with TABOR money

· Jan. 20, 2015, 7:12 pm

Photo: Tabor must vote (Photo: AP/Brennan Linsley)This article is part of our look at potential refunds from the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Learn more about how TABOR works here.

Title: SB15-033 Increasing Funding For Public Pre-K-12 Education

Sponsors: Sen. Andy Kerr (D-Lakewood)

Status: Introduced and assigned to the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 7. On Feb. 2, the bill was killed.

What the bill does: Asks voters to decide if the state can keep current and future revenues to invest in education from preschool through high school.

How it affects your refund: As written, this bill would have removed taxpayer refunds. But in doing so, it changes current tax policy, which is something that voters must approve.

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