Date: 12/20/2010
Final
PK-12 Enrollment Forecast
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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10:48 AM -- PK-12 Enrollment Forecast
Kate Watkins, Legislative Council Staff, presented the Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade enrollment forecast, which begins on page 49 of the forecast. She directed the committee to page 56 in the forecast. She explained the push and pull of school enrollment, which is affected by where there are job opportunities for parents. She noted that the pullback in the oil and gas industry has had a large effect on the western and southwestern parts of the state. She stated that over the next two years it will flatten out. She explained that Colorado's rural and agricultural areas continue to see slight declines in enrollment, which has been happening for the past decade. She concluded by stating that enrollment increased by about 10,000 students in the current school year.