Ba
llot History
Year:
1992
Ballot Number:
06
Short Title:
Education Reform - Sales Tax
Ballot Title:
Shall there be an act to provide for the establishment of a system of educational standards and assessments for public schools; to require school districts to develop strategic action plans to enable achievement of such standards; to require certified diplomas for graduates who meet certain standards and remedial instruction for those that do not; to require shared decision making at the school building; to require that early childhood education be provided to certain children; to mandate periodic administrative audits of school districts and annual school district reports; to provide monetary grants to school districts; to increase the 3 percent rate of state sales and use tax to 4 percent to provide increased state revenues from the additional 1 percent to be applied solely to fund public schools; to specify a minimum amount as the state share of equalization program funding; to repeal and supersede any conflicting laws and to supersede any existing statutory tax limitations; and to recreate the Colorado Achievement "COACH" Commission?
Election Results:
Rejected
Votes For
:
693,231
(
45.6%
)
Votes Against:
826,787
(
54.4%
)
Type of Change:
Statutory
Initiative/Referendum:
Initiative
Bill/Resolution #:
Election Results - SOS:
Categories:
Taxation