Post by Logan on Feb 9, 2016 2:33:36 GMT -6
Coloradans won't be voting next fall on whether to fund full-day kindergarten statewide after legislation was rejected by a Senate panel Monday.
The measure would have asked voters to use money scripted for refunds under the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights for education instead.
The Republican-controlled Senate sent the legislation not to the education committee but to its state affairs panel, otherwise known as the "kill committee." It was voted down 3-2, with three Republicans on the panel voting no.
Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, said the bill was an example of the legislature "thumbing its nose" at TABOR, although others argued the bill was in line with the tax amendment because voters would have had a say.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29492061/senate-panel-rejects-proposal-fund-full-day-k
The measure would have asked voters to use money scripted for refunds under the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights for education instead.
The Republican-controlled Senate sent the legislation not to the education committee but to its state affairs panel, otherwise known as the "kill committee." It was voted down 3-2, with three Republicans on the panel voting no.
Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, said the bill was an example of the legislature "thumbing its nose" at TABOR, although others argued the bill was in line with the tax amendment because voters would have had a say.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29492061/senate-panel-rejects-proposal-fund-full-day-k