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Click on the pdf link for "Ten Years of TABOR," a comprehensive study of the effects of TABOR ten years after its passage.

The boards of the Bell Policy Center and the Bell Action Network have endorsed Gov. Bill Ritter's proposal to stabilize school district mill levies to address education funding and tax fairness issues. The boards also endorsed the governor's plan for using state money freed up by the mill levy stabilization to boost preschool and kindergarten programs.

Article: A message from the Bell Staff, Carol Hedges and Laurie Zeller ??? our votes for MVP, Ref C investments should promote opportunity, Replacing cynicism with confidence in the public???s view of government, Where to from here?

Articles: Gov. Owens spells out Ref C spending in budget plan, What the press is saying about spending Ref C money, What the Ref D failure means for Ref C revenues, How deep the hurt? Restoring past budget cuts will cost millions, More praise for "tireless campaigners"

JBC starts budget process $30 million in the hole, Club 20 focuses on a fiscal fix, News analysis: Taking the initiative in Colorado, Denver Chamber: Colorado low on taxes, higher ed funding

This policy brief provides an overview of the current funding situation of higher education in Colorado and the effects of TABOR on state funding of public colleges.

The Rocky Mountain News reports on the fight for funding in 2006, after Referendum C passed, between institutes of higher education and K-12 schools.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary expressing the need to fund public community colleges, whose funding has decreased in recent years, making education beyond high school more out of reach for many Coloradans.

DENVER, CO.???.Colorado's state budget has gone from lean to anorexic and is not likely to recover without major changes in the way the state raises and spends money, warned a local public policy group today. The Bell Policy Center, a nonprofit organization committed to programs that help open gateways to opportunity and promote self-sufficiency, today released a report that tracks current budget cuts in the context of long-term impact on Colorado's citizens.

DENVER, CO – Major flaws in Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) have seriously impaired the state's ability to set budget and program priorities and respond to crises, such as the current economic downturn, according to a study released today.