THE BIGHORN CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

POLICY PROPOSAL
REGION: NORTHERN COLORADO

Date: Spring 2003

The following proposals are for the Bighorn Leadership program and not actual Colorado legislation.

TABOR RAINY DAY FUND– Concerned a referred measure allowing the State of Colorado to create a “Rainy Day Fund” not to exceed (10%) of the allowable general fund revenue by keeping and using the first $150,000,000.00 of the revenue collected in excess of its TABOR limit in any tax year in which the “rainy day fund” is not fully funded. Click here for full text.

TEACHER QUALITY ACT– Suggests that the Colorado Department of Education use federal Title I, II and V allocations kept by the department for the express purpose of recruiting and retaining high quality teachers to staff Colorado schools by creating a Beginning Teacher Academy and Induction office whose main purpose will be to recruit high school students into the teaching profession, contract for or manage scholarship programs for these students, and to help school districts provide high quality induction programs to retain teachers through their fifth year of teaching. Click here for full text.

TERM LIMITS EXEMPTION– Establishes that cities and towns with a population under 10,000 be exempted from the term limit requirement. Click here for full text.

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT– Authorizes qualified agricultural land to be appraised as wildlife management for tax purposes. Click here for full text.

To view the policy proposals introduced in the leadership program please select from the list below.

• Northern Colorado Region
• Douglas County
• Western Slope
• Southwest Region
• Pikes Peak Region
• Jefferson & Summit County
• Health Care
• Resource Sustainability