January 6, 2006

Outlook for Higher Education in the 50 State Legislatures

By KAREN FISCHER

COLORADO

Dates of session

January 11 to May 10

Budget request

  • $658.8-million, a 10.2-percent increase.

Outlook for budget request

  • Better, but not as bright as supporters of a recently passed ballot initiative had hoped. Referendum C, approved in November, lifted a statewide spending cap for five years and allows state officials to use money they otherwise would have had to refund to taxpayers. Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican, has

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