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Info-graphic: A history of school finance in Colorado

August 21st, 2014
Caitlin Schneider

CFI economist Chris Stiffler has created a handy infographic that shows what has happened to school finance over the last three decades with the interactions of the TABOR, Gallagher and Amendment 23 constitutional provisions.

Click on the graphic above to enlarge it, or check it out here: Colorado school finance timeline

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