SB91, a supplemental appropriations bill, provided additional funding adjustments for the Colorado Department of Education for the 2024-25 fiscal year. It amended the state budget to allocate financial resources from various sources—including the State Education Fund, federal funds, and cash funds—to support programs such as special education, transportation, literacy initiatives, school-finance operations, and other education-related services.
The Colorado House of Representatives passed SB91 on February 13, 2025 by a vote of 55 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill expands government funding and control over education—an area that properly belongs to parents and families, not the state. By allocating additional taxpayer dollars to a government-run education system, the General Assembly reinforces a monopoly that crowds out private schools and homeschooling while imposing ever-greater financial burdens on taxpayers, including through property taxes. True educational freedom cannot be achieved through compulsory, state-funded schooling, but only when parents are free to direct their children's education without state interference or coerced public financing.
