The Great Futures Coalition has been fighting for great education for all of Colorado’s students – preschool through higher education – since we started in the winter of 2010.  Through a commitment to inform each of our organization’s membership and our surrounding communities, the Coalition allows organizations to achieve that part of their mission more effectively and efficiently with the co-branded tools and support that the Coalition provides.

Great Futures so far has more than 30 organization members.  Learn more about who we are and how the organization you’re connected to can join this coalition to grow the movement to reinvest in Colorado’s kids and economy.

RSVP to join us at the Coalition’s Day on Action anytime between 8 AM and 8 PM on Thursday, October 13!

Colorado voters finally have the opportunity to put an end to the short-sighted and irresponsible cuts to our schools, colleges and universities.  Proposition 103 allows Colorado to reinvest in our schools and colleges.  It’s up to us to change the way we invest in education.  Be part of our grassroots effort!

Help us meet our goal: 21,000 voter contacts before October 14th.

Learn More about Prop 103

Pledge to Vote YES and Take Action to help pass Prop 103

In July 2011, the Great Futures Coalition endorsed the proposed statewide Ballot Initiative #25 (now Proposition 103).  Coalition members and volunteers helped to gather more than 20,000 signatures for the measure to contribute to the total 142,000 signatures that were submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State on August 1, 2011.

On August 24, Colorado’s Secretary of State declared that a sufficient number of valid signatures had been submitted to certify the initiative for the ballot. The initiative will appear as Proposition 103 on the November 1, 2011 ballot, giving voters across the state the opportunity to stop a fourth year of deep cuts in our schools, colleges, and universities.

Click here to Volunteer with Great Futures to help pass Prop 103.

On August 24, Colorado’s Secretary of State declared that a sufficient number of valid signatures have been submitted to certify Proposition 103 for the November 1, 2011 ballot, giving voters across the state the opportunity to stop a fourth year of short-sighted and irresponsible cuts to our schools and colleges.

SUMMARY: Proposition 103

Proposition 103 would restore state income, corporate and sales taxes to their 1999 levels for the benefit of education:

• Corporate income tax and personal income tax rates would increase from 4.63% to 5%.
• The state sales tax rate would increase from 2.9% to 3%.
• The initiative would raise an anticipated $532 million per year.
• The new funds would go toward preventing further cuts to education — preschool through higher education – and, depending on the economy and recovery, could begin restoring funding for some of the devastating cuts of the past three years.
• The new rates would be in effect temporarily for five years, beginning in January 2012.

Context:

• Without ballot action, it is anticipated that P-12 will face a fourth year of deep cuts in the 2012-13 school year and higher education will continue to experience significantly diminished state funding, resulting in higher tuition, reduced financial aid, and possibly even closures of colleges and departments.
• While this initiative will not reverse the cuts schools and colleges have endured over the past four years, it will help to prevent or minimize future cuts.
• This initiative provides the ONLY opportunity available to stop deep cuts in the 2012-13 school year.
• The proposal simply restores tax rates to 1999 levels.
• The proposal’s five-year limit is intended to ensure that the initiative cannot be viewed as a permanent solution to public education funding.  This initiative is like a tourniquet that will prevent more irreparable cuts while providing a few years to build consensus on long-term fiscal reform.

Vote YES on Proposition 103!

For more information or to download or print material, visit www.greatedaction.org.

“Grassroots for Great Futures”

Friday, April 29

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Johnson & Wales University Event Center
7150 Montview Boulevard
Denver, CO 80220

In Colorado, there’s only one way to STOP the education cuts and start reinvesting in our students: Organize our communities, strengthen the grassroots movement, and make the urgent case to voters for a potential Ballot Initiative, maybe even in 2011! We’ll give you all the information and training you’ll need to create real, lasting change for our kids and economy.

Click here to register! Registration is open through Friday, April 22. Space is limited.

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