Proposition NN: State Public K-12 Education Funding
Source: results.enr.clarityelections.com
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Education Quality
The state could keep money it now refunds to taxpayers under TABOR, about $330 million the first year and $520 million the next, to raise K-12 school funding 2% a year for ten years and fund children's programs. Your TABOR refund would be smaller or gone in years the state collects above its limit.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Colorado General Assembly (Senate Bill 26-135, Sens. Jeff Bridges, Cathy Kipp; Reps. Jennifer Bacon, Meghan Lukens)
Democratic state lawmakers put it on the ballot. The support group Yes for Colorado Kids raised $2 million, almost all from Gary Advocacy and the Colorado Education Association.
Source: coloradopolitics.com
A YES vote means
The state keeps hundreds of millions a year that would otherwise be refunded, and spends it on schools, teacher pay and children's programs. Taxpayer refunds shrink.
A NO vote means
School funding follows the current formula, and money the state collects above its limit keeps going back to taxpayers as TABOR refunds.
Campaign Finance Information
Campaign Finance Information
Largest donors supporting
- Gary Advocacy LLCPolitical arm of a Denver children's philanthropy$1,000,000
- Colorado Fund for Children & Public EducationColorado teachers union political fund$950,000
- District 12 Educators AssociationLocal teachers union$10,073
- Cherry Creek Education AssociationLocal teachers union$10,000
- St. Vrain Valley Education AssociationLocal teachers union$10,000
Largest donors opposing
- Common Sense America · VANational nonprofit; donors not public$250,000
- Advance ColoradoColorado conservative advocacy nonprofit$20,000
- Richard McCormickDenver retiree$5,000
Some of this money went to groups that also work on other measures.
Filings as of September 17, 2026 · Sources: tracer.sos.colorado.gov2
Sources: coloradosos.gov · leg.colorado.gov
Source: leg.colorado.gov