This memorandum provides a statewide comparison of data from the past nine years on school district referrals to law enforcement, dropout rates, and county-level juvenile delinquency filings.
The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not mandate access to paid family and medical leave (PFML) benefits. Simultaneously, nearly half of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck and are unable to access two thousand dollars in the event of an emergency. On May 30, 2019 Senate Bill 19-188 (SB 19-188) was passed to prepare for the implementation of a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado by establishing a family and medical leave implementation task force, charged with providing a final recommendation on 16 factors, regarding a paid family and medical leave program for all employees in the state.
This memorandum provides an overview of programs that are designed to provide a boost to Colorado's economy, including incentivizing businesses to locate in Colorado, expand their Colorado-based workforce, or other wise grow their Colorado business operations.
This issue brief discusses the services that the state must provide to undocumented immigrants and the associated costs of these services, and describes legislation regarding immigration that was passed during the 2006 legislative session.
