Ballot Title Setting Board
2021-2022

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

State taxes shall be increased by $126 million annually by a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the creation and funding of a healthy school meals program, and, in connection therewith, increasing state taxable income only for individuals who have federal taxable income of $250,000 or greater and claim itemized or standard deductions, by capping their itemized or standard state income tax deductions at $8,000 for single tax return filers and at $16,000 for joint tax return filers; providing free meals in public schools for all students; providing grants for participating schools to purchase Colorado grown, raised, and processed products to use in school meals, to increase wages or provide stipends for individuals employed to prepare and serve school meals, and to create parent and student advisory committees to advise each district to ensure that school meals are healthy and appealing to all students; and creating a program to assist with promoting Colorado food products and preparing school meals using basic ingredients with minimal reliance on processed products.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall state taxes be increased by $126 million annually by a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the creation and funding of a healthy school meals program, and, in connection therewith, increasing state taxable income only for individuals who have federal taxable income of $250,000 or greater and claim itemized or standard deductions, by capping their itemized or standard state income tax deductions at $8,000 for single tax return filers and at $16,000 for joint tax return filers; providing free meals in public schools for all students; providing grants for participating schools to purchase Colorado grown, raised, and processed products to use in school meals, to increase wages or provide stipends for individuals employed to prepare and serve school meals, and to create parent and student advisory committees to advise each district to ensure that school meals are healthy and appealing to all students; and creating a program to assist with promoting Colorado food products and preparing school meals using basic ingredients with minimal reliance on processed products?

Hearing April 6, 2022

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board made a technical correction to the text of the initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Julie Pelegrin, David Powell
Hearing adjourned 5:52 PM.

Rehearing April 20, 2022

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Julie Pelegrin, Eric Meyer
Hearing adjourned 2:52 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Establishment of a New School Meals Program" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.