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Mapleton adds "de-Brucing" issue to November ballot

Mapleton's Board of Education is asking voters to decide on a measure that would allow the district to keep all money appropriated to it by the state. Mapleton's board approved the question 5-0 at their business meeting Tuesday night.

If the measure passes, Mapleton would be one of at least 168 school districts of Colorado's 178 to approve de-Brucing questions. If the measure fails, Mapleton would likely be required to return over half a million dollars to the state this fiscal year.

According to an amendment to the state constriction approved in 1992 spearheaded by anti-tax activist Doug Bruce, school districts and other government jurisdictions must send any revenue over a certain cap to the state for redistribution from the state's general fund.

"In essence, we're about to be penalized for aggressively pursuing grants and other forms of revenue necessary beyond state money to fund a quality education system," Don Herman, Mapleton's finance director, told the board of education Tuesday night. "Our foundation grants count against our TABOR cap. When we reach that cap, every dollar of every grant we get would be offset by dollars we'd have to return to the state."

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