The Arc of Colorado The Bell Policy Center Colorado AARP Colorado Association of School Boards Colorado Association of School Executives Colorado Children’s Campaign Colorado Concern Colorado Contractors Association Colorado Education Association Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute Colorado Nonprofit Association Lieutenant Governor BarbaraO’Brien Attorney General John Suthers State Treasurer Cary Kennedy Representative Debbie Benefield (Arvada)

Michael Bennett, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools Elaine Gantz Berman, Member, Colorado Board of Education Former Speaker Doug Dean (Colorado Springs) Representative Stella Garza-Hicks (Colorado Springs) Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon (Denver) Senate President Peter Groff (Denver) Senator Steve Johnson (Loveland) Speaker Andrew Romanoff (Denver) Senator Paula Sandoval (Denver) Senate President Pro Tempore Abel Tapia (Pueblo) Representative Paul Weissmann (Louisville) Senator Jennifer Veiga (Denver) Former Joint Budget Committee Chair Brad Young (Lamar) Karen Reinertson, President, Front Range Community College; former executive director, Office of State Planning and Budgeting Dan Ritchie, Chairman and Chancellor Emeritus, University of Denver Board of Trustees Former Joint Budget Committee Chair Jim Rizzuto (Swink), President, Otero Junior College Stephen Jordan, President, Metropolitan State College of Denver Former Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Kaufman (Loveland) Senator Moe Keller (Wheat Ridge) Nancy McCallin, President, Community College System; former executive director, Office of State Planning and Budgeting Kay Norton, President, University of Northern Colorado Former Senate President Tom Norton (Greeley), former executive director, Colorado Department of Transportation Representative Ellen Roberts (Durango)