Coordinated / Biennial School Board Election: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Applies to (refer to Campaign Finance Rule 17):
- State candidates and state candidate committees whose office does NOT appear on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated / Biennial School Board Election ballot
- State Issue Committees (IC) whose issue does NOT attempt access to or appear on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated / Biennial School Board Election ballot
- State Political Parties (PP)*
- State Political Committees (PC)*
- State Small Donor Committees (SDC)*
- State 527 Political Organizations (527 PO)*
- State Independent Expenditures Committees (IEC)*
- Junior College Board of Trustee Candidates (Aims Junior and Colorado Mountain colleges) whose office does NOT attempt access to or appear on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated / Biennial School Board Election ballot
* Any party or committee participating in the November 7, 2023, Biennial School Election must file disclosure reports according to the 2023 Biennial School Election schedule. You must notify campaign finance support to update your filing schedule immediately upon participation in the Biennial School Election.
Small-Scale Issue Committees (SSIC) are not required to file disclosure reports until they exceed $5,000 in activity. After filing an initial disclosure report and converting to an Issue Committee, SSICs are subject to the disclosure requirements of 1-45-108(2), C.R.S.
The following types of supplemental reports may be required dependent on activity:
- Electioneering Communication, (if the communication mentions school board candidates) time period starts 60 days (September 8, 2023) before the Biennial School Election.
- 24-Hour Notice of Major Contributor (MC) report period starts 30 days before the Biennial School Election and concludes the day before the election. Report is due within 24-hrs. of receiving a major contribution. Applies to candidate committees whose office appears on the Biennial School Board Election ballot. It also applies to Issue Committees even if they are not participating in the election.
- 48-Hour Notice of Independent Expenditure (IE) report period starts 30 days before the election and concludes the day before the election. Report is due within 48-hours of spending. Only applies to IECs.
2023 Calendar
| Report due date | Reporting period |
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January 17, 2023* |
October 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 Does not apply to committees that last filed on December 13, 2022. Their next report is due on April 17, 2023. |
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January 17, 2023* |
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 Annual reports only apply in specific instances for some candidate committees. Reporting periods for an annual report differ from other periods. |
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April 17, 2023* |
December 9, 2022 - March 31, 2023 |
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July 17, 2023* |
April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 |
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September 8, 2023 |
Starts the 60 day period before the Biennial School Board Election for Biennial School Electioneering Communication and concludes on November 6, 2023 |
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October 8, 2023 |
Starts the 30 day period before the Biennial School Board Election for 24-hour Major Contributor & 48-hour Independent Expenditure reports and concludes on November 6, 2023 |
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October 16, 2023* |
July 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023 |
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November 7, 2023 |
Coordinated Election / Biennial School Board Election |
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January 16, 2024* |
October 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023 Annual reports only apply in specific instances for some candidate committees. Reporting periods for an annual report differ from other periods. |
* Date affected by holiday or weekend
I have questions.
Contact our office at 303-894-2200, ext. 6383 or cpfhelp@coloradosos.gov for assistance, or review the Colorado Campaign and Political Finance manual (PDF).