The Great Education Colorado blog had a post recently about how Amendment 23 shouldn’t be a topic of discussion for a possible reform effort by the Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission. In their defense, they offer the following graph:

The graph shows that spending per pupil has lagged in Colorado behind the National Average, even after the passage of Amendment 23.

But isn’t that precisely the reason why we should consider revisiting Amendment 23? Hasn’t it been a complete failure in terms of it’s original intent?

And further more, there is something almost disturbing about the focusing exclusive on spending per pupil without making any connections between the money being spent the quality of education received.

I know, I know, it’s an old debate. But just as when talking about costs in education, it’s important to also talk about quality and effectiveness – it’s just as important to look consider making changes to Amendment 23, if we are considering changes to TABOR.