The Education Fund Board consists of 11 volunteers: six serve on commissions, three at-large members and two school board representatives.

The Fund Board’s three commissions also consist of volunteers who reside in the Steamboat Springs School District.  The Education Excellence and Technology Commisions have nine members; the Capital commission consists of five.

For a List of Education Fund Board Members, click here> 

How We Work

In the fall the three commissions review funding requests and, in December, make recommendations to the Fund Board for the next school year.  Gifts are considered in relationship to Board of Education goals, the School District Strategic Plan, and State of Colorado education standards.

The Fund Board considers requests and recommendations during the winter months in the context of sales tax receipts, actual and projected. The budget for expenditures is finalized by March 31, and gifts are awarded in spring.

For the Annual Timetable and more information, click here>

The Steamboat Springs Education Fund: A History

The Steamboat Springs Education Fund was established by voter approval in November 1993, following several years of cuts in state supported funds for the Steamboat Springs School District.

Voters approved the initial half-cent sales tax for four years. This first year, revenues supported two issues identified in the ballot campaign: (1) Growth, for reduced class size, land acquisition and facility planning, and (2) Technology, for computer labs, online distance instruction, telecommunications, computers and new textbooks. Read more>