More disputed tax revenue used to fund scholarships for low-income Adams County students
Adams County continues to use disputed tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales to fund scholarships, recently announcing that 64 high school students in the county had been awarded more than $1 million in total.
The scholarships, paid for through the Adams County Scholarship Fund, are funded through the county’s 3 percent sales tax on recreational pot. The pot tax is under legal challenge from Northglenn, Commerce City and Aurora, which claim that the county has no right to collect within their borders tax above and beyond what the cities collect.
The Colorado Court of Appeals agreed with the cities in a December ruling but Adams County continues to collect the tax as it fights the court’s opinion all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court. The state’s high court has not yet decided whether to accept the case.
“It is our great pleasure to see these well-deserving students receive scholarships that will enable them to continue their educations,” Adams County commissioner Eva Henry said last week. “These scholarships will allow these students to continue their academic excellence and alleviate some of the worries of paying for college.”
High-achieving students enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program were eligible to apply for scholarship money.
Adams County last year allocated $516,718 from the tax, which first went into effect in July 2015, to fund four-year scholarships for 50 low-income students.
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