Colorado voters resoundingly approved a ballot measure Nov. 4 to raise taxes on high-income households to pay for free school meals for all students at public K-12 schools.

A separate measure also approved by a large margin allows the state to retain excess revenue already collected for the Healthy School Meals for All program, exempting it from refunds that would otherwise be required under the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Proposition LL allows the state to keep and spend $12.4 million in tax revenue previously collected for the program and maintains existing taxes on households earning $300,000 or more annually. It was passing by a margin of 65% to 35% with more than 1.4 million votes counted as of 11 a.m. Nov. 5, according to election results on the Colorado Secretary of State

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