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Lisa Escárcega
State Board of Education
Running in 2026: State Board of Education District 1 (June 30) · State Board of Education District 1 (November 3)
Personal Financial Disclosures
Income listed: up to $349,996; debts: up to $749,997 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2026 Annual
Colorado State Board of Education | 2026-01-04 | 4 income sources, 1 assets, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 3 debts |
2025 Candidate
Colorado State Board of Education | 2025-07-07 | 4 income sources, 1 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 3 debts |
2025 Annual
State Board of Education | 2025-01-07 | 4 income sources, 1 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 3 debts |
2024 update (amendment)
| 2024-01-08 | — |
Findings
Worth a look Gifts
$150 in gifts from DSST in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit
Their own gift reports list 1 item from DSST received in 2024, worth $150.00 in all: 20th anniversary gala ($150.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts
$1,455 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES in 2026, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 2 items from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES received in 2026, worth $1,455.00 in all: Registration ($860.00); 2026 winter conference ($595.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“conference”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts
$655 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES in 2025, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES received in 2025, worth $655.00 in all: 2025 winter conference ($655.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“conference”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts
$455 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE in 2025, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE received in 2025, worth $455.00 in all: Conference registration ($455.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“conference”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts
$595 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) WINTER CONFERENCE in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) WINTER CONFERENCE received in 2024, worth $595.00 in all: Registration cost for case winter leadership conference ($595.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“conference”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts
$540 in gifts from CASE 2024 SUMMER CONFERENCE in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from CASE 2024 SUMMER CONFERENCE received in 2024, worth $540.00 in all: Registration for 2024 case summer conference ($540.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“conference”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.
What to check- Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
- The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
- The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).
Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit
“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Gifts they reported
What Lisa Escárcega listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $3,900 across 8 items from 6 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.
| From | What, when | Value |
|---|
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES
$2,110 in all · lobbyist's client | REGISTRATION · 2026-07-28 | $860 |
| 2026 WINTER CONFERENCE · 2026-02-19 | $595 |
| 2025 WINTER CONFERENCE · 2025-02-19 | $655 |
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) WINTER CONFERENCE
$595 in all | REGISTRATION COST FOR CASE WINTER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE · 2024-02-21 | $595 |
CASE 2024 SUMMER CONFERENCE
$540 in all | REGISTRATION FOR 2024 CASE SUMMER CONFERENCE · 2024-06-28 | $540 |
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE
$455 in all | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION · 2025-07-23 | $455 |
DSST
$150 in all | 20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA · 2024-04-19 | $150 |
PEBC COLO ED WORFORCE FORUM
$50 in all | REGISTRATION · 2024-05-08 | $50 |
From the reports in TRACER (search them: Gifts and Honoraria Report). Officials file one each quarter in which they receive a reportable item (C.R.S. 24-6-203).
Campaign money: State Board of Education District 1
$14,844itemized, 92 contributions
$2,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
80%17%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $450 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $8,386
Advertising$3,867
Consultants and professional services$2,095
Other$1,305
Food and meals$572
Bank Fees$372
Miscellaneous$88
Fundraising Expenses$75
Travel & Lodging$13
Largest payees: DENVER DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $2,659 Advertising · KRISTEN SEIDEL $2,000 Consultants and professional services · CORAZON PRINTING $1,265 Other · SQUARESPACE INC $419 Miscellaneous · SANTIAGOS $291 Food and meals · UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE $226 Other · COBALT FOUNDATION $200 Advertising · WALDO'S CHICKEN $196 Food and meals
Expenditures their committee reported to TRACER over the election cycle, by the type the committee gave; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI
Denver | Small Donor Committee | $2,000 |
ILANA SPIEGEL
Consultant · SELF EMPLOYED · Englewood | Individual | $500 |
JAMES COLEMAN
Other · STATE OF COLORADO · Denver | Individual | $450 |
ALICE COLLINS
Teacher/Education · CDOE · Denver | Individual | $450 |
JESUS ESCARCEGA
Retired · RETIRED · Denver | Individual | $450 |
LISA ESCARCEGA
Retired · RETIRED · Denver | Individual | $450 |
KARLA ESSER
Retired · RETIRED · Lakewood | Individual | $450 |
JANE GOFF
Not Currently Employed · NOT EMPLOYED · Arvada | Individual | $450 |
LORI GOLDSTEIN
Retired · RETIRED · Westminster | Individual | $450 |
LAUREN HALL
Teacher/Education · SELF EMPLOYED · Lakewood | Individual | $450 |
MICHAEL HALL
Student · STUDENT · Denver | Individual | $450 |
KATHY PLOMER
Other · NEXT 50 · Broomfield | Individual | $450 |
ED PERLMUTTER
Attorney/Legal · HOLLAND AND KNIGHT · Arvada | Individual | $400 |
DAVID BANKSTON
Other · HOME DEPOT · Traverse City | Individual | $300 |
BIRD FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Redacted By Sos | Political Committee | $250 |
Committees: COLORADANS FOR LISA ESCARCEGA. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|
COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI
Labor union · Denver | $2,000 | 54 | |
ILANA SPIEGEL
Consultant, SELF EMPLOYED · Englewood | $500 | 12 | |
LISA ESCARCEGA
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Denver | $450 | 15 | |
JESUS ESCARCEGA
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Denver | $450 | 4 | |
LORI GOLDSTEIN
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Westminster | $450 | 24 | |
KARLA ESSER
Teacher/Education, REGIS UNIVERSITY · Lakewood | $450 | 11 | |
KATHY PLOMER
Other, NEXT50 · Broomfield | $450 | 27 | |
ALICE COLLINS
Teacher/Education, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · Denver | $450 | 2 | |
JAMES COLEMAN
Government/Civil, STATE OF COLORADO · Denver | $450 | 23 | |
JANE GOFF
Not Currently Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Arvada | $450 | 12 | |
ED PERLMUTTER
Attorney/Legal, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT · Arvada | $400 | 14 | |
BIRD FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Redacted By Sos | $250 | 31 | |
SCOTT MANGINO
Other, BLAVITY · Denver | $225 | 7 | |
AFT COLORADO FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL, HEALTH AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (SDC)
Labor union · Denver | $225 | 68 | |
ONE COLORADO PAC
Group or PAC · Denver | $225 | 43 | |