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Steven Durham
State Board of Education
Colorado property
$835,955 at the county assessors' values, 1 parcel we matched to the property on their disclosures.
| Kind | County | Assessor's value |
|---|
| home | El Paso | $835,955 |
The county assessor's actual value (the 2025 reappraisal, an estimate of market value in mid-2024), from the state's parcel records. We match parcels by the owner's name where their office or race is, or by the legal description or address on their disclosure; we don't show addresses, parcel numbers or co-owners. Property held in a name we can't connect to them isn't here.
Personal Financial Disclosures
Income listed: up to $224,996 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
State Board of Education, 5th Congressional District | 2026-01-12 | 4 income sources, 1 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships |
2025 Annual
State Board of Education, 5th Congressional District | 2025-01-09 | 4 income sources, 5 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships |
2024
State Board of Education 5th CD | 2024-05-08 | 6 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 3 assets, 5 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships |
2024 update (amendment)
| 2024-01-04 | — |
Findings
Worth a look Gifts
$860 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES in 2026, over the gift ban's $75 limit
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES received in 2026, worth $860.00 in all: Registration ($860.00). 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
$455 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) WINTER 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) WINTER 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
$1,985 in gifts from EXCELINED in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from EXCELINED received in 2024, worth $1,984.95 in all: Flight, incidentals, hotel, registration for conference ($1,984.95). 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 Steven Durham listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $3,400 across 5 items from 5 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.
| From | What, when | Value |
|---|
EXCELINED
$1,985 in all | FLIGHT, INCIDENTALS, HOTEL, REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE · 2024-11-13 | $1,984.95 |
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES
$860 in all · lobbyist's client | REGISTRATION · 2026-07-28 | $860 |
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) WINTER CONFERENCE
$455 in all | CONFERENCE REGISTRATION · 2025-07-23 | $455 |
COLORADO LEADERS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
$50 in all | REGISTRATION · 2026-09-12 | $50 |
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).