Four seats on the seven-member Denver school board are up for election in November.
Lawmakers needed to balance a $1.2 billion budget hole. They were still able to secure increases for K-12 and higher education budgets.
After weeks of uncertainty, lawmakers approve $2.9 million for the program as part of the “long bill.”
Half of the displaced students will go to higher-performing schools, and a significant number are moving from district-run schools to charter schools.
Colorado Senate lawmakers approved a resolution this week promising to figure out how to boost education funding.
Four seats on the seven-member Denver school board are up for election in November.
Lawmakers needed to balance a $1.2 billion budget hole. They were still able to secure increases for K-12 and higher education budgets.
After weeks of uncertainty, lawmakers approve $2.9 million for the program as part of the “long bill.”
Half of the displaced students will go to higher-performing schools, and a significant number are moving from district-run schools to charter schools.
Higher education leaders said late last year they would need $95 million more annually. They'll get far less than requested.
Colorado Senate lawmakers approved a resolution this week promising to figure out how to boost education funding.
Ten Denver schools with low enrollment will close or partially close at the end of this school year.
Seclusion is the practice of shutting a student in a room alone. Parents say it is misused and traumatic, while educators describe it as a necessary last resort.
A panel of experts said the state hasn’t felt any major impacts from Trump cuts yet, except for students with disabilities. They worry there will be education challenges in the future.
Currently, about a dozen Colorado districts conduct universal dyslexia screenings in some grades.
Colorado lawmakers have sought to create more opportunities to help students get college experience at an earlier age. Now, Denver Public Schools’ Emily Griffith Technical College can issue its own associate degree.
Four of the seven board seats are up for election in November.
The Colorado Youth Advisory Council is made up of 40 students between the ages of 14 and 19 and has helped create laws. But lawmakers will end the council’s ability to draft bills.
Measles cases in Colorado are rising.
Some of the rules won’t be fully in place for more than two years.
However, Commissioner Susana Córdova said she will sign a new assurance that the state is in compliance with Title VI, which bans discrimination on the basis of race.
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One of the bill sponsors said she may try again in future years.
'It’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue for school districts in rural communities to be able to hire and retain folks,' one of the report authors said.
Colorado lawmakers said Senate Bill 276 introduced last week will ensure state and local officials don’t comply with federal immigration officials unless they have a valid reason.
Six teacher prep programs in Colorado earned an A or A+.
Colorado House Education Committee lawmakers unanimously approved a school funding compromise bill. Its passage marks the first step toward revising how the state will fund schools next year.
The Trump administration has given states 10 days to certify that their schools do not engage in practices that promote DEI — or lose their federal funding.
The Elizabeth school district will file an emergency motion to halt enforcement of the judge’s order, a spokesperson said.
‘If we could punish the department without hurting kids, man oh man, would I be on board with that,’ said one lawmaker.
The end of the grant likely makes it harder for Aurora-area residents who hold a green card to find services that help them become a U.S. citizen.
The current version of the legislation is a far cry from what bill sponsors envisioned.
One building will become a preschool center. Another will be the new home of an existing middle and high school.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proposed eliminating student population averaging for the purposes of funding schools. The idea has been criticized by district leaders.
This year, charter schools are serving about 15% of public school students in Colorado.
Under the bill, school districts would have to start screening students in the 2026-27 school year.
Colorado’s $43.9 billion budget increases K-12 and higher education budgets, but falls short of what officials say is needed
The state’s budget proposes funding the state’s universal school meals program for only half a year, but the program could be saved through two ballot measures.
The report recommends several solutions, including that school districts revise their school attendance zones at least every four years.
One amendment would create a new, potentially less drastic option for when schools or districts have five years of low ratings.
Colorado Mountain College and Lamar Community College will adopt a NYC student support program.
Construction was supposed to start soon. But the project has been put ‘on hold for now’ as the district gathers more feedback.