Jason Gonzales

Jason Gonzales

Higher Education Reporter, Chalkbeat Colorado

Jason Gonzales is the Higher Education and Legislative Matters Reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado. He reports in partnership with Open Campus. Previously, he covered K-12 and higher education for The Tennessean and Brunswick County for the Wilmington Star News. He is a 2018 Education Writers Association Reporting Fellow and a 2020 Institute for Citizens and Scholars Higher Education Media Fellow. He is a Colorado native and graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder. You can find him on Twitter @ByJasonGonzales.

El presidente Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que incluía la orden de que las agencias federales sancionaran a los estados que aplican la matrícula estatal a estudiantes indocumentados. Veinticuatro estados cuentan con leyes similares.

Colorado lawmakers have taken a markedly different approach to transgender student rights than the Trump administration.

Colorado, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey have in-state tuition programs for undocumented students. Now, the Trump administration plans to take action against those programs.

Las clínicas de derecho ofrecen a los estudiantes una manera de adquirir experiencia con casos y clientes antes de graduarse. Y la administración Trump ha hecho que las clínicas de derecho para inmigrantes de las facultades sean más cruciales que nunca.

The Trump administration has sought to exert greater federal control over higher education. Researchers visiting Denver rallied at the Capitol against the president’s actions.

Colorado university law clinics offer students a way to get experience with cases and clients before graduating. And the Trump administration has made the schools’ immigrant law clinics more crucial than ever.

Lawmakers needed to balance a $1.2 billion budget hole. They were still able to secure increases for K-12 and higher education budgets.

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.

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.