Budget & finance

Among 15 metro area districts, seven saw an increase over last year’s count. Look up your district.

In his State of the State speech, the governor reiterated that he wants to change how Colorado calculates student enrollment for state budget purposes. Lawmakers are weighing their options.

Five state lawmakers joined Chalkbeat Colorado for our Legislative Preview, a discussion of education topics likely to surface during the session. Here’s what they said.

Two new studies call for a large investment in K-12 education so Colorado can provide an adequate education to every student. The studies differ in how to achieve that goal.

Gov. Jared Polis has increased his ask for the state’s new funding formula by $35 million for the upcoming fiscal year.

We’ll be following state budget woes, climate science standards, and how Trump’s immigration stance may affect students.

About 6,000 students in Jeffco lost Medicaid, which had automatically qualified them as at-risk students.

The group wants to prioritize rural districts that often struggle to generate much funding from voter-approved mill levy overrides.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants to make changes that would affect school budgets. Here’s why Denver Metro-area school leaders say that’s a concern.

The district hadn’t passed a tax measure since 2006.

Many of the measures that were successful did not require a tax increase, according to unofficial election results.

Polis has proposed changing how the state calculates enrollment for budget purposes and slowing the phase-in of a new funding formula.

Budget cuts are likely as the district expects to run out of reserves as soon as 2026.

The last time the district asked voters for a bond or mill levy override was 10 years ago, and the measures failed then.

School districts must allocate the last round of federal pandemic relief by Sept. 30 and spend it by January, though Colorado schools may get an extension for the spending deadline.

With some reluctance, Colorado lawmakers reached a deal to cut revenue in order to stave off two ballot measures that could drastically cut K-12 aid.

Colorado education groups will watch whether lawmakers structure property tax cuts to avoid impacts on K-12 and higher education.

Among metro area districts, the gap has grown 52% in the last 10 years.

Leaders of both special district efforts hope to ask for voter approval in 2025.

Los distritos escolares de Colorado inscribieron a mas de 8 mil nuevos estudiantes inmigrantes entre octubre y el 29 de febrero.