Colorado bill would tee up merger of over 100 higher education and workforce programs

CPR News
Colorado lawmakers are considering deep funding cuts to two of the state’s only dedicated after-school grant programs, a move advocates say could harm thousands of the state’s most vulnerable students.

Colorado Sun
Colorado health officials Wednesday announced a third child connected to Broomfield schools has been infected with measles, making the cluster of cases the state’s first official measles outbreak of the year.

Fox 21 News
Banning Lewis Academy is a tuition-free public charter school authorized by D49, proudly serving the Banning Lewis Ranch community and surrounding neighborhoods in Colorado Springs since 2006. Grades offered are kindergarten through 12th grade.

Coloradoan
Poudre School District’s Board of Education is hoping to regain control over the growth of charter schools within its geographic boundaries by regaining its exclusive chartering authority.

The 74
Nearly six years after the start of the COVID pandemic, nearly one in four U.S. schoolchildren has received tutoring, according to a new, wide-ranging survey of more than 23,000 parents, 60% of whom say they strongly support offering the service for free to students who fall behind.

Sioux Falls
Lawmakers advanced a bill to allow charter schools in South Dakota on a 4-3 committee vote Tuesday, after debate over whether the proposal would expand opportunity or further strain public schools.