Colorado governor calls special legislative session to deal with nearly $1B budget hole, artificial intelligence law
Aug 06, 2025
Colorado governor calls special legislative session to deal with nearly $1B budget hole, artificial intelligence law
Colorado Sun
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered state lawmakers back to the Colorado Capitol on Aug. 21 for a special legislative session aimed at addressing the nearly $1 billion hole punched in the state budget by the so-called big, beautiful bill, congressional Republicans’ federal tax and spending measure.
Boardhawk
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, referring to a highly questionable national magazine rating, says in today’s state testing press release that Colorado is number one in education.
Denver Post
Language arts proficiency rates dropped for half of the grades that took Colorado’s latest statewide achievement tests, while rates in mathematics held steady or increased, according to 2026 results released Wednesday.
Chalkbeat
New state test results show math scores continued to rise for Colorado elementary and middle school students, with eighth graders making the biggest gains year over year.
Chalkbeat
An education group that last year authorized “Colorado’s first public Christian school” soon will dissolve, following a Monday night vote by a key member institution.
Summit Daily
Summit School District Superintendent says timeline change complies with state law while High Rockies Community School claims district must oblige original August deadline.
Fordham Institute
Let me acknowledge up front that I may be grasping at straws or (to shift analogies for the second time) forgetting the ancient maxim that sighting one or two swallows doesn’t necessarily mean summer has arrived.
