Colorado lawmakers are on track to increase funding for K-12 schools, but is it enough to offset rising costs for rural districts?
May 03, 2026
Colorado lawmakers are on track to increase funding for K-12 schools, but is it enough to offset rising costs for rural districts?
Aspen Times
With rural school districts facing inflated costs and declining enrollment, projected increases in per-pupil funding are still leaving schools with tight budgets.
Boardhawk
Colorado lawmakers are moving a bill this session that could reshape how school districts plan and present local funding measures by requiring districts to engage charter schools earlier and more formally in the process.
The 74
It came as a jolt to many in the policy world when former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan co-authored an op-ed in The Washington Post urging his fellow Democrats to embrace a new school choice tax credit.
