Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t.
Mar 26, 2025
Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t.
Colorado Sun
The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t eliminate the state’s structural deficit, which will require ongoing cuts for years to come.
Fordham Institute
The current system of residential assignment carries a lot of baggage. It also forces families into boxes where their largest investments (i.e., homes) are intrinsically tied to a single public school.
Pagosa Daily Post
Charter school students account for more than 15% of Colorado’s public K-12 enrollment, but advocates say that many charters get far less from local voter initiatives meant to fund construction than the share of students they serve.
The 74
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a birthright citizenship case that, if decided in the government’s favor, could render thousands more children undocumented — and stateless — at the same moment conservative forces are trying to undo those students’ right to a free public education.
Nashville Banner
Tennessee may soon have religious charter schools under legislation advancing at the General Assembly that could provoke a legal battle over whether charter schools are indeed public schools.
Chalkbeat
How do Colorado schools plan to help students who face the most challenges succeed? A bill progressing in the Colorado Capitol would require each school to answer that question by adopting a plan and then posting it online for its community to see.
