Colorado's Prop 134 seems on track to pass

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Democratic incumbents Lisa Escárcega and Karla Esser won their races and Republican incumbent Sherri Wright pulled ahead, so Democrats keep their majority on the nine-member board.

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For the first time in a generation, Colorado voters agreed to give up their TABOR refunds to fund public schools, with Prop NN leading about 55% to 45% when the Associated Press called the race.

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The justices heard two hours of arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, which could decide what conditions states may attach to public money for religious schools; a ruling is expected by the end of June.

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Polis submitted his eighth and final budget plan, but the state's education funding picture now hinges on the election and a new governor's priorities.

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Responding to complaints that testing is too burdensome, CDE will shorten the time window for CMAS in grades 3–8 without cutting any questions.

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After the Supreme Court deadlocked on religious charter schools, a Colorado lawyer working with Alliance Defending Freedom quietly launched Riverstone Academy in Pueblo County as a new test case, emails show.