Revised Polis budget plan would keep new school funding formula on track for 6-year phase-in period

Governor Polis, Senate President Coleman, and Speaker McCluskie Champion Equitable Access to High-Quality Education Opportunities

CharterFolk
When I graduated from high school the first charter schools in America were just opening their doors. But I have advocated for, worked with, and supported their right to serve families for more than 20 years now.

Chalkbeat
Every January, 100 men and women elected to the Colorado General Assembly gather in Denver for 120 days and make decisions that affect students and teachers in the classroom, university administrators trying to balance their budgets, and parents and students having to make tuition payments.

Chalkbeat
Education funding dominated the discussion at Chalkbeat Colorado’s annual Legislative Preview event Monday, as a panel of state lawmakers grappled with how Colorado will fund K-12 schools and public colleges in the face of looming budget cuts.

Chalkbeat
Colorado would need to spend $3.5 billion to $4.1 billion more to adequately resource K-12 public schools and help students learn, according to two studies released Friday.