Workshop/Breakout Sessions
Over the years, the legislature has grappled with the challenge of updating the school funding formula to make it more student-centered and to ensure it reflects current needs and challenges. In 2023, the legislature identified a group of practitioners and experts (including several charter representatives) to recommend how to do just that. Comprised of district superintendents, CFOs, charter leaders, teachers, principals, and advocacy organizations, this diverse group collaborated to devise recommendations for how we might modernize the formula to reflect changes that have occurred in public education in the last 30 years since the School Finance Act was last updated. The legislature is now moving to consider those recommendations. Please join us for an overview of what is under consideration and how that may affect charter schools in the state.
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Angelina’s specializes in advocating for favorable policies for public charter schools at the state and local levels while managing the League’s State & Local Policy Team. At the state level, this includes laws, rules and governance decisions made by the State Legislature, State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education. Locally, this focus encompasses policies and governance decisions made by school district boards, counties and municipalities as it relates to public charter schools.
Shares Angelina, “As a daughter of a single mother who found her leadership voice through charter school advocacy, I can attest to how important it is for families to have quality choices in schools. I strongly believe that if a student has access to a quality school, it can change the trajectory of their life forever. Every child in this state deserves that opportunity.”
Angelina brings a wealth of experience working in education policy and with legislators in Colorado, including as the Special Policy Advisor to the House Majority Leader Crisanta Duran from 2015-2017. She also brings lobbying experience from her work as the Intergovernmental Affairs Manager at Denver Public Schools, and has additional background in advocacy and within the legislature. She holds both a Bachelor of Arts in political science & pre-law and a Master’s in public administration & local government from the University of Colorado-Denver. Angelina is a proud 5th generation Coloradoan and enjoys spending her time with her husband and their two children, Israel & Isla.
