Author: ERICA MELTZER Chalkbeat Colorado

When Colorado schools reopen in the fall, most of them will have a lot more money to work with – between 10% and 12% more per student for the typical district – and schools that serve large numbers of students who live in poverty and English learners will be the biggest beneficiaries. The pandemic forced lawmakers to…

A bill that would launch a far-reaching audit of Colorado’s school accountability system cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday, despite concerns from some advocacy groups that the questions it asks are too vague and won’t produce valid results.  House Bill 1294, sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Shannon Bird of Westminster and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez of Denver,…

Property owners in some Colorado school districts would see gradual tax increases over the next two decades, ultimately generating hundreds of millions more each year for K-12 education, under a bill backed by Democrats in the state legislature. The bill is an effort to correct a longstanding problem in Colorado school funding, that taxpayers in…

Colorado lawmakers, school districts, and community groups are pushing for the state to audit the school accountability system adopted more than a decade ago.  A bill expected to be introduced this session would call for an independent third-party to conduct an extensive study of the accountability system and report on whether it’s achieving its stated…