charter schools Archives

A school board race to watch; a bellwether in the education-reform debate

May 25, 2017

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Denver Public Schools may be Colorado’s largest school district, but with 177 others of all shapes and sizes across the vast and varied Centennial State, it’s not as if Denver sets the standard for others to follow. Not in policy or politics. Certainly not in a state that constitutionally enshrines local control. And yet, many in the…

ICYMI: Buy out your boss, Louisville looks at mayor & Council salary hike and more

May 23, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? Sick and tired of your boss making bad decisions? Think you could do better? Here’s your chance, hot-shot. A bill, sponsored by Democratic state Rep. James Coleman and Republican state Sen. Jack Tate, was approved by the Legislature and sent to the governor to require the Colorado Office of Economic Development to establish a…

Jesse Mallory takes reins at Americans For Prosperity-Colorado from Michael Fields

May 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

After serving as chief of staff for the Colorado Senate Republicans for five sessions, Jesse Mallory takes over as state director of Americans for Prosperity-Colorado, the influential conservative organization announced Monday. AFP-Colorado’s previous state director, Michael Fields, was named senior director of issue education for the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a related organization, he announced in…

Legislative session ends with less than expected for Colorado highways, but inroads for charter schools

May 10, 2017

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Joey Bunch

The Colorado legislative session was supposed to be all about funding transportation, but lawmakers spoke more about inroads and progress Wednesday as they adjourned the 120-day General Assembly. Roads got a fraction of what lawmakers said they hoped to raise in January. Two bills would have allowed voters to decide on raising billions of dollars for projects…

Colorado charter school funding compromise off to the governor for his signature

May 10, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A last-minute compromise to fund charter schools crossed the finish line in the legislature Wednesday after days of back-and-forth negotiations. House Bill 1375 was introduced in an effort to save overall school funding in the School Finance Act after a bipartisan effort was proposed to amend the school finance bill to add the charter school…

Republicans accused of ‘hijacking’ education funding in the name of charter schools

May 1, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Democrats and the state’s largest teachers’ union say Republicans have hijacked a critical school funding measure in the name of charter schools. The annual School Finance Act, which lawmakers are constitutionally obligated to pass each year, was amended on Thursday to include equitable funding for charter schools. Republicans, led by Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado…

Owen Hill formally launches primary challenge against congressional incumbent Doug Lamborn

Apr 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, formally launched his primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn with a Monday morning email saying he plans to bring a bold approach to Congress instead of merely voting the right way. “Over the past several years, so many in our district have approached me with a…

Teachers’ union calls charter funding bill ‘DeVos-style’ legislating

Mar 15, 2017

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Peter Marcus

The legislature continues to advance a measure that aims at equitable funding for charter schools, despite cries of “DeVos-style” mandates. The Colorado Education Association, that state’s largest teachers’ union, issued a news release Tuesday, referencing controversial U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The union’s statement is in regards to Senate Bill 61, which would require districts…

Noonan: Charter vs. School District money fights result from public education underfunding

Mar 13, 2017

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Paula Noonan

Public school funding advocates are reduced to fighting over scraps lately, with two bills attempting to “equalize” school finance from different directions. The big picture is that the state Legislature, since the Great Recession, hasn’t come up with any solution to public school underfunding. Governor candidate and former State Sen. Michael Johnston ran his “Future…

YESTERYEAR: General Assembly toys with corporate, military law

Mar 2, 2017

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Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics

…Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The Colorado General Assembly seemed to have lawmakers’ heads stuck in the corporate law section of the Colorado Revised Statutes. At the start of the 1997 legislative session, the Colorado Bar Association pushed two measures in the Legislature that would have far-reaching impact in corporate law,…