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Colorado State Board of Education: Candidates agree state falls short in education funding, teacher pay

Sep 20, 2024

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Thelma Grimes

(Editor’s Note: This is a part of a series of stories where Colorado Politics interviewed the candidates of the State Board of Education regarding public education funding, policies and other issues.) (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); While not all of the candidates running for a seat on the State Board of Education are in head-to-head matchups against…
Colorado Supreme Court eases path for local governments to sue over state decisions

Oct 16, 2023

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Michael Karlik

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out a decades-old rule restricting the ability of local governments to sue over state decisions, finding “confusion has developed” over who can seek judicial review and when. At the same time, in a pair of decisions, the justices concluded Adams County School District 14 could not challenge the state…
Colorado’s Board of Education reinstates LGBTQ references to social studies standards

Nov 11, 2022

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O’Dell Isaac

In a 4-3 vote along party lines, the Colorado State Board of Education on Thursday elected to fully incorporate LGBTQ+ individuals at all grade levels of social studies instruction. Board members Lisa Escárcega, Rebecca McClellan, Karla Esser and Angelika Schroeder – all Democrats – voted in favor of reinstating references to LGBTQ issues in Colorado’s revised…
State ed board to consider restoring authority to Adams 14, insist on oversight

Apr 14, 2022

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DAVID MULLEN The Gazette

The Colorado State Board of Education showed it was open to restoring some authority to Adams County School District 14 on Thursday and opted to give the district six more weeks to develop a plan that outlines a partnership with a partial manager that will assist district leadership in a turnaround effort. The notion goes…
Local school boards to Colorado board of ed: Butt out on charter schools

Feb 14, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

For those who believe strongly in the premise of local control of school districts by the people elected to run them, the idea that the Colorado State Board of Education can overrule local decisions on charter schools rankles. Case in point: Jefferson County. Last year, the local school board gave grudging approval to a charter…
A member of Colorado’s state ed board steps down

Jan 9, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nic Garcia informs us Pam Manzanec, the Larkspur Republican who represents the 4th Congressional District on the State Board of Education, is resigning from the board at the end of this month: Mazanec provided a copy of her letter of resignation to Chalkbeat. In a separate statement, Mazanec said she is leaving her…

colorado state board of education

Colorado State Board of Education: Candidates agree state falls short in education funding, teacher pay

Colorado Supreme Court eases path for local governments to sue over state decisions

Colorado’s Board of Education reinstates LGBTQ references to social studies standards

State ed board to consider restoring authority to Adams 14, insist on oversight

Local school boards to Colorado board of ed: Butt out on charter schools

A member of Colorado’s state ed board steps down