community college
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Colorado Community College System honors sponsors of free college program
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The Colorado Community College System honored four state legislators as “legislators of the year” for sponsoring a bill to create a free college program for high-demand careers. House Speaker Julie McCluskie, Rep. Rose Pugliese, Sen. Janet Buckner and Sen. Perry Will were recognized during the CCCS’s state board meeting on Wednesday. The annual award celebrates legislators…
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Colorado Senate OKs letting community colleges issue high school diplomas
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Update: Senate Bill 7 passed the House in a 57-8 vote on April 26. It will next be sent to Gov. Jared Polis for final consideration. Community colleges in Colorado may soon be able to issue high school diplomas, if a bill passed by the state Senate becomes law. Senate Bill 7 seeks to allow community…
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Colorado community colleges could soon issue high school diplomas
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A Colorado bill seeking to allow community colleges to award high school diplomas passed its first hurdle on Monday, receiving unanimous approval from a state Senate committee. If passed by the full state legislature, Senate Bill 7 would allow community colleges, area technical colleges and local district colleges to issue high school diplomas to students…
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Colorado makes community college free for aspiring health care workers
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Beginning this fall, Colorado will spend $26 million to provide free community college education to students looking to work in health care. The new program, dubbed Care Forward Colorado, launched last week as part of a $61 million investment in expanding Colorado’s health care workforce using federal COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan…
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Proposal to allow Colorado community colleges to offer 4-year nursing degrees advances
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A homegrown proposal that would allow Colorado’s community colleges to give students who earn an associate’s degree in nursing the chance to obtain an advanced bachelor’s degree left the House floor Monday with “an enormous amount of momentum,” said Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Republican from Monument who represents portions of El Paso County, where the…
