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Colorado lawmakers face $170 million budget shortfall; Supreme Court upholds search without warrant for student under ‘safety plan’; Colorado’s jobless rate increases | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is March 26, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: The news that revenues would make for a tight budget year wasn’t unexpected. (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”); And even with the hole, the JBC went with the more optimistic forecast from the governor’s economists. Even so, that put the anticipated shortfall — unless budget…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS teacher not terminated due to race discrimination
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last week that Denver Public Schools did not discriminate against a Chinese-born teacher when it decided against renewing his employment, but rather had legitimate issues with his performance. Chunyi “David” Xu taught math at Noel Community Arts School in northeast Denver during the 2018-2019 school year. Due…
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Bills on occupancy limit, foster youth advance, Denver council may try to override mayor’s veto | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 12, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: The Colorado House on Friday gave final approval to two major proposals dealing with housing and youth in the foster care system with a few defections among Democrats. House Bill 1007 would block local governments from imposing residential occupancy limits except for public…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…
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Colorado Supreme Court examines reasonableness of DPS search of student on ‘safety plan’
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The Colorado Supreme Court considered this week what constitutional safeguards are necessary when school officials place students on “safety plans” that call for routine searches, even when there is no reasonable suspicion of an offense. The case may be the first in the country scrutinizing student safety plans, and balancing the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on…
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Appeals court allows DPS board member’s defamation claims to proceed over sex assault allegations
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed Denver Public Schools board member Auon’tai M. Anderson may pursue defamation claims against two women who posted unsubstantiated allegations online that he committed sexual assault. Anderson, who is vice president of DPS’ board of education, originally filed suit against Black Lives Matter 5280 and three individuals who played a role…
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Denver school board to vote on whether to release recording of closed-door meeting about police
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The Denver school board will hold a special meeting Friday to vote on whether to release the recording of a closed-door meeting it held in March. Several news outlets, including Chalkbeat and The Denver Gazette, are suing Denver Public Schools for the recording of the meeting. DPS spokesperson Bill Good said Thursday that he didn’t…
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Denverites call on Mayor-elect Johnston to strengthen city partnership with public schools
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With Denver set to change leadership in the coming days, some residents are asking the city government to step up its involvement in public education. Dozens of Denverites met Wednesday evening to discuss local education and the future of the city’s partnership with Denver Public Schools. This was the latest of Mayor-elect Mike Johnston’s 28…
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Anderson proposes to have police near, but not in Denver schools
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Denver Public Schools Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson – who led the push to remove police officers from campuses in 2020 – now supports a long-term policy for their return near schools. Anderson’s proposal is a hybrid approach with Denver police officers acting as community resource officers that are not stationed in a school, but…
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Charter school aimed at Black students misses enrollment target, won’t open in Denver this fall
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A charter elementary school centering Black students won’t open as planned in Denver this fall. 5280 Freedom School did not enroll enough students for next school year, and the Denver school board isn’t considering giving the charter school more time. The refusal is a departure from past practice and emblematic of the increasingly tough outlook…
