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Denver e-bike rebate program pauses vouchers until 2023
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The City of Denver pumped the brakes on its popular e-bike rebate program for the rest of 2022, according to a news release. The city’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency launched the e-bike rebate program earlier this year to assist with climate and sustainability initiatives. The program offered applicants $400 for an e-bike,…
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Douglas County voucher case now officially over
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Opponents of Douglas County’s voucher program are cheering the final step in ending the program: a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to drop the matter. The state’s highest court Thursday granted a motion from both sides to dismiss the lawsuit. The ruling also vacated all previous orders and judgments from the two other courts involved,…
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Reaction to DougCo board’s voucher decision falls along ideological lines
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Conservatives overnight Monday and into Tuesday made it clear: The decision by the Douglas County board of education to end its Choice Scholarship program was a setback for those who support educational choice. But those who supported the decision were also out in force Monday night and into Tuesday on social media. The board voted…
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Douglas County school board ends controversial voucher program
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The Douglas County school board Monday put to bed the district’s controversial Choice Scholarship program, ending a six-year battle to set up the nation’s only district-approved voucher program. The vote to end the voucher program, and the legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was unanimous: six to nothing. One…
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DougCo board publishes resolution to end voucher program
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The Douglas County School District published a resolution Saturday that begins the process to rescind the Choice Scholarship program and put to an end the legal fight over the controversial voucher program. The district’s board of education will vote on the resolution at a special meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Four new board members…
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DougCo board wastes no time, will deal with voucher program Monday
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The Douglas County school board plans to discuss and potentially end the district’s controversial voucher program in a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 4. Board President David Ray announced that the board would take up the voucher program on Monday at the end of the board’s Tuesday night meeting, which included the swearing-in of four…
