The Senate Thursday gave final approval to House Bill 10-1369, the school finance measure for next school year. The bill provides the mechanism for the most significant cut in state K-12 in many years.
A comprehensive bill to change the evaluation and job security of Colorado educators could be introduced as early as this week, Sen. Michael Johnston, D-Denver, said Monday.
The state’s loss in round one of the federal grant competition sends leaders scrambling to figure out how to better compete in round two.
The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted 8-1 Monday to raise tuition at their four campuses for the 2010-11 school year.
Senate President Brandon Shaffer Friday morning tried to pull a fast one with a technical bill on school vehicles, but his amendment to require shoulder belts on new buses was buried by 29 no votes.
Colorado’s newly-minted standards for teaching physical education glisten like an oiled-up bodybuilder. But there’s a problem: The standards only apply if school districts actually teach physical education.
The Senate Education Committee Thursday gave 8-0 approval to the least-liked bill of the session, House Bill 10-1369.
An education advocacy group and a veteran legislator have proposed a solution to education funding woes – exempting such spending from the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
Reading test scores for 4th and 8th graders showed no significant change from 2007 to 2009 in 38 states, including Colorado, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress.
