Report: CAP4K cost $384 million

Implementation of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids school reform program could cost up to $384 million.

Implementation of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids school reform program could cost up to $384 million.

The experts have done their work; now it’s up to Colorado’s two education boards to figure out the CSAP replacement

The new statewide tests that will replace the CSAP will be given to the students in the spring of 2014, Education Commissioner Dwight Jones predicts.

Rep. Judy Solano’s 2010 effort to cut back on CSAP tests was passed 8-4 by the House Education Committee Monday. Plus roundup

The House gave final 62-0 approval Friday to House Bill 10-1013, a measure that proposes to extend the implementation timeline for the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids.

Implementing just the first phase of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids reform program could cost $142.4 million or more, according to an estimate prepared by consultants.

The Joint Budget Committee Tuesday accepted a staff recommendation to cut the School Leadership Academy and the Colorado Counselor Corps programs in the Colorado Department of Education.

It was kind of a topsy-turvy day in the House and Senate education committees.

How to pay for school innovations, put off for another day when a key reform plan passed in 2008, was back on the table Friday at a legislative hearing.

The State Board of Education Thursday passed a major milestone with unanimous approval of new academic content standards in more than a dozen major subject areas.