Hick signs school finance reform bill

The proposed overhaul of the school funding system is now law, but it’s unclear which proposal to fund the plan will go to voters.

The proposed overhaul of the school funding system is now law, but it’s unclear which proposal to fund the plan will go to voters.

Both of 2013’s big school finance bills finished up Wednesday where they started, in the Colorado Senate.

This House has voted 37-28 to approve a massive update of the way the state pays for schools.

The House couldn’t find time on a chaotic Friday night to pass the bill proposing a massive overhaul of Colorado’s school funding system.

The K-12 lobby bested the Hickenlooper administration Wednesday in a tussle over funding for preschool quality improvement.

The proposed rewrite of the school funding system won preliminary House approval Monday, with two key amendments.

Updated – The Senate has given final approval to the 2013-14 school funding bill.

The proposed update of the state’s school finance system has moved out of a House committee, but lots of questions linger.

Updated -The House Education Committee has voted 7-6 in favor of the proposed update of the state’s school finance system.

A school finance bill proposing some $5.5 billion in K-12 operating funds has been passed by the Senate Education Committee.