Poll has good news for casino opponents, open meetings backers
Most voters surveyed in a new poll oppose Amendment 68, the slots-for-schools ballot measure, but strongly support Proposition 104, which would require school district/union contract negotiations to be...
View ArticleSchool board testing discontent rumbles louder as more districts ask for waivers
Two more Colorado school boards have passed resolutions requesting waivers from state testing requirements, even though federal law bars such exemptions. Boards in Montrose County and Dolores County...
View ArticleContributions ramp up in Adams school tax campaigns
Campaign committees supporting tax increases in five Adams County school districts have raised nearly $260,000, according to final pre-election spending reports filed with the Department of State....
View ArticleTeacher sues Florence district for alleged promotion of religion
Updated May 27 – A teacher filed suit against the Florence school district Tuesday, claiming unconstitutional promotion of religion at the district’s high school. Robert Basevitz, a teacher at Penrose...
View ArticleFiscal warning signs highlight pressures on districts
The number of Colorado school districts tagged with one or more indicators of financial “stress” has dropped slightly in the past year, the state auditor reported Tuesday. The latest Fiscal Health...
View ArticleMost districts may take a pass on asking for tax hikes
It looks like that a relative handful of Colorado school districts will ask their voters for tax increases this year, a sharp contrast with the crowded ballots of 2014. About a dozen of the state’s 178...
View ArticleBrighton bond issue tops a short list of district tax-hike requests
Only about 14 of Colorado’s 178 school districts are asking voters for property tax increases this year to pay for building projects or for operating revenue. The biggest request is from the Brighton...
View ArticleVoters approve bond issue for overcrowded District 27J
A proposed bond issue for Brighton-based District 27J passed easily Tuesday, just a year after voters narrowly rejected a similar plan. The $248 million bond issue will pay for construction of four new...
View ArticleVoters had mixed feelings about district tax-increase proposals
Hinsdale County didn’t get its gym, but the Byers district will get its buses. Those were among the outcomes of school district tax elections this week. The tiny Hinsdale district has proposed a $5.9...
View ArticleImmigrant groups see chance to improve language services in chancellor’s...
Immigrants' rights advocates are seizing on coming changes to the city’s school-support structure as a chance to request better translation services for parents. A consortium of advocacy groups called...
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