These 10 Colorado lawmakers are rethinking how the state pays for its public schools

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Leaders in both parties and chambers and members throughout the state’s education community believe the funding system is outdated and in need of a massive overhaul.

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Have you joined the fight for public school funding in Colorado? Go to Colorado Education Network and join the fight!

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Denver School of Science and Technology middle and high schools are ranked among the top schools in the Denver Public School system, DSST officials said Tuesday. The school boasts that its students have a 100-percent acceptance rate into colleges or universities.

Teacher union officials said the charter expansion could have a negative effect on other local schools. The pact was approved 5-2.

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Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, CO DSST Public Schools

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The teacher shortage problem in Colorado is real, especially in rural parts of the state. While the state convenes a study to get to the root of the problem, the Colorado School Finance Project shows that the root cause of the problem isn't much of a mystery. For more valuable information about school funding in Colorado, please visit http://www.cosfp.org.

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State education officials said the multi-year transition on the math and English tests will begin next spring and should cause little disruption to classrooms.

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Coming to Aurora in 2019…

Colorado Education Network

This brief presentation provides an overview of education funding in Colorado.
Public education is the bedrock of our society, our communities and our democracy. Colorado’s future depends on adequate and equitable investment in our public schools and students. Because Colorado’s current school finance system provides insufficient and inequitable funding:

– Colorado students do not have adequate and/or equitable access to critical educational opportunities, supports, and individual attention;
– Colorado’s school districts are unable to support a highly professional teaching force, equitably available to all students;
Unintended inequities among districts continue to grow; and,
– We are not enabling all students to graduate ready for the workforce and/or post-secondary opportunities. With students’ futures in the balance, the need to address Colorado’s school funding failures is immediate and urgent.

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Aurora Public Schools is cutting funding to six schools with special autonomy while it figures out a long-term fix

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Aurora Public Schools found six schools that were getting more money than others: pilot schools that have district level autonomy.

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Some board members suggested the resolution was not inclusive, singling out a group of the community that "broke the rules."

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