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Colorado school finance revamp next takes tax increase to voters
Denver :: CO :: USA | 17 days ago
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Font Resize After two years of meetings, countless hours of stakeholder discussions, painstaking creation of a bill and then an arduous slog through the legislative process, the overhauled Public School Finance Act now heads into the home stretch a
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Steamboat educators still not on board with major school finance bill that is nearing governor's desk
Steamboat Springs :: CO :: USA | 22 days ago
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Educators in Steamboat Springs also remain wary of the legislation. Paula Stephenson, executive director of the Colorado Rural Schools Caucus, said Monday that while the proposed rewrite of the school finance formula would mean more funding for
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Amendments improve Steamboat Springs School District's outlook on major school finance overhaul
Denver :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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For much of the past month, the district was anticipating a potential $2.6 milllion cut in state funding under Sen. Mike Johnston's push to overhaul the school finance formula that dictates how much funding each of the state's public school systems
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School funding overhaul gets first review in Colo.
Denver :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Sweeping revisions to how Colorado funds public schools accompanied by up to $1 billion in higher taxes across the state came under consideration Tuesday in the state Legislature after years of discussion. The proposal seeks to undo a complicated
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School finance bill could 'devastate' Re-2 schools
Glenwood Springs :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Garfield School District Re-2 could see a loss in state funding of more than $6 million per year, which local property taxpayers would be asked to make up, under a school finance reform bill currently before the Colorado Senate. Re-2, along with
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Colorado senator posts financials on proposed school finance formula
Denver :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Font Resize Sen. Mike Johnston, who planned to formally introduce legislation to revamp Colorado's school finance system on Friday, has released district-by-district projections that he says make everyone a winner at least for a while. Even those
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In Steamboat Springs, full-day kindergarten funding an ongoing challenge for both parents and educators
Steamboat Springs :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
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For three Steamboat kindergarteners this school year, and more before them, the answer is their parents cannot afford to pay the $200 to $250 a month needed to enroll in Steamboat's full-day program at Soda Creek and Strawberry Park elementary
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Major school finance bill a mixed bag for Routt County educators
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Hayden School District is expected to receive more state funding under Sen. Michael Johnston's proposed school finance bill. Steamboat Springs As educators in the Steamboat Springs School District continue to greet with apprehension a school
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School finance bill continues to draw a lot of chatter, concern in Steamboat school district
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
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Members of the Steamboat Springs School Board said Monday night that their district would find itself in a difficult position if the early read of state Sen. Mike Johnston's bill proves correct and the legislation cuts a significant amount of state
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Summit County: Rep. Hamner targets School Finance Act
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
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A billion-dollar problem Colorado's existing School Finance Act relies on a complex formula accounting for district size, at-risk factors and area cost of living to determine how much money the state provides to districts. The districts then match
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