Colorado’s expanded preschool program will serve 3-year-olds who need more schooling before kindergarten. With districts managing state funding for those kids, community providers worry they will meet a financial cliff.
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Colorado may force new homes in wildfire-prone areas to adhere to a state building code
A forthcoming bill would create a new board with powers to tell local governments how houses must be built in the wildland-urban interface
Posted inEducation
Adjuncts will soon qualify for federal student loan forgiveness but Colorado Democrats want to give them more aid toward debt relief
A bill would give adjunct instructors, who may rely on food banks and share housing, full-time employment status for the sake of applying for federal student loan forgiveness
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado Democratic Party, GOP prepare for intraparty reorganizations that will have big influence over their future
Both parties will have new chairs, and how leadership elections go on the county and congressional and legislative district levels will play a big role
Posted inPolitics and Government
State budget writers fine Colorado Mesa University for exceeding tuition increase cap, highlighting annual Capitol debate
Legislature told the state’s colleges and universities they couldn’t raise tuition for any in-state undergraduate students by more than 2%.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Zornio: Let Colorado’s local residents decide if rent control is right for them
Repealing a statewide ban on rent control makes sense given local policy factors into success as much as state policy
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Colorado Democrats want to ax social studies from state standardized tests. Here’s why.
A bill introduced last week would end state testing for fourth and seventh graders, and save the state more than $1 million per year
Posted inPolitics and Government
Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee
There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment, including no fewer than nine legislators who will have been appointed in a 12-month span
Posted inBusiness
Colorado may end the ultimate age-discriminating work question: How old are you?
It’s legal to ask job applicants their age, high school graduation date or birth date. Senate Bill 58 would put an end to answering those awkward questions.
Posted inEducation
Colorado middle and high schoolers could begin receiving annual mental health checks
If a student needs additional resources, they would be referred to state-run program offering free therapy sessions