Tag: Colorado Board Of Education
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State Board of Education will schedule hearing on Merit Academy funding dispute
The Colorado Board of Education has accepted a petition from charter school Merit Academy for a declaratory order regarding the timing of per-pupil payments from its chartering district, Woodland Park District RE-2 and will schedule a hearing on the matter. The board reviewed a petition for declaratory judgment filed by Merit Academy against the district…
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Colorado Board of Education discusses new rules for homeschool programs
Colorado’s Board of Education discussed potential new rules on the eligibility and requirements for certified homeschool programs during its regular meeting Wednesday morning. The new rules and conditions became required through this year’s School Finance Act, passed by the state legislature. Board members were presented with two options by representatives with the Colorado Department of…
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Colorado Board of Education discusses new rules for homeschool programs
Colorado’s Board of Education discussed potential new rules on the eligibility and requirements for certified homeschool programs during its regular meeting last week. The new rules and conditions became required through this year’s School Finance Act, passed by the state legislature. Board members were presented with two options by representatives with the Colorado Department of…
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Colorado Board of Education discusses new rules for homeschool programs
Colorado’s Board of Education discussed potential new rules on the eligibility and requirements for certified homeschool programs during its regular meeting last week. The new rules and conditions became required through this year’s School Finance Act, passed by the state legislature. Board members were presented with two options by representatives with the Colorado Department of…
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Online schools safe, homeschool programs uncertain following ERBOCES dissolution
Some alternatives to brick-and-mortar public schools will continue operating for the 2026-27 school year, while the future of others remains up in the air. Following the dissolution of the Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services (ERBOCES) last week and new state requirements, funding for homeschool programs has yet to be secured. ERBOCES, which was…
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Colorado State Board of Education denies application for online school
The Colorado State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously denied the application for an online school that would have specialized in technical education, saying the state is oversaturated with virtual schools and citing the sharp enrollment drop-off rate among such programs. The Colorado Virtual Tech Academy (CVTA) would have served as a multi-district online school…
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Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ sues state, alleges discrimination
Riverstone Academy, a public elementary school that opened last fall in Pueblo as a tuition-free option with Christian-based instruction, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over alleged religious discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Colorado law violates the free exercise clause of the…
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Multiple El Paso County schools approved for BEST grant funding
Multiple El Paso County schools will benefit from this year’s round of grant awards from the Colorado Department of Education’s annual Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program. School districts Harrison D-2, Widefield D-3 and Peyton School District 23-JT, along with the charter Mountain Song Community School, are among the 14 recipients for the state grant…
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Colorado Springs D-11 innovation zone approved by state board of education
The Colorado Springs School of Technology is one step closer to opening next school year. The Colorado State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved the creation of a planned innovation zone for Colorado Springs School District 11. The Colorado Springs School of Technology is anticipated to be open to students for the 2024-25 school…