Tag: emily sirota
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EDITORIAL: Don’t cut what uplifts Colorado’s schoolkids
Buried within this year’s massive School Finance Act passed by the legislature are cuts to school enrichment programs designed to meet students’ unique educational needs — particularly at public charter schools and home schools. As The Gazette reports, lawmakers have decided the programs no longer should fund activities that exceed what a traditional neighborhood public…
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Homeschool enrichment programs in limbo following state funding changes
New adjustments to how Colorado funds education include sweeping changes to its homeschool enrichment programs, halting some from starting and forcing some to close. A prominent local authorizer of these programs may also have to end, following a series of developments that led to the changes. Among the changes to this year’s School Finance Act…
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Judicial fees, furniture under scrutiny as Colorado lawmakers consider budget request
Members of the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee expressed concerns last week about aspects of the judiciary’s requested $845 million budget for courts and probation, while also hearing about the Judicial Department’s relatively restrained spending over time. “If you adjust for inflation, spending has actually gone down” for the trial courts, said staff analyst Amanda Bickel.…
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Colorado Supreme Court committee advances election-related change, goes back to work on magistrate rules
The Colorado Supreme Court’s civil rules committee approved a procedural change on Friday for court challenges to presidential electors, a move that complies with legislation passed this year. The committee also heard from the Supreme Court that it must perform further work on proposed changes to the rules governing magistrates, after the justices heard criticism…