K-12 Issues in Colo. Legislative Session Figure to Be Busier for 2012

by Eddie | 5:13 pm, January 9, 2012

If I were to write “it’s that time of year again”… again, you’d probably be ready to chew me out. And my little ears are too sensitive for that. So I’ll just take note that Colorado’s legislative session kicks off on Wednesday. Which naturally means (pardon me if you’ve heard this before) get ready and [...]

Digging Up School Spending Figures in Colorado’s Ongoing Lobato Hearings

by Eddie | 3:34 pm, August 9, 2011

Welcome to Week 2 of 5 in Colorado’s ongoing school finance adequacy lawsuit, familiarly known as Lobato v State, or just the Lobato case. A report this morning from Ed News Colorado’s Todd Engdahl highlighted some of Monday’s key plaintiff testimony:

One of the main plaintiffs’ witnesses in the Lobato v. State school funding lawsuit testified [...]

Big Cost to Fixing Up Colorado Schools? Time to Think Outside the Box

by Eddie | 10:39 am, March 11, 2010

Ed News Colorado reports from yesterday’s State Board meeting about the state of school buildings:

Colorado schools have $17.8 billion in maintenance and renovation needs over the next eight years, according to a statewide schools facilities study released Wednesday.
The study, required as part of the 2008 Building Excellent Schools Today law, was the first-ever comprehensive structural [...]

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