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Hudak blasts Swalm bill: Colorado can’t afford to fund private education

By | 01.21.11 | 5:00 am

Colorado state Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, said that she opposes a Republican bill that would provide a tax credit to individuals paying for children to leave public schools and enter into a private education. She said Colorado cannot afford to support its own schools, let alone those of private businesses.

Anti-bullying task force would fit with state’s lean mean approach to school safety

By | 12.03.10 | 8:20 am

A group of Colorado rights and education organizations is calling on Governor-elect John Hickenlooper and state lawmakers to establish a task force on school bullying and harassment in Colorado. The organizations cite the alarming rash of recent high-profile incidents around the country where harassment led gay high school and university students to commit suicide.

Teacher tenure ‘juggernaut’ bill clears Senate, faces tougher battle in House

By | 04.30.10 | 11:09 am

SB 191, the teacher tenure bill that has divided traditional political allies and made for strange-bedfellows in the State Legislature this session, passed on second reading in the Senate late Thursday and is headed to the House Education Committee…