With the 2025 legislative session underway in Colorado, the Joint Budget Committee will be trying to solve a budget puzzle while rolling out a new school finance formula. DENVER — During his State of ...

For years, Aspen School District has grappled with a high cost of living and complicated state restrictions on funding to give teachers salaries that are “fair.” When the state of Colorado conducted ...

A new public school finance formula is up for discussion in the state legislature, and the Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education is on board with the change — as long as it’s ...

Colorado’s school finance formula starts with a base amount for each student and then applies factors related to district characteristics, like size and cost of living that could increase or decrease ...

With less than a month left in the legislative session, how Colorado funds its schools could change. Colorado hasn’t significantly changed the formula used to fund schools in three decades. Multiple ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado House representatives advanced a bill that would change how Colorado calculates school funding, increasing how much money rural schools can receive in addition to how much ...

Colorado’s legislative session this year resulted in the signing of a new public school finance formula, the first update to the formula since 1994. This formula will go into effect for the 2025-2026 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Gov. Jared Polis put his signature on a sweeping school finance bill Thursday, changing the formula that funds the state’s public schools for the ...

The monthslong fight over Colorado’s education budget is inching closer to the finish line. Although districts could end up receiving less money than they were promised by lawmakers last year, many ...