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Data privacy, school finance top education issues for 2016 legislative session
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Data privacy, school finance top education issues for 2016 legislative session

For education, the 2016 legislative session was more about what didn’t happen than what did, despite key legislation on student data privacy and school finance.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 13, 2016
Legislative session ends on hopeful note for rural schools
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Legislative session ends on hopeful note for rural schools

Bills intended to help ease rural teacher shortages and generate more money for fixing and building schools won approval on the legislative session’s final day.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 11, 2016
Charter funding fight ends with compromise, defeat of two bills as session nears end
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Charter funding fight ends with compromise, defeat of two bills as session nears end

A House committee decision to kill two charter school bills Tuesday cleared the way for a compromise that ended the 2016 session’s most contentious education debate.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 11, 2016
Plan to reduce accountability paperwork clears the legislature
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Plan to reduce accountability paperwork clears the legislature

A bill that would reduce the number of improvement plans many districts and schools have to file has passed the Colorado legislature.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 10, 2016
Senators patch up differences, unanimously pass school funding bill with charter compromise
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Senators patch up differences, unanimously pass school funding bill with charter compromise

The Senate Friday evening voted 33-0 for a school finance bill that contains some provisions charter school advocates have been seeking through a different bill.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 6, 2016
Student data privacy bill gets unanimous legislative approval
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Student data privacy bill gets unanimous legislative approval

The 2016 session’s biggest education policy bill — a measure intended to protect the privacy and security of student educational data — is on its way to the governor.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 3, 2016
Charter revenue-sharing bill wins final passage in Senate
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Charter revenue-sharing bill wins final passage in Senate

A bill requiring school districts to share local tax overrides with their charters was passed 22-13 by the Senate Tuesday, a key step for the contentious measure.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | May 3, 2016
Data privacy bill clears Senate committee – with tweaks
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Data privacy bill clears Senate committee – with tweaks

A bill to strengthen the privacy and security of student data continued on a smooth path to passage Wednesday, winning unanimous Senate Education Committee approval.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | April 28, 2016
With failed bid to cut ninth grade testing, lawmakers stick with assessment status quo
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
With failed bid to cut ninth grade testing, lawmakers stick with assessment status quo

A bill that would have eliminated emandatory ninth grade language arts and math tests — the only PARCC tests for Colorado high schoolers — died Monday in the Senate.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | April 25, 2016
Charter revenue-sharing bill advances to Senate floor debate
FROM Chalkbeat Colorado
Charter revenue-sharing bill advances to Senate floor debate

Two charter school bills, one requiring school districts to uniformly share some local revenues with their charters, passed the Senate Education Committee on 6-3 votes Thursday.

By 
Todd Engdahl
 | April 22, 2016

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