Colorado
State grants helped ski resorts, school districts, and museums create new child care classrooms.
Monday’s lawsuit is the second one this month that targets protections for transgender students.
Youngquist said he is supportive of the decision to launch an investigation and is “confident that my name will be cleared.”
La implementación del programa Summer EBT es una de varias medidas que Colorado ha tomado en los últimos años para reducir la cantidad de niños que pasan hambre.
Marrero calls the strategy the School Transformation Process, and said it’s meant to avoid state intervention in persistently low-rated schools.
Ten schools are set to close or partially close next month due to declining enrollment. The proposal would have halted any further school closures until 2029.
The State Board of Education’s vote means about 800 students will have to find a new school next year.
District 49 filed the lawsuit a day after passing a policy barring transgender youth from school sports teams that match their gender identity.
The new policy passed in a 3-2 vote.
Colorado lawmakers set aside more funding for schools starting in 2026. They also passed bills related to mental health, Black history, and free school meals.
One of Trump's recent executive orders called for federal agencies to target in-state college tuition programs for undocumented students. For now, Colorado’s program is expected to remain.
Last summer, some families didn’t receive the summer grocery money until school started. This year is different.
El presidente Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que incluía la orden de que las agencias federales sancionaran a los estados que aplican la matrícula estatal a estudiantes indocumentados. Veinticuatro estados cuentan con leyes similares.
Colorado lawmakers have taken a markedly different approach to transgender student rights than the Trump administration.
Colorado stands to lose about $8 million in federal grant money and nearly 300 AmeriCorps members, many of whom work in schools or with youth.
“We've now created a situation where an adult is having a conversation with a minor concerning that minor's genitalia,” said one father who opposes the policy on transgender athletes.
The union blasted DPS for declaring an impasse during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Superintendent Alex Marrero accused Youngquist in a letter of ‘policy violations, racial insensitivity, and unethical conduct,’ among other allegations.
Colorado, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey have in-state tuition programs for undocumented students. Now, the Trump administration plans to take action against those programs.
Eighteen titles, including ‘The Bluest Eye’ and ‘The Kite Runner,’ were returned to library shelves this week.