Jeffco Public Schools
Jeffco Public Schools is asking voters to consider $133 million in tax increases as the district faces a looming budget shortfall.
Roughly $50 million is on the line after the Office for Civil Rights found Jeffco in violation of Title IX. The district says the feds got key facts wrong and are misapplying the law.
Colorado’s second-largest district has dipped into its budget reserves for the past two years and is set to do so again next year.
“This is a new way of doing business,” a former attorney for the federal Office for Civil Rights said.
At risk is more than $90 million in federal funding for Jeffco’s 74,000 students, the district said.
The Trump administration says Jeffco Public Schools is violating the federal sex discrimination law. The district disagrees.
CareerWise Colorado has employed far fewer students in youth apprenticeships than leaders once envisioned. The program’s challenges offer valuable lessons as bipartisan enthusiasm for on-the-job-training grows nationwide.
Athletic rosters indicate “male students occupy 61 roster positions on girls’ sports teams,” a press release says. It’s not clear how investigators reached that conclusion.
Jefferson County voters will elect 3 school board members on Nov. 4.
Ten Jeffco schools were closed Thursday, including Evergreen High School.
The shooting left two students injured and the suspected shooter dead.
Jeffco’s policy says that in most cases, transgender students should room with other students that share their gender identity. The district says its policy is grounded in state anti-discrimination law.
Currently, about a dozen Colorado districts conduct universal dyslexia screenings in some grades.
This year, charter schools are serving about 15% of public school students in Colorado.
Officials say the initiative will give Jeffco students a fast track into the School of Mines.
Padres, estudiantes y maestros exigen respuestas mientras el distrito escolar de Jeffco propone cerrar Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
Parents, students, and teachers demand answers as Jeffco Public Schools proposes shutting down Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
El distrito está organizando sesiones de diseño con la comunidad para obtener ideas de los asistentes.
The board had received lots of communications asking them to affirm their support and clarify their guidance to schools.
Jeffco would close the school for a year while it works to set up a new high school that focuses on career education. What that looks like is still to be determined.