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A facility school, Austin Centers for Exceptional Students, is facing scrutiny and a potential loss of state funding after concerns about how it restrains students.
To fix a shortage of facility schools for students with intense needs, Colorado lawmakers widened the rules. But one of the first new schools to open now faces state sanctions and a potential loss of funding.
“My mental health, first of all, is 10 times better,” said a high school junior who joined her district’s online program this year.
Colorado Senate President James Coleman hopes studying schools that close educational gaps will help lawmakers spread effective practices statewide.
Colorado schools support at-risk students in various ways. A bill advancing in the legislature would require schools to draw up a plan for those activities and post it online.
Parents and disability rights advocates want lawmakers to approve Senate Bill 125, which would allow the Colorado Department of Education to enforce Section 504 laws.
Colorado Democratic lawmakers hope to file two bills this year that increase the state’s ability to monitor and enforce civil rights and disability accommodations violations.
About 1,800 schools participate in Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program, which offers students free breakfast and lunch.
Colorado received about $6 million annually in SNAP-Ed funding. The program allows states to teach students and families about healthy eating and living habits.
Changes to requirements for educators and other mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect will take effect on Sept. 1. Here’s a guide on how to follow the new law.
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.
Last summer, some families didn’t receive the summer grocery money until school started. This year is different.
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.
A panel of experts said the state hasn’t felt any major impacts from Trump cuts yet, except for students with disabilities. They worry there will be education challenges in the future.
Colorado lawmakers said Senate Bill 276 introduced last week will ensure state and local officials don’t comply with federal immigration officials unless they have a valid reason.
Only 10 of Colorado’s 179 school districts included a separate tally in their annual reviews of how many of their students were secluded last school year. The lack of information makes it impossible to understand the scope of this controversial practice.
The family affordability fax credit is available for the first time this year.
Students at the Excel Center have a chance to earn their high school diploma and get support to get them through.
The number of children who will get 30 hours of preschool a week this year is more than double the number of kids who got full-day classes last year, state officials said.
Advocates for students with disabilities say sending kids home early is a common practice, but often happens informally with no documentation.