education funding

We have watched the Lobato v. Colorado court case with great interest over the last several years. The plaintiffs, originally a group of Colorado students and parents that has now been joined by 21 school districts, allege that our state's method and level of public school funding fails to meet Colorado's constitutional obligation to provide a "thorough and uniform" system of education. Last December, a district court judge ruled in their favor.

Steamboat Springs – The South Routt School District depends on the state's interest-free loan program.

Wade Buchanan appears on KRMA's Colorado State of Mind, along with Cindy Stevinson of Jefferson County public schools, newspaper columnist Chuck Green and Frosty Wooldridge, a columnist and commentator on immigration issues.They discussed tuition equity (SB 170) and cutbacks in K-12 education budgets.

Wade Buchanan of the Bell spoke on behalf of Amendment 59 at a ballot educaton forum at the University of Denver, along with representatives of other groups speaking on other amendments. Critics challenged the information and the political alignment of the groups.

PDF of Longmont Times-Call Opinion page for Oct. 18, 2008. Op-ed column by Rich Jones. First paragraph: Voters in Colorado have more direct power than in almost any other state. Getting a measure on the state ballot is relatively easy, and voter approval is required to raise taxes.

Op-ed column by Rich Jones. First paragraph: Voters in Colorado have more direct power than in almost any other state. Getting a measure on the state ballot is relatively easy, and voter approval is required to raise taxes.