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Articles: Rocky Mountain News highlights Nurse Home Visitor Program, 2002 National NAEP Scores Show Little Improvement, CCHE Finds 25% New College Students Need Remedial Services, Hispanic Students have Highest Dropout Rates, Lowest College Attendance

Articles: A Parent???s Guide to No Child Left Behind Report Card, CO Ranks Last in Childhood Immunizations, CO Higher Ed Funding Second Largest Drop in Nation, Institute of Medicine Issues Report on Health Care, Payday Lending Strips Families of Limited Resources

Articles: Leg. Works to Restore Medicaid Prenatal Care, Closing Achievement Gap Commission Releases Interim Report, ACE Cites Best Ways to Improve College Access for Low-Income, Minority Students, Bell Urges CCHE to do More to Improve College Access in CO, The State of CO's Working Poor Families

HB 06-1358 represents a net opportunity gain for Colorado. Along with assisting students to complete high school, the dual enrollment programs proposed by the bill would make post-secondary education more accessible and affordable for students who might otherwise drop out of Colorado???s education pipeline.

HB 06-1024 represents a net opportunity gain for Colorado. It establishes an accountability mechanism within the state's higher education performance contracts that specifically addresses institutional commitment to, and support for, retention and success of low income and minority students.

Calling the ???CollegeInColorado??? statewide marketing campaign for higher education unveiled today by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education ???a good first step,??? Wade Buchanan, president of Bell Policy Center, today called upon CCHE to launch an all-out effort to expand access to higher education for all Coloradoans, and especially for underserved low-income and minority students, in a letter to CCHE Executive Director Rick O'Donnell.

HB 06-1024 represents a net opportunity gain for Colorado. It establishes an accountability mechanism within the state???s higher education performance contracts that specifically addresses institutional commitment to, and support for, retention and success of low income and minority students.