Amendment 73 could harm police and fire budgets
Currently the Gallagher amendment in Colorado requires that 55% of the state’s property tax comes from commercial property and 45% from residential. The commercial property is set constantly at [...]
Currently the Gallagher amendment in Colorado requires that 55% of the state’s property tax comes from commercial property and 45% from residential. The commercial property is set constantly at [...]
Earlier this month there were questions asked of Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton by Chalkbeat. The entire story is here: https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/07/10/colorado-2018-election-where-jared-polis-and-walker-stapleton-stand-on-education/ The most disturbing of the responses were Congressman Polis' [...]
Don’t have time to read Janus? Don’t worry, we read all 49 pages for you. Here is a 4 minute version in mostly words directly from the court: *All [...]
Ready Colorado’s education champions swept their races for Governor, State Senate, and State House of Representatives. Colorado voters made it clear that they want conservative candidates who will expand school choice [...]
Chalkbeat recently summarized a major hurdle low income Colorado kids faced when trying to opt into a better school district: https://chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/06/21/change-in-colorado-law-sets-up-a-david-and-goliath-school-choice-battle-no-one-saw-coming/ A superintendent of a small district is worried [...]
The nation is awaiting a US Supreme Court decision better known as “Janus” on whether or not a union can force a public employee to pay union dues against [...]
Upstart conservative advocacy group Ready Colorado didn't exactly tiptoe into the state's Great Education Debate a few years ago; it hit the ground running. As we noted last fall [...]
Ready Colorado tracked over 50 education bills in the 2018 legislative session. We helped pass student-centered policies and defeated attacks on school choice and accountability. Here are a few [...]
Endrew F v DCSD, US District Court, Colorado The Family of Endrew F faced a tough decision regarding their son’s education. As a child on the autism spectrum and [...]