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Senate committee advances three Charter School Institute board nominees after questioning on governance and finance

3508540 · March 31, 2025
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The Senate Education Committee voted to send three nominees to the Charter School Institute (CSI) board to the full Senate with favorable recommendations. Nicholas Thompson, Deborah Hendricks and Kenneth (Kenny) Smith were each recommended 5-2 following committee review of governance, accountability and equity concerns.

The Senate Education Committee advanced three nominees to the Charter School Institute (CSI) board to the full Senate with favorable recommendations following a confirmation hearing that focused on finance, accountability and equity.

Terry Kourluis, executive director of CSI, introduced the three nominees and described CSI’s statewide authorizing role and portfolio of approximately 45 schools serving around 20,000 students. CSI is the statewide authorizer created by the Colorado Legislature in 2004 and, according to the testimony,…

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