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Board member flags potential state funding cuts after two Colorado studies
Summary
A trustee summarized two state studies on school funding and warned the board that proposed legislative changes could reduce district revenue, citing a potential $192 million statewide cut and an estimated $1.5 million impact to the district if the five-year enrollment average is removed.
Board member Leah Helm briefed trustees on recent Colorado education funding studies and legislative developments during board member updates on Jan. 13, telling colleagues that state proposals could reduce K–12 funding and that district advocacy will be needed.
Helm summarized two state reports — an equity-and-adequacy study and an input-based financial adequacy study — and relayed their headline findings: Colorado teacher pay is low and uneven, funding should better account for at-risk and disabled students, and adequate statewide funding would be billions…
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