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Board hears legislative update: financial-literacy, FAFSA support, cell-phone policy and zoning bill
Summary
At the March 10 work session, staff briefed trustees on multiple education bills moving through the Colorado legislature, including amendments to a financial-literacy bill, proposed requirements tied to FAFSA, a cell-phone policy bill, zoning proposals for faith-based or educational land, and proposed changes to accountability metrics.
District legislative staff reviewed several bills and policy proposals before the Board of Education on March 10, and described where those measures stood and what they might mean for local implementation.
Mister Fall (district legislative staff) briefed trustees on amendments to the financial-literacy bill. The bill’s requirement was broadened so students may complete the financial-literacy requirement in grades nine through 12; the bill also now includes language allowing a student to decline to complete FAFSA or for a school to show completion is not “feasible” because of barriers such as language or access. The bill references existing state curriculum resource banks (identified in the briefing by statute citations) and sets…
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