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Confluence early-childhood special district proposal cleared for first reading; BOCC asks for budget clarity
Summary
The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners agreed Feb. 11 to place the Confluence Early Childhood Education Coalition’s proposed regional early-childhood special district on the Feb. 26 agenda for a formal first reading after commissioners heard the coalition’s presentation and asked for clearer financial detail.
The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 11 agreed, by consensus, to place the Confluence Early Childhood Education Coalition’s service plan for a proposed regional early-childhood special district on the Feb. 26 agenda for first reading.
The coalition (CC) presented a service-plan framework to the commissioners seeking authority to form a special district that would span parts of Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties within the Roaring Fork Valley school district boundaries. The proposed district would raise revenue through a 0.25 percent sales tax and use funds to make tuition subsidies available to families, provide grants to childcare providers to increase capacity and quality, and support outreach…
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