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District lobbyist summarizes 2025 session: budget strain eased but school finance will need more funding
Summary
Atwood told the board the 2025 legislative session closed May 7 after 120 days, with 562 bills passing; the joint budget committee used reallocations rather than deep cuts and swept roughly $230 million into the school finance act, but the new formula still needs an estimated $250–$500 million over coming years.
Amy Atwood, the district’s contract lobbyist with Atwood Public Affairs, told the Colorado Springs School District No. 11 board that the 2025 legislative session concluded after the constitutionally mandated 120 days on May 7 and left a mixed fiscal picture for education.
“At the end of the session, the budget picture looked different than we expected,” Atwood said, noting that lawmakers introduced about 733 bills and passed 562. Lawmakers used targeted reallocations across programs rather than broad cuts, she said, and…
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