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Colo. K-12 Budget Cut Now Looks Like $431M, Or 7.5 Percent

Projected cuts in state aid to K-12 education next school year keep rising, and school administrators fear they will get even bigger.

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Boulder-Area Legislators: Colo. Budget Will Dominate 2010 Session

How to deal with looming revenue shortfalls — $600 million for the budget year that’s halfway over and $1.5 billion for the budget year that starts July 1 –without eviscerating government services will be key.

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Co-Chairs Named For Higher Education Strategic Plan

Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Lyons on Thursday to chair a new committee and come up with a roadmap for the future of Colorado’s 27 public colleges and universities.

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Colorado Teachers, Unions Marshal Forces Against State Cuts

As lawmakers stand poised to cut $260 million in K-12 education funding, the state’s teachers union and other school advocates are playing defense and keeping their options — including a possible lawsuit — open.

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