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Colorado state budget writers are in a race against the clock to spend $1.5 billion in leftover federal pandemic aid before the end of 2024 thanks to new guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department. Th...
Educators from Payson and Tonto Basin and schools across Gila County were nominated for recognition as this year’s Gila County Rural Teacher of the Year with accolades shared recently for
The Joint Budget Committee, preparing for the legislative session that resumes Feb. 16, approved legislation Thursday that will hold K-12 school funding constant, instead of making cuts in the 2020-21 budget to account for a 3.3% decline in enrollment tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Holding funding constant will allow the JBC to reduce the $1.173 billion debt owed to K-12 by the state, by $120.8 million, according to JBC analysts. The bill approved Thursday will be part of a broad package of supplemental budget bills that will realign state agency budgets for 2020-21. The adjustment to K...