Innovations in K-12 education have kept Colorado at the forefront of progress for decades, but a new bill-HB24-1363-threatens to reverse many of the state's gains.
Innovations in K-12 education have kept Colorado at the forefront of progress for decades, but a new bill — HB 24-1363 — threatens to reverse many of the state’s gains. To understand the magnitude of this attack, let’s look back on Colorado’s incredible public school choice history.
By that summer, Democratic Gov. Roy Romer signed the Colorado Charter Schools Act into law, and the first charter school opened that fall: Connect School in Pueblo County Rural District 70. As an education pioneer, Colorado has produced some of the nation’s most successful public charter schools. For instance, the Denver School of Science and Technology has obliterated achievement gaps. To date, 100% of the school’s graduates have been admitted into college, university, or postsecondary programs. And 61% of its students are Hispanic, 20% are Black/African American, and 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Now, shortsighted legislation would make it harder for charter schools to obtain waivers from certain laws and policies, reducing their autonomy compared with traditional public schools. The bill would remove charter schools’ ability to determine how to evaluate their teachers and other personnel and limit the appeals process available to charter schools when denied approval by local school boards.
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