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Gov. John Hickenlooper signs the bill into law on Monday. (credit: CBS)

Lower Tuition For Immigrants Becomes Law In Colorado

Immigrant students will pay significantly less in tuition at Colorado colleges under legislation signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday.

2013/04/30

Hickenlooper Signs Next Year’s Budget For Colorado

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed next year’s budget for Colorado on Monday, a spending plan that includes more funding for public schools, pay raises for state workers, and money to expand mental health services.

2013/04/29

A classroom in Colorado (File photo credit: CBS)

State School Funding Overhaul Nears Final Lap

The most ambitious change in a generation to how Colorado finances K-12 education is closer to approval. The overhaul won final approval in the House 37-28 Monday. It has already been approved by the Senate.

2013/04/29

Making Their Mark: Dream Of Improving School’s Look Turns Into A Career

In the fourth grade, Jered Minter — the son of an elementary school principal and an elementary school art teacher — began to wonder why schools were designed the way they were.

2013/04/29

Grant Provides A Boost To Veterans Seeking Higher Education

A new $1.5 million grant is helping students injured in wars get reacclimated to college life.

2013/04/06

School Funding Overhaul Clears Colorado Senate

A sweeping overhaul to how Colorado funds schools has won final approval in the state Senate on a party-line vote.

2013/04/02

School Finance Bill Aims To Revise Years Of Inequitable School Funding

A mammoth bill to overhaul Colorado’s complicated school-finance formula won initial approval in the state Senate Monday, despite worries the changes won’t mean a thing if voters don’t approve more than $1 billion in new taxes this fall.

2013/04/02