Colorado School Finance Act signed into law, with some adjustments to funding for Western Slope districts

Colorado schools avoid budget squeeze while voters decide future of education funding

Colorado’s spending plan for K-12 schools was among the first bills lawmakers introduced during this year’s session and among the last pieces of legislation they passed, bookending an especially grueling 120 days that included moments of concern over potential school funding cuts. Despite having to fill a roughly $1.5 billion state budget hole, however, the General Assembly avoided taking an ax to K-12 education. In fact, lawmakers increased edu…

Colorado School Finance Act signed into law, with some adjustments to funding for Western Slope districts

Lawmakers have successfully avoided cuts to Colorado’s K-12 public schools, though some last-minute adjustments to the School Finance Act mean some districts are seeing smaller funding increases than expected. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the School Finance Act into law on Thursday, May 28. The bipartisan law designates $10.2 billion to Colorado’s K-12 public schools for the 2026-27 school year, roughly $180 million more than the previous ye…