Gov. Jared Polis signs bill sending $24 million to Colorado schools seeing influx of immigrant students

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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill sending $24 million to Colorado schools seeing influx of immigrant students

Colorado will distribute $24 million in one-time funding to public school districts and charter schools impacted by the unprecedented influx of immigrant students who arrived after the annual October headcount that determines districts’ state funding. Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed the bipartisan bill, HB24-1389, authorizing that money to be distributed this fiscal year from the State Education Fund. The Colorado Department of Education now…