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[21 Sep 2010]
Colorado PTA Legislative Network

Dear Friends of Education, We all know about what’s happening to education.  State funding has been cut and is about to be cut even more.  Teachers are being laid off resulting in larger class size.  Many important programs are no longer available. Districts are charging for busing, increasing the cost of school lunch, sports and other extra-curricular activities and so on.   And don’t even think about the cost of sending kids to college.  If you think that’s bad, wait till you hear what else could happen if Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61 are passed …

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[29 Apr 2010]
Learn More About Decide

DECIDE stands for “Decide: Education Cuts OR Invest in our Democracy and Economy.”DECIDE is a proposed referred measure that would give voters the chance to DECIDE whether they want an alternative to balancing our state budget by making deep and irreparable cuts to Colorado’s public schools, colleges and universities. What would DECIDE do?DECIDE would allow voters to grant authority to the legislature to increase revenues in order to prevent more cuts to education and invest in K-12 and higher education. New revenues could be …