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Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.In response to explosive growth in publicly funded home-school enrichment, including sports camps and martial arts lessons, Colorado lawmakers are seeking not only to apply the brakes, but to reverse the trend. The powerful six-member Joint Budget Committee unanimously agreed Wednesday to draft a bill to curtail the power of one public education co-op that has authorized scores of home-school enrichment programs in recent years. The Monument-based co-op, Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Education Services, or ERBOCES, has enrichment programs all over Colorado. The bill would limit the geographical reach of such co-ops, allowing them to authorize programs only in their member school districts. In the case of ERBOCES, which has two member districts, the bill would stem the flow of tens of millions of public dollars that pass through the co-op to home-school enrichment programs in other places.Statewide, around 19,000 students participate in part-time public school programming at a cost of more than $100 million a year. Most are home-schooled students who attend one day of enrichment classes a week at traditional public schools, charter schools, or through ERBOCES programs. ERBOCES authorizes more than 50 home-school enrichment programs, many outside its two member school districts. Last summer, it also authorized a controversial “public Christian school” outside its member districts. The co-op’s home-school enrichment programs are run by private contractors and include state-funded offerings critics say are essentially extracurricular activities, such as horsemanship, taekwondo, and golf. One ERBOCES contractor advertises skiing, swim lessons, and canyoneering trips.Colorado pays generously for homeschool enrichment. Funding cuts and stricter rules may be coming.The proposed bill wouldn’t address all lawmakers’ concerns about the ballooning footprint and cost of publicly funded home-school enrichment, but it would take aim at the group they describe as the biggest offender in terms of exploiting loopholes in state law. As lawmakers consider placing guardrails on home-school enrichment through law, the State Board of Education is also looking to change state rules governing the kinds of enrichment classes and schedules that would be eligible for public funding. While lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee agreed Wednesday that their proposed bill should reign in ERBOCES, they didn’t finalize the timetable for the new restrictions. Some members said home-school enrichment programs that operate outside ERBOCES’ two member districts — District 49 in El Paso County and the Elizabeth district in Elbert County — should be prevented from accessing public funding before the 2026-27 school year.Others, including Rep. Rick Taggart, a Republican from Grand Junction, pushed for a six-month grace period so families who’ve already signed their kids up for ERBOCES home-school enrichment programs next fall won’t be left in a lurch, at least through December. “I don’t want to hurt the students,” he said. Ken Witt, executive director of ERBOCES, expressed similar concerns in an email to Chalkbeat on Thursday. “If these programs are axed long after most families have already made their enrollment decisions for the upcoming year, these families will have to scramble to try to find the supports they need to confidently educate their children,” he said. “Many will not find the support they need, because no other program exists within their area.”Witt said thoughtful engagement with stakeholders is critical and hasn’t yet occurred. Lawmakers and legislative staff noted that allowing ERBOCES to operate all of its current programs just for the first semester next year might not work because of how and when the state tallies enrollment and distributes funding. The Joint Budget Committee opted to start the bill-drafting process and decide timing details in the coming weeks. It’s unclear how many of ERBOCES’ home-school enrichment programs are based outside the group’s member districts, but under the proposed bill it’s likely that dozens would either lose public funding or need to ask their local school district or BOCES to be their authorizer to continue receiving it. ERBOCES’ website contains only a partial list of its enrichment programs, and the co-op’s staff declined to provide Chalkbeat with the full list. For now, Joint Budget Committee lawmakers have paused an effort to reduce state funding for home-school enrichment programs. Currently, the state pays half the full-time public school student rate for each home-school enrichment student — about $6,000 — even though those students typically attend about a quarter of the hours. Both home-school parents and school districts have pushed back against the potential funding cuts in recent weeks. School districts benefit from the more generous funding for the programs they authorize.Lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee indicated they may eventually return to the funding cut proposal and expressed frustration over resistance from school district leaders. Sen. Jeff Bridges, Democrat of Greenwood Village, asked how district leaders can explain to parents of full-time public school students that they’re paying twice as much per hour for home-schooled students in enrichment programming than for traditional students. “How do they justify that to their parents?” he said. “Number two, how do they expect us to justify to the people of Colorado that we’re paying for ski tickets?”Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.

The Iowa Board of Regents approved tuition increases Thursday for students attending Iowa’s public universities in the upcoming academic year. Regent Christine Hensley was once again the single vote against raising tuition by 3% for resident undergraduate students, citing concerns about student affordability and the belief that tuition increases should pause while other cost-saving measures […]

سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا رایگەیاند ڕێککەوتن کراوە بۆ درێژکردنەوەی ئاگربەستی نێوان ئیسرائیل و لوبنان بۆ ماوەی سێ هەفتەی دیکە. دۆناڵد ترامپ لە پۆستێکدا لە هەژماری تایبەتی خۆی لە تۆڕی کۆمەڵایەتی تروث ئاگربەستەکەی ڕاگەیاند. ترامپ لە پەیامەکەیدا کە ئێوارەی پێنجشەممە بە کاتی واشنتن بڵاوکراوەتەوە، نووسیویەتی "لە نووسینگەی کۆشکی سپی لەگەڵ نوێنەرانی پلە باڵای ئیسرائیل و لوبنان کۆبوومەوە، لەگەڵ جێگری سەرۆک جەی دی ڤانس، مارکۆ ڕوبیۆ وەزیری دەرەوە، مایک هاکەبی باڵیۆزی ئەمەریکا لە ئیسرائیل و میشێڵ عیسا باڵیۆزی...

Nostalgia-driven concept pairs elevated flavors with beach-inspired design. Rather than relying on artificial colors or standard toppings, the team emphasizes ingredients that carry both flavor and visual impact, using elements like dehydrated fruit to build color naturally The post The Dish: Lily’s Donuts brings sweet new addition to Santa Barbara Public Market appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

The Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a budget Thursday with $10 million for water assistance—double last year's amount but far short of the $60 million advocates say is needed to address Michigan's growing water affordability crisis.

El Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG) salió al paso de la información emanada desde el Gobierno de China, la cual...

La transnacionalización del crimen organizado implica pensar en formas y estrategias que trasciendan las fronteras para combatirlo. De esa cuenta la sociedad civil tiene un papel fundamental para orientar la cooperación para el desarrollo y que los funcionarios públicos en América Latina y Europa conozcan qué problemas afrontar a fin de proteger las democracias. Por ... Read more The post De América Latina a Alemania, el reto para encontrar estrategias para el combate al crimen organizado  appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

An appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit from conservative groups that challenged how Arizona counties verify early ballot signatures and run ballot drop-boxes, among other things. Brought by the America First Legal Foundation and the Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona on behalf of a group of voters, the lawsuit rehashed numerous claims that election deniers […]

COLUMBIA — Small farmers say they’re in trouble, and legislators want to help. On Thursday, senators added a clause to the state budget that would collectively give farmers $35 million in financial assistance. And representatives proposed their own, separate legislation that upped the total aid to $50 million. The Senate’s budget clause, which is part […]

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The Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that four Washington state campgrounds will be closed for the rest of the year and several others will be partially closed following two consecutive years of funding cuts. The state Legislature has slashed roughly $8 million from the department’s recreation program.   In 2025, lawmakers reduced the program’s […]

El diputado socialista, Marcos Ilabaca, propuso al Ministerio de Energía la creación de un subsidio a la...

Campaign mailers featuring digitally altered photos of Republican legislative candidates waving pride flags spur a campaign practices complaint and raise concerns about growing mistrust in politics. The post Doctored images of legislative candidates spur complaint appeared first on Montana Free Press.

یک عضو نیروهای ویژه ارتش آمریکا به اتهام استفاده از اطلاعات طبقه‌بندی‌شده در بازار شرط‌بندی پلی‌مارکت بازداشت شد.

(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court ruling upholding a Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms is setting up a potential challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court over the role of religion in public education. In a decision issued this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld Senate Bill 10, which mandates that public schools “shall” display the Ten Commandments in classrooms across the state. Opponents of the law said they plan to appeal the ruling to the nation’s highest court. The case is Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District. David Hacker, vice president of legal services and senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, told The Center Square that the decision means schools must comply with the requirement as written in the law. Hacker noted that the Ten Commandments have educational value. They are “a foundational moral, literary and historical text. Their influence on Western legal traditions is widely acknowledged and needs to be part of any complete education,” Hacker told The Center Square. Hacker said the 5th Circuit ruling makes clear that the establishments of religion “historically involved coercion: mandatory church attendance, enforced religious taxes and legal penalties for noncompliance. “By contrast, simply displaying a religious text on a classroom wall bears no resemblance to these practices,” he added. The defendants include the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. In a joint statement, the defendants said they were “extremely disappointed” in the ruling, arguing it conflicts with First Amendment protections and longstanding Supreme Court precedent. They said the decision undermines the separation of church and state and interferes with families’ rights to decide how their children receive religious instruction. The Center Square reached out for comment to all of these organizations, but did not receive a response from any of them but the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the foundation, criticized the ruling, noting the narrow margin of the court’s decision and calling it inconsistent with established precedent. "We take a little solace in the fact that, despite its being the most conservative appeals court, the vote was so close, 9-8. It is nevertheless shocking that an appeals court would presume to do what only the Supreme Court itself can do and overturn long-standing precedent,” Gaylor told The Center Square. The organizations said it plans to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court “to reverse this decision and uphold the religious-freedom rights of children and parents,” and expressed confidence the court will reaffirm its decision in Stone v. Graham, a 1980 case addressing religious displays in public schools. The state of Texas has also discussed potential changes to how social studies is taught under the state’s Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for K-12 social studies curriculum, including references to biblical texts. At the federal level, the Trump administration has expressed support for expanding religious expression in schools and earlier this year issued guidance regarding prayer in public education.

‌دونالد ترامپ: می‌توانیم تسلیحاتی را که جمهوری اسلامی طی آتش‌بس جمع کرده است یکروزه نابود کنیم

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