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Over the past few weeks, the legislature has set its annual budget, determining how much to spend on all state programs for the 2013-14 year.  (Click here to read our assessment of how students have fared so far.)

Here’s the decision in front of the House of Representatives today:  if our rebounding economy results in higher revenues than the legislature budgeted for this year, where should the extra dollars go?

Representative Millie Hamner has an answer we like: let’s put most of it in the State Education Fund, …

Accountability matters in education — for students, educators, parents . . .  and state leaders.  Three months ago, the 2013: Year of the Student Project (now 168 Boards and organizations and 9,500+ individuals) issued a challenge to the General Assembly: to use this session to match reforms with resources, reverse years of education cuts and create a long-term plan for student success.

They haven’t yet, but the goal is still within reach during the last four weeks of the session.

Subject Areas:  Create a Long-Term Plan for …

The rights and interests of Colorado’s students are once again front and center, now that the historic Lobato v. State of Colorado lawsuit has reached the state’s highest court for the second time.  On Thursday, March 7, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the State’s appeal of a trial court’s December 2011 decision in the case, finding Colorado’s school finance system not just unconstitutional, but “unconscionable.” You can learn more about the proceedings in stories from Colorado Public Radio and 9News or watch the video above.

The …

UPDATE: The State Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the historic Lobato v. the State of Colorado school funding trial on Thursday, March 7.  You can learn more about the proceedings in stories from Colorado Public Radio and 9News or watch the video above. Stay tuned for more details.

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We wanted to update you on the latest information in the landmark Lobato school funding case.   As you know, Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport issued a ruling on December 9, 2011, holding that Colorado’s school finance …

Just a few weeks ago, almost two hundred supporters of the Year of the Student Project flooded the Capitol to hand-deliver a message to legislators on behalf of over 8,500 individuals and 150 organizations: “Don’t adjourn without a long-term plan for student success.”

The Project also asked every legislator to respond to a few questions about whether they agree that Colorado must do a better job of investing in our students and what actions they are willing to take this year to accomplish that.

Did YOUR representative …

If any legislators were unaware of the growing Year of the Student movement before, that all changed on Wednesday when well over one-hundred students, parents, grandparents and concerned citizens came to the Capitol to hand-deliver the Year of the Student Call to Action and this benchmark for the legislature: Don’t Adjourn without a Long-Term Plan to Support Student Success.  [View our photo gallery below].

Here’s how EdNews Colorado saw it:

[A]ll 100 lawmakers were targets of a “meet-and-greet” blitz by volunteers from the Year of the Student Coalition, …