Latest Posts Tagged education

Thank You for Supporting Education.

Post Date November 08, 2011
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We want to thank you for making education and our kids your priority. This campaign started as a low rumble of discontent and grew into a movement of folks willing to stand up for our schools and our communities. You made that happen. You collected signatures from more than 142,000 Coloradans to get Proposition 103 on the ballot, and you mailed thousands of letters and called thousands of voters in September and October. Even though the vote did not turn out the way we had …

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Jeffco Ed Board Resolution for Prop. 103 Signed

Post Date October 19, 2011
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Here’s a link if you’d like to review the signed resolution by the Jefferson County Board of Education: Jeffco Resolution

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School Board Resolutions Against Amendments 60, 61, and Proposition 101

Post Date June 22, 2010

Source: Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB)

Amendment 60

Resolution in opposition to the ballot initiative ON LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE

WHEREAS, the _______________ Board of Education is a public entity that provides educational services to the children in the _______________ School District; and

WHEREAS, a ballot initiative to amend Article X, Section 20 (“Taxpayer Bill of Rights” or “TABOR”) of the Colorado Constitution, which will appear on the general election ballot this November as Amendment 60, would cut in half all local property taxes used for the …

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Sign the Open Letter to Colorado Voters

Post Date May 19, 2010

DECIDE may have been defeated this year, but the fight for better investment in our kids has just begun. Please add your name to Great Futures’ open letter to voters: we won’t let another year go by without giving voters a chance to improve resources for public education!

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Learn More About & Take Action on “Decide”

Post Date March 24, 2010

In a 35-30 vote, the Colorado House of Representatives today failed to reach the two-thirds vote necessary to put DECIDE (HCR 1002) on the ballot in November 2010. Great Education Colorado — a member of the Great Futures Colorado coaltion, which proposed the referendum — issued the following statement:

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Great Education Video Star Declared Funny

Post Date August 16, 2009

Congrats to Sam Adams, comedian, sports guy and Great Ed Video star, who defeated all comers in the amateur competition at the Great American Comedy Festival.

Even better, Sam was invited to compete with the pros, and has advanced to the finals at the Johnny Carson Theater in Norfolk, Nebraska.

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