K-12 schools in Colorado will lose $50 million instead of $150 million under a new deal reached by Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie and Gov. Jared Polis.
The deal comes after backlash from many school leaders over the governor’s budget request, which changed how students are counted .
School districts are funding on a per-pupil basis. While most states look at a school’s current enrollment to determine its per-pupil allotment, Colorado looks at schools’ average enrollment over several years…