Effects of federal funding freeze, $71-million gap in CO, on higher education

Harmful and opaque.

Those were the words Governor Jared Polis used to describe $7 billion in sudden education funding freezes from the Trump Administration in a roundtable discussion between state education leaders Wednesday.

Denver7 was there as the governor said the state does not have the money to fill the $71-million gap in Colorado, saying school districts, colleges and universities would have to make cuts.

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Education cuts loom as federal government stays silent about $71M funding freeze

Few sectors will have as large of an impact on Colorado, and the nation, as how the funding cuts are affecting higher education, one university leader said…

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