Leslie Colwell @ColwelLeslie
Advocate for kids, excellent educational experiences, and school finance equity. She/her. Denver, CO Joined January 2012-
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It’s time for this to happen. The sponsoring legislators are very familiar with the formula and have been studying it for years. The proposal is solid. Weighted student formulas have earned bipartisan support in CA, TN, MS, MI and others in recent years. CO can get this done!
It’s time for this to happen. The sponsoring legislators are very familiar with the formula and have been studying it for years. The proposal is solid. Weighted student formulas have earned bipartisan support in CA, TN, MS, MI and others in recent years. CO can get this done!
“We continue to finance public education through methods that have no demonstrable link to the cost of delivering a rigorous education that leads to high achievement for all students,” @ColwelLeslie said. @CPRBrundin dives into #edcolo school finance: cpr.org/2021/06/05/its…
Today, the Supreme Court issued its 6-1 opinion on HB21-1164, which would gradually equalize local school district property tax rates over the next two decades, agreeing that the proposed correction plan is constitutional. Read more here: bit.ly/3oJR8zq
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The issue that brought me to the capitol: the end of the dream deferred,at last opportunity for all-#coasset passed!
Now have every college/univ in state! #momentum RT @EliStokols: JUST IN: #CSU now 10th CO college/university system to back #COAsset, #COleg
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3K Followers 3K Following Esperanza’s daughter. Eduardo’s mother. Unconventional grantmaker. Good troublemaker. Founder @philanthrocafe. 🇨🇴. Tweets peleas typos my own. she/her/ellaThe fact that the CEA joins company with Boulder, Douglas County, Adams 12, Cherry Creek, and Littleton should be a big, red, waving flag that they are not aligned with funding formulas that send more money to low-income districts. It's not about ALEC. It's about biasing wealth.
Colorado's teachers unions oppose a major school funding formula rewrite, in part because the first version of the bill includes language and studies from the conservative group ALEC @ByJasonGonzales reports. #edcolo #copolitics chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/…
I am beyond proud to be working on this bill with @baconforco to update the school finance formula, which has not been meaningfully touched since 1994. This will fix current inequities & provide more support to our students & educators across the state. #coleg #copolitics
✅ Passed committee! Speaker @McCluskieforCO and Assistant Majority Leader @baconforco's bill to drive more resources to support at-risk students, English Language Learners, special education students, and rural districts. Read more about HB24-1448 ⬇️ cohousedems.com/news/committee…
@NedStanley @TEN_Colorado Lots of very exciting and positive change on the table for school funding this session. CO’s overhaul is no joke.
And so I think we need to do better about being honest about what policies can accomplish and not being TRUE BELIEVERS, but rather true believers who recognize that policy is iterative and can/must be critiqued when it is not working, so that we can make it better over time.
Likewise, we don't educate migrant children because they are American, but because we are American.
So, I think it's important to lay out this statement: there is no such thing as an "objective" state education funding formula - at least not one that is currently in use by any legislature in the country. Let's start with some MS examples. Welcome to my TED talk 1/
LEFT—2018 Brice Wiggins supports replacing MAEP w/ WSF after calling the MS Sup. Court the fed gov't to protect a property tax windfall. web.archive.org/web/2018060909… casetext.com/case/pascagoul… billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/histo… RIGHT—2024 Wiggins. wlbt.com/2024/03/27/how… @RebeccaSibilia Thoughts?
my favorite kate middleton tweets so i don’t have to bookmark everything, an ongoing thread 🧵
I love stopping by small businesses and meeting the owners, entrepreneurs, and workers who are the heart of our communities. It was wonderful to visit with the team at Ratio Beerworks in Denver yesterday.
We’re super excited to see everyone out with the same level of enthusiasm to implement the school finance task force recommendations. Y’all are down with an equity focused formula right?…..RIIIGHGHHHTTT??????
Teachers at the Capitol rally for more funding beyond the elimination of the budget stabilization factor. Lots of special educators here. #edcolo
Great news. Now, let's pass the recommendations from the Public School Finance Task Force on how we can better spend that money! cpr.org/2024/02/01/new…
Colorado Dems are buying down the Budget Stabilization Factor and supporting our schools! Years of dedication to our public schools, students, and educators have led to this moment. Now, CO schools will be fully funded & can better tackle issues by: 🍎Reducing class sizes…
And then call them "neighborhood public schools," with extra virtue signaled by the 'public' part.
If a city was like “anyone can go to the good middle school as long as they pay a bunch of money” everyone would be outraged so instead we auction slots via the real estate market
📣Some personal and professional news. After six years as the @ChalkbeatCO bureau chief, I’m taking on a new role as the @Chalkbeat national editor. It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve you through teachers strikes, school closures, and so many school finance committees.
Colorado school finance formula requires the state to make up whatever school districts don't generate in local property tax revenue. Prop HH would have tapped TABOR surplus, but the money has to be found somewhere — or keep using the B.S. factor to not meet that obligation.
Asked about Prop. HH messaging, (why was the campaign message all about property taxes, and yet key supporters were calling it a school funding measure too?) Polis deflects, saying that was on the campaign. Generally says it was too complex and should've been broken up.
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The good news: Lots more students about to become eligible for free school meals! But this comment is impt: FRL data is going to be useless for targeting funding to high-need students & for academic accountability. States need new metrics YESTERDAY. federalregister.gov/documents/2023…
Policy = Power. EdLoC is on a mission to build a world where young people of color can build generational wealth & thrive. That’s why we’re here at the @WhiteHouse to meet w/the Domestic Policy Council to discuss our policy agenda. Learn more ➡️ edloc.org/policy
This board has consistently put up barriers for families with back&forth policies & governance. This is yet another example of them choosing self-interest over our students & families. If they want to sit through your mtgs until midnight to be heard you should too @ColoradoStand
The Denver school board is limiting public comment to two hours total @MelanieAsmar reports. Board President Xóchitl "Sochi" Gaytán says the policy change is an attempt to prevent late meetings. #edcolo #copolitics co.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/8/23863…
The dawn of Septober in Colorado puts me in desperate need of a prairie road trip. I wanna eat biscuits and gravy from a gas station. I wanna stay in a motel that still advertises color TV. I wanna visit a museum with a room full of old sewing machines. It is time
FIVE new protected bike lanes have opened in Downtown Denver this summer: 1) Larimer St 2) 17th St. 3) Curtiss St. 4) Market St. 5) Blake St. This is real leadership on sustainable transportation. Way to go @DenverDOTI!
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