Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed off on a $24 million boost to public and charter schools stretched thin due to enrollment spikes from migrant students.
affected by the recent rise of undocumented migrant students enrolling in them a one-time $24 million boost from the state education fund.will determine how much school districts receive using a multitiered funding model that’s based on how many new students enrolled following an annual October headcount that sets each district’s state funding.
Sirota, who sponsored the legislation, called the unprecedented situation of asylum-seekers overwhelming city and state resources “quite substantial and unusual in terms of scope.”“It is our obligation still to make sure everybody entering our public schools is getting an education,” Sirota said. “There is more need for more paraprofessionals, more teachers, more English language services, more wraparound services.
Funding for districts and charter schools will come in two forms. First, they will receive a fixed rate between $15,000 and $750,000 from the Colorado Department of Education based on how many new students have been enrolled. Second, they will receive $4,500 per either their total net student population or the number of new arrivals.
“Our system was never built to handle this kind of challenge,” said Rob Gould, president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. “You’re taking an already stressed system and applying more stress to it.”
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