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State/Legislature Last Updated: May 6th, 2008 - 17:31:34


State/Legislature
Legislative wrap-up: Ritter to hold signing on campus
Article Posted May 7, 2008

Colorado’s 2008 legislative session is coming to a close this week. This Week @ Metro has been tracking several legislative measures that will affect higher education in the state. When passed, all of the bills will head to Gov. Ritter’s desk for action.

State/Legislature
Proposed education funding bill would untie fiscal tangles in state constitution
Article Posted Apr 23, 2008

A new plan expected to be introduced to the Colorado legislature this week would overhaul conflicting fiscal provisions in the state’s constitution by repealing Amendment 23, which boosts K-12 education funding, and portions of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).



State/Legislature
Legislative update: Three bills Metro State supports proceed through process
Article Posted Apr 16, 2008

Three bills of particular interest to Metro State are wending their way through the Colorado Legislature.

State/Legislature
Education reform legislation aims to cut dropout rates, need for remedial college classes
Article Posted Apr 2, 2008

If all goes according to a new plan, fewer college students in Colorado will require remediation when they get to college.

State/Legislature
State personal leave policy unlikely to change any time soon
Article Posted Apr 2, 2008

A proposal to alter the time-off policies for state employees appears to have been shelved, at least for now.


 

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