Disability /tags/disability Disability en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 18 May 2023 12:07:00 GMT How Colorado is filling gaps as last-resort schools dwindle /news/2023-05-18/how-colorado-is-filling-gaps-as-last-resort-schools-dwindle Experts are hopeful a new state law will lead more facility schools to open. Meanwhile, school districts are creating their own programs, and creative and skilled educators are finding ways to meet students’ needs in traditional classrooms. Thu, 18 May 2023 12:07:00 GMT /news/2023-05-18/how-colorado-is-filling-gaps-as-last-resort-schools-dwindle Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado, and Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Schools that take Colorado’s ‘most vulnerable’ students are disappearing. Can they be saved? /news/2023-05-15/schools-that-take-colorados-most-vulnerable-students-are-disappearing-can-they-be-saved Colorado is racing to save the schools that serve children whose home districts can’t or won’t meet their intense needs. This is part 1 in a four-part COLab, Chalkbeat, Colorado Sun and KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ series examining Colorado's collapsing system of schools that serve students with intense mental and behavioral health needs. Mon, 15 May 2023 12:31:00 GMT /news/2023-05-15/schools-that-take-colorados-most-vulnerable-students-are-disappearing-can-they-be-saved Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado Colorado promises $70 million over 3 years, hopes to see 12 new facility schools open /news/2023-05-15/colorado-promises-70-million-over-3-years-hopes-to-see-12-new-facility-schools-open The additional support will help the beleaguered facility school system grow by 40% statewide. Mon, 15 May 2023 12:30:00 GMT /news/2023-05-15/colorado-promises-70-million-over-3-years-hopes-to-see-12-new-facility-schools-open Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun