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The issue is a lack of funds in the state’s childcare subsidy program. The program helps low-income families pay for childcare so they can work or attend school. However, it's facing a major budget crunch, and there’s no certainty that more funding will arrive to support it.

Education – and how to pay for it – was a major theme of this year's legislative session, which wrapped up last week with lots of new laws on the books. KUNC's state capitol reporter helps untangle some of the biggest bills, on In The NoCo.

Several local organizations in cities and towns that support Colorado's universal preschool program recently sent a letter to the Governor's office expressing their concern about possible financial cutbacks that could occur within the next two years. Chalkbeat Colorado reporter Ann Schmike joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.

The Colorado Education Association released its State of Education report this week. Funding, burnout, and teacher shortages are the top concerns.

Lawmakers are advancing a bill to spend an estimated $693,966 each year to cover tuition at public universities and trade schools for all foster youth growing up in the state. If they enroll, the state will pay for it.

Proposition 119 would raise taxes on marijuana sales by 5% over the next three years. Nonpartisan analysts at the Capitol say the Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program – or LEAP for short – would net more than $100 million for the program during the next fiscal year.

With state income and sales tax revenues crashing, one expert predicts, "We're about to see a school funding crisis unlike anything we have ever seen in modern history."

Colorado's governor has signed a bill establishing college funds for the state's newborn children for the next two decades.The Denver Post reports that…

According to a new report, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more than districts that serve mostly students of color in the U.S.

Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday urged lawmakers to act quickly on his plan to offer state-funded full-day kindergarten.Polis told the Joint Education…