Great Education Colorado

A $1,700 tax credit doesn’t sound like much.

That’s why it’s easy to miss what’s being built around it.

Colorado is listed by the IRS as participating in the new federal scholarship tax credit program for 2027. You can thank Jared Polis for that.

But I can’t find a public Colorado SGO list, a state application process, or a clear plan for how public districts are supposed to handle the potential fallout if students start peeling off toward private schools, church programs, microschools, vendors, and hybrid arrangements.

Meanwhile, the infrastructure around the program is already taking shape.

Donor funnels. Scholarship platforms. Church-facing guidance. Compliance systems. Organizations positioning themselves to help others navigate the process before most people even know what an SGO is.

This isn’t a conspiracy story. It’s a pipeline story.

The question isn’t just whether families get scholarships. It’s who owns the pipe that public tax policy is about to fill.

Link in the comments.

What if paying a fair share meant new funding for public schools?

No Accountability, No Transparency: Scholarship Granting Organizations under Federal Voucher Program This event featured Carl Davis, Research Director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Dr. Sally Butzin, past President of the League of Women V...

A simple end-of-year activity that gives students space to reflect, dream, and think about what comes next. 💛 Save this idea for the final weeks of school.

Colorado middle school students get a chance to pitch their ideas to NASA Eighth graders at the Manning School of Academics and Arts in Golden just presented their projects at the Johnson Space Center.

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The Colorado House and Senate in one of the last days of the session passed a resolution with broad bipartisan support for a commitment to develop a long-term plan to adequately fund Colorado public schools.

“Seeing the new formula fully implemented and the districts receiving significantly more new money really matters, and I hope one or both of these measures help us get there,” McCluskie said. “And if for some reason they do not, then I hope that there will be a very comprehensive statewide broad conversation about what are we going to do with revenue. If we value these services, we’ve got to do something to ensure that we fully fund what people are hoping for and expecting.”

“There is moral power in a resolution,” said Lisa Weil, executive director of Great Education Colorado. “Having that statement, that official, formal statement by a bipartisan overwhelming majority of both houses says that we all share a goal. And that has never been made so concrete and formal before.”

Read the rest of the article to understand the public education landscape.

Colorado schools avoid budget squeeze while voters decide future of education funding Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.

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Some students need online classes. Here’s how this Colorado school district does it. More Colorado school districts are looking to add online classes to help improve enrollment. Weld County offers a model to follow.