Due to the dire condition of the state budget, Adams 12 Five Star Schools is cutting its budget by $30 million for 2011-2012. This is on top of the already $38 million cut from its budget over the past five years. The superintendent’s plan calls for about 185 full-time positions to be eliminated and operating budgets to be significantly cut. Last year, the district cut about 188 full-time positions. Over a two-year period, the district will have cut almost 375 full-time positions.

While the central office is taking nearly twice the percentage of cuts as compared to schools, there will be impacts to services at the school level. Those impacts will include an increase in class size and a reduction in the number of after-school clubs and activities offered to students.

Democratic lawmakers are making another attempt to pass a bill that would grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants in Colorado.

The proposal would allow illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition if they meet certain criteria, such as attending a Colorado school for at least three years and graduating from a high school in the state.