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title: New school finance act advances in Colorado legislature
description: "NEWS:Chalkbeat: But lawmakers pass hot potato of teacher pay to local districts"
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# [New school finance act advances in Colorado legislature](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/new-school-finance-act-advances-in-colorado-legislature)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 04/25/18

A[ school finance act](http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1379) that puts more money into K-12 education than Colorado has spent at any point since the Great Recession passed a key House committee last week with easy bipartisan support.

Democratic lawmakers on the House Education Committee urged local school boards to turn this money into teacher raises – and Colorado voters to provide even more funds next year.

[Click here to read the full article.](https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/04/16/with-school-finance-act-colorado-lawmakers-try-to-pass-the-hot-potato-of-teacher-pay-to-local-districts/)

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