Education and the 2024 Ballot
Our Vision
WHO WE ARE
Through public education, every Colorado student — regardless of their zip code, learning needs, language, identities, or the color of their skin — graduates prepared to lead their best life.
Our Mission
WHAT WE DO
Great Education Colorado harnesses the power of grassroots activism and diverse, inclusive networks to guarantee that public schools in every Colorado community are welcoming and adequately, equitably, and sustainably funded.
Amendment 80
Constitutional Right to “School Choice”
“[E]stablishing the right to school choice for children in [K-12], and. . . declaring that school choice includes neighborhood, charter, and private schools; home schooling; open enrollment options; and future innovations in education.”
Parents already enjoy that right in Colorado. Why put it in the constitution?
Amendment 80: Gateway to Vouchers
● This is the Colorado version of the privatizers’playbook for education:
○ Defund
○ Distract
○ Privatize
● Litigation is virtually guaranteed if it passes.
Arizona Went There .
. .
Coloradans Don’t Want to Go There.
Coloradans Don’t Want to Go There.
BestTesting Messages
BestTesting Messages
Coloradans Don’t Want to Go There.
Bottom Line:
We’ll win if we get the message out.
Colorado Fiscal Institute
Colorado PTA
Colorado Rural Schools Alliance
CO Statewide Parent Coalition
The Bell Policy Center
CO Immigrant Rights Coalition
Great Education Colorado League of Women Voters
New Era
One Colorado Stand for Children
Ways to Engage:
School Boards can pass a resolution to oppose Amendment 80
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