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Democratic lawmakers seek to expand ethics commission jurisdiction to Colorado school boards, special districts

Those complaints centered around failure by school boards to follow policy, failure by school boards to act on employees who commit crimes such as sexual assault or inappropriate relationships, First Amendment concerns when the public is not allowed to speak, harassment by school boards against members of the public or other violations of state law that likely do not fall under commission jurisdiction ...

State debate begins over paying college athletes for ‘name, image, likeness’ rights – but some criticize lack of transparency

Among the contentious issues is a provision of the bill that prohibits public disclosure of contracts between student-athletes and higher education institutions ...

Civil rights complaint filed against Elizabeth district by former dean who objected to book ban

A middle school administrator who was fired by the Elizabeth School District after calling a plan to remove school library books racist has filed a civil rights complaint with both the state and federal government ...

Bill to exempt student-athlete NIL contracts from Colorado Open Records Act draws scrutiny

A bill to create more exemptions to the Colorado Open Records Act as it applies to student athletics got a rigorous hearing in the House Education Committee ...

Protesters hijack Aurora City Council meeting with end run on commenting scheme

Justice for Kilyn Lewis protesters trolled and disrupted most of the city council meeting after city lawmakers had tried to prevent them from making any public remarks ...

Sengenberger: Jeffco Public Schools dodges accountability

But the district’s response to my open records request told a different story: The meeting “was not recorded” and “no document responsive to your request” exists ...

Colorado lawmakers introduce bills on book bans, NIL contracts transparency

The state legislature, which limited their own transparency last year, is back with bills about public versus private records ...

Westcliffe mayor and board of trustees flaunt open meetings law again

What was not addressed was the fact that Mayor Wenke and the BOT have continued to show a complete flaunting of the Colorado Open Meetings Law month after month ...

Teller County man sues Colorado park ranger, deputy after arrest while filming them

A Teller County man is suing a Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger and a sheriff’s deputy after he was arrested while filming the ranger on the side of the road, according to a federal lawsuit ...

‘SMART’ hearings occupy the start of every legislative session. But are they actually making state government smarter?

The hearings are an effort to make government more accountable and transparent, but they take up precious time during the limited legislative session, and although most lawmakers in both parties say they support the overall effort, their views are more mixed when it comes to whether the hearings are effective, and they have plenty of ideas on how to improve the process ...