Colorado Public Radio: After a Larimer County paraprofessional with a history of child abuse was accused of punching autistic kids on a Poudre School District bus in May 2023, parents had questions.

Lots of questions. Like how did he get hired despite his criminal record? How long did the school district know about this without telling parents? What is being done to prevent it in the future?

To try and get answers, they turned to Colorado’s Open Records Act, or CORA, which requires governments to provide citizens with public documents in a timely fashion.

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