Since the Rules for the Administration of the Public School Finance Act (1 CCR 301-39) changes were adopted by the State Board of Education in March 2024, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has been exploring future opportunities to collaborate with the field to collectively explore the rule changes and learn how districts and schools may be considering new learning designs. Some of CDE's current ideas and goals include expanding awareness of the flexibilities within the new conditions, identifying barriers and constraints impacting the field with flexible learning, supporting districts and schools with learning models under the new rules, sharing ideas and resources for programming that meets documentation requirements, and developing a learning community among practitioners.
CDE is hosting a first learning community meeting on Thursday, May 23 from 9:00am-11:30am. This meeting will be hybrid with facilitating both in-person and virtual for attendees. For information on in-person (in Englewood, CO) and virtual (via Zoom) attendance, please review the Meeting 1 Agenda.
Additional Resources:
- For the most current information about the rule changes, CDE's School Auditing Office hosted an "Informational Session Regarding Changes to the Public School Finance Act" webinar on March 21, 2024. The presentation and recording materials for this webinar session are located on their Training and Office Hours webpage.
- Information and updates about the activities for the Alternative and Flexible Learning Models will be posted on CDE's Office of Online & Blended Learning's Current Work webpage. If unable to attend this first meeting, please reference the meeting materials on this website.
Please contact Mallorie Klemm, CDE OBL Senior Consultant at klemm_m@cde.state.co.us with any questions about the learning community meeting or this registration form.
