[ [link removed] ]Colorado school districts preparing for major budget cuts
For my family and me, public education is
not just a high priority, it’s a lifelong passion. My mother, my sister
and I have all spent decades teaching.

That’s why the looming cuts to school funding are so painful.

I’ll do everything I can to strengthen our schools—and I have both a
[ [link removed] ]plan and a track record to prove it.

As speaker of the Colorado House, I partnered with a Republican governor
to provide the only relief to our state’s fiscal mess in 28 years. I then
teamed up with State Treasurer Cary Kennedy to create the largest
investment in school construction in state history—a billion-dollar plan
called BEST, or Building Excellent Schools Today.

Among the results:

* 525 new schools, serving some of the poorest parts of our state;
* billions of dollars for P-12 and higher education, health care and
human services;
* a fix to TABOR’s “ratchet effect,” which had trapped state funding at
recessionary levels.

We didn’t declare victory then, and we certainly can’t yet. Treasurer
Kennedy and I went back to the ballot to create a permanent Savings
Account for Education, a rainy-day fund for public schools.

While that effort fell short, I’m determined to keep up the fight. The
downturn we now face could devastate public education and other critical
services.

We need champions in Washington who will not only repair the damage Betsy
DeVos has done but also protect our students and their teachers from even
deeper hardship. That’s a commitment I’ll take to the U.S. Senate.

[3]Andrew Romanoff

Andrew Romanoff

PS: Join the conversation at tomorrow’s [ [link removed] ]Virtual Town Hall—12 pm MDT,
Friday, May 15 at [ [link removed] ]andrewromanoff.com/live.

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