August 9th 2010
State board approves BEST grants
The State Board of Education Wednesday approved $252.1 million in school construction projects and ruled against the Adams 12 Five Star Schools in a dispute with the Prospect Ridge Academy charter school.
The board’s actions were just two of several key decisions and discussions that came during its daylong meeting. The board heard a discouraging report about future state funding of schools, was briefed about a new Department of Education initiative on educator effectiveness and approved the first innovation schools application from a district other than the Denver Public Schools.
BEST grants
The board unanimously approved without change the latest recommendations of the Capital Construction Assistance Board, which supervises the Build Excellent Schools Today program. T