Our school board leaders passing this resolution, along with similar resolutions across the country, can help galvanize this moment to shed light on the critical funding needs in our schools.

Our school board leaders passing this resolution, along with similar resolutions across the country, can help galvanize this moment to shed light on the critical funding needs in our schools.

Vibrant, high-quality public schools are the key to thriving communities like ours.  Signing this petition – and urging others to sign as well – is an easy and effective way to get our school board to step up and help us protect public education from this attack. This measure would hurt public schools and threaten their funding. Public schools need more teachers, better teacher pay, and smaller class sizes. This measure will only make it harder to fund those improvements by opening the door to taking money from public schools—which serve 95% of Colorado students—to fund private schools.

Vibrant, high-quality public schools are the key to thriving communities like ours.  Signing this petition – and urging others to sign as well – is an easy and effective way to get our school board to step up and help us protect public education from this attack. This measure would hurt public schools and threaten their funding. Public schools need more teachers, better teacher pay, and smaller class sizes. This measure will only make it harder to fund those improvements by opening the door to taking money from public schools—which serve 95% of Colorado students—to fund private schools.

Vibrant, high-quality public schools are the key to thriving communities like ours.  Signing this petition – and urging others to sign as well – is an easy and effective way to get our school board to step up and help us protect public education from this attack. This measure would hurt public schools and threaten their funding. Public schools need more teachers, better teacher pay, and smaller class sizes. This measure will only make it harder to fund those improvements by opening the door to taking money from public schools—which serve 95% of Colorado students—to fund private schools.

Signing this petition – and urging others to sign as well – is an easy and effective way to get our school board to step up and help us protect public education from this attack.

As you well know, Colorado does not fund its public schools adequately.  In fact, Jeffco Public Schools has faced tough budgets year after year -- as during the 2025-2026 school year every school was affected by Jeffco Public Schools $60 million in budget reductions.  Without a major change in Colorado's fiscal situation, it will be even worse next year.  We support and appreciate your efforts in working with JESPA/JCEA on an MLO for this fall's ballot. But in the midst of this urgency there is great opportunity.  If Colorado voters pass two ballot measures – Cut the Ropes (SB26-135, now Proposition NN) and Protect Colorado's Future (Initiative 195) – today's elementary students could actually graduate from fully funded high schools. "Cut the Ropes" will raise the current state spending limit, allowing our state to use the money it already collects for K-12 schools without raising taxes for anyone. Protect Colorado's Future will increase funding for public schools by at least $700 million annually, including $62 million for Jeffco, by creating a graduated income tax that lowers taxes for 98.6% of Jefferson County taxpayers. As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critical leadership role in making sure these measures are both on the ballot and that they will both pass. We ask you to endorse both measures as soon as possible to send a message to the Jeffco and Colorado community: fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach, even giving tax cuts to over 97% of Colorado taxpayers.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critcal leadership role in making sure Initiative 195 qualifies for the ballot and passes in November. The undersigned community members ask you to endorse Initiative 195 as soon as possible to send a message to the APS community: a more fair tax system and fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critcal leadership role in making sure Initiative 195 qualifies for the ballot and passes in November. The undersigned community members ask you to endorse Initiative 195 as soon as possible to send a message to the Boulder and Colorado community: a more fair tax system and fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

The GOP supermajority at Broad and High is destroying public education and THIS IS NOT OK! School funding has been slashed from 45% to 33% over the last 20 years and it should infuriate anyone who cares about public education, schools and teachers…

As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critcal leadership role in making sure Initiative 195 qualifies for the ballot and passes in November. The undersigned community members ask you to endorse Initiative 195 as soon as possible to send a message to the Greeley/Evans and Colorado community: a more fair tax system and fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

We need to keep our schools strong and keep Christian Nationalists out of our schools.