The proposals build on a program launched last year to offer up to two years of free college for Coloradans pursuing health care jobs.

Colorado uses the test results along with graduation rates and other factors to rate the performance of schools and districts.

This is at least the second effort by Colorado lawmakers to ban corporal punishment. In 2017, a bill cleared the House, but stalled in a Republican-controlled Senate.

Colorado community colleges will provide more aid and resources for their older students, better track their college success, and create degree programs leading to well-paying jobs, thanks to joining a national network this month.

A small community college in rural Colorado might save Craig from extinction by retraining coal workers and building a new job base. But it lacks funding.

Connecting Colorado adults to job training could ease poverty and a labor crunch. Community colleges could help — but face a big hurdle.

Typically, community college enrollment increases during an economic downturn. That’s not the case right now.