Lawmakers want to abolish education boards

Grand Junction Sentinel April 4, 2008

Rep. Paul Weissmann (D-Louisville) will form a committee on Wednesday that would seek to end the state Board of Education and Commission on Higher Education, and create a state Department of Education that would include preschool through college (P-20). A bill could be introduced next year that would require voter approval. Jane Urschel, Deputy Director of the Colorado Association of School Boards, and David Skaggs, Executive Director of the Department of Higher Education, oppose the idea.