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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.
Colorado lawmakers took steps on Monday to dramatically curtail publicly funded home school enrichment programs and the Monument-based group fueling much of their recent growth. The lawmaker who introduced two amendments on the topic said the proposed changes will save tens of millions of dollars a year. Get the details here.
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