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Good morning. This is Melanie Asmar with Chalkbeat Colorado.

Under current state law, only a few types of criminal convictions disqualify someone from running for a seat on a school board. But some lawmakers want to expand that. Reporter Jason Gonzales has the details.

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Colorado lawmakers want certain felony convictions to prohibit a person from running for school board

The legislation would prohibit those convicted of murder, aggravated robbery, felony drug offenses, and other crimes from seeking school board seats for a certain period of time.

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