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In our top story today, Colorado officials didn’t initially know, but soon discovered, Riverstone Academy planned to teach religious curriculum. State officials flagged the issue to state lawyers, yet the escalation didn’t stop the school from getting state funding.
As Senior Reporter Ann Schimke reports, Riverstone’s story shows Colorado lacks any clear procedure to keep religious schools out of the public school ecosystem.
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Colorado officials knew ‘public Christian school’ was religious before it opened. They didn’t stop it.
Officials from the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Attorney General’s office knew Riverstone Academy would be religious before it opened. They gave it a public school code and provided state funding.
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Are Alex Marrero’s days numbered as Denver’s school superintendent?, The Denver Post (Paywall)
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