A controversial Colorado education group was in danger of dissolving. A 2013 agreement just saved it.
A controversial Colorado education group will continue to exist for at least 10 more months after a clause in a 13-year-old agreement prevented one member from exiting. Until late last week, the group, Education reEnvisioned Board of…
The Colorado education group Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, or ERBOCES, narrowly avoided collapse after a 2013 agreement prevented one member from withdrawing. Pikes Peak State College was set to leave the co-op on August 15, leaving ERBOCES with a single member. Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova threatened to dissolve the group, as state law requires two members.
However, Pikes Peak's president, Lance Bolton, argued that the 2013 agreement required the college to give one year's notice before withdrawing. The college honored the agreement, and ERBOCES will remain operational for at least another 10 months. The group has faced controversy over the creation of a "public Christian school" and homeschool programs using state money for extracurricular activities.
Lawmakers have since limited ERBOCES' ability to authorize public schools and homeschool programs. Bolton emphasized that the college's withdrawal was not due to opposition to these programs but because it was not aligned with ERBOCES' intended focus.
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