Colorado Gov. Jared Polis introduced Tuesday that the state is giving $2.7 million to lecturers to assist them purchase classroom provides for the upcoming 2024-25 educational yr.
The governor’s announcement comes as a brand new college yr kicks off this month. Particular person educators can obtain as much as $600 in provides — every little thing from calculators to projectors — for his or her classroom, Polis mentioned.
“We need to make certain (lecturers) shouldn’t have to succeed in in their very own pocket,” Polis mentioned throughout a information convention held at Adams 14’s Dupont Elementary in Commerce Metropolis.
Polis mentioned “hundreds” of Colorado lecturers will profit from the $2.7 million, which is coming from the Governor Emergency Training Reduction fund. The state is partnering with DonorsChoose, an internet site for lecturers to put up requests for classroom provides, to distribute the cash.
Lecturers can go to donorschoose.org to obtain cash for provides. As soon as on the web site, they’ll enter the code COLORADO throughout the venture creation course of to obtain part of the $2.7 million.
Daniel Stone, a fourth-grade dual-language instructor at Dupont, mentioned he plans to make use of the cash to purchase science-based actions for his classroom. Final yr, he purchased about 16 e-readers for his college students through DonorsChoose.
The governor urged educators to join the cash as quickly as potential, saying he expects to be gone inside the “subsequent day or two.”
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