Durango School District 9-R could lose $1.5 million to $2 million if legislators approve cuts proposed by Gov. Bill Ritter, district officials said Wednesday.
Educators from throughout Southwest Colorado gathered in Durango to urge state leaders to avoid cutting education funding as they deal with a predicted $1 billion budget shortfall.
Ritter has proposed cutting $260 million, or 4.6 percent, from K-12 education in 2010-11. Education advocates say that conflicts with the will of voters, who approved Amendment 23 in 2000 to guarantee a minimum level of education funding.
