Colorado voters heading to the polls on Election Day will vote on an amendment that would add a “right to school choice” for K-12 students to the state’s constitution.
Under Colorado’s Public Schools of Choice law, students have been able to attend any public school in the state without having to pay tuition for the past three decades, regardless of where they reside in the state. Colorado also allows families to choose whether to educate their children at home or enroll them in private schools.
While school choice is currently guaranteed by that state law, Amendment 80 seeks to enshrine school access in the state’s constitution and states that parents have a right to school choice that includes “neighborhood, charter, private, and home schools, open enrollment options, and future innovations in education.”…