Colorado Voters to Decide Whether School Choice Should Be Enshrined in Constitution

Amendment 80 states that parents have the right to direct the education of their children.
Colorado Voters to Decide Whether School Choice Should Be Enshrined in Constitution
A student is seen in a classroom in an elementary School, in Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 26, 2022. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images
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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.