model could lose Aspen School District millions State task force recommendations would change school district's total program funding limit News News | Feb 15, 2024 Lucy Peterson   lpeterson@aspentimes.com The Aspen School District could lose $5.4 million per year under a state task force’s recommended overhaul of the state’s public school funding model. A legislature-appointed Public School Finance Task Force released a 60-page report in early February, making recommendations that would change the way the state funds public schools and taking into account student need-based funding and district profile adjustments. The report came after the task force was charged with updating the current school finance formula to be more equitable.  The initial recommendation is far from reaching any formal passage through the legislature, but it could make a significant cut into the school district’s annual budget if it is adopted. /*global ad styles*/ .adbox { width:100%; margin:0 auto; overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x:hidden; } a.nomouse { position: relative; display: block; } div.adbox, div.adbox div { padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; } a.nomouse:after { content: ""; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px; display: block; position: absolute; } .adcontainer { overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x: hidden; margin-top:-50%; } .adcontainer div.parallax { perspective: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; width:100%; padding-right:24px; padding-left:24px; position: relative; left: -24px; box-sizing: content-box; } .object-wrapper { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; background: none; justify-content: center; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); } .speed-1 { transform: translateZ(-1px) scale(2); -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); } .speed-null { transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); } .speed-2 { transform: translateZ(-2px) scale(3); -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); } a:link.adbox { border:none; } /*-- ADJUSTABLE --*/ .adcontainer { height:200vh; } .adbox { max-width:920px; /*resize me!*/ height:250px; /*resize me!*/ -webkit-transition: all 1s; -moz-transition: all 1s; -ms-transition: all 1s; -o-transition: all 1s; transition: all 1s; } .parallax { height:250px; margin-top:50%; } .adbox.unique-134 { max-width:970px; /*resize me!*/ height:250px; /*resize me!*/ } .adbox.unique-134 .parallax { height:250px; } .adbox.unique-640x160 { max-width:640px; /*resize me!*/ height:160px; /*resize me!*/ } .adbox.mobilev.unique-097 { height: 600px; } .mobilev.unique-097 .para-background, .unique-134 .para-background { background-image: url("cta-bg-test.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; -webkit-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; width:100%; min-height:800px; /*Higher number faster scrolling. */ } .mobilev.unique-097 .para-foreground, .unique-134 .para-foreground, .unique-640x160 .para-foreground { width: 100%; min-width: 320px; min-height: 1200px; /*High number = faster scrolling. */ background-image: url("test-cta.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: bottom center; -webkit-background-size: contain; background-size: contain; } .unique-023 .para-background, .unique-640x160 .para-background { background-image: url("https://picsum.photos/1200/800/?image=82"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: bottom center; width:100%; min-height:500px; } .mobilev .adcontainer { margin-top: 0%; } .mobilev .parallax { margin-top: 0%; height: 600px; } .unique-023 .para-foreground { width: 100%; min-width: 360px; min-height: 800px; background-image: url("apoples2.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: bottom center; background-size: contain; } /*.adbox.unique-035.expander*/ .adbox.unique-035.expander { max-width:1008px; /*resize me!*/ height:125px; /*resize me!*/ -webkit-transition: height 1s; -moz-transition: height 1s; -ms-transition: height 1s; -o-transition: height 1s; transition: height 1s; } .adbox.unique-035.expander:hover { height:575px; /*resize me!*/ } .adbox.unique-035.expander .parallax { height:575px; /*resize me!*/ } .adbox.unique-035.expander .para-foreground { width: 100%; min-width: 360px; min-height: 800px; background-image: url("apoples3.png"); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-position: bottom center; background-size: auto; } .unique-035.expander .para-background { background-image: url("https://picsum.photos/1200/800/?image=82"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; width:100%; min-height:575px; } .adbox.unique-097 .para-foreground { -webkit-background-position: center bottom; background-position: center bottom; background-image: url(https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/4909324726728493116?); } .adbox.unique-097 .para-background { -webkit-background-position: center bottom; background-position: center bottom; background-image: url(https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/15606607954717856983?); } /*----MS Edge Browser CSS Start----*/ @supports (display:-ms-grid) { .object-wrapper {border: 1px solid transparent;} } /*----MS Edge Browser CSS End----*/ “It’s significant enough that we would have a really hard time figuring out how to operate without $5.4 million,” Aspen School District Assistant Superintendent of Business Mary Rodino said.  The current formula, which was last updated in 1994, is based on the amount of students and the state’s set cost of per-pupil funding. But the new model would add several need-based allocations, adding extra weight to a district’s amount of English language learners, special education students, and at-risk students. It would also add district adjustments based on cost of living, size, and remoteness.  .at-donation { background: #643695; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 1em !important; } .at-donation .logo { width: 50%; margin: 1rem 0 1rem; } .at-donation h1 { font-size: 2rem; text-transform: none; color: #fff; } .at-donation p { color: #fff; font-weight: 300; } .at-donation hr { width: 20%; border-top: 4px solid #000; } .at-donation .btn { padding: .5rem 2rem; background-color: #fff !important; border-radius: 0; } .at-donation .btn { color: #643695; } .at-donation .btn:hover { background-color: #643695 !important; } .at-donation .btn:hover { color: #fff !important; } .at-donation .col-xl-5.p-0 { background-image: url('https://swiftmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/mountain.swiftcom.com/images/sites/5/2020/03/10092513/AT-donate-cta-bg.jpg'); background-size: cover; min-height: 330px; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .at-donation .logo { width: 35%; } } @media (min-width: 1440px) { .at-donation { text-align: left; } .at-donation-mobile { display: none; } .at-donation hr { margin-left: 0; } } AdBridg.cmd.push(function() { AdBridg.display('ad-parallax3'); }) Recommended changes to the state public school funding formula would allocate money for specific students’ needs. Public School Finance Task Force The formula would give 93% of districts in the state a boost of funding. Aspen is one of only 13 districts that would lose money — and it stands to lose the most of all of them. The proposed funding model prioritizes higher-needs students, lower property wealth districts, and small rural districts. Aspen could collect an additional $1.3 million for remoteness, $936,000 for special education students, $259,000 for English-language learners, and $43,000 for at-risk students, according to an analysis of the task force’s final recommendations, which The Aspen Times reviewed. But according to the task force’s findings, Aspen would lose the bulk of its funding (about $6.8 million) due to the cost-of-living factor, where it ranks first out of 189 districts in the state. Roaring Fork School District ranks second in cost of living, but it will get about a 7% funding increase. Although Roaring Fork will lose about $12 million due to size and cost of living, it will get a $5 million increase, largely due to its percentage of special-education students, English-language learners, and at-risk students. Summit School District ranks third in cost of living, Steamboat Springs School District ranks fourth, and Eagle County School District ranks fifth. Basing funding on Aspen’s cost of living could impact the district’s ability to build and acquire affordable housing for its staff, many of whom rely on the district’s affordable housing options to live in Aspen, Rodino said.  A majority of the 13 districts set to lose funding would also lose the lion’s share of it based on the district’s cost of living. While some districts would lose much larger dollar amounts — Douglas County School District would lose $26 million and Academy District 20 would lose $11 million per year — Aspen would lose the largest percentage by far. Of the districts on pace to lose funding, 12 of them would lose between less than 1% and 9%. Aspen stands to lose 24%. Local funding In 2023, the Aspen School District switched to 100% local funding, meaning it no longer receives any money from the state. School districts in Colorado switch to 100% local funding when local sources of school funding — including higher property taxes and funding partners like the Aspen Education Foundation, in Aspen’s case — exceed the state’s allocation for the district. But the state still determines the maximum amount of funding districts can receive by setting total program costs for districts. It’s why the district could not increase its mill levy by 58% even though assessed values increased by 58% in 2023. The district’s total program costs make up a majority of the total budget, Rodino said.  Aspen is one of only about 15 other districts in the state that are fully locally-funded. Other locally-funded districts, most of which depend on the oil and gas industry, will see an increase in funding under the new model. If the state adopts the task force’s recommendations, the district would likely need to lean on its funding partners and look into cutting expenses in the budget. “I don’t know that our partners in education funding would have the capacity to help us in that respect. That would be my first hope, but I would never want to put that all on those organizations specifically,” Rodino said. “To be honest, I think then you start looking at having to cut expenses, and that ($5 million) is a huge amount for us.” It’s unclear where the district would have to make cuts because the details of the formula implementation at the state level are still in early stages. But if the formula was adopted by the state, district leaders would have to determine how business, curriculum, and staff funding cuts would affect the overall operation of the district. “You can’t just figure out how to do without $5 million,” she said. The school board would need to approve any budget adjustments when they approve the district budget, typically in June. Hold harmless The task force recommended using a hold harmless provision to ensure no districts are negatively impacted by the formula changes. The hold harmless provision would allow districts to receive the amount of money it is set to lose under the formula change each year. But the hold harmless amount, $5.4 million for Aspen, would be a set amount that would not increase year over year to account for inflation. “If there was a hold harmless provision forever, that $5 million would be great, it would put us back to where we would be if the legislation hadn’t been in effect,” Rodino said. “But eventually, that $5 million is worth a lot less, and it doesn’t grow like the rest of the total program funding calculation as costs increase. “Hold harmless is better than nothing, but it’s an expensive provision for the state to agree to,” she added. The task force estimated the implementation of the new formula would cost the state $474 million. Implementing a hold harmless provision would cost an additional $64.1 million. It would be up to lawmakers to determine how to get the money to fund it. 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I call this a ‘internal pipeline of opportunities’ that individuals want to push for their own success.

Apple also was a big propagator of this idea. Apple even till date publicizes and story-tells all the big stuff they did in last one year rather than all the small fixes.

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Altman’s practice of filling the board with allies to gain control is not just common, it’s start-up gospel from Altman’s longtime mentor, venture capitalist Peter Thiel.

So what if I want to let Sam know that I have to leave early?

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process, doing additional domain-specific pre-training, a post-training process tailored to a specific domain. We won't be able to do this with many companies to start, it will take a lot of work and in the interest of expectations, at least initially it won't be cheap, but if you're excited to push things as far as they can currently go, please get in

I'm a 4.0 student but I also have four children. When I started using ChatGPT, I realized I could ask ChatGPT that question, and not only does it give me an answer, but it gives me an explanation. Didn't need computer go as much. It gave me a life back. I gave me time for my family and time for me.

But the other problem is, I think, my primary weakness as a social scientist. It’s the downside of letting my research agenda be set by curiousity about things-I’m-wrong-about. One I arrive at answers that seem good-enough-to-me, my interest in the topic seriously wanes.The best social scientists are meticulous in designing research that actively tests competing hypotheses and provides convincing proof to skeptical peers.

A chatbot in December encouraged a 21-year-old British man to kill the Queen. He is now facing nine years in prison. A Belgian man in March committed suicide after encouragement from a different chatbot.

AI has already displaced workers and impacted fields

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Let me remind you that Marc Andreessen is an exceptionally rich guy in his 50s. He’s about the same age as Elon Musk. And, like Elon Musk’s antics, this whole exercise reeks of a tech billionaire mid-life crisis. I mean…“We believe in the Hero’s Journey?!?”

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Economic inequality does not solve itself. Markets are not perfect, self-correcting mechanisms

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Let us all enjoy the bounty of deregulation. What we’ve been left with is the largest wealth gap since the 1920s

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They promised that technology would solve our environmental problems. And there has, just recently, been some real progress in clean tech.

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A common critique of technology is that it removes choice from our lives as machines make decisions for us. This is undoubtedly true, yet more than offset by the freedom to create our lives that flows from the material abundance created by our use of machines.

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During the first half of the game, a question was raised by the Colts con cerning the inflat ion level of the footballs being used by the Patriots.