Education News Colorado would like to thank its sponsors for supporting us in bringing comprehensive education coverage to the Centennial State:
The Colorado Education Association
CEA is a voluntary membership organization of 40,000 K-12 teachers and education support professionals, students preparing to become teachers, higher education faculty and support professionals, and retired educators. For more than 135 years, our mission has been to promote quality public education and to advocate for the professional interests of public education employees. Our members belong to 200 local associations, and we are affiliated with the National Education Association.
Our organization’s work focuses on four strategic goals: leading the transformation of Colorado’s public education system; creating a learning environment in every public school that helps prepare students for a successful transition into the economy and our global society; achieving sustainable funding for our statewide public school system; and building our organizational infrastructure to support our mission and maximize our resources.
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The Colorado Association of School Boards
The Colorado Association of School Boards was established in 1940 to provide the structure through which school board members could unite in efforts to promote the interests and welfare of Colorado school districts.
Today, CASB advocates the interests of local boards of education to groups both within and outside the education community. CASB also provides information, services and training programs to support school board members as they govern their local school districts.
CASB represents more than 1,000 school board members and superintendents statewide. The association is governed by a 22-member board of directors comprised of local school board members across the state.
CASB mission: Advancing excellence in public education through effective leadership by locally elected boards of education.
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The Colorado League of Charter Schools
The Colorado League of Charter Schools is a non-profit, membership organization that represents the 170 charter schools in the state.
The League is committed to helping these schools reach high levels of student performance and overall success by providing information and resources, including technical support, advocacy, professional development and more.
Nearly 72,000 students currently attend charter schools in Colorado, representing 8.8 percent of the state’s total K-12 public school enrollment.
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RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets is a full-service investment bank that provides a focused set of products and services to institutions, corporations, governments and high net worth clients around the world.
According to Thomson Financial, RBC Capital Markets is the #1 ranked municipal underwriter for negotiated K-12 school district bond issues nationwide for five years running. In Colorado, we are a leading underwriter to over 40 local school districts and maintain a significant presence from our offices in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Fort Collins, the Denver Tech Center and Boulder. Since 2009, RBC Capital Markets has senior managed three financings totaling over $404,000,000 for the Colorado BEST program overseen by the Colorado State Treasurers office. As of January 2011, the BEST program has provided low cost financing for 118 school improvements throughout the State of Colorado.
We welcome the opportunity to work with Colorado school districts. Contact Dan O’Connell at (303) 595-1222, Nate Eckloff at (303) 595-1206, Wes Bradish at (303) 595-1208 or Christen Villalobos at (303) 595-1202 to help identify opportunities to fulfill your unique school district financing needs.
