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Whether it is three a or be in denver three arb and jeff go or three b in adams 12 theres a whole lot of school issues this election. Tracy run the Colorado School finance project and she says colorado has never before seen so many communities ask voters for money. In denver metro there are literally hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Tracy says its because populations are growing and state funding is running dry. School districts have faced six years of unprecedented budget cuts. On your ballot you will see words like levy and bond. We want you to be informed so what is a bond request . A bond of dollars that are going to go for facilities or to upgrade facilities. What about a levy . That is going for operational so it will go to programs or tests, to update curriculum. While there are no major ballot measures, they often still fail and tracy says it happens about 50 percent of the time. One parent said her vote hinges on how the schools spend the money, wishing it was more cl

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