Author: Jason Gonzales, Melanie Asmar, Ann Schimke

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Before Colorado state lawmakers finished their yearly business this week, they took steps to ensure public schools would be better funded in the future.In a late addition to the school funding bill, lawmakers added a provision that will deposit millions in annual income tax revenue into the State Education Fund. In 2026, that amount will be $233 million. The fund acts as a type of savings account. The money from the new provision can only…