Author: Ann Schimke, Jason Gonzales, Melanie Asmar

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.For Colorado schools, 2024 was a year of big changes in funding, continued concerns about declining enrollment even amid the arrival of thousands of new immigrant students, and the growing popularity of a free preschool program that faces big legal challenges. Here are some of the issues we’re watching in 2025.How might Trump’s immigration policies affect migrant students?In 2024, at least 85 Colorado school districts enrolled more than 8,000 migrant students combined. Many came from…