Education Budget on the Agenda in Colorado Special Session

By Mark Walsh

Colorado legislators were scheduled to begin a special session this week devoted partly to solving the state's education-budget troubles.

The legislature ended its regular session in May after putting off difficult decisions on how to handle a budget deficit that could total more than $230 million by next year.

The state has been hit with a surge in student enrollment at the same time that the recession has caused a decline in property-tax revenues and otherwise played...