The No Child Left Behind Act is Good News for Children and Families of Colorado:

• Benefits an estimated 708,109 Colorado public school children, 1,561 Colorado public schools, and 42,100 Colorado teachers
• Increases federal education funding for Colorado to more than $502.5 million to help local schools ensure that no child is left behind - nearly $73 million more than last year, and a 35 percent increase over 2000 levels
• Increases Title I funding to more than $116.7 million to boost the quality of education for disadvantaged children of Colorado - nearly $26 million more than last year, and a 43 percent increase over 2000 levels
• Provides more than $9 million in funding for Reading First to ensure that every public school child in Colorado learns to read at or above grade level by the third grade
• Requires every classroom in Colorado to have a highly-qualified teacher and provides more than $31.5 million to train and retain skilled educators
• Provides an estimated $5.1 million to help ensure safe and drug-free schools in Colorado
• Provides an estimated $2.7 million to fund after-school programs for at-risk children in Colorado
• Provides more than $6.1 million in funding to help Colorado school districts assess how well children are learning and schools are teaching
• Increases Pell Grant funding to an estimated $123.4 million - $8.2 million more than last year, and a 24.6 percent increase over 2000 levels - to ensure greater access to a college education for deserving Colorado students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Note: Funding figures are U.S. Department of Education estimates

Other figures include data from the Department's National Center for Education Statistics at www.nces.ed.gov

For more U.S. Department of Education information, please visit: www.ed.gov