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Colorado will give teachers $2.7 million for school supplies
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that the state is giving $2.7 million to teachers to help them buy classroom supplies for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.
The governor’s announcement comes as the new school year kicks off this month. Individual teachers can receive up to $600 in supplies — from calculators to projectors — for their classrooms, Polis said.
“We want to make sure that teachers don’t have to reach into their own pockets,” Polis said during a news conference at Adams 14 Dupont Elementary in Commerce City.
Polis said “thousands” of Colorado teachers will benefit from the $2.7 million, which comes from the Governor Emergency Education Relief Fund. The state is working with DonorsChoosea website where teachers can post requests for teaching materials and distribute the money.
Teachers can go donorschoose.org to receive money for supplies. Once on the website, they can enter the code COLORADO during the project creation process to receive a share of the $2.7 million.
Daniel Stone, a bilingual fourth-grade teacher at Dupont, said he plans to use the money to purchase science-based activities for his classroom. Last year he bought about 16 e-readers for his students through DonorsChoose.
The governor urged educators to apply for the money as soon as possible, saying he expects it to be gone within a day or two.
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