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Migrant influx leaves Denver Public Schools short $17.5 million in funding as students keep enrolling

DPS asks Colorado education officials for more funding as district educates 2,800 newcomer students

First graders head into the auditorium to rehearse a concert program at Bryant Webster Dual Language School in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Bryant Webster is one of the DPS schools receiving newly arrived migrant students. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
First graders head into the auditorium to rehearse a concert program at Bryant Webster Dual Language School in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Bryant Webster is one of the DPS schools receiving newly arrived migrant students. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: Denver Post reporter Jessica Seaman. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
By | jseaman@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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More than half of the new migrant students enrolled in DPS after Colorado’s October count, which determines how much money the state gives each district annually based on the number of children in their schools.
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