Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and attorneys general from seven other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education following the department’s abrupt decision to no longer fund grant progra

In Colorado, nearly $2.8 million in funding that addresses the state’s ongoing teacher shortage in rural communities is at risk, Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

At four rural community colleges in Colorado, 77 students are in the pipeline for teaching careers in rural Eastern Plains and southeastern Colorado school districts.