Denver City Council lifts barriers to Prosperity Denver Fund funding for low-income students
“After hours of back and forth, the Denver City Council voted ‘yes’ to make changes to an initiative that provides scholarship funds to Denver Public School students on Monday. ‘It supports DPS grads, those who choose the non-college route who just moved to Denver, who had to move out of Denver, due to our housing costs, because they are still our kids everywhere they go’, said Councilwoman Jamie Torres. Supporters said changes to the Prosperity Denver Fund would lift barriers that currently prevent some low-income students from qualifying for support because of where they live.”