Colorado Public Education Watch
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Supporting Colorado Public Education
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https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/colorado-authors-debut-novel-added-to-adams-12-curriculum/73-237c9814-a3c4-4c90-956a-8c1c6e564fc2
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Tsunamis Are Caused by the Sun, Japanese Internment Was a 'Contribution' to the War Effort, and MLK is not Listed as a Leader of Civil Rights: Welcome to Texas's Proposed High School Standards
Time is running out to submit public comment. Here's your cheat sheet for the high school social studies courses. A grade-by-grade review of factual errors, misleading content, and key omissions.
https://texassocialstudiesed.substack.com/p/tsunamis-are-caused-by-the-sun-japanese
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Delk appointed to RFSD board
The four members of the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education unanimously supported the appointment of Jonathan Delk to the school board’s vacant seat.
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/delk-appointed-to-rfsd-board/article_7b8aa06d-4c6f-4c7c-8071-d27fc328d77a.html
about 19 hours ago
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Montrose school board votes to hire controversial law firm
It was about an hour into the discussion Tuesday evening when school board member Shane Daly suggested a phone call be made. He had some questions about what he described
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/montrose-school-board-votes-to-hire-controversial-law-firm/article_ca4d76da-43e2-49a6-86f5-8cb9eb91fa69.html
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Linda McMahon turns tail in anti-education campaign | Vatsady Sivongxay & Joanna Gonsalves
Their education agenda represents a washing of hands by Washington oligarchs of any obligation to our public education system.
https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2026/06/linda-mcmahon-turns-tail-in-anti-education-campaign-vatsady-sivongxay-joanna-gonsalves.html
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Marianne Dhenin
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California's AB 715 expands the state’s authority to ban instructional material in K-12 schools based on ill-defined standards — it's meant to target Palestine-related speech. A growing coalition is fighting to roll it back. I covered their work.
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A Growing Coalition is Fighting Censorship in California’s Public Schools
Critics warn that Assembly Bill 715 only emboldens right-wing groups and their attacks on students and teachers.
https://newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/a-growing-coalition-is-fighting-censorship-in-californias-public-schools/
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NAEP Civics Tests Could Expand to Offer State-by-State Results
The first-ever state-by-state civics results are on the table, as is a new framework for the exam.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/naep-civics-tests-could-expand-to-offer-state-by-state-results/2026/05
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Directory of Anti-Teacher Trolls
The slightly-cranky voice navigating the world of educational "reform" while trying to still pursue the mission of providing quality education.
https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2014/06/directory-of-anti-teacher-trolls.html
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www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/30/c...
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Charles Koch’s Shape-Shifting Influence Machine - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Charles Koch’s massive influence network is undergoing yet another round of restructuring this year.
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/30/charles-kochs-shape-shifting-influence-machine/
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UGH, Learning Spring is based in Denver!
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A Koch-connected school choice contractor could get $2 million from Florida taxpayers
A last-minute budget earmark pushed by House Speaker Danny Perez orders the hiring of a vendor to implement a new system of federally funded private school scholarships.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jasongarcia/p/a-koch-connected-school-choice-contractor?r=5e026b&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Summit School District Board of Education votes to reject charter school’s request
In a 5-1 vote, the Summit School District Board of Education voted Thursday, June 4, to retain its exclusive chartering authority, effectively denying a request from a Park County charter school seeki...
https://www.summitdaily.com/news/summit-school-district-board-of-education-votes-to-reject-charter-schools-request/
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‘Unnecessary force’: Why a last-resort Colorado school is facing scrutiny for how it treats students
Michelle Abeyta remembers thinking that a new specialized school seemed like a place where her grandson, who has autism, could thrive. But the longer he was there, the more red flags she saw. Then he ...
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/06/05/westminster-specialized-school-in-trouble-for-restraint/?utm_campaign=trueanthem
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Schools Saw Rising Student Anxiety From Immigration Enforcement in 2025-26
New national survey data from this spring found increased absences due to immigration enforcement.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/schools-saw-rising-student-anxiety-from-immigration-enforcement-in-2025-26/2026/06
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FROM THE PUBLISHER: Madam President, the artist formally known as Neisha Balleck
Early on in her tenure, Montrose County School District Board of Education President Neisha Balleck made it clear that she was to be addressed as Madam President. She would have
https://www.montrosepress.com/free_access/from-the-publisher-madam-president-the-artist-formally-known-as-neisha-balleck/article_c8e3acc2-eb48-4d99-bb3b-28f750752b51.html
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AHA Statement on Florida FACT US History Course Framework
The AHA expresses concern about the recently announced Florida Advanced Courses and Tests (FACT) US History course framework, which “imposes an overt ideological agenda on Florida public school studen...
https://www.historians.org/news/aha-statement-on-florida-fact-us-history-course-framework/
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Pueblo Mayor provides update on 'secretive' Project Falcon
A proposed economic development project, known as “Project Falcon,” has become the center of an increasingly public debate among Pueblo leaders.
https://www.koaa.com/news/local-news/in-your-community/pueblo/pueblo-mayor-provides-update-on-secretive-project-falcon
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Next steps, unknown — It's unclear how MCSD will handle Superintendent Stephenson's formal grievance detailing concerns with school board, attorney — district deferring to board president, attorney
It is unclear what exactly will become of Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson's formal grievance that she submitted to the Montrose County School District Board of Education June 2, in which
https://www.montrosepress.com/news/next-steps-unknown-its-unclear-how-mcsd-will-handle-superintendent-stephensons-formal-grievance-detailing-concerns/article_ed3446d5-10db-4392-90b6-3f4c80071482.html
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www.kbtx.com/2026/06/02/t...
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Texas launches Educator Misconduct Dashboard, giving parents a new transparency tool
Texas parents now have a new tool to hold school districts accountable.
https://www.kbtx.com/2026/06/02/texas-launches-educator-misconduct-dashboard-giving-parents-new-transparency-tool/
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Next steps, unknown — It's unclear how MCSD will handle Superintendent Stephenson's formal grievance detailing concerns with school board, attorney — district deferring to board president, attorney
It is unclear what exactly will become of Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson's formal grievance that she submitted to the Montrose County School District Board of Education June 2, in which
https://www.montrosepress.com/news/next-steps-unknown-its-unclear-how-mcsd-will-handle-superintendent-stephensons-formal-grievance-detailing-concerns/article_ed3446d5-10db-4392-90b6-3f4c80071482.html?fbclid=IwdGRleASP2dRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe_p3fLc325imERm_CUNzG1eyZ2U4nPPczNL4-ElpV5xA4X-w2m_4GCYl65N0_aem_WE0uIYHv_9QVjqSo6CKoPA
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Nick Covington
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Why My Family Left Iowa: "As of today, the ACLU is tracking 30 anti-LGBTQ bills in Iowa. When I read from my new home stories of Iowans facing book bans, drag show bans, and DEI program bans, I feel relieved to be gone."
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Why My Family Left Iowa
The state’s increasingly anti-LGBTQ political climate made us feel unwelcome and unsafe raising children, writes Andrea Uptmor.
https://time.com/article/2026/06/04/why-my-family-left-iowa/
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California: Right-Wing Candidate Leads in Race for State Superintendent of Schools
Sonja Shaw, a right-wing school board president, came in first in the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the recent election in California. She received 25% of the vote and is h…
https://dianeravitch.net/2026/06/05/california-right-wing-candidate-leads-in-race-for-state-superintendent-of-schools/
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Wetmore residents skeptical over paying additional property taxes
A crowd of at least 50 residents and property owners of east Custer County gathered in the Wetmore Community Center the evening of May 20 for a Town Hall meeting called by the West Custer County Hospi...
https://wetmountaintribune.com/2026/06/05/wetmore-residents-skeptical-over-paying-additional-property-taxes/
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Texas Observer
2 days ago
Texas has a particularly low bar for allowing the state to take over a school district, experts say. Five consecutive failing state ratings at just one school can trigger a takeover like the one that occurred in Houston, which has 273 campuses.
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Will New School District Takeovers Follow the Model—and ‘Chaos’—of Houston ISD?
The state education agency took over four additional districts this spring, installing leaders linked to Houston’s state-imposed superintendent, Mike Miles, including two who worked for his former…
https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-school-takeovers-charter-austin-fort-worth-houston/
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Longtime Pueblo educator, school board president runs for state board
A longtime Pueblo educator and D60 board president is running to represent the 3rd Congressional District on the Colorado State Board of Education.
https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/education/2026/06/05/pueblos-barb-clementi-launches-run-for-colorado-state-board-of-ed/90390043007/
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Roaring Fork school board names new District B representative
Jonathan Delk has been named the new Roaring Fork School District Board of Education District B representative following a virtual board meeting on Thursday morning. Delk’s appointment will begin on ...
https://www.postindependent.com/news/roaring-fork-school-board-names-new-district-b-representative/
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Colorado school district accused of having 61 male athletes on girls’ teams says it has none
A Colorado school district facing federal penalties for Title IX violations denied having 61 biological males participating in girls’ competitive sports, saying the actual number is zero.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/4/colorado-school-district-accused-61-male-athletes-girls-teams-says/
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Denver Public Schools hires former Chicago CEO candidate
Sito Narcisse’s tenure as East Baton Rouge superintendent split community opinion.
https://cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/denver-public-schools-hires-former-chicago-ceo-candidate
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House GOP Endorses Education Cuts as Talks on Trump's Budget Begin
House appropriators want to cut Title I by 9%—a cut President Donald Trump hasn't proposed.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/house-gop-endorses-education-cuts-as-talks-on-trumps-budget-begin/2026/06
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'Slap in the face': Evergreen community reacts to Polis veto
Nicole King spent the last week of school packing up her classroom. She said goodbye to colleagues she won't see for months, people she described as bound together by something
https://www.canyoncourier.com/news/slap-in-the-face-evergreen-community-reacts-to-polis-veto/article_3e1e3920-ec6f-46b2-b32d-645af12c5146.html
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Feds issue warning letter to Jeffco Schools over Title IX investigation
In the latest development in the Department of Education's investigation into alleged Title IX violations by the Jefferson County School District, the department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued...
https://www.arvadapress.com/news/article_ea40aac1-ad4c-4f55-8fa1-657ad1fa4738.html
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National Education Policy Center
3 days ago
Congratulations to NEPC Fellow
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NEPC Fellow Receives Award to Support Research on Ed Tech
NEPC Fellow Christopher Saldaña has been awarded a NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to help support his work on ways that the capacity of school districts shapes their ability to negotiate relatio...
https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-spencer-060426
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This Wasn’t an Editorial. It Was an Anschutz System Message
How the Gazette turned a speculative CSI model into certainty and sold school privatization as concern for kids
https://electrobrogers.substack.com/p/this-wasnt-an-editorial-it-was-an
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Trump endorses Protect College Sports Act
President Trump is backing the Protect College Sports Act, a piece of legislation introduced in the Senate this week that would regulate the big business of college sports. Trump, in a Thursday pos…
https://thehill.com/policy/keeping-score/5910162-donald-trump-college-sports-reform-bill-support/
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No Accountability, No Transparency: Scholarship Granting Organizations under Federal Voucher Program
YouTube video by Education Law Center
https://youtu.be/0W75yBDOW2s?si=9V_nvIN1Y0Eo7gOL
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Will Public Schools Benefit From Federal Vouchers?
Discussion has heated up about the federal voucher program and, specifically, whether blue states should opt in, and whether such opt-inning is inevitable.
https://curmudgucation.substack.com/p/will-public-schools-benefit-from
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Why your rising tax bill isn't helping your schools
The median Jefferson County homeowner pays about $3,300 yearly in property taxes, yet the school district faces budget cuts and may propose a $135 million override to fund staff and repairs.
https://www.thegoldentranscript.com/news/why-your-rising-tax-bill-isnt-helping-your-schools/article_43febf38-12de-4e94-98ba-7a4f8a36ead1.html?fbclid=IwdGRleASOrcRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeWVMLYQjABXBBHEW4dtQndvlz6ZhSy_vMXYtSRCv69dPpDgGiBzmFiHSqIxo_aem_dezPmxSPWe3pHfqC5SnG_w
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Mike Miles’ HISD reforms are hurting great schools. I watched it happen.
Mike Miles' move-fast-and-break-things approach is not only affecting students at the poorest-performing HISD schools; it's hurting high-performing schools that never needed academic rehab.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/lisa-falkenberg/article/hisd-mike-miles-reforms-english-teacher-22285974.php
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11 days ago
A new installment of the Equality Maps Updates is out now! MAP's monthly listing of state level policy changes and bill tracking updates illustrates the landscape of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States as of May 26, 2026.
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LGBTQ Equality Maps Updates: May 2026
In this rapidly changing landscape, MAP’s LGBTQ Equality Maps provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies…
https://medium.com/@lgbtmap/lgbtq-equality-maps-updates-may-2026-dc8cf45617da
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Policy Spotlight: Curriculum Censorship & Hostile School Climate Bills - Movement Advancement Project
Curriculum Censorship & Hostile School Climate Bills examines the wave of state legislation that censor discussions of race, ethnicity, religion, and LGBTQ people in schools and that create a hostile ...
https://mapresearch.org/report/policy-spotlight-curriculum-censorship-hostile-school-climate-bills/
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Education - Movement Advancement Project
Every student, from kindergarten to college and beyond, deserves a fair chance to succeed in school and prepare for their future—including students who are LGBTQ. Given the importance of access to edu...
https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/education/
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LGBTQ Policy Spotlight: Laws Protecting LGBTQ Youth from Conversion "Therapy" - Movement Advancement Project
This report by Movement Advancement Project and The Trevor Project details the shifting landscape of efforts to protect LGBTQ young people against conversion "therapy."
https://mapresearch.org/report/lgbtq-policy-spotlight-laws-protecting-lgbtq-youth-from-conversion-therapy/
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Home - Movement Advancement Project
Advancing Equality and Opportunity for All LGBTQ Equality Maps View Democracy Maps View MAP is an independent, nonprofit think tank. We work to create a thriving, inclusive, and equitable America wher...
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UPDATE: As of June 1, Bennet's super PAC has received over $8 million and more ultra-rich investors donated.
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How billionaire money could influence Colorado’s Democratic primary election for governor | Colorado Newsline
Money is becoming a big factor in Democratic campaign for Colorado governor, primarily due to one group of funders: billionaires.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/billionaire-money-colorado-democratic-primary/
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Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson's full remarks to the MCSD school board [FULL TEXT]
Editor's note: The following is the full text from Superintendent Dr. Carrie Stephenson's remarks to the MCSD Board of Education during the June 2 special meeting during which they placed
https://www.montrosepress.com/free_access/superintendent-dr-carrie-stephensons-full-remarks-to-the-mcsd-school-board-full-text/article_ad96acb4-12bc-4b0a-a7c8-5fd3a94a2ab0.html?utm_campaign=blox
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"Emails obtained by Chalkbeat show the school was created at the behest of a conservative law firm to spark such a lawsuit after the Supreme Court deadlocked on a similar case out of Oklahoma last spring."
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‘Colorado’s first public Christian school’ closes permanently nine months after launch
Riverstone Academy closed permanently in late May because of changes to state law that make the school ineligible for public education funding.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/06/02/christian-public-school-riverstone-academy-closed-permanently/
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Exiled, with an asterisk — Montrose school board puts superintendent on leave, while working; Stephenson unveils formal grievance, requests investigation and mediation
The week began Monday morning pretty typical. That is to say, with taunt tensions between Montrose County School District Board of Education President Neisha Balleck and Superintendent Dr. Carrie Step...
https://www.montrosepress.com/free_access/exiled-with-an-asterisk-montrose-school-board-puts-superintendent-on-leave-while-working-stephenson-unveils/article_0b4c6207-92c4-4dc4-bb32-7da2509eaf7f.html?utm_campaign=blox
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Jeffco Public Schools pushes back as feds renew threat to pull funding over transgender student policies
Jeffco Public Schools pushed back at the U.S. Department of Education’s allegations that the district is discriminating against girls by supporting transgender students.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/jeffco-public-schools-pushes-back-as-feds-renew-threat-to-pull-funding-over-transgender-student-policies?fbclid=IwdGRleASOdpxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe4akFMyYMktyWjCMmHz-MVKI8yXWjbopAe9SqRAYEmrIAqYrHdQm67pYXfpU_aem_OQx1NsViT8UatD5VSSwBHg
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President Trump seeks control of science funding
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
https://www.kgou.org/health/2026-06-03/president-trump-seeks-control-of-science-funding
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Jeffco board picks Rob Stein as interim superintendent
The Jeffco school board named Rob Stein interim superintendent starting July 6 following Tracy Dorland's departure. Stein faces a recurring $60 million budget gap and a November tax vote.
https://www.canyoncourier.com/tncms/asset/editorial/d80a123d-0610-468c-844d-a1edd23d67a0/
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Cherry Creek school board appoints Keith Frazier to fill vacant director seat after scandal - Sentinel Colorado
"Mr. Frazier's interview was exceptional, and he demonstrated a strong commitment to this District."
https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/cherry-creek-school-board-appoints-keith-frazier-to-fill-vacant-director-seat-after-scandal/
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