Our team procures and contracts for a wide variety of services such as reading trainings and assessments for students, trainings and support for teachers, information technology systems to document student nutrition needs in schools, programs to provide assistive technology for students with disabilities, and so much more. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) provides leadership, resources, support, and accountability to the states 178 school districts, 1,888 schools, over 53,000 teachers, and over 3,200 administrators to help them build capacity to meet the needs of the states approximately 905,000 public school students.