DENVER — A Colorado task force is highlighting a rise in educator injuries as many students across the state head back to school Monday.

The state legislature put a task force into effect his year. It was able to pull together 17 members, according to Christine Harms, director of the Office of School Safety with the state Department of Public Safety.

"It ended up being 17 very committed members who took this very seriously, and we were supposed to look at what was happening in our schools when it came to educator safety, because anecdotally, we were hearing reports of educators being injured," Harms said.

They conducted a survey that showed just over 75% of the 1,100 school staff members who answered reported either having been injured by a student or having watched a colleague get inju

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