The window to apply is opening 2 months earlier than last year, and there are other changes.
Boosting enrollment in the state-funded preschool program is one of Colorado’s key goals.
Los preescolares religiosos en el programa de preescolar universal en Colorado ya no podrán reservar espacios para integrantes de sus congregaciones.
A lawyer for the Catholic preschools at the center of the case said he was disappointed by the state’s plan to repeal the rule.
Experts say the Colorado case over universal preschool — or one like it — could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The number of children who will get 30 hours of preschool a week this year is more than double the number of kids who got full-day classes last year, state officials said.
Among the plaintiffs are six school districts: Cherry Creek, Harrison, Mapleton, Platte Valley, Westminster, and the Brighton-based 27J..
A federal judge had rejected most of the Catholic preschools’ claims in a June ruling.
The state earlier removed a nondiscrimination clause that was at the heart of the lawsuit. The impact of the judge’s ruling is unclear.
By the fall, the Cherry Creek district will offer preschool at every elementary school.
The judge could issue a decision in the next few weeks.
More than a dozen local organizations that help administer Colorado’s tuition-free preschool program signed a letter to Gov. Jared Polis protesting potential funding cuts.
Some highly rated preschools will be allowed to have classes of 24 children under the new rules.
El cambio de los funcionarios estatales es el último de varias decisiones cambiantes relacionadas con la enseñanza religiosa en el nuevo programa preescolar de Colorado.
La funcionaria principal de la primera infancia en Colorado tomará la decisión final sobre el tamaño de las clases para el 28 de marzo.
The state’s top early childhood official will make a final decision on class size limits by March 28.
Parents whose 3-year-olds have special education plans will still have to fill out the state application.
El programa de preescolar gratis de Colorado, que empezó en agosto, está abierto a todos los niños de 4 años y a algunos de 3 años.
The state's universal preschool application will open in late February.
The reversal by state officials is the latest of several flip-flops regarding religious teaching in Colorado’s new preschool program.