8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1404-1-4.104

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025

Section 8 CCR 1404-1-4.104 - COLORADO UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

The Colorado Universal Preschool Program was established to provide high-quality, voluntary, preschool programming through a mixed delivery system for children throughout the state in the year preceding eligibility for kindergarten enrollment, and to provide for additional preschool services for children who are experiencing poverty, or in low-income families and meet the criteria of an identified qualifying factor. The Department intends to work with preschool program services providers to meet families' needs, including for a half- or full-day program.

A. For the 2023-24 school year and school years thereafter, families may enroll their children in preschool providers that receive funding through the preschool program. The purposes of the preschool program are:

1. To provide children in Colorado access to voluntary, high-quality, universal preschool services free of charge in the school year before a child enrolls in kindergarten;

2. To provide access to additional preschool services in the school year before kindergarten eligibility for children in low-income families and children who lack overall learning readiness due to qualifying factors;

3. To provide access to preschool services for children who are three (3) years of age, or in limited circumstances younger than three (3) years of age, and are children with disabilities, are in low-income families, or lack overall learning readiness due to qualifying factors; and

4. To establish quality standards for publicly funded preschool providers that promote children's early learning and development, school readiness, and healthy beginnings.

8 CCR 1404-1-4.104

45 CR 20, October 25, 2022, effective 9/29/2022

45 CR 24, December 25, 2022, effective 11/21/2022

45 CR 24, December 25, 2022, effective 1/14/2023

46 CR 04, February 25, 2023, effective 3/17/2023

47 CR 04, February 25, 2024, effective 1/22/2024, exp. 5/21/2024 (Emergency)

47 CR 06, March 25, 2024, effective 4/14/2024