Colorado To Provide 10 Hours Per Week Of Free Universal Preschool

Colorado recently enacted a law to provide universal preschool for 10 hours per week for all children in the year before entering kindergarten state-wide. The universal preschool program will go live for the fall of 2023. Parents will be able to select from preschool provider organizations within their communities. The per-student rate has not yet been determined.

The new program was created by Colorado House Bill (HB) 22-1295 Department Early Childhood And Universal Preschool Program. The bill was signed on April 27, 2022. In addition to creating the Colorado universal preschool program, HB22-1295 creates a Department . . .