Colorado Code
Article 28 - Colorado Preschool Program Act
§ 22-28-108. Criteria for District Preschool Programs

(1.6) The criteria established by the state board shall require that each head start agency and public and private child care agency that is providing services under the district preschool program afford all children that are eligible under section 22-28-106 an equal opportunity to receive services regardless of their race, ethnicity, or place of residence within the school district.

(5.5) Funding provided pursuant to this article shall only be used to pay a district's costs of providing preschool services directly to children enrolled in the district's preschool program. The costs shall include teacher and paraprofessional salaries and benefits, supplies and materials, home visits, the entire cost of any preschool program contracted services, the costs of services provided by a district to children enrolled in the district's preschool program or their parents, any associated professional development activities, costs that a district would not otherwise have incurred but for the services provided in conjunction with the preschool program, and a reasonable allocation of district overhead costs not to exceed five percent of the program costs. Any moneys remaining in the district's preschool program budget at the end of any budget year shall remain in the program budget for use in the preschool program in subsequent budget years.

Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 829, § 40, effective May 24. L. 92: (1), (4), and (5) amended, p. 493, § 14, effective May 26. L. 94: (1)(a) amended, p. 2690, § 219, effective July 1. L. 96: (1.6) added, p. 1799, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1855, § 54, effective August 2. L. 2002: (1)(a) amended, p. 1785, § 49, effective June 7. L. 2006: (1)(a), IP(1)(b), (1)(b)(I), (1.6), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) amended, p. 692, § 32, effective April 28. L. 2007: (1)(b)(II) amended, p. 739, § 13, effective May 9. L. 2008: (1)(a), IP(1)(b), and (1)(b)(II) amended and (5.5) added, pp. 1226, 1210, §§ 40, 22, effective May 22. L. 2009: (1)(b)(I), (1.6), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) amended, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1959, § 51, effective August 5.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1)(a), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act amending subsection (1)(a), the introductory portion to subsection (1)(b), and subsection (1)(b)(II) and enacting subsection (5.5), see section 1 of chapter 286, Session Laws of Colorado 2008.