This rule section is promulgated pursuant to sections
26.5-4-204(3)(a)(II)
-(IV) and 26.5-4-208(3)(c)(I) and (II), C.R.S. The Department or Local
Coordinating Organization, as applicable, shall distribute funding to school
districts and charter schools for preschool services for enrolled children who
are three (3) years of age or younger. A school district may utilize the
allotted three (3) year old funding, or may distribute all or a portion to a
contracted head start agency or community-based preschool provider that
provides preschool services.
A.
Eligibility
1. Every child in the state who is
three (3) years of age, and is a child with disabilities, is eligible for
preschool services in accordance with their Individualized Education Program
(IEP).
2. Children who are three (3)
years of age and are not eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the next school
year, or who are under three (3) years of age and reside in a community in
which a school district operates a district preschool program with a waiver to
serve children under three (3) years of age, may be eligible for preschool
services if they are low-income or have at least one (1) qualifying
factor.
B. Preschool
Services
1. Subject to available
appropriations to provide preschool services for children three (3) years of
age, a child three (3) years of age who is not eligible to enroll in
kindergarten in the next school year, and is in a low-income family per rule
section 4.105(A), or meets at least one (1) qualifying factor identified in
rule section 4.105(B), may receive a minimum of ten (10) hours per week of
preschool program services.
2.
Subject to available appropriations with a waiver to serve children under three
(3) years of age, a child who is under three (3) years of age and is in a
low-income family per rule section 4.105(A), or meets at least one (1)
qualifying factor identified in rule section 4.105(B), may receive a minimum of
ten (10) hours per week of preschool program
services.
Notes
8 CCR 1404-1-4.106
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