HB 18-1088

House Bill 18-1088, which has been signed into law, increases funding for full-day kindergarten in Colorado. Currently, kindergarteners are funded as half-day students with an additional partial day of funding. The bill doubles this supplemental funding to make it closer to a full day and plans to fully fund full-day kindergarten by 2023-24. This will benefit families and schools by providing more comprehensive early education for young children.

Official Summary

Under existing law, the 'Public School Finance Act of 1994' funds kindergarten students as half-day pupils plus the supplemental kindergarten enrollment, which is an additional .08 of a full-day pupil. The bill increases the supplemental kindergarten enrollment for the 2018-19 budget year and each budget year thereafter to .16 of a full-day pupil. The bill specifies the intent of the general assembly to continue increasing the supplemental kindergarten enrollment each budget year until students enrolled in kindergarten are funded as full-day pupils in the 2023-24 budget year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More