Gov. Jared Polis celebrated the launch of universal preschool in Colorado and responded to questions and concerns many have had about its rollout.
Polis visited Fisher Early Learning Center in Denver on Tuesday, accompanied by Dr. Lisa Roy, the director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.
“There's a ton of research that shows that if you invest in children early, it makes a difference as far as learning and health outcomes throughout their lives,” said Roy. “Many people don't know that as far as brain development, most of our brain development through childhood and adulthood happens between the ages 0 to 5.
Originally, families said they were told their children would be able to attend full-day preschool if they qualified for just one of those risk factors. Like the governor did a number of times Tuesday, Roy reiterated that voters only approved 10 hours of free preschool in 2020.“We were hoping that we could give as many children full-day as possible, but we did say it was based on available funding,” said Roy. “With looking at the number of qualifying factors that we could pay for, it was decided that we would do two qualifying factors.”
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