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"These requirements directly conflict with St. Mary’s, St. Bernadette’s, and the Archdiocese’s religious beliefs and their religious obligations as entities that carry out the Catholic Church’s mission of Catholic education in northern Colorado."
At least 6 districts claim the first-year program is unconstitutional as implemented and inhibits their ability to provide required special education.
The suit describes a UPK system rife with “glitches, miscommunications and uncertainty."
Two Denver metro Catholic schools and the Archdiocese of Denver filed a lawsuit over a nondiscrimination requirement that excludes the schools from the UPK program.
The Denver Catholic Archdiocese along with two of its parishes is suing the state alleging their First Amendment rights are violated because their desire to exclude LGBTQ parents, staff and kids from Archdiocesan preschools keeps them from participating in Colorado's new universal preschool program.