A four-year-old is worth more than a fifth grader to Colorado schools
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
The incentive structure hiding in Colorado’s UPK
I recently shared a video that went into (among other important things to know about school finance) how Colorado’s public school enrollment is dropping.
That video is linked below if you missed it before; it’s great and cheap education on school enrollment and funding.
Not too long after I put up the newsletter with that video, I had a reader send me something I thought interesting enough to share. There is a marked disparity between how much money someone gets from our Universal Pre K program for a child vs. how much they get for educating a child in K - 12.
The second link below is to the state’s UPK rate sheet. It lists the 2026-27 rate the UPK progra...