Title I, Part A funds may be used for preschool education under some circumstances. This brochure provides an outline of the intersection of these two programs.

Colorado's Early Childhood Systems Building Inventory includes recommendations and best practices, compiled, gleaned, or otherwise distilled from the early childhood (EC) systems work that has been in progress in Colorado for the last 12 years; much of it residing in Colorado's Early Childhood Councils (EC Councils).

The Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines (Guidelines) describe the trajectory of children's learning and development from birth to 8 years old in Colorado. They include a broad description of children's growth to ensure a holistic approach to creating positive early childhood environments. For each age level, this document addresses approaches to learning, health and physical development, social and emotional development, language, literacy,...

The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act, House Bill 12-1238) focuses on early literacy development for all students with special attention for students at-risk for not achieving reading proficiency by third grade. Importantly, the READ Act focuses on identifying students with significant reading deficiencies (SRD), engaging parents in the development of reading improvement plans, and providing funding to support interventions...

The purpose of this document is to provide information to Colorado educators related to roles and responsibilities for implementation of the Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (HB 12-1238, Colorado READ Act).