Colorado Holds Homeschool Enrichment Funding at Current Rate

Colorado homeschool families who use public enrichment programs got a reprieve this session: after debate over whether to change the funding rate, lawmakers left the part-time per-pupil rate where it is — roughly $6,000 a year on average, typically covering about one day a week of classes.

The state spends more than $100 million a year on part-time students, most of them homeschool enrichment participants. That price tag is why the rate keeps drawing legislative attention, and the fact that it came up at all signals it will likely be revisited.

This is the companion to Colorado's bigger enrichment story this session — the School Finance Act changes that targeted which co-ops can authorize these programs. The rate survived; the authorization rules did not.

1. If you use an enrichment program, your funding rate is unchanged for now — but expect this to resurface next session.
2. Stay connected to your district and to CHEC for any rate proposals.