The lawsuit claimed the program's requirement that providers accept any applicant regardless of sexual orientation violated schools' First Amendment rights.
Colorado's new universal prekindergarten program, designed to provide at least 15 hours a week of taxpayer-funded preschool for every child in the state, has requirements that unfairly shut out Catholic Church-run programs, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Denver.
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.