A new K5 school in Pueblo, referred to as Colorado’s “first public Christian school” by its founders and authorizer, is at the center of a debate over whether its students qualify for public funding.
School officials from the 2-month-old Riverstone Academy say their students are owed state funding under protections in the U.S. Constitution while state education officials argue that allocating dollars to a school with religious teachings would violate both the state and U.S. Constitution.
Riverstone Academy, where more than 30 children attend kindergarten through fifth grade, is authorized by Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, or Board of Cooperative Educational Service, and operated by Pueblo nonprofit Forging Education, which runs a network of religious private schools and home-school enrichment programs.
Read more at The Colorado Sun.
