Colorado court rules against Catholic preschools in school choice program

Colorado State Capitol in Denver. / Credit: RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:07 pm (CNA). After years of court battles over the Colorado government’s exclusion of two Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the parishes on Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit, in a 54-page decision, ruled that Colorado may continue to exclude the Catholic preschools because of their religious beliefs.  The decision comes after a series of court…