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The Colorado House Education Committee on Wednesday sent a bill to the floor that would change the official student-count date to avoid conflicts with religious observances.
Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, said he is sponsoring the bill to ensure that the annual date used by school districts to establish enrollment for funding purposes doesn’t fall on a major religious holiday.
The state’s official pupil enrollment day is Oct. 1. The day has fallen three times on a Jewish High Holy Day, either Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur, since 2006, said Joyce Rubin of the Anti-Defamation League of the Mountain States office.
Denver Post staff reports
