Colorado Officials Knew ‘Public Christian School’ Was Religious Before It Opened. They Didn’t Stop It.

Colorado Department of Education officials discovered that Riverstone Academy, a public school in Pueblo County, was operated by a Christian group and used religious curriculum after it received a public school code. Despite internal warnings and the state constitution's ban on religious public schools, officials did not block the school's operations until after it publicly declared itself 'Colorado’s first public Christian school.' The school closed in May due to new legislative restrictions, not its religious status.