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Experts are hopeful a new state law will lead more facility schools to open. Meanwhile, school districts are creating their own programs, and creative and skilled educators are finding ways to meet students’ needs in traditional classrooms.

Colorado is racing to save the schools that serve children whose home districts can’t or won’t meet their intense needs. This is part 1 in a four-part COLab, Chalkbeat, Colorado Sun and KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ series examining Colorado's collapsing system of schools that serve students with intense mental and behavioral health needs.

The additional support will help the beleaguered facility school system grow by 40% statewide.