Committee unanimously advances bill to deregulate Pilates and barre teacher training
Sponsors said DPOS enforcement forced some Pilates/barre programs to shrink training hours below safe levels or send students out-of-state; studio owners testified they had no consumer complaints and urged the committee to allow self-regulation similar to yoga.
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Sponsors told the committee that Colorado’s Division of Private Occupational Schools (DPOS) had issued cease-and-desist letters to several Pilates and barre teacher-training programs, imposing substantial compliance costs on small, often woman‑owned businesses. "On February 4th of this year, I received a cease and desist from DPOS for my Pilates and bar teacher training," studio owner Dana Dreyfus said, describing the choice many programs faced between costly licensure or shrinking their curriculum below 40 hours to remain unregulated.
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