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      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 07-1035
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Lambert, Lundberg, Stafford, Balmer,
      Cadman, Gardner B., Gardner C., Hicks, Kerr J., King, Liston,
      Looper, Marostica, Massey, May M., McNulty, Mitchell V., Rice,
      Roberts, Rose, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Vaad, White,
      Witwer, Carroll M., Casso, Frangas, Gallegos, Gibbs, Jahn, Kefalas,
      Labuda, Madden, and Romanoff;
      also SENATOR(S) Brophy, Schultheis, Johnson, Kopp, May R.,
      Harvey, Mitchell S., Penry, Renfroe, Sandoval, Spence, Taylor, and
      Wiens.
      
      CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF HOME EDUCATION DAY IN
          COLORADO. 
      
          WHEREAS, The state of Colorado is committed to excellence in
      education; and
      
          WHEREAS, The state recognizes the importance of parental choices in
      pursuit of educational excellence and the significance of family
      involvement in education; and
      
          WHEREAS, The state of Colorado recognizes the rights of parents to
      direct the education and upbringing of their children; and
      
          WHEREAS, Home education is a part of America's national heritage,
      as evidenced in the formative years of home-educated Americans such as
      George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Abraham
      Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abigail Adams,
      Patrick Henry, John Jay, Booker T. Washington, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas
      Edison, Mark Twain, and Ansel Adams; and
      
      
      
          WHEREAS, Home education is the fastest growing educational
      alternative in this country, and thousands of parents in Colorado have
      chosen to teach their children at home; and
      
          WHEREAS, Studies have found that, on average, home-educated
      students in grades one through twelve score between the 75th and 90th
      percentiles on national standardized tests; and
      
          WHEREAS, The tens of thousands of students who are being taught at
      home save our state and local governments at least one hundred million
      dollars every year; and
      
          WHEREAS, Home-educated young men and women regularly serve as
      interns and aides in the Colorado House of Representatives and Senate; and
      
          WHEREAS, Home-educating parents should be commended for their
      extraordinary sacrifice and the commitment they bring to the education of
      their children; and
      
          WHEREAS, It is appropriate that Colorado home educators and
      home-educated children be recognized for their contribution to the diversity
      and quality of education in Colorado; and
      
          WHEREAS, Volunteer organizations such as Christian Home Educators
      of Colorado and hundreds of home-education support groups throughout the
      state provide a network of support, resources, and encouragement to
      thousands of home-educating families; now, therefore,
      
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-sixth
      General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, honor, thank,
      and celebrate home educators and the home-educated children of this state
      and recognize April 13, 2007, as Home Education Day in Colorado.
      
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
      the Christian Home Educators of Colorado and Governor Bill Ritter.
      
      
      
      
      
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      Andrew Romanoff                      Joan Fitz-Gerald
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE