First Regular Session
              Sixty-fifth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
 
 LLS NO. R05-0962.01 Jason Lidyard               HJR05-1040
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Harvey,  Lundberg, Cadman, Cloer, Balmer, Brophy, Crane, Knoedler, May M., and Welker
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Lamborn,  Dyer, and Evans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 05-1040 
       Concerning  recognition of home education in the state of
            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 right of parents
       to direct the education and upbringing of their children; and
       
            WHEREAS, Home education demonstrates the vital importance
       of parental involvement in the education of children; and
       
            WHEREAS, Home education is an inextricable part of our national
       heritage, playing an important role in the formative years of such
       Americans 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 a growing number of parents in Colorado
       have chosen to teach their children at home; and
       
            WHEREAS, Recent scientific studies have found that home-
       education students, on average, score between the 75th and 90th
       percentile on nationally standardized tests administered in grades 1
       through 12; and
       
            WHEREAS, Home-educated students captured four of the top six
       positions in the 2005 Colorado State Spelling Bee, including first place;
       and
       
            WHEREAS, Home-educated young men and women regularly
       serve as interns and aides in the Colorado House and Senate; and
       
            WHEREAS, Home-educating parents ought to be commended for
       the extraordinary sacrifice and 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 this great state; and
       
            WHEREAS, Volunteer organizations such as Christian Home
       Educators of Colorado, Concerned Parents of Colorado, and hundreds of
       home-education support groups throughout the state provide a network
       of support, resources, and encouragement to thousands of home-education
       families around the state; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fifth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
            That we, the members of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly of the
       state of Colorado, honor, thank, and celebrate home educators and the
       home-educated youth of this state, and recognize April 8, 2005, as Home
       Education Day in Colorado.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent
       to Christian Home Educators of Colorado and Concerned Parents of
       Colorado.