2011
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE RESOLUTION 11-1009
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Holbert,  Acree, Balmer, Barker,
       Baumgardner, Becker, Beezley, Brown, Conti, Coram, DelGrosso,
       Joshi, Kerr J., Liston, Looper, McKinley, Murray, Scott, Swalm,
       Vaad, Bradford, Gerou, Massey, Priola, Ramirez, Sonnenberg,
       Stephens, Summers, Szabo, Waller, McNulty.
       
      CONCERNING ENCOURAGING THE TEACHING OF
             AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. 
       
          WHEREAS, Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence of
       the United States of America on July 4, 1776, the American form of
       government and society has served as a beacon of liberty for the rest of
       the world, occupying a unique role as a paragon of free societies
       everywhere; and
       
          WHEREAS, The Declaration of Independence of the United States of
       America declared, for the first time in history, that each of us owns our
       lives by right, that we have a right to live therefore in liberty and be free
       to pursue those values in life that each of us believes, in our independent
       judgment, will serve our own safety, happiness, and prosperity; and
       
          WHEREAS, The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights,
       founded on these principles, preserve to United States citizens certain
       rights, including but not limited to the right to free speech and assembly,
       the right to bear arms, protection against unreasonable searches and
       seizures, the right to due process of law, and the right to a jury trial; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, The United States Constitution embraces free-market
       economic principles as a clear expression of our uniquely American love
       of self-reliance, personal accountability, freedom, opportunity, and
       prosperity; and
       
          WHEREAS, This capitalist system of freedom, opportunity, and
       prosperity has created and driven the most powerful and influential
       national economy in the history of mankind; and
       
          WHEREAS, The capitalist system of the United States has created and
       maintained the most powerful military in the world, upon which hundreds
       of millions of people across the planet rely to preserve their continued
       peace and safety; and
       
          WHEREAS, The United States has become known around the world
       as the "land of opportunity", where individuals may achieve and prosper
       in direct proportion to their own efforts and diligence; and
       
          WHEREAS, The national language of the United States, English, has
       become the primary language of the global economy; and
       
          WHEREAS, All of these examples and countless others serve to
       illustrate the unique and truly exceptional role that the United States has
       played in world history since its inception; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That the House of Representatives hereby encourages the State Board
       of Education to develop and adopt standards to ensure that each public
       school student in Colorado can demonstrate competence concerning
       American exceptionalism and the principles of American liberty before
       he or she graduates from high school.
       
          
       
       
       
       
       
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
       Governor John Hickenlooper; Robert Hammond, Commissioner of
       Education; Bob Schaffer, Chairman of the State Board of Education; 
       Marcia Neal, Vice Chairman of the State Board of Education; Elaine
       Gantz Berman, State Board of Education Member; Jane Goff, State Board
       of Education Member; Paul Lundeen, State Board of Education Member;
       Debora Scheffel, State Board of Education Member; and Angelika
       Schroeder, State Board of Education Member.
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Frank McNulty 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES