2013
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 13-011
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Heath, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy, Cadman,
       Carroll, Crowder, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Hill, Hodge, Hudak,
       Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble,
       Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop,
       Todd, Ulibarri, Morse;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Court, Buck, Buckner, Conti, Coram, DelGrosso,
       Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer, Foote, Garcia, Gardner, Gerou,
       Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp,
       Labuda, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Levy, May, McCann, McLachlan,
       McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon,
       Peniston, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine,
       Salazar, Schafer, Scott, Singer, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler,
       Vigil, Waller, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL
       EDUCATION MONTH. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, The month of February 2013 has been designated Career
       and Technical Education Month by the Association for Career and
       Technical Education; and
       
          WHEREAS, Profound economic and technological changes in society
       are rapidly reflected in the structure and nature of work, thereby placing
       new and unique responsibilities on the state's educational system; and
       
          WHEREAS, Career and technical education provides Americans with
       a school-to-careers connection and prepares and supports a capable,
       well-educated workforce and, as a result, fosters productivity in business
       and industry and contributes to America's leadership in the international
       marketplace; and
       
          WHEREAS, Career and technical education helps students in middle
       school, high school, and college apply their academic skills in areas such
       as reading, writing, science, and mathematics, along with their workplace
       readiness skills, to practical, meaningful situations, thus enhancing the
       quality of their education, helping to retain under-represented youth in
       schools, and giving all students leadership opportunities in their career
       fields and in their communities; and
       
          WHEREAS, Career and technical education offers individuals lifelong
       opportunities to learn new skills, which prepare them for postsecondary
       opportunities and provide them with high-skill, high-wage, and
       high-demand career choices; and
       
          WHEREAS, The ever-increasing cooperative efforts of career and
       technical educators with business and industry stimulate the growth and
       vitality of the local economy and that of the entire nation by preparing
       graduates for career fields forecasted to experience the largest and fastest
       growth in the next decade; and
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado career and technical education programs are a
       vital part of the state's education system, and 39% of high school students
       from over 160 school districts are enrolled in one or more career and
       technical education programs; and
       
          WHEREAS, Student success in Colorado career and technical
       education programs is impressive; more than 147,000 secondary and
       postsecondary students in Colorado are enrolled in career and technical
       education programs, and a high percentage of the students who complete
       a career and technical education program report that, one year after
       finishing the program, they are either employed in jobs related to their
       field of study or continuing their education; and
       
          WHEREAS, Career and technical education in Colorado is rigorous;
       nearly two-thirds of high school students enrolled in a career and
       technical education program enter into some kind of postsecondary
       program, and the nearly 35,000 postsecondary students enrolled can
       choose from more than 700 career and technical education programs;
       now, therefore, 
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, proclaim
       the month of February as Career and Technical Education Month.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       the Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education, the
       Colorado Association of Career and Technical Administrators, the
       Colorado Community College System, Aims Community College,
       Colorado Mountain College, Western Colorado Community College, and
       the following area technical colleges:  Emily Griffith Technical College,
       Delta-Montrose Technical College, and Pickens Technical College.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                        Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES