2016
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 16-027
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Lundberg, Marble, Grantham, Cadman,
       Baumgardner, Neville T., Holbert, Lambert, Crowder, Cooke,
       Sonnenberg, Roberts, Tate, Scheffel, Woods, Donovan, Guzman, Heath,
       Hill, Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, Kefalas, Martinez Humenik, Newell,
       Steadman, Todd;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ransom, Saine, Humphrey, Neville P.,
       Priola, Willett, Wilson, Wist, Klingenschmitt, Joshi, Windholz, Lundeen,
       DelGrosso, Buck, Brown, Carver, Conti, Everett, Leonard, Navarro,
       Thurlow, Van Winkle, Buckner, Duran, Fields, Foote, Ginal, Kagan,
       Kraft-Tharp, Lebsock, Lontine, McCann, Moreno, Roupe, Salazar, Sias,
       Williams.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF APRIL 8, 2016, AS
       "HOME EDUCATION DAY IN COLORADO". 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado law affirms that it is the primary right and
       obligation of parents to choose the proper education and training for
       children under their care and supervision, and that home-based education
       is a legitimate alternative to classroom attendance for the instruction of
       children; and
       
          WHEREAS, Home education is 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, The growing research on adults who were
       home-educated indicates that they internalize the values and beliefs of
       their parents at a high rate; and
       
          WHEREAS, Home-educated students score above average on
       achievement tests regardless of their parent's level of formal education or
       their family's household income; and
       
          WHEREAS, A 2015 study of homeschool graduates found that 92%
       of those surveyed were happy with their home-education experience; and
       
          WHEREAS, The study found that 82% of young people who were
       homeschooled plan to use homeschooling for at least part of their
       children's education; and
       
          WHEREAS, The over two million children who are home-educated
       in the United States today save American tax payers an estimated
       twenty-four billion dollars annually; and
       
          WHEREAS, Parents who have home-educated their children are to be
       commended for their extraordinary sacrifice and commitment that has
       produced millions of home-educated graduates who are equipped to be
       successful and productive citizens because of the values, education, and
       training they have received from their parents; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the
       State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, honor,
       thank, and celebrate home educators and their home-educated children of
       this state and recognize April 8, 2016, as Home Education Day in
       Colorado.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       Christian Home Educators of Colorado; Governor John Hickenlooper;
       and Brian D. Ray, Founder and President of the National Home Education
       Research Institute.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Bill L. Cadman               Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Effie Ameen                           Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES