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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-1057.01 Katelyn Guderian x3205 |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR25-019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Senate Committees House Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-019 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING RECOGNIZING APRIL 10, 2025, AS "HOME EDUCATION101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | D |
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| 14 | 14 | | AY" IN COLORADO.102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Colorado law affirms that it is the primary right and1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | obligation of parents to choose the proper education and training for2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | children under their care and supervision, and that home-based education3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | is a legitimate alternative to classroom attendance for the instruction of4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | children; and5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Home education is part of America's national6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | heritage, as evidenced in the formative years of home-educated7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Americans such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt,9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Abigail Adams, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Booker T. Washington, Andrew10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, and Ansel Adams; and11 |
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| 30 | | - | Pelton R., Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Coleman, Cutter, |
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| 31 | | - | Daugherty, Exum, Frizell, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, |
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| 32 | | - | Lundeen, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton B., Rich, Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson, Snyder, |
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| 33 | | - | Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 27 | + | Pelton R., |
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| 34 | 28 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 35 | 29 | | Winter T., |
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| 36 | 30 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 37 | 31 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 38 | 32 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, The growing research on adults who were1 |
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| 39 | 33 | | home-educated indicates that they internalize the values and beliefs of2 |
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| 40 | 34 | | their parents at a high rate; and3 |
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| 41 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Home-educated students score above average on4 |
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| 42 | 36 | | achievement tests regardless of their parents' level of formal education or5 |
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| 43 | 37 | | their family's household income; and6 |
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| 44 | 38 | | WHEREAS, The over 3 million children who are home-educated7 |
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| 45 | 39 | | in the United States today save American tax payers an estimated $518 |
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| 46 | 40 | | billion annually; and9 |
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| 47 | 41 | | WHEREAS, Parents who have home-educated their children are10 |
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| 48 | 42 | | to be commended for their extraordinary sacrifice and commitment that11 |
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| 49 | 43 | | have produced millions of home-educated graduates who are equipped to12 |
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| 50 | 44 | | be successful and productive citizens because of the values, education,13 |
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| 51 | 45 | | and training they have received from their parents; now, therefore,14 |
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| 52 | 46 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly15 |
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| 53 | 47 | | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:16 |
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| 54 | 48 | | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, honor,17 |
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| 55 | 49 | | thank, and celebrate home educators and their home-educated children of18 |
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| 56 | 50 | | this state and recognize April 10, 2025, as Home Education Day in19 |
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| 57 | 51 | | Colorado.20 |
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