By CHEC Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin
Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, brought her Rethink School Tour to Colorado last week. The goal of the tour was “…to highlight what’s working. We want to encourage local education leaders to continue to be creative, to empower parents with options and to expand student-centered education opportunities” (learn more here).
With that goal in mind, she asked CHEC to arrange a meeting with families who home educate their children. Read More …
By CHEC Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin
The 2017 Colorado Legislative session, my first on staff as CHEC’s Homeschool Legislative Liaison, has been a learning experience for me, and I know I still have much to learn! I could not have done it without your prayers and support. I am most grateful to the Lord for His guidance in the avenues to pursue and which to leave in His hands.
By CHEC Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin
Sadly, the Colorado Senate voted down two of the good bills that were profiled on the CHEC blog two weeks ago (read here). They both made it to the Senate floor, but using a Senate rule, Democrats called for a division vote after the second reading of the bill, and both were defeated with some Republicans voting against them. (A division vote during the second reading of a bill allows Senators to cast a vote without the accountability of an actual recorded vote). Read More …
By CHEC Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin
The Lord blessed us with great weather for the Day at the Capitol this year! Thank you for coming and supporting home education in Colorado. My heart was overjoyed by watching all the families who love the Lord fill the Capitol building.
Chief Justice Roy Moore is a true hero of the faith, and his humility and wisdom were an inspiration! I pray that we will take up our cross in the area to which we have been called, looking to men like Chief Justice Roy Moore as an example of how to do it with grace and truth. Read More …
By CHEC Legislative Liaison Carolyn Martin
HB17-1156 Prohibits Conversion Therapy by a Mental Health Provider was defeated in the Senate by the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee. Please thank the following senators for voting against this bill: Read More …
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