By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Confusing Rule Changes Demand a Response With God’s help, the School Entry Immunization (SB20-163) bill, which was passed in June 2020, was amended to keep most homeschoolers out of the new...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Stop Misinformation The increase of new homeschooling families means there are more students withdrawing from public schools which presents unique challenges for school administrators and...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Upcoming Election Mail ballots will begin being mailed out to all registered voters on Friday, October 8th. Despite nagging questions and lagging confidence in our election system, it is...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Is Leap for Us? What if a new law in Colorado specifically identified homeschool students as being eligible to serve as a nonvoting board member over a newly created government agency, would...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Threats on the Horizon In our current political climate, it is not the right to home educate that we stand up for per se, but the right to do so without undue burden placed on us from the...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) 2021 Session Wrap Up Home EducationFor the time being, the laws that govern home education in Colorado remain unchanged. Hallelujah! But, as the fallout from the pandemic continues to spread...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Exploring Contrary Narratives Remember last year when Harvard Law School was planning to host a summit entitled “Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform”? (See my blog post from last...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Good Bills Die Attempts were made this session to bring forth good policy, but all of them were thwarted by the majority party who has control of the General Assembly, and every state...
