On February 15th, the Senate Education Committee passed SB 07-131 on a vote of 4 - 3.  The bill will mandate each school district in Colorado to require 4 years of science and 4 years of math as a high school graduation requirement.  The sponsors of the bill are Sen. Josh Penry (R) and Rep. Bob Witwer (R).  The vote was along party lines with the surprise exception of Sen. Suzanne Williams (D), a former educator. 

Please contact Sen. Williams to express your disappointment over her decision to vote in favor of this mandate.  Also, please contact your own Senator and ask for a vote which will reflect your position when it is heard in the full Senate.

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About ABE: 
We are a Colorado non-profit organization concerned about the narrowing of the curriculum and the marginalization of arts and humanities as a result of high-stakes testing, snapshot accountability, and higher education requirements placing de facto mandates upon K-12 public education.

     Fifteen leaders from education, public service and business form the board of Advocates for a Balanced Education and share a desire to offer students-become-adults the balanced education which will provide them with the necessary skills  for economic self-sufficiency and participation in a self-governing society.

     For that purpose, our goal is to assist  educational policy makers at all levels of state and local government, as well as the citizenry of communities in supporting the inclusion of the arts and humanities as an essential part of Colorado’s K-12 public education system.