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This Thursday March 15th, the Colorado Senate Education Committee will consider HB 1292, "Content Standards for Sexuality Education" at their 1:30 p.m. meeting. HB 1292 would require school districts, family resource centers, and teen pregnancy prevention programs that offer instruction regarding human sexuality to adopt science-based content standards for such instruction. Specifies the minimum requirements for a school district curriculum concerning human sexuality. A copy of the bill can be found at the Colorado Legislature's Website.

Please take a moment to call each of the Senate Education Committee members TODAY and ask them to vote 'Yes' on HB1292. It only takes three minutes, really! - First call and ask for your Senator. Then, tell her or her aide: 1) your name; 2) that you are contacting her because she is a member of the Senate Education Committee; 3) that you support HB1292 regarding the content of sexuality education; 4)that you support cultural proficiency and linguistic appropriateness; 5) Your address and phone number; 6) (optional) Why you support HB1292. That's it!

Parents, teens, and medical professionals agree that young people must learn about both abstinence and factual, science-based prevention methods for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. (With One Voice 2007 ) Given that the teen birth rate in the Latino community of Colorado is four times the rate for White teenagers and more than twice the rate for African-Americans (www.statehealthfacts.org) This health disparity helps to demonstrate why culturally proficient and linguistically appropriate sex education is needed in Colorado.

These are the Senate Education Committee members:

Senator Sue Windels, Chairwoman - sponsor of this bill - Tell her Thank You!
303-866-4840
E-mail: senatorwindels@comcast.net


Senator Ron Tupa, Vice-Chairman
303-866-4872
E-mail: ron.tupa.senate@state.co.us


Senator Bob Bacon
303-866-4841
E-mail: bob.bacon.senate@state.co.us


Senator Mike Kopp
303-866-4859
E-mail: mike.kopp.senate@state.co.us


Senator Josh Penry
303-866-3077
E-mail: joshpenry@gmail.com


Senator Nancy Spence
303-866-4883
E-mail: nancyspence@qwest.net


Senator Suzanne Williams
303-866-3432
E-mail: suzanne.williams.senate@state.co.us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please let me know!

En comunidad,
Jacy
jacy@colorlatina.org