{"id":65227,"date":"2020-07-28T11:33:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/?p=65227"},"modified":"2020-07-28T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:35:31","slug":"senate-and-house-republicans-call-for-special-session-to-address-challenges-in-access-to-education-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/2020\/07\/28\/senate-and-house-republicans-call-for-special-session-to-address-challenges-in-access-to-education-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Senate and House Republicans Call for Special Session to Address Challenges in Access to Education During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Bob Gardner<\/a>\u00a0(R-Colorado Springs). It is signed by the entire Senate Republican Caucus and the majority of the House Republican Caucus.<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado\u2019s parents are concerned both for their children\u2019s health and their education.\u00a0If we act quickly, we can provide parents with the resources to educate their children in-home or in small groups arranged by them to ensure that their children don\u2019t fall behind,\u201d said Senator Bob Gardner. \u201cThe legislature needs to meet now to ensure that single-parent families and our most economically challenged parents have the economic resources to provide for their children\u2019s education. We have solutions. We ask the Governor to call a special session now so that we can provide parents with the resources they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Paul Lundeen<\/a>\u00a0(R-Monument), echoed those sentiments. \u201cThe instinctive drive of parents to find the best learning opportunities for their school-age children transcends politics. We need to give them safe learning choices during our battle against COVID-19,\u201d he said. Senator Lundeen is a member of the Senate Education Committee and is the former Chairman of the State Board of Education.<\/p>\n

You can view a PDF of the letter delivered to the Governor\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Parents need the financial resources either to remain at home to teach or to engage someone to
\nserve as their children\u2019s educator. In response to this, one proposal we will introduce is a
\ndirect education support package for families, called \u201cSafe Learning Choices\u201d. This support
\nwould be available to families whose children cannot attend public school full-time due to the
\nvirus\u2014whether due to their own risk concerns or due to their local school deciding not to
\noperate. These families would be entitled to all or a portion of their child’s per pupil revenue to
\naccess the educational resources they need to thrive during the pandemic. The funding would
\nallow parents to remain at home, engage an educator, purchase quality curriculum and materials,
\nand if necessary, the computers and broadband service to ensure access.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

POSTED BY\u00a0SAGE NAUMANN\u00a0ON JULY 28, 2020 DENVER \u2013 Following an overwhelming outcry from Colorado parents regarding the future of their children\u2019s education during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate and House Republicans have penned a letter to Governor Jared Polis, requesting a special session to tackle the pressing issue. The letter, delivered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":58752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","rows-excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65230,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65227\/revisions\/65230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}