DID YOU KNOW?
The Colorado PTA
Senate Joint Resolution 34 was introduced to recognize the Colorado Parent Teacher Association and commemorate its 100th anniversary this year.
COLORADO PTA HIGHLIGHTS
1907: Colorado Congress of Mothers is established to ensure children would be offered quality education and better health.
1919: Gov. Oliver Shoup signs an act to create Colorado Child Welfare Bureau to provide for the promotion of community organizations in every county.
1920: Colorado Congress of Mothers president Margaret Crawford Campbell encourages creation of a parent-teacher association in every school.
1924: Colorado Congress of Mothers changes name to Colorado Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1929: Colorado Parent-Teacher, official publication of the organization, is started.
1937: Colorado Congress of Parents and Teachers supports a law to allow counties to enact a mill levy for the establishment of county libraries and another law that increases financial support for public schools.
During World War II: Organization supported efforts for better teacher salaries and construction of safer school buses.
1957: Organization conducts surveys in cooperation with state health department about new childhood immunization programs.
1964: Gov. John Love proclaims October as PTA Enrollment Membership Month. The Colorado Congress of Parents and Teachers is commonly referred to as the PTA.
1987: First lady Nancy Reagan recognizes PTA for its efforts to support “Just Say No” drug prevention campaign.
Sources: Colorado General Assembly; Colorado PTA
Life, liberty, pursuit of a stogie
Sen. David Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, needed to look no further than the coins in his pocket to decide where he stood on a bill to remove the cigar-bar exemption from the statewide smoking ban.
“I think we’re supposed to be protecting people’s liberties … or we should take that word off our coins?” he said.
At least they didn’t rattle
Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, discovered that her House colleagues can be a tough crowd when it comes to protocol.
After she tried to amend her bill on its final reading, half of the House members hissed at her.
“That’s enough. I got the message,” Levy said.
Can we quote you on that?
“We need a mute button,”
– Sen. Steve Johnson, R-Fort Collins, during a loud debate on a bill to limit the percentage of private contractors RTD can use.
