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History, Culture, Social Contributions, and Civil Government in Education Commission
History, Culture, Social Contributions, and Civil Government in Education Commission
During the 2019 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 19-1192 concerning the Inclusion of Matters Relating to American Minorities in the Teaching of Social Contributions in History and Civil Government in Public Schools. This legislation created an 1192 Commission appointed by the Governor, the Commissioner of Education, and the President of the State Historical Society.
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The Commission is charged with:
- making recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), in conjunction with the 6-year standards review, revisions to the Colorado Academic Standards for history and civics to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, social contributions, in the civil government of the US and CO;
- working cooperatively and in conjunction with the CDE and local school boards to assist local education agencies in developing and promoting programs that engage students in the process of discovery and interpretation of the subjects and topics set forth in the law;
- meeting at least twice a year; and
- participating in community forums.
Membership
HB19-1192 specifies that the membership of the Commission consist of the following members:
- Two members of the American Indian community
- Two members from the Latino community
- Two members from the African American community
- Two members from the Asian American community
- One member from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community
- One member who is a teacher and holds an initial or professional license
- One member from an organization that represents either school superintendents or local school boards
- Two members representing higher education. One member must represent a large state institution of higher education, and one member must represent a smaller state institution of higher education.
- Two members from the Colorado Department of Education who are non-voting members
- The President of the State Historical Society or the president's designee who is a non-voting member.
History, Culture, Social Contributions, and Civil Government in Education Commission Members
- Stephanie Hartman (non-voting member)
- Eric Carpio (non-voting member)
- Pamela Espinoza, Co-Chair
- Michelle Lopez, Co-Chair
- Majel Boxer
- Jared Anthony
- Jason Lester
- Brent Sabati
- Catie Santos de la Rosa
- Soon Beng Yeap
- Garrett Royer
- Jennifer Trujillo
- Jingzi Huang
Past Commission Members
- Brianna Buentello (2019-2021)
- Nooshin Farjadi (2019-2021)
- Rafael Reyes Orona (2019-2021)
- Laura Janelle Owens (2019-2021)
- Samuel Leroy Turner II, Co-Chair (2019-2021)
- William Wei (non-voting member) (2019-2020)
- Mike Hoa Nguyen (2022)
- Tung Thanh Pham (2019 - 2022)
- Lana Hailemariam (2019 - 2023)
- Andrea Johnson (2019 - 2023)
- Emma Rae Martinez (2019 - 2023)
- Samuel Long, Co-Chair (2019 - 2023)
- Blanche Mitchell Hughes (2019 - 2023)
- Andres Carlos Martinez (2019 - 2021)
- Teresa Lynn Steele Thomson (2019 - 2021)
Meeting Information
All meetings of the Commission will be open to the public; however, only Commission members will have an active role in the meeting.
Meeting dates and Times
- April 29, 2025 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
- December 2, 2024 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
- May 30, 2024 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
- January 30, 2024 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
- November 9, 2023 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
- May 3, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- March 8, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- February 8, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- January 11, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- December 7, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- October 27, 2022 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
- October 18, 2022 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
- September 20, 2022 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
- May 17, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- April 21, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
- February 17, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- May 20, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- April 15, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- March18, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- February 18, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- January 14, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- October 26, 2020 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- September 28, 2020 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- September 14, 2020 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- July 27, 2020 from 1:00 pm to from 4:00 pm
- June 22, 2020 from 1:00 pm to from 4:00 pm
- March 27, 2020 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- December 18, 2019 from 4:00 pm to from 5:00 pm
- December 12, 2019 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Contact Information
Stephanie Hartman
hartman_s@cde.state.co.us
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