Support state licensing and continued oversight by an adequate number of trained staff, and ensure availability of affordable quality child care to all children who need it.

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Support measures to encourage public responsibility for the protection, care, and training of children, while recognizing the primary importance of parental responsibility. Support measures to insure public responsibility for encouraging the implementation of preventive programs in the interest of optimal child development.

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Support of a pre-K through 12 public education system in which a balanced curriculum of humanities, arts, and sciences leads to life-long learning for all students. Support of a stronger leadership role for the Colorado Department of Education to promote educational improvements and standards for early childhood education.

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The League of Women Voters believes in our nation’s commitment to civil rights laws that ensure equality of opportunity and protection from discrimination.

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Protect the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons.

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Support of the access to adequate health care with funding by state and federal monies where necessary.

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Higher education is a primary educational, research, cultural, and economic force in Colorado. The State of Colorado has a responsibility to support its public institutions of higher education and to assist the people of Colorado in attaining a postsecondary education.

State activities should be carried out with appropriate input from all concerned parties, including the general public.

Governance:

• The League believes the state should emphasize coordination rather than control over higher education.
• The League believes institutional latitude and flexibility should be encouraged but with state oversight.
• The Department of Higher Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education should be led and staffed by professionals with relevant skills and/or experience and be free from political influence.

Financing:

• The League supports a sustainable funding mechanism for public higher education that will provide quality postsecondary programs across the state.
• The League supports sustainable funding for financial aid programs in order to provide access to higher education for all qualified Colorado students.

Access to Higher Education and Persistence by Students:

• The League believes that all qualified students should have the opportunity to attend postsecondary education and that successful participation should be facilitated by a variety of resources.
• Preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education should be viewed as a continuum leading to life-long learning.

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Criteria to apply to programs and policies to provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family:

• The responsibility for achieving housing goals rests primarily with the federal government which should assure that there is sufficient decent housing for all.
• Gives incentives to local jurisdictions to achieve these goals.
• Provides assistance in the form of income and/or subsidized housing when necessary.
• Develops policies that assure sufficient land at reasonable cost on which to develop housing.

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Promote reunification of immediate families; meet the economic, business and employment needs of the United States; be responsive to those facing political persecution or humanitarian crises; and provide for student visas. Ensure fair treatment under the law for all persons. In transition to a reformed system, support provisions for unauthorized immigrants already in the country to earn legal status.

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Support programs and policies to prevent or reduce poverty and to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families.

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