8:00a.m.-8:30 a.m.

• Check in with your school-  2^nd floor outside the Old Supreme Court room
• Capitol Tours- FREE tickets available on a first come first served basis at the Coalition table.  Please see below for more details.
• Coalition T-shirts available in adult and youth sizes at the Coalition table.
• Please check with your school or the Coalition to determine who your legislators are and fill out a card to let them know you are here!!

8:30 a.m.

• Remarks from the Coalition and the Colorado Cyberschool Association regarding current legislation and regulation
• Remarks from Pamela Ice, Director of CDE's Division of Online Learning

9:00 a.m.

• House and Senate convene
• Feel free to take a seat in the galleries and listen as the House or Senate conduct their business.  Regular legislative sessions meet from January through May.
• Feel free to explore the capitol with your family as time permits
• Capitol tours

9:30 a.m.

• STATE GOVERNMENT CLASS PRESENTED BY COVA, open to all attendees -- Old Supreme Court Room 2^nd floor
• Capitol tours
• Feel free to take a seat in the galleries and listen as the House or Senate conduct their business.  Regular legislative sessions meet from January through May.
• Feel free to explore the capitol with your family as time permits

10:30 a.m.

• STATE GOVERNMENT CLASS PRESENTED BY COVA, open to all attendees -- Old Supreme Court Room 2^nd floor
• Capitol tours
• Feel free to take a seat in the galleries and listen as the House or Senate conduct their business.  Regular legislative sessions meet from January through May.
• Feel free to explore the capitol with your family as time permits

11:30 a.m.

• BOX LUNCH and bottled water provided by the Coalition
• East steps of the Capitol (facing Grant St.)

12:00 p.m.

• Presentation of "Cyberschool Champions" to Sen. Peter Groff and Rep. Terrance Carroll
• Remarks from legislators and policymakers
• East steps of the Capitol (facing Grant St.)

*****IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW********

Regular parking can be found on the street (generally with a one hour or two hour limit) or in the lots surrounding the Capitol (generally costing around $10 - $12).  Handicapped parking is available on the street around the Capitol or in the Grant St. lot for no charge.  Note that the further away from the Capitol, the longer the street parking limits and the less expensive the lots.

To enter the Capitol, please go to the North entrance on the 1^st floor, up the steps on the Colfax street side.  If handicapped or stroller access is needed, please go to the South entrance on the basement level, on the 14^th St. side.  You will go through metal detectors and be subject to search, so please be careful in the personal possessions you bring.

Public bathrooms are in the basement of the Capitol building, on the North side. 

Please be aware that we will have hundreds of cyberschool supporters in the building that day, so please be courteous to all the Capitol staff.  Use the stairs whenever possible, so as not to clog up the elevators, and always allow legislators to use the elevators first or pass through the corridor, so that they are not late for their legislative duties.

But most of all, have fun!!!!

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