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The Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program was created by Article 56 of Title 22 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Colorado Department of Education, Schools of Choice Unit

Contact:    Nita Lightfoot, Administrative Assistant
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:    (303) 866-6771
Fax:    (303) 866-6637
Address:    201 East Colfax Avenue, Room 402, Denver CO 80203

Colorado Alliance for Reform in Education (CARE)

A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a vibrant, competitive, and accountable educational marketplace by empowering and transforming low-income parents into active agents in the decisions that guide the education of their children.

Contact:    Bob Schaffer, President
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:    (303) 225-8020
Fax:    (303) 225-4665
Address:    1560 Broadway, Suite 1950, Denver CO 80202

Coalition for Latino Children in Education

A Colorado-wide coalition of Latino parents and community leaders dedicated to the advancement of educational success for Latino Children.

Contact:    Luis Villarreal
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:    (303) 520-8113
Fax:    (303) 480-1397
Address:    1401 Grant Street, Unit B, Denver CO 80233

Black Alliance for Educational Options

A national organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children.

Contact:    Lawrence Patrick III, President and CEO
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:    (202) 544-9870
Fax:    (202) 544-7680
Address:    1710 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 1200,Washington DC 20036

Contact:    Dale Sadler, Chair and CEO, Denver-Aurora Chapter of BAEO
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:    (303) 799-3501
Fax:    (303) 799-3503
Address:    4556 Ceylon Street, Denver CO 80249

Organizations that oppose the Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program:

Financial support for organized opposition of the Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program comes mainly from the country's two largest teachers' unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the People for the American Way.

National Education Association

Contact:   Robert Chase, President
Phone:    (202) 833-4000
Address:    1201 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036

American Federation of Teachers

Contact:    Sandra Feldman, President
Phone:    (202) 879-4400
Address:   555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001

People for the American Way

Contact:    Ralph Neas, President
Phone:    (202) 467-4999
Address:   2000 M Street NW, Suite 400, Washington DC 20036

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