The Board of Education represents the interests of the Adams 14 community. The Board acts largely as a policy determining body for the District, recognizing that all powers lie in its action as a group. As such, the District has developed a legislative platform for the 2010 Colorado General Assembly Legislative Session.

The legislative platform is intended to guide the interactions between Adams 14 and the Colorado General Assembly during the 2010 session. It contains a statement of beliefs and guiding principles as well as items targeted at specific legislation. As legislative issues arise, the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools will use this platform to develop District positions on potential legislation.

On November 10, 2009, the Adams 14 Board of Education adopted the 2010 Legislative Platform. The platform covers three broad areas of legislation that applies to school districts: Governance, School Improvement and School Finance.

Additionally, a guiding principle of the Adams 14 Legislative Platform is that local school boards understand the unique needs of their communities. As such, local school boards are best positioned to create policies and programs to achieve state standards while meeting the needs of local communities. The District opposes any effort to weaken the local control provision of the constitution by the State’s imposition of specific programs, or by the state taking control of local schools.

Finally, the District believes that the needs of children are best met when the State works collaboratively with local districts in a spirit of continuous improvement.