Bill Text: TX HR519 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 10, 2023, as Beatrice Mayes Institute Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR519-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 519 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Since its founding in 2001, Beatrice Mayes Institute | ||
| has made a positive difference in the lives of more than 20,000 | ||
| students in Harris County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, BMI is a tuition-free, state-funded charter school | ||
| that is focused on serving low-income and at-risk youth; it is | ||
| operated by the nonprofit Wonderland Educational Estate | ||
| Association, Inc., which is committed to providing a high-quality | ||
| education to all children in the community and operates both BMI and | ||
| its sister campus, Wonderland Private School; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Students at BMI benefit from a challenging and | ||
| engaging curriculum focused on science, technology, engineering, | ||
| the arts, and math; the institution employs a whole-child approach | ||
| that fosters academic excellence as well as social and emotional | ||
| development and civic responsibility; and | ||
| WHEREAS, BMI strives to ensure that its students perform | ||
| academically in the 90th percentile or above, and the school | ||
| regularly earns distinction designations from the Texas Education | ||
| Agency in the areas of reading, science, social studies, and | ||
| post-secondary readiness as well as in closing-the-gaps | ||
| measurements; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The students, faculty, and staff at Beatrice Mayes | ||
| Institute and the Wonderland Educational Estate Association are | ||
| building on a tradition of scholastic excellence that has spanned | ||
| more than 55 years, and all those who are involved with BMI may take | ||
| great pride in their efforts to provide the young people of | ||
| inner-city Houston and the Third Ward area with a strong foundation | ||
| for the future; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 10, 2023, as Beatrice Mayes | ||
| Institute Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the | ||
| visiting delegation from BMI; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Dutton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 519 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
