Bill Text: TX SR47 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Falls City, Francisco Farias, and Roel A. & Celia R. Saenz Elementary Schools and Hector J. Garcia Early College High School for their selection as National Blue Ribbon Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-30 - Reported enrolled [SR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR47-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Four campuses in Texas Senate District 21, Falls | ||
| City, Francisco Farias, and Roel A. & Celia R. Saenz Elementary | ||
| Schools, along with Hector J. Garcia Early College High School, | ||
| have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program was | ||
| created by the U.S. Department of Education in 1982 to recognize | ||
| campuses that have demonstrated superior academic performance or | ||
| made notable progress in improving outcomes among economically | ||
| disadvantaged students; one of the most prestigious honors an | ||
| elementary or secondary school in the United States can receive, | ||
| the Blue Ribbon designation was awarded to only 353 schools in | ||
| the nation and only 29 schools in Texas this year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Falls City Elementary, which is led by principal | ||
| Jessica Luna, serves approximately 255 students in the Falls City | ||
| Independent School District, while Saenz Elementary serves | ||
| nearly 550 students in Roma ISD under the guidance of principal | ||
| Odette Garcia; part of Laredo ISD, Farias Elementary serves more | ||
| than 560 students under the leadership of Vanessa Lynn Ortegon | ||
| and Garcia ECHS serves nearly 400 students and is led by | ||
| Margarita Taboada; Falls City Elementary, Saenz Elementary, and | ||
| Garcia ECHS were nominated in the Exemplary High Performing | ||
| Schools category, and Farias Elementary was recognized in the | ||
| Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools category; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through hard work and perseverance, the teachers | ||
| and students of these exceptional campuses have established a | ||
| strong record of scholastic achievement, and their outstanding | ||
| efforts have been duly recognized with the Blue Ribbon School | ||
| award; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Falls City, | ||
| Francisco Farias, and Roel A. & Celia R. Saenz Elementary | ||
| Schools and Hector J. Garcia Early College High School on their | ||
| selection as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the | ||
| U.S. Department of Education and extend to all those involved | ||
| with the schools sincere best wishes for continued success; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That official copies of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the schools as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Zaffirini | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on November 30, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
