Bill Text: TX HCR27 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Public Education [HCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR27-Introduced.html
| 87R7143 CJM-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.C.R. No. 27 | |
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| WHEREAS, Gifted and talented education supports the academic | ||
| needs of students with a high potential for achievement, and the | ||
| observance of Gifted and Talented Students Week in April provides | ||
| an opportunity to celebrate the skills and accomplishments of these | ||
| students and the dedication of the educators who serve them; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The term "gifted and talented" refers to children | ||
| and youth who have excelled in intellectual, creative, or artistic | ||
| endeavors, who possess an unusual capacity for leadership, or who | ||
| show promising ability in a specific academic field; studies have | ||
| demonstrated that such children are capable of mastering a | ||
| curriculum in less than half the time of their nongifted peers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There are currently more than 400,000 identified | ||
| gifted and talented students in Texas; funding is set aside to help | ||
| provide them with challenging and specialized coursework, and | ||
| teachers of gifted and talented classes are required by Texas law to | ||
| receive additional special training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By encouraging exceptional students to develop | ||
| their individual strengths, we are investing in the leaders, | ||
| scholars, and innovators of tomorrow, and this vital endeavor is | ||
| deserving of the wholehearted support and commitment of all Texans; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby recognize the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented | ||
| Students Week; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
