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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
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. |