Bill Text: TX HR1042 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Ulrich Intermediate School on winning first place in the 2017 Learning Ally Great Reading Games.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-02 - Reported enrolled [HR1042 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1042-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1042 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ulrich Intermediate School in Klein has been named | ||
| the winner of the 2017 Great Reading Games, an annual competition | ||
| sponsored by Learning Ally; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Learning Ally is a nonprofit organization that | ||
| provides educational materials for students with print | ||
| disabilities, including dyslexia, blindness, and visual | ||
| impairment, at approximately 10,000 schools; the Great Reading | ||
| Games contest is designed to motivate these students to spend more | ||
| time reading and to engage with texts above their grade level, and | ||
| during this year's competition, participants completed more than | ||
| five million pages total; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ulrich Intermediate beat out schools from across the | ||
| country to capture first place in the 2017 Great Reading Games; all | ||
| of the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders involved in the school's | ||
| Learning Ally program took part in the challenge, earning a winning | ||
| score of 1,580,614; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With their fine performance in the Great Reading | ||
| Games, these outstanding young Texans have brought credit to their | ||
| school, and they may take justifiable pride in the considerable | ||
| skill and perseverance they have demonstrated; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Ulrich Intermediate School on | ||
| achieving first place in the 2017 Learning Ally Great Reading Games | ||
| and extend to all those who took part in the competition sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success; 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. | ||
| Roberts | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1042 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
