Bill Text: TX HR1512 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring Teach For America founder and native Texan Wendy Kopp.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-07 - Reported enrolled [HR1512 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR1512-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 1512

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Native Texan Wendy Kopp has made a significant
contribution to public education as the founder and CEO of Teach For
America; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Highland Park High School in Dallas,
Ms. Kopp earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University in
1989; for her undergraduate thesis, she proposed the creation of a
program that would allow top college students to make a positive
difference in the world by teaching in economically disadvantaged
schools; she went on to make that vision a reality by founding Teach
For America in 1990; as a 21-year-old, this remarkable Texan raised
$2.5 million in start-up funding, hired a staff, and recruited 500
men and women from across the country who shared her vision; and
WHEREAS, Today, under Ms. Kopp's able guidance, Teach For
America benefits more than 500,000 students; currently, the
organization recruits, trains, and employs 8,000 teachers who serve
in 39 regions across the country; these recent college graduates
and professionals commit to two years of service in urban and rural
schools in low-income communities, and in Texas, their
contributions are bolstering student achievement in the Rio Grande
Valley, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio; and
WHEREAS, With passion and determination, Wendy Kopp has
dedicated more than two decades to improving public education, and
in so doing, she is helping to transform the lives of countless
young men and women across the state and nation; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby commend Wendy Kopp for her exceptional social
entrepreneurship and extend to her sincere best wishes for
continued success with her important work in behalf of educational
equity and excellence; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Kopp as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Patrick
Villarreal
Eissler
Branch
Gonzales of Hidalgo
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1512 was adopted by the House on May 4,
2011, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House