Bill Text: TX HR1525 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Hargill Elementary School of Edinburg on being named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1525-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1525 |
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WHEREAS, Hargill Elementary School of Edinburg has been named | ||
a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School, one of the most prestigious | ||
designations an elementary or secondary school in the United States | ||
can receive; 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; Hargill Elementary was one of only 349 | ||
public and private schools nationwide and 24 schools in Texas to | ||
have earned this impressive honor in 2018; and | ||
WHEREAS, Part of the Edinburg Consolidated Independent | ||
School District, Hargill Elementary serves more than 370 students | ||
in prekindergarten through fifth grade; the school's faculty and | ||
staff, ably led by principal Modesta Segundo, place an emphasis on | ||
providing pupils with a comprehensive learning experience that | ||
includes small group instruction, hands-on science labs, and the | ||
integration of technology in every classroom; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through hard work and perseverance, the teachers and | ||
students of Hargill Elementary School have established a record of | ||
scholastic excellence, and their outstanding efforts have been duly | ||
recognized with the Blue Ribbon School award; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Hargill Elementary School on its | ||
selection as a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. | ||
Department of Education and extend to the school's faculty, staff, | ||
and students 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. | ||
Canales | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1525 was adopted by the House on May | ||
17, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||