Bill Text: TX HR165 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the Pioneers Youth Leadership State Leadership Forum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-28 - Reported enrolled [HR165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR165-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 165 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Pioneers Youth Leadership is helping many Texas | ||
| students acquire the tools they will need to serve as leaders in | ||
| their communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 2012, the nonprofit organization | ||
| combines classroom study with extracurricular events in a | ||
| learning-through-action civic engagement program; the program | ||
| currently serves more than 300 students in 17 counties; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On January 18 and 19, 2017, participants attended | ||
| the State Leadership Forum at the Capitol, where they met with state | ||
| lawmakers and discussed some of today's most relevant public policy | ||
| topics, including technology in the classroom, access to health and | ||
| mental health care, water usage and conservation, immigration, and | ||
| education quality; in addition, students attended workshops and | ||
| presented their own ideas to staff from various state agencies | ||
| during the two-day event; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through its ongoing efforts to encourage young | ||
| Texans to become positive change agents in their communities, | ||
| Pioneers Youth Leadership is helping to create a brighter and more | ||
| promising future for the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the Pioneers Youth Leadership 2017 | ||
| State Leadership Forum and recognize the organization for its | ||
| contributions to the education of our young people; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Pioneers Youth Leadership as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Murr | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 165 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
