Bill Text: TX HR1744 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring the Intercultural Development Research Association and the inaugural cohort of its Education Policy Fellows Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-02 - Reported enrolled [HR1744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1744-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring the Intercultural Development Research Association and the inaugural cohort of its Education Policy Fellows Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-02 - Reported enrolled [HR1744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1744-Introduced.html
By: Allen | H.R. No. 1744 |
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WHEREAS, The Intercultural Development Research Association | ||
(IDRA) launched its Education Policy Fellows Program in November | ||
2020; and | ||
WHEREAS, IDRA is dedicated to promoting equal educational | ||
opportunity by strengthening public schools that prepare all | ||
students to reach their dreams; and | ||
WHEREAS, students of color make up more than 70 percent of the | ||
Texas public school population, yet even as the state grows more | ||
diverse, advocates of color are often not included in formulating | ||
decisions that impact these children; and | ||
WHEREAS, the IDRA Education Policy Fellows Program was | ||
created to prepare advocates of color to join a network of advocates | ||
committed to improving racial equity in education; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the 87th Legislative Session, the inaugural | ||
cohort of IDRA Education Policy Fellows worked with coalitions, | ||
students, and families to craft a community-centered education | ||
policy agenda, guided community advocacy sessions, researched and | ||
crafted education policies, created and led advocacy campaigns, and | ||
published issue briefs; and | ||
WHEREAS, The four inaugural policy fellows are Dr. Altheria | ||
Caldera, Araceli Garcia, Thomas Marshall III, and Christina Muñoz; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Caldera is a scholar, writer and equity activist | ||
who began her professional career as a middle school English | ||
teacher; and whose fellowship work focused on expanding access to | ||
postsecondary education, particularly for students of color, and | ||
ensuring successful outcomes; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Garcia, the daughter and granddaughter of | ||
Mexican immigrants, grew up on the South Side of San Antonio; and | ||
concentrated on expanding educational opportunities for emergent | ||
bilingual students and immigrant students; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Marshall holds a bachelor's degree in English | ||
with a minor in youth development studies from Clemson University; | ||
and focused on student and family advocacy, including policies to | ||
ensure digital equity; and | ||
WHEREAS Ms. Muñoz, a Latina, recently received her master's | ||
degree in quantitative methods in the Department of Educational | ||
Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin; and worked to | ||
promote education policies that ensure an equitable response to | ||
COVID-19; and | ||
WHEREAS, The outstanding advocates in the fellowship program | ||
have gained valuable experience during the 87th Legislative | ||
Session, and their connection to communities of color helps ensure | ||
that the students most impacted by education policies are central | ||
to decision-making; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Intercultural Development Research | ||
Association and the inaugural cohort of its Education Policy | ||
Fellows Program and extend to all those associated with the | ||
organization sincere best wishes for continued success in their | ||
important endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for the organization and the fellows as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas House of Representatives. |