Bill Text: TX HR1747 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Education Service Center Region 12 Technology Foundation for its 2019 distribution of grant money to area school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1747-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1747 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Education Service Center Region 12 Technology | ||
| Foundation has demonstrated remarkable generosity with its gift of | ||
| more than $53,000 in grant money to six area school districts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2012 by ESC Region 12, the Technology | ||
| Foundation seeks to help the region's schools put educational | ||
| technology into the hands of students; including this year's | ||
| grants, the foundation has awarded nearly $386,000 to school | ||
| districts and charter schools serving over 14,000 students in | ||
| Central Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2019 distribution of funds includes $7,150 to La | ||
| Vega Independent School District for the purchase of language arts | ||
| technology, $7,911 to McGregor High School for graphing | ||
| calculators, and $9,800 to Dawson ISD's elementary campus to buy | ||
| reading pens for struggling readers and ESL students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition, Corsicana ISD's elementary campus | ||
| received $10,000 to turn its classrooms into digital learning | ||
| communities, Hillsboro ISD's elementary school received $8,677 to | ||
| incorporate interactive technology into its social and emotional | ||
| learning curriculum, and the member districts of the Hill County | ||
| Shared Service Arrangement were awarded $10,000 to create an | ||
| assistive technology lending library; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By providing area students with state-of-the-art | ||
| technology, the ESC Region 12 Technology Foundation is helping | ||
| young Texans prepare themselves for the challenges and | ||
| opportunities of a rapidly changing world; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend the Education Service Center Region 12 | ||
| Technology Foundation on its 2019 distribution of grant money and | ||
| extend to all those associated with the foundation sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success in their important work; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the ESC Region 12 Technology Foundation as an | ||
| expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Anderson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1747 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
