Bill Text: TX HR1919 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas Outstanding School Board of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-16 - Reported enrolled [HR1919 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1919-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1919 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The board of trustees of the McAllen Independent | ||
| School District was named the 2012 Outstanding School Board of the | ||
| Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This accolade is part of the TASA awards program, | ||
| which honors school boards that have made notable efforts to | ||
| improve educational performance; the McAllen ISD trustees earned | ||
| recognition for their innovative measures to assist students, | ||
| including an initiative known as Transforming Learning in the | ||
| Classroom, Campus, and Community; TLC3 is providing all students | ||
| and teachers in the district with an iPad or iPod Touch in order to | ||
| promote higher levels of engagement, creativity, and computer | ||
| literacy, and the program is considered to be the largest of its | ||
| kind in the nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For its success in integrating technology into the | ||
| classroom, McAllen ISD also received a 2013 Magna Award from | ||
| American School Board Journal; in addition, the district was | ||
| inducted in 2011 into the Digital Promise League of Innovative | ||
| Schools and is a 2013 finalist for an H-E-B Excellence in Education | ||
| District Award; moreover, in 2012, McAllen ISD was invited to | ||
| participate in the Texas Education Agency's High Performance | ||
| Schools Consortium to help develop next-generation learning | ||
| standards, assessments, and accountability systems; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Serving on the McAllen school board are president | ||
| Hilda Garza-DeShazo, vice president Erica de la Garza, secretary | ||
| Debbie Crane Aliseda, and trustees Dr. Joseph M. Caporusso, Javier | ||
| Farias, Sam Saldivar, Jr., and Daniel D. Vela; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through their commitment to pursuing new avenues of | ||
| learning, the McAllen ISD trustees are providing students with a | ||
| rich educational experience that will serve them well in the years | ||
| ahead, and the school board is indeed deserving of this prestigious | ||
| award; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the McAllen Independent School | ||
| District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas | ||
| Outstanding School Board of the Year and extend to its members | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success with their important | ||
| work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the trustees as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Guerra | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1919 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
