Bill Text: TX HR2114 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Maddison Kahner Dowdy, Alejandro Marquez, Mariana Villanueva, Natalie Felsen, and Katherine Nielson from Franklin High School in El Paso for placing first in the Stock Market Game Legislative Challenge, sponsored by the Texas Council on Economic Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2114 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2114-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2114 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Students from Franklin High School in El Paso took | ||
| first place in the 2011 Stock Market Game Legislative Challenge | ||
| sponsored by the Texas Council on Economic Education; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Stock Market Game online investing simulation | ||
| was created by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets | ||
| Association Foundation to help the nation's students learn how | ||
| markets work and how to manage their personal finances; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Administered in Texas by the TCEE, the Stock Market | ||
| Game allows students to apply their math, social studies, language, | ||
| and critical thinking skills and invest a hypothetical $100,000 in | ||
| real stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; the Legislative Challenge | ||
| invites one team from each of the legislative districts in Texas to | ||
| compete to increase the value of their virtual online investment | ||
| trading account over a period of 10 weeks; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Franklin High School students won the competition | ||
| with a seven percent gain in the value of their portfolio; the team | ||
| consists of five members, including senior Maddison Kahner Dowdy, | ||
| senior Alejandro Marquez, senior Mariana Villanueva, junior | ||
| Natalie Felsen, and junior Katherine Nielson, and it was supported | ||
| by faculty adviser Carl McCaig; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through hard work, talent, and discipline, these | ||
| outstanding young people gained valuable insight into the workings | ||
| of the financial world and earned distinction for themselves and | ||
| their school; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Maddison Kahner Dowdy, Alejandro | ||
| Marquez, Mariana Villanueva, Natalie Felsen, and Katherine Nielson | ||
| from Franklin High School in El Paso on their first-place finish in | ||
| the Stock Market Game Legislative Challenge sponsored by the Texas | ||
| Council on Economic Education, and extend to them sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Margo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2114 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 26, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
