Bill Text: TX HR216 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Coy Holcombe, Eustace ISD superintendent, on his designation as 2011 Region 7 Superintendent of the Year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-05 - Reported enrolled [HR216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR216-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 216 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Coy Holcombe, superintendent of the Eustace | ||
Independent School District, has been named the 2011 Regional | ||
Superintendent of the Year by the Region 7 Education Service | ||
Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, This well-deserved tribute honors a | ||
forward-thinking administrator who has improved instruction and | ||
fiscal management since joining Eustace ISD as superintendent in | ||
2001; under his skillful guidance, the district completed a $13 | ||
million bond package for the addition of classrooms to each campus | ||
and the construction of a new competition gym and an athletic field | ||
house; he obtained significant private grants to increase the use | ||
of technology in the district, and each teacher, counselor, and | ||
administrator now receives a laptop computer; in 2010, Eustace ISD | ||
earned its first Exemplary rating from the Texas Education Agency, | ||
and three campuses were rated Exemplary; and | ||
WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas Tech University, Dr. Holcombe | ||
earned his master's degree in education administration from | ||
Tarleton State University and his doctorate in education from | ||
Baylor University; he has more than a quarter-century of experience | ||
in education, including 17 years in administration in the Eustace, | ||
Evant, Mart, and Groesbeck school districts; active in the wider | ||
community, he is a valued member of the First Baptist Church of | ||
Eustace, where he serves on the finance committee, and he | ||
volunteers as a coach for the Tri-County Soccer League and the | ||
Eustace All-Sports Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his notable career, Dr. Holcombe | ||
has distinguished himself as a dedicated, caring, and highly | ||
effective administrator, and his exceptional leadership in public | ||
education has greatly benefited many thousands of citizens of the | ||
Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Coy | ||
Holcombe, superintendent of Eustace ISD, on his designation as 2011 | ||
Region 7 Superintendent of the Year and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success in his important endeavors; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Holcombe as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Gooden | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 216 was adopted by the House on June | ||
28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||