Bill Text: TX HR241 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Miles Elementary School on being named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-02 - Reported enrolled [HR241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR241-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 241 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Miles Elementary School has been named a 2016 | ||
| National Blue Ribbon School, one of the most prestigious | ||
| designations an elementary or secondary school in the United States | ||
| can receive; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program was created | ||
| by the U.S. Department of Education in 1982 to recognize campuses | ||
| that have demonstrated superior academic performance or made | ||
| notable progress in improving outcomes among economically | ||
| disadvantaged students; Miles Elementary was one of only 330 public | ||
| and private schools nationwide and 29 schools in Texas to have | ||
| earned this impressive honor in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Situated among the cotton fields of West Texas, this | ||
| small rural school serves approximately 200 students in early | ||
| education programs through sixth grade; principal Sharla Arp leads | ||
| the exceptional faculty and staff in implementing a variety of | ||
| innovative strategies and research-based interventions to create a | ||
| supportive and effective learning environment; student life is also | ||
| enriched through district-wide activities such as pep rallies and | ||
| sporting events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The dedicated, hardworking teachers and students of | ||
| Miles Elementary School have established a record of scholastic | ||
| excellence, and their outstanding efforts have been duly recognized | ||
| with the Blue Ribbon School award; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Miles Elementary School on its | ||
| selection as a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. | ||
| Department of Education and that all those associated with the | ||
| school be extended sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Darby | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 241 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 1, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
