Bill Text: TX HR242 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2023, as Texas Girls in STEM Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR242-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 242 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Students and educators throughout the state are | ||
| celebrating Texas Girls in STEM Day on March 1, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2019 by the 86th Texas Legislature, | ||
| Texas Girls in STEM Day encourages girls to consider career fields | ||
| related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In observance of Texas Girls in STEM Day, many | ||
| public schools, colleges, universities, and other organizations | ||
| hold ceremonies, activities, and programs that celebrate | ||
| successful women in STEM fields and that give girls the opportunity | ||
| to learn more about subjects that they may not have been encouraged | ||
| to explore otherwise; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas Girls in STEM Day is helping countless young | ||
| Texans to develop the skills and spirit of innovation that will | ||
| allow them to succeed in a rapidly changing global economy, and this | ||
| occasion presents a welcome opportunity to recognize participation | ||
| in STEM study as an essential component of a well-rounded | ||
| education; now therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2023, as Texas Girls in STEM | ||
| Day. | ||
| Bowers | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 242 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
