Bill Text: TX HR2909 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 2909 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Congratulating John Bass on his retirement as executive director of Education Service Center Region 16.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR2909 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HR2909-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 2909



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, John Bass is retiring as executive director of
	Education Service Center Region 16 on August 31, 2015, concluding
	an exemplary tenure with the agency that has spanned nearly two
	decades; and
	WHEREAS, An educator and administrator with more than 30
	years of experience, Mr. Bass has served as executive director
	since 2004; he joined the service center in 1996 as director of
	instructional services, and the following year he was appointed
	deputy executive director; and
	WHEREAS, While carrying out his myriad responsibilities,
	Mr. Bass has served public education in numerous leadership roles;
	at the national level, he has chaired the AESA Business Relations
	Committee and served the Association of Education Service Agencies
	as a member of the Executive Council and Foundation Committee; and
	WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan also chaired the Commissioner's
	Cabinet for the state's 20 Regional Education Service Centers, and
	he further benefited the cabinet as a member of the Governmental
	Relations Committee; moreover, he developed the required Third
	Party Client Satisfaction Survey for ESCs, which has now been in use
	since 2004, and he is a former member of the Texas Education Agency
	Management and Services Audit Committee; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Stratford, Mr. Bass holds a bachelor's
	degree from Panhandle State University and a master's degree in
	educational administration from Tarleton State University; he
	worked for the Stratford Independent School District as a special
	education aide and bus driver before becoming a high school math
	teacher and coach; following stints in the Tulia and Sanford-Fritch
	districts, he joined Mart ISD, where he was a high school principal
	and then superintendent; he went on to serve as superintendent of
	the Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips Consolidated Independent School
	District from 1994 to 1996; and
	WHEREAS, John Bass has provided ESC Region 16 with
	outstanding leadership, and as he prepares to embark on the next
	exciting chapter of his life, it is indeed fitting to recognize his
	many contributions; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate John Bass on his retirement as
	executive director of Education Service Center Region 16 and extend
	to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. Bass as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.

	Price

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 2909 was adopted by the House on May
	30, 2015, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House