Bill Text: TX HR300 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Rodney E. Watson of the Spring Independent School District on being named the 2021 Superintendent of the Year by the National School Foundation Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR300-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 300 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Rodney E. Watson of the Spring Independent | ||
School District has been named the 2021 Superintendent of the Year | ||
by the National School Foundation Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, NSFA annually recognizes administrators who | ||
demonstrate outstanding leadership and collaborate with their | ||
district's education foundation to ensure that all students have | ||
the opportunity for success; Dr. Watson was nominated for the | ||
national accolade by the Spring ISD Education Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed educator began his tenure with Spring | ||
ISD in July 2014, and he oversees more than 33,000 students on 40 | ||
campuses; through the years, he has launched numerous initiatives, | ||
including the expansion of full-day prekindergarten on every | ||
elementary campus, enhanced early childhood and dual language | ||
programs, and several middle school and high school specialty | ||
programs; in addition, he was instrumental in the passage of a $330 | ||
million bond for various improvements to the district, and in 2020, | ||
he established an Innovation and Equity team to help close | ||
achievement gaps and better meet the needs of area students; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Watson has supported the Spring ISD Education | ||
Foundation through his involvement with its charity golf | ||
tournament, educational grant program, and disaster relief efforts | ||
during Hurricane Harvey in 2017; moreover, he has given generously | ||
of his time and talents to numerous professional and civic | ||
organizations, and he has served as an adjunct professor of | ||
education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin; he holds a bachelor's degree in | ||
psychology and music education, a master's degree in counseling | ||
psychology and special education, and a doctoral degree from UMKC | ||
in urban leadership and policy analysis and curriculum and | ||
instruction; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his unwavering dedication to area students | ||
and staff, Dr. Rodney Watson has led the way in fostering a | ||
supportive and challenging educational environment, and he has made | ||
valuable contributions to advancing public education in the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Rodney E. Watson on his | ||
selection as 2021 Superintendent of the Year by the National School | ||
Foundation Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Watson as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
J. Johnson of Harris | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 300 was adopted by the House on March | ||
18, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||