Bill Text: TX HR302 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Recognizing February 10, 2015, as South Texas ISD Day at the State Capitol.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR302 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HR302-Introduced.html
  84R6658 CJM-D
 
  By: Guerra H.R. No. 302
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Proud community members are gathering in Austin on
  February 10, 2015, to celebrate South Texas Independent School
  District Day at the State Capitol; and
         WHEREAS, Originally known as the Rio Grande Rehabilitation
  District, the South Texas Independent School District was
  established in 1964 to create further educational opportunities for
  area youths with disabilities; in 1973, legislators broadened the
  district's purpose to allow it to operate vocational magnet
  schools, and as a result, STISD opened South Texas High School for
  Health Professions in 1984 and the Science Academy of South Texas
  five years later; the district established the Teacher Academy of
  South Texas in 1993, subsequently renaming the school South Texas
  Business, Education and Technology Academy to better reflect its
  focus; over the following years, the magnet program continued to
  expand with the addition of South Texas Academy for Medical
  Professions and South Texas Preparatory Academy; and
         WHEREAS, Currently encompassing five magnet schools in
  Edinburg, San Benito, and Mercedes, STISD is the only all-magnet
  district in the state; it serves more than 3,300 junior high and
  high school students and maintains an open enrollment policy that
  attracts interested and hardworking pupils from 28 school districts
  in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, and it continues to
  provide educational and occupational training for students with
  special needs through its career and technology program; and
         WHEREAS, The district's superintendent, Dr. Marla M. Guerra,
  ably guides a staff of accomplished teachers, administrators, and
  support personnel who are deeply committed to the success of young
  people in the tri-county area; in 2014, their work was recognized
  when the Texas Education Agency gave every campus in the district
  the highest accountability rating and maximum number of distinction
  designations available; and
         WHEREAS, The faculty and staff of South Texas ISD continue to
  look for new ways to help students achieve, lead, and contribute to
  a changing world; to that end, the district's second middle school,
  South Texas Academy of Rising Scholars, will open in the fall of
  2015; and
         WHEREAS, For more than half a century, the South Texas
  Independent School District has dedicated itself to offering
  students the best educational opportunities possible, and in so
  doing, it has equipped several generations of Texans with the
  knowledge and skills necessary to build a brighter future; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 84th Texas Legislature
  hereby recognize February 10, 2015, as South Texas Independent
  School District Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those in
  attendance sincere best wishes for an enjoyable visit to Austin;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas Senate.
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