Bill Text: TX HR320 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [HR320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR320-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 320 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Communities In Schools of Texas has long made a | ||
| positive difference in the lives of countless youth and their | ||
| families; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The state's largest provider of school-based | ||
| behavioral health services for students, CIS of Texas was first | ||
| established in 1979, and during its 44 years in Texas, it has | ||
| expanded to include 27 affiliates located throughout the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This notable organization builds relationships that | ||
| empower students to stay in school and succeed in life by applying a | ||
| multitiered system of support designed to help address chronic | ||
| absenteeism that can lead to truancy; through its efforts to | ||
| reengage students disconnected from school, CIS helps close the | ||
| achievement gap and improve student outcomes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Of the more than 120,000 students served by CIS | ||
| during the last school year, 99 percent stayed in school, 97 percent | ||
| were promoted to the next grade, 90 percent improved in academics, | ||
| and 83 percent improved in behavior; in addition, 97 percent of | ||
| eligible seniors graduated; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Trained CIS mental health professionals provide | ||
| trauma-informed interventions that alleviate emotional and | ||
| behavioral challenges, enhance coping skills, improve student | ||
| well-being and, in turn, scholastic achievement; CIS staff are more | ||
| involved than ever before in keeping schools and students safe by | ||
| offering services free of charge on school campuses, where students | ||
| are located; and | ||
| WHEREAS, CIS affiliates leverage state funding with | ||
| additional public and private fundraising from local communities, | ||
| providing more than three dollars in services for every dollar | ||
| invested by the state; this leveraging effect, which is unique to | ||
| CIS, multiplies the impact of state funding and allows CIS to assist | ||
| more students in need; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Helping young Texans to prepare for successful | ||
| futures, Communities In Schools of Texas is a program of | ||
| immeasurable importance, and it is indeed appropriate to take this | ||
| opportunity to commend the group for the support it provides to | ||
| students in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as Communities In | ||
| Schools Day at the State Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for CIS of Texas as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Buckley | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 320 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
