Bill Text: TX HR320 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||