Bill Text: TX HR334 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Dyslexia Awareness Day and honoring the Academic Language Therapy Association and Texas ALTA.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR334-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 334 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Academic Language Therapy | ||
| Association and its Texas chapter are gathering at the State | ||
| Capitol on February 4, 2015, to commemorate Dyslexia Awareness Day; | ||
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| WHEREAS, A national organization headquartered in Dallas, | ||
| ALTA was founded in 1986 to promote high standards of education, | ||
| practice, and professionalism in the delivery of services to | ||
| students with dyslexia and related disorders; the group's | ||
| membership includes licensed dyslexia therapists and | ||
| practitioners, along with parents and educators; and | ||
| WHEREAS, One in five students has a language-based | ||
| disability, and dyslexia is the most common of these disabilities; | ||
| across Texas, public school district identification of students | ||
| with dyslexia varies widely, from almost 17 percent in some schools | ||
| to about 0.2 percent in others, according to 2014 Public Education | ||
| Information Management System data; a 2000 study by The University | ||
| of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston--Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice Hospital found dyslexia among 48 percent of the state's | ||
| prison population; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dyslexia and related disorders are far from | ||
| uncommon, but although their impact can be extensive, professional | ||
| help and support can ensure that they provide no barrier to | ||
| achievement; through the dedicated efforts of its members, the | ||
| Academic Language Therapy Association is making a lasting, positive | ||
| difference in the lives of countless young people, and it is indeed | ||
| appropriate to recognize this noteworthy organization at this time; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 4, 2015, as Dyslexia | ||
| Awareness Day and honor the Academic Language Therapy Association | ||
| and Texas ALTA on this occasion. | ||
| Huberty | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 334 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
