Bill Text: TX HR486 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Houston Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR486 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR486-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 486 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District was | ||
| established 100 years ago, in 1923, in an official act of the Texas | ||
| Legislature; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, now | ||
| enrolling nearly 190,000 students, is the largest school district | ||
| in Texas and the eighth largest school district in the United | ||
| States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District has a long | ||
| tradition of taking in and educating all students, including | ||
| students displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and students | ||
| attending the North Forest Independent School District, which the | ||
| Texas Education Agency closed in 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District won the | ||
| Broad Prize in 2002 and 2013 and is the first two-time winner of the | ||
| award, which recognizes the public school system with the most | ||
| substantial gains in student achievement; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, from 2007 | ||
| to 2020, saw a 30 percent increase in graduation rates and a 125 | ||
| percent increase in students taking the SAT; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, which | ||
| created one of its first magnet programs 50 years ago with the first | ||
| high school for health professions in the nation, today proudly | ||
| offers a robust portfolio of 128 magnet programs at 119 schools, | ||
| with programs focused on science, college and careers readiness, | ||
| early college, fine arts, International Baccalaureate, language | ||
| immersion, and more; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District in 1927 | ||
| founded community colleges which later became the University of | ||
| Houston and Texas Southern University, and in 1971 the Houston | ||
| Independent School District founded the Houston Community College; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District's | ||
| superintendent, Dr. Rod Paige, in 2001 was appointed by President | ||
| George W. Bush to serve as the seventh United States Secretary of | ||
| Education and was the first African American to be selected for the | ||
| post; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With more than 27,000 employees, the Houston | ||
| Independent School District is one of the largest employers in | ||
| Houston; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the Houston Independent School | ||
| District on the occasion of its 100th year anniversary and extend to | ||
| the district's students, educators, and staff sincere best wishes | ||
| for continued success; 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 House of Representatives. | ||
| Thompson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 486 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
