Bill Text: TX HR504 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 2021 State Civics Fair.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-13 - Reported enrolled [HR504 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR504-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 504 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The annual State Civics Fair, a nonpartisan, | ||
| community-based event celebrating youth civic engagement, took | ||
| place on March 5, 2021; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The State Civics Fair is hosted by the Annette | ||
| Strauss Institute for Civic Life, a division of the Moody College of | ||
| Communication at The University of Texas at Austin; since 2002, the | ||
| institute has coordinated the innovative civic education program | ||
| Speak Up Speak Out, which challenges third grade through high | ||
| school students to work together in groups to identify community | ||
| problems, develop solutions, and vie for the opportunity to present | ||
| their ideas to community leaders at the State Civics Fair; the | ||
| winning teams receive funds to use toward implementing their ideas; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Approximately 9,000 students, 175 educators, and 92 | ||
| schools have participated in the Speak Up Speak Out program since | ||
| its inception; over the past year, around 700 young Texans worked to | ||
| identify and brainstorm ways of addressing various civic issues, | ||
| including waste management, social isolation, and public safety; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Out of all of this year's participants, 117 were | ||
| invited to showcase their solutions at the State Civics Fair; the 27 | ||
| teams hailed from elementary, middle, and high schools in nine | ||
| cities, and each of their members earned distinction for themselves | ||
| through their hard work, initiative, and thoughtfulness; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Speak Up Speak Out program is helping young | ||
| people to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need | ||
| to become the engaged citizens and leaders of tomorrow, and the | ||
| Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life is to be commended for its | ||
| ongoing commitment to this important endeavor; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 2021 State Civics Fair, honor | ||
| this year's talented participants, and extend sincere thanks to the | ||
| staff of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life for the | ||
| guidance and support they have provided to our future leaders. | ||
| Talarico | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 504 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
