Bill Text: TX HR625 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the UTeach program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR625 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR625-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 625 |
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WHEREAS, The UTeach program at The University of Texas at | ||
Austin is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, A collaboration between the university's Colleges | ||
of Education and Natural Sciences, UTeach was established in 1997 | ||
as an innovative method of recruiting undergraduate students to | ||
teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; the | ||
program addresses the critical need for secondary school teachers | ||
with a deep knowledge of STEM fields, and UTeach students earn | ||
degrees in their content areas along with teaching certification | ||
within four years; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the top five programs of its kind in the | ||
country, UTeach reaches future educators through its original | ||
secondary teacher preparation program as well as through its | ||
primary education initiative, service learning classes, and | ||
monthly seminars; the program has been replicated at more than 40 | ||
universities in the United States, with nearly 7,000 students | ||
currently enrolled in UTeach programs across the nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, graduates are providing a solid foundation in | ||
STEM subjects to more than 1.5 million secondary students in Texas | ||
and beyond, and 86 percent of the program's alumni have continued to | ||
teach for at least five years; and | ||
WHEREAS, UTeach has helped foster a generation of educators | ||
who understand the importance of STEM education in maintaining a | ||
competitive economy and creating the next generation of innovators, | ||
and the program is indeed deserving of recognition; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of UTeach and | ||
extend to all those associated with the program sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success. | ||
Howard | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 625 was adopted by the House on March | ||
2, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||