Bill Text: TX HR69 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the dedication of the Martha Lopez Aki ECI Project TYKE facility in Katy ISD.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-15 - Reported enrolled [HR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR69-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the dedication of the Martha Lopez Aki ECI Project TYKE facility in Katy ISD.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-15 - Reported enrolled [HR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR69-Introduced.html
87S30731 BPG-D | ||
By: Schofield | H.R. No. 69 |
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WHEREAS, The Katy Independent School District is celebrating | ||
the dedication of its Martha Lopez Aki ECI Project TYKE facility on | ||
October 18, 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, Formerly the L. D. Robinson Pavilion, the remodeled | ||
25,000-square-foot building provides a thoughtfully designed | ||
center for the Early Childhood Intervention Project Teach Your Kids | ||
Early program, previously housed on campuses across the district; | ||
it includes classrooms, therapy rooms, evaluation rooms, offices, | ||
and other spaces, and it features inspiring murals as well as new | ||
technology, including smart panels, projection screens, and an | ||
enhanced security system; and | ||
WHEREAS, The facility is named after Martha Aki, who oversaw | ||
the district's Early Childhood Intervention Project Teach Your Kids | ||
Early program for nearly three decades before her retirement in | ||
2020; Project TYKE assists children with developmental delays or | ||
disabilities and their families, providing necessary support and | ||
resources in a dynamic, personalized process that reflects the | ||
preferences, learning styles, cultural beliefs, and priorities of | ||
individual children and their families; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under the innovative leadership of Ms. Aki, Project | ||
TYKE developed a group coaching model that proved so effective, | ||
especially for children on the autism spectrum, that her team was | ||
frequently called upon to host training events for ECI programs | ||
across the state; she also served as chair of the Texas Council of | ||
ECI Program Directors Consortia, facilitating a productive | ||
relationship between Texas ECI program directors and the Health and | ||
Human Services ECI state staff; in addition, she was a member of the | ||
Katy ISD Special Education Leadership Team and worked with state | ||
legislators and Texans Care for Children on initiatives benefiting | ||
ECI children; she was recently appointed to the advisory board of | ||
the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education | ||
Standards; and | ||
WHEREAS, High-quality early intervention improves outcomes | ||
for children, families, and communities, and this splendid new | ||
facility will allow the staff of ECI Project TYKE to provide even | ||
more effective services; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the dedication | ||
of the Martha Lopez Aki ECI Project TYKE facility and extend to the | ||
program's staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the program as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |