Bill Text: TX HR76 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Paying tribute to the life of Irma Rangel and honoring the students of the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in 2016-2017, on the 13th anniversary of the opening of the school.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR76 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR76-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 76 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership | ||
| School in Dallas is commemorating in 2016-2017 its 13th year of | ||
| providing an outstanding education to area youth, and this occasion | ||
| offers a welcome opportunity to recognize the school as well as its | ||
| namesake, the Honorable Irma Rangel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Opened in the Oak Lawn neighborhood in the fall of | ||
| 2004, the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School is a | ||
| magnet program of the Dallas Independent School District; the first | ||
| all-girls public school in Dallas, it was established so that | ||
| teachers could tailor their instruction to the particular ways in | ||
| which girls learn; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through leadership seminars, weekly advisory | ||
| meetings, and partnerships with educational and cultural | ||
| organizations, the school provides students with a rigorous | ||
| college-preparatory course of study; the project-oriented | ||
| curriculum emphasizes math, science, and technology but also offers | ||
| ample learning opportunities in foreign languages and humanities; | ||
| in addition to equipping students with an excellent academic | ||
| foundation, the school encourages its youth to develop a strong | ||
| sense of ethics and civic responsibility and to become leaders in | ||
| their community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, It is fitting that such an admirable and progressive | ||
| institution be named for Irma Rangel, a trailblazer who worked | ||
| tirelessly as a member of the Texas Legislature to improve the | ||
| state's public school and higher education systems; an educator | ||
| herself early in her career, Ms. Rangel taught for 14 years in | ||
| Texas, California, and Venezuela before earning a degree from St. | ||
| Mary's University School of Law in 1969; after clerking for a | ||
| federal district judge and serving as an assistant district | ||
| attorney, she returned to her hometown of Kingsville in 1973 to | ||
| practice law; and | ||
| WHEREAS, When Ms. Rangel won a seat in the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives in 1976, she became the first Hispanic woman | ||
| elected to the state legislature; elected to 14 consecutive terms, | ||
| she was the fifth most-senior member of this body at the time of her | ||
| death in 2003; during her tenure, she sponsored legislation | ||
| establishing a pharmacy school for Texas A&M | ||
| University--Kingsville, now known as the Irma Lerma Rangel College | ||
| of Pharmacy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The first Mexican American woman to be appointed | ||
| chair of a house committee, Representative Rangel was named chair | ||
| of the House Committee on Higher Education in 1995, and she served | ||
| in that role for four consecutive legislative sessions; she was | ||
| also the first woman elected chair of the Mexican American | ||
| Legislative Caucus and the first Mexican American to receive the | ||
| G. J. Sutton Award from the Legislative Black Caucus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A passionate advocate for the poor, the | ||
| marginalized, and the underserved, Irma Rangel was a true Texas | ||
| pioneer who worked tirelessly to make a college education | ||
| accessible to all citizens, and her life serves as a shining example | ||
| for the outstanding young women who are attending the school that | ||
| bears her name; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the accomplished and inspiring | ||
| life of the Honorable Irma Rangel and commend the students of the | ||
| Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School on the 13th | ||
| anniversary of the opening of that academy; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Alonzo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 76 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
