Bill Text: TX HR87 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating East Central ISD in Bexar County on receiving blended learning grants from the Texas Education Agency and the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR87 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR87-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 87 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Seven schools in the East Central Independent School | ||
| District in Bexar County have been awarded blended learning grants | ||
| from the Texas Education Agency and the Raise Your Hand Texas | ||
| Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The TEA and the Raise Your Hand Texas initiatives | ||
| seek to combine the best of in-person classroom teaching with | ||
| online technology to personalize instruction; through extensive | ||
| research and grant application processes, several ECISD campuses | ||
| have embarked on the journey of using blended learning, delivering | ||
| instruction in a way that brings technology, choice, and individual | ||
| agency into students' daily experiences; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Four schools in the district have received Blended | ||
| Learning Planning Grants from TEA; Sinclair Elementary is the | ||
| recipient of a Math Innovation Zone blended learning grant that | ||
| will be extended to Legacy Middle School during the 2020-2021 | ||
| school year; the agency awarded non-math blended learning grants to | ||
| Harmony Elementary and Heritage Middle Schools that will be piloted | ||
| in science and social studies; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Raising Blended Learners initiative, which is | ||
| directed by the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation, presented blended | ||
| learning grants to CAST Lead High School, the Salado Elementary | ||
| School East Central Leadership Academy, and Pecan Valley Elementary | ||
| School; starting in fall 2021, the grants will be implemented in | ||
| multiple grade levels and content areas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, East Central ISD continues to discover new and | ||
| innovative ways to increase student engagement and achievement, and | ||
| these grants are a testament to the skill and professionalism of the | ||
| district's faculty and staff; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend the East Central Independent School | ||
| District on receiving blended learning grants from the Texas | ||
| Education Agency and the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation and that | ||
| all those associated with the district be extended sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the ECISD as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Campos | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 87 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 10, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
