Bill Text: TX SCR23 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-14 - Left pending in committee [SCR23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SCR23-Introduced.html
| 89R8972 HMR-D | ||
| By: Parker | S.C.R. No. 23 | |
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| WHEREAS, Gifted and talented education supports the academic | ||
| needs of students with a high potential for achievement, and the | ||
| observance of Gifted and Talented Students Week in April provides | ||
| an opportunity to celebrate the skills and accomplishments of these | ||
| students and the dedication of the educators who serve them; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The term "gifted and talented" refers to children | ||
| and youth who have excelled in intellectual, creative, or artistic | ||
| endeavors, who possess an unusual capacity for leadership, or who | ||
| show promise in a specific field of study; due to their unique | ||
| abilities, these students can benefit from specialized educational | ||
| services designed to meet their social, emotional, and academic | ||
| needs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There are more than 450,000 identified gifted and | ||
| talented students in Texas; funding is set aside to help provide | ||
| them with challenging coursework, and teachers of gifted and | ||
| talented classes are required by Texas law to receive additional | ||
| special training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By encouraging exceptional students to develop | ||
| their individual strengths, we are investing in the leaders, | ||
| scholars, and innovators of tomorrow, and this vital endeavor is | ||
| deserving of the wholehearted support and commitment of all Texans; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented | ||
| Students Week; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
