Bill Text: TX SR87 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Dyslexia Awareness Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-04 - Reported enrolled [SR87 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR87-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Academic Language Therapy Association | ||
| are gathering at the State Capitol on February 4, 2015, to | ||
| commemorate Dyslexia Awareness Day; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 1986 and headquartered in Dallas, | ||
| the Academic Language Therapy Association is a national | ||
| organization that includes licensed dyslexia therapists and | ||
| practitioners as well as parents and educators of students | ||
| identified with dyslexia; the group is dedicated to the mission | ||
| of helping to provide high quality services for students with | ||
| dyslexia and related disorders; and | ||
| WHEREAS, One in five students has a language-based disability, | ||
| and dyslexia is the most common of these disabilities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A joint study by the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice and The University of Texas Medical Branch in 2000 found | ||
| that 48 percent of the Texas prison population was identified | ||
| with dyslexia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2014 Public Education Information Management | ||
| System data indicates that public school district identification | ||
| of students with dyslexia varies across Texas from 16.69 percent | ||
| in some schools to 0.21 percent in others; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These findings demonstrate that language therapy | ||
| for individuals with dyslexia is crucial; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Academic Language Therapy Association and its | ||
| Texas chapter are making a positive and lasting difference in the | ||
| lives of many young Texans, and the association indeed merits | ||
| special commendation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize February 4, 2015, as Dyslexia | ||
| Awareness Day at the State Capitol and honor the members of the | ||
| Academic Language Therapy Association and its Texas chapter for | ||
| their efforts and achievements; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Huffman | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 4, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
