SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 105
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize January 31, 2011, as Texas Capitol Schoolhouse Day and
welcome the representatives of the Texas Capitol Schoolhouse and
the Capitol Schoolhouse Foundation to the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, Since 1995, a Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event has
been held at the start of each legislative session to demonstrate
how educational technology funding is being used to improve
public schools in our state; the theme for the event this year is
Texas Exceptionalism in Educational Technology; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Capitol Schoolhouse participants this
year are from the Amarillo, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Coleman,
Floydada, Irving, Klein, Manor, Pasadena, San Saba, and Ysleta
Independent School Districts; the Texas School for the Deaf; and
the remote virtual learning sites in the Alief, Panhandle,
Stockdale, and Valley Mills Independent School Districts; and
WHEREAS, Classrooms are set up in the Capitol Rotunda
basement, where teachers and students conduct classes as they do
every day in their home districts; students use computers to work
with video and sound editing, robotics, iPods, iPads, online
virtual learning environments, one-to-one laptop computing, online
interactive learning, and other educational technologies; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Capitol Schoolhouse project provides
the opportunity for legislators and other state leaders to
observe firsthand how state funding for educational technology
is preparing the young people in school today with the tools they
will need to succeed in the future; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, hereby commend the participants in the Texas
Capitol Schoolhouse project and extend to all best wishes for a
successful Texas Capitol Schoolhouse Day; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an
expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Shapiro
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on January 31, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate