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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representatives of the City of Plano, the Plano |
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| 6 | 7 | | Chamber of Commerce, and the Plano Independent School District are |
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| 7 | 8 | | visiting Austin on March 31 and April 1, 2015, to take part in Plano |
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| 8 | 9 | | Legislative Days at the State Capitol; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Boasting a population of nearly 275,000, this |
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| 10 | 11 | | self-styled City of Excellence has garnered multiple accolades in |
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| 11 | 12 | | recent years for its prosperity and quality of life; in 2014, it was |
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| 12 | 13 | | ranked as the third best-run city in America by USA Today and the |
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| 13 | 14 | | 24/7 Wall Street online financial news service, while Time magazine |
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| 14 | 15 | | cited it as one of the 10 healthiest places to live in America; |
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| 15 | 16 | | Movoto Real Estate and Research has named Plano as the safest city |
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| 16 | 17 | | with a population over 250,000 and as the fourth-safest city |
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| 17 | 18 | | overall, and the WalletHub consumer networking site rated it No. 1 |
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| 18 | 19 | | on its 2014 list of the best cities for families; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Contributing greatly to the city's success is the |
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| 20 | 21 | | Plano Chamber of Commerce, which is committed to maximizing |
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| 21 | 22 | | business development and economic growth through advocacy, |
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| 22 | 23 | | education, innovation, and collaboration; the chamber has helped to |
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| 23 | 24 | | make Plano home to many leading global corporations, including six |
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| 24 | 25 | | Fortune 1000 companies, by promoting the city's outstanding |
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| 25 | 26 | | workforce, competitive business climate, world-class business |
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| 26 | 27 | | parks, and accessibility; its efforts have earned the Plano Chamber |
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| 27 | 28 | | a 5-star accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, placing |
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| 28 | 29 | | it among the top one percent of chambers of commerce in the nation; |
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| 29 | 30 | | and |
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| 30 | 31 | | WHEREAS, The Plano Independent School District is likewise |
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| 31 | 32 | | benefiting the city and area residents, with the 6,700 members of |
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| 32 | 33 | | its faculty and staff working to prepare the district's 55,000 |
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| 33 | 34 | | students for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead; the |
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| 34 | 35 | | teachers of Plano ISD average more than 11 years of experience, and |
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| 35 | 36 | | more than a third of them hold master's degrees; with a graduation |
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| 36 | 37 | | rate close to 96 percent, Plano ISD is one of a select few districts |
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| 37 | 38 | | in the United States and Canada that have been named to the annual |
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| 38 | 39 | | Advanced Placement District Honor Roll, and 23 of its schools have |
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| 39 | 40 | | been named Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence by the U.S. Department |
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| 40 | 41 | | of Education; the district has also been named one of the 100 best |
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| 41 | 42 | | in the nation in music education by several national surveys, and in |
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| 42 | 43 | | 2014, 78 of the district's students were National Merit Scholarship |
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| 43 | 44 | | semifinalists; and |
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| 44 | 45 | | WHEREAS, A true Lone Star success story, Plano's reputation |
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| 45 | 46 | | as a wonderful city in which to work, play, and raise a family grows |
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| 46 | 47 | | every day, and the City of Plano, the Plano Chamber of Commerce, and |
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| 47 | 48 | | the Plano Independent School District are helping to build an even |
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| 48 | 49 | | brighter and more prosperous future for their thriving community; |
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| 49 | 50 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 50 | 51 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 51 | 52 | | Legislature hereby recognize March 31 and April 1, 2015, as Plano |
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| 52 | 53 | | Legislative Days at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting |
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| 53 | 54 | | delegation sincere best wishes for an informative and enjoyable |
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| 54 | 55 | | stay in Austin. |
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