By: Roberts H.R. No. 29
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, National Speech and Debate Education Day is being
celebrated on March 3, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Established by the National Speech & Debate
Association, in conjunction with national and local partners, this
event serves to promote better instruction in speech and debate
across all grade levels and to highlight the pivotal roles those
abilities play in personal advocacy, social movements, and public
policy-making; and
WHEREAS, Speech and debate education helps students develop
important skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity,
and collaboration through the practice of public speaking;
participants learn not only to analyze and express complex ideas
effectively but also to listen, concur, question, or dissent with
reason and compassion; and
WHEREAS, Across the country, countless educators devote
in-school, after-school, and weekend time to supporting their
students in speech and debate practices and competitions, and the
example of hard work and dedication they set has a lasting, positive
impact on their pupils; and
WHEREAS, The skills learned through speech and debate serve
students well throughout their lives, and this occasion presents a
welcome opportunity to recognize such instruction as an essential
component of a well-rounded curriculum; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 3, 2017, as National Speech and
Debate Education Day in Texas.