| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1263 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Excelencia in Education has demonstrated a |
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| 6 | 6 | | long-standing and steadfast commitment to accelerating Latino |
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| 7 | 7 | | student success; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Excelencia in Education was founded in 2004 by |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sarita Brown, a senior Fellow at the Pew Hispanic Center, and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Deborah Santiago, vice president of data and policy analysis for |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Los Angeles County Alliance for Student Achievement; focusing |
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| 12 | 12 | | on data, the nonprofit organization has conducted research and |
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| 13 | 13 | | sparked change with a series of important publications, beginning |
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| 14 | 14 | | with the groundbreaking Latino Student Success at Hispanic-Serving |
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| 15 | 15 | | Institutions: Findings from a Demonstration Project, released in |
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| 16 | 16 | | connection with The University of Texas at El Paso; its report How |
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| 17 | 17 | | Latino Students Pay for College: Patterns of Financial Aid in |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2003-04 garnered national coverage by news outlets from NPR and the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Washington Post to the Chronicle of Higher Education; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, With Ms. Santiago's 2009 report, Emerging |
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| 21 | 21 | | Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Excelencia popularized a |
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| 22 | 22 | | phrase now firmly incorporated in the higher education lexicon; the |
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| 23 | 23 | | organization created a key national resource, the "Growing What |
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| 24 | 24 | | Works" database, and over the years, it has amplified its |
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| 25 | 25 | | accomplishments by building a large network of results-oriented |
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| 26 | 26 | | educators and policymakers; Excelencia was tapped to serve as an |
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| 27 | 27 | | intermediary organization for Lumina Foundation Latino Student |
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| 28 | 28 | | Success, a four-year, $12 million investment in 13 communities to |
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| 29 | 29 | | increase the percentage of Latino students graduating from colleges |
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| 30 | 30 | | and universities; in 2019, it established new standards by |
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| 31 | 31 | | announcing the first nine institutions to be certified with its |
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| 32 | 32 | | Seal of Excelencia, acknowledging their success in intentionally |
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| 33 | 33 | | serving Latino students while serving all; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Since its founding, Excelencia in Education has |
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| 35 | 35 | | empowered countless Latino students to build an even brighter |
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| 36 | 36 | | future for themselves and their communities, and the organization |
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| 37 | 37 | | is indeed deserving of commendation for its myriad contributions; |
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| 38 | 38 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby recognize Excelencia in Education for its |
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| 41 | 41 | | exemplary record of service and extend to all those associated with |
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| 42 | 42 | | the organization sincere best wishes for continued success with |
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| 43 | 43 | | their important work; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for Excelencia in Education as an expression of high |
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| 46 | 46 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Neave Criado |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1263 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 51 | 51 | | 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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