| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 486 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District was |
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| 6 | 6 | | established 100 years ago, in 1923, in an official act of the Texas |
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| 7 | 7 | | Legislature; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, now |
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| 9 | 9 | | enrolling nearly 190,000 students, is the largest school district |
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| 10 | 10 | | in Texas and the eighth largest school district in the United |
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| 11 | 11 | | States; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District has a long |
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| 13 | 13 | | tradition of taking in and educating all students, including |
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| 14 | 14 | | students displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and students |
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| 15 | 15 | | attending the North Forest Independent School District, which the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Texas Education Agency closed in 2013; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District won the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Broad Prize in 2002 and 2013 and is the first two-time winner of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | award, which recognizes the public school system with the most |
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| 20 | 20 | | substantial gains in student achievement; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, from 2007 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to 2020, saw a 30 percent increase in graduation rates and a 125 |
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| 23 | 23 | | percent increase in students taking the SAT; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District, which |
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| 25 | 25 | | created one of its first magnet programs 50 years ago with the first |
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| 26 | 26 | | high school for health professions in the nation, today proudly |
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| 27 | 27 | | offers a robust portfolio of 128 magnet programs at 119 schools, |
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| 28 | 28 | | with programs focused on science, college and careers readiness, |
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| 29 | 29 | | early college, fine arts, International Baccalaureate, language |
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| 30 | 30 | | immersion, and more; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District in 1927 |
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| 32 | 32 | | founded community colleges which later became the University of |
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| 33 | 33 | | Houston and Texas Southern University, and in 1971 the Houston |
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| 34 | 34 | | Independent School District founded the Houston Community College; |
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| 35 | 35 | | and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District's |
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| 37 | 37 | | superintendent, Dr. Rod Paige, in 2001 was appointed by President |
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| 38 | 38 | | George W. Bush to serve as the seventh United States Secretary of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Education and was the first African American to be selected for the |
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| 40 | 40 | | post; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, With more than 27,000 employees, the Houston |
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| 42 | 42 | | Independent School District is one of the largest employers in |
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| 43 | 43 | | Houston; now, therefore, be it |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 45 | 45 | | Legislature hereby commemorate the Houston Independent School |
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| 46 | 46 | | District on the occasion of its 100th year anniversary and extend to |
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| 47 | 47 | | the district's students, educators, and staff sincere best wishes |
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| 48 | 48 | | for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 49 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 50 | 50 | | prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 51 | 51 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 52 | 52 | | Thompson of Harris |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 55 | 55 | | I certify that H.R. No. 486 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 56 | 56 | | 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 57 | 57 | | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | 58 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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