| 1 | 1 | | 89R26984 AMB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lujan H.R. No. 1026 |
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| 7 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Kacy Debney, an Advanced Placement environmental |
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| 9 | 9 | | science and chemistry teacher at Samuel Clemens High School in |
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| 10 | 10 | | Schertz, has been named the 2025 Environmental Educator of the Year |
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| 11 | 11 | | by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Each year, the TCEQ honors achievements in |
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| 13 | 13 | | environmental preservation and protection through its Texas |
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| 14 | 14 | | Environmental Excellence Awards program, and the Environmental |
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| 15 | 15 | | Educator of the Year award recognizes a distinguished educator who |
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| 16 | 16 | | has highlighted environmental education; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, For the past 16 years, Ms. Debney has dedicated her |
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| 18 | 18 | | career to shaping the next generation of environmental stewards; as |
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| 19 | 19 | | the AP environmental science teacher at Clemens High, she teaches |
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| 20 | 20 | | all aspects of the curriculum, from biodiversity and population |
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| 21 | 21 | | dynamics to the effects of energy and water use, and she has worked |
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| 22 | 22 | | tirelessly to provide her students with hands-on, real-world |
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| 23 | 23 | | experiences through a variety of projects such as designing |
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| 24 | 24 | | sustainable homes, cleaning local parks, and drafting mock |
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| 25 | 25 | | legislation addressing environmental challenges; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her work in the classroom, Ms. Debney |
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| 27 | 27 | | oversees a number of other initiatives and projects that showcase |
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| 28 | 28 | | her willingness to go above and beyond; she takes her students on a |
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| 29 | 29 | | field trip each spring to gather water and soil samples as part of |
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| 30 | 30 | | an ongoing, yearslong study of a local park, allowing them the |
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| 31 | 31 | | opportunity to use professional-quality equipment to collect and |
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| 32 | 32 | | analyze data; she also supervised the research of four students |
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| 33 | 33 | | tasked with formulating a plan to help school districts become more |
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| 34 | 34 | | sustainable, and under her able guidance, the group won the 2024 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Siemens Texas STEM Pathways Challenge; moreover, she was awarded a |
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| 36 | 36 | | Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District |
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| 37 | 37 | | education grant last fall for her initiative, Training Future |
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| 38 | 38 | | Loraxes, which involves Clemens High students working |
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| 39 | 39 | | collaboratively alongside students from Rose Garden Elementary |
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| 40 | 40 | | School to conduct an environmental survey; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, By encouraging her students and other members of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | community to preserve and protect their environment, Kacy Debney is |
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| 43 | 43 | | helping to ensure the continued health and vitality of the Lone Star |
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| 44 | 44 | | State's natural resources, and she is indeed deserving of this |
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| 45 | 45 | | prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it |
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| 46 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 47 | 47 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Kacy Debney on her selection as the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2025 Environmental Educator of the Year by the Texas Commission on |
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| 49 | 49 | | Environmental Quality and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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| 50 | 50 | | continued success with her important work; and, be it further |
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| 51 | 51 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 52 | | prepared for Ms. Debney as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 53 | 53 | | House of Representatives. |
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