Bill Text: TX HR302 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing February 10, 2015, as South Texas ISD Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR302 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR302-Introduced.html
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| By: Guerra | H.R. No. 302 | |
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| WHEREAS, Proud community members are gathering in Austin on | ||
| February 10, 2015, to celebrate South Texas Independent School | ||
| District Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Originally known as the Rio Grande Rehabilitation | ||
| District, the South Texas Independent School District was | ||
| established in 1964 to create further educational opportunities for | ||
| area youths with disabilities; in 1973, legislators broadened the | ||
| district's purpose to allow it to operate vocational magnet | ||
| schools, and as a result, STISD opened South Texas High School for | ||
| Health Professions in 1984 and the Science Academy of South Texas | ||
| five years later; the district established the Teacher Academy of | ||
| South Texas in 1993, subsequently renaming the school South Texas | ||
| Business, Education and Technology Academy to better reflect its | ||
| focus; over the following years, the magnet program continued to | ||
| expand with the addition of South Texas Academy for Medical | ||
| Professions and South Texas Preparatory Academy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Currently encompassing five magnet schools in | ||
| Edinburg, San Benito, and Mercedes, STISD is the only all-magnet | ||
| district in the state; it serves more than 3,300 junior high and | ||
| high school students and maintains an open enrollment policy that | ||
| attracts interested and hardworking pupils from 28 school districts | ||
| in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, and it continues to | ||
| provide educational and occupational training for students with | ||
| special needs through its career and technology program; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The district's superintendent, Dr. Marla M. Guerra, | ||
| ably guides a staff of accomplished teachers, administrators, and | ||
| support personnel who are deeply committed to the success of young | ||
| people in the tri-county area; in 2014, their work was recognized | ||
| when the Texas Education Agency gave every campus in the district | ||
| the highest accountability rating and maximum number of distinction | ||
| designations available; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The faculty and staff of South Texas ISD continue to | ||
| look for new ways to help students achieve, lead, and contribute to | ||
| a changing world; to that end, the district's second middle school, | ||
| South Texas Academy of Rising Scholars, will open in the fall of | ||
| 2015; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than half a century, the South Texas | ||
| Independent School District has dedicated itself to offering | ||
| students the best educational opportunities possible, and in so | ||
| doing, it has equipped several generations of Texans with the | ||
| knowledge and skills necessary to build a brighter future; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 84th Texas Legislature | ||
| hereby recognize February 10, 2015, as South Texas Independent | ||
| School District Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those in | ||
| attendance sincere best wishes for an enjoyable visit to Austin; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
