Bill Text: TX HR361 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Houston Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-27 - Filed [HR361 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR361-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson of Harris | H.R. No. 361 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Houston Independent School District is marking | ||
| the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A free secondary school system was created in the | ||
| area in 1877, and it became the Houston Independent School District | ||
| in 1923; the district expanded its reach four years later, founding | ||
| a community college which subsequently became the University of | ||
| Houston; it also established one of the nation's first high schools | ||
| for health professions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Houston ISD serves nearly 190,000 students at | ||
| 274 campuses; it is the largest school district in Texas and the | ||
| eighth largest in the nation, and it has taken in students from | ||
| other areas over the years, including those displaced by Hurricane | ||
| Katrina; the district offers 128 magnet programs focused on | ||
| science, college and career, fine arts, and language immersion; in | ||
| recognition of its substantial gains in student achievement, it won | ||
| the Broad Prize for Urban Education in 2002 and 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Houston ISD benefits from the able leadership of its | ||
| board of directors and its current superintendent, Dr. Rod Paige; | ||
| with 27,000 employees, the district is one of the largest employers | ||
| in Houston; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For the past century, Houston ISD has provided | ||
| generations of young Texans with a strong foundation on which to | ||
| build, and it is indeed a privilege to join in marking this | ||
| important milestone in its rich history; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Houston | ||
| Independent School District and extend to all those associated with | ||
| the district sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Houston ISD as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
