Bill Text: TX HR50 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the students of the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in 2013-2014, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the school and paying tribute to the life of Irma Rangel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-07 - Reported enrolled [HR50 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR50-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 50 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership | ||
| School is commemorating in the 2013-2014 school year its 10th year | ||
| of providing an outstanding education to area youth, and this | ||
| occasion provides a welcome opportunity to recognize the school as | ||
| well as its namesake, the Honorable Irma Rangel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Opened in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas in the | ||
| fall of 2004, the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School | ||
| is a magnet program of the Dallas Independent School District; it is | ||
| the first all-girls public school in Dallas and part of a move that | ||
| allows educators to focus on the different ways boys and girls | ||
| learn; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through leadership seminars, weekly advisory | ||
| meetings, and partnerships with educational and cultural | ||
| organizations, the Dallas school provides students with a rigorous | ||
| course of study that prepares them for college and addresses their | ||
| developmental needs; teachers work with students following a | ||
| project-oriented curriculum that emphasizes math, science, and | ||
| technology, but also offers ample learning opportunities in foreign | ||
| languages and humanities; in addition to providing an excellent | ||
| academic curriculum, the school encourages students to develop a | ||
| strong sense of ethics and civic responsibility and to become | ||
| leaders in their community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, It is fitting that such an admirable and progressive | ||
| institution be named for Irma Rangel, who was a trailblazer and one | ||
| of the leading proponents of the state's efforts to improve public | ||
| school and higher education systems; Ms. Rangel taught for 14 years | ||
| in Texas, California, and Venezuela before changing careers and | ||
| earning a degree at St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio; after | ||
| working as an assistant district attorney for two years in Corpus | ||
| Christi, she returned to her hometown of Kingsville in 1973 to open | ||
| her own law practice; and | ||
| WHEREAS, When Ms. Rangel won a seat in the house of | ||
| representatives in 1976, she became the first Hispanic woman | ||
| elected to the Texas Legislature; she spent more than 26 years in | ||
| the Texas House and was the fifth most-senior member of this body at | ||
| the time of her death in 2003; while serving in the house, she | ||
| sponsored legislation establishing a pharmacy school for Texas A&M | ||
| University--Kingsville, now known as the Irma Lerma Rangel College | ||
| of Pharmacy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The first Mexican American woman to be appointed | ||
| chair of a house committee, Representative Rangel was named chair | ||
| of the House Committee on Higher Education in 1995, and she served | ||
| in that role for four consecutive legislative sessions; she was | ||
| also the first woman elected chair of the Mexican American | ||
| Legislative Caucus and the first Mexican American to receive the | ||
| G. J. Sutton Award from the Legislative Black Caucus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A passionate advocate for the poor, the needy, and | ||
| the underserved, Irma Rangel was a true Texas pioneer who worked | ||
| tirelessly to make a college education accessible to all citizens, | ||
| and it is indeed appropriate that an important part of her legacy | ||
| lies with the outstanding young women who are attending the school | ||
| that bears her name; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the rich and accomplished life of | ||
| the Honorable Irma Rangel and honor the students of the Irma Lerma | ||
| Rangel Young Women's Leadership School on the 10th anniversary of | ||
| the opening of the school; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Alonzo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 50 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 7, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
