Bill Text: TX HR50 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring the Texas Chapter of the Academic Language Therapy Association and recognizing February 8, 2017, as Dyslexia Awareness Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-02-09 - Reported enrolled [HR50 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR50-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 50

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Chapter of the Academic
Language Therapy Association are gathering at the State Capitol on
February 8, 2017, to commemorate Dyslexia Awareness Day; and
WHEREAS, Composed of licensed dyslexia therapists and
practitioners as well as parents and educators of students
identified with dyslexia, Texas ALTA is dedicated to the mission of
helping to provide high-quality services to students with dyslexia
and related disorders; and
WHEREAS, One in five students has a language-based
disability, and dyslexia is the most common of these disabilities;
and
WHEREAS, According to recent data collected by the Texas
Education Agency, dyslexia rates may be as high as 14 percent in
some Texas school districts; moreover, a 2000 study conducted at
The University of Texas Medical Branch in conjunction with the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice indicated a dyslexia
prevalence of 48 percent in the Texas prison population,
underscoring the vital importance of early intervention; and
WHEREAS, The Academic Language Therapy Association promotes
and supports the work of licensed language therapists and
practitioners to give individuals with dyslexia every opportunity
to fulfill their potential, and in so doing, it is making a positive
and lasting difference in the lives of many young Texans; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the Texas Chapter of the Academic Language
Therapy Association and recognize February 8, 2017, as Dyslexia
Awareness Day; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Miller
Straus Goldman Oliverson
Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
Alvarado Gooden Parker
Anchia Guerra Paul
Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
Arévalo Hefner Phillips
Ashby Hernandez Pickett
Bailes Herrero Price
Bell Hinojosa Raney
Bernal Holland Raymond
Biedermann Howard Reynolds
Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
Bohac Hunter Roberts
Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
Burrows Kacal Sanford
Button Keough Schaefer
Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
Canales King of Parker Schubert
Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
Clardy Klick Sheffield
Coleman Koop Shine
Collier Krause Simmons
Cook Kuempel Smithee
Cortez Lambert Springer
Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
Craddick Lang Stickland
Cyrier Larson Stucky
Dale Laubenberg Swanson
Darby Leach Thierry
Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
Deshotel Martinez Turner
Dukes Metcalf Uresti
Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
Elkins Miller Villalba
Faircloth Minjarez Vo
Fallon Moody Walle
Farrar Morrison White
Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
Frank Murphy Workman
Frullo Murr Wray
Geren Neave Wu
Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 50 was adopted by the House on February
8, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House