Bill Text: TX HR1521 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Georgina C. Pérez of El Paso on her election to the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR1521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1521-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1521 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Georgina Cecilia Pérez of El Paso was elected to a | ||
| four-year term on the Texas State Board of Education on November 8, | ||
| 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of El Paso and a graduate of Eastwood High | ||
| School in the Ysleta Independent School District, Georgina Pérez | ||
| earned degrees in business administration and accounting and human | ||
| resource development along with a teaching certification from The | ||
| University of Texas at El Paso; she subsequently served Ysleta ISD | ||
| for more than a decade as an eighth-grade teacher, department | ||
| chair, teacher mentor, and professional development educator, and | ||
| she remains involved in curriculum development and educator | ||
| training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Pérez has been active in promoting literacy | ||
| efforts as the founder of Tu Libro, which to date has distributed | ||
| more than 150,000 books to students living in rural and | ||
| impoverished communities in El Paso County who are without regular | ||
| access to a library; in addition, she and her team have spearheaded | ||
| the creation of a new library in Socorro to provide over 55,000 area | ||
| residents with free access to reading materials; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The founder and director of the Cotton Valley | ||
| Scholars education program, Ms. Pérez is also the founder and board | ||
| president of the Rural Schools Scholarship Foundation and a | ||
| creative director for Celebrate Freedom Week; moreover, she is | ||
| active on the state level as secretary of public affairs for the | ||
| Texas Alliance of Black School Educators; in her work as a member of | ||
| the State Board of Education for District 1, she represents Texans | ||
| in 40 counties across West and Southwest Texas and holds a place on | ||
| the board's committee on instruction; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With her wealth of leadership experience and | ||
| tireless commitment to Texas schoolchildren, Georgina Pérez is well | ||
| suited to helping shape the future of public schools in our state, | ||
| and her fellow Texans are fortunate to benefit from her service in | ||
| this important role; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Georgina Cecilia Pérez on her | ||
| election to the Texas State Board of Education and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for a productive and rewarding tenure; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Pérez as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| González of El Paso | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1521 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
