Bill Text: TX HR418 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Wanda Adams on her election as president of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR418 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR418-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 418 |
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WHEREAS, Wanda Adams was named the 2017 president of the | ||
Houston Independent School District Board of Education; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has served on the Houston ISD | ||
Board since 2013, and she was elected president by unanimous vote; | ||
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WHEREAS, A native of Houston and graduate of Kashmere High | ||
School, Ms. Adams earned a bachelor's degree in public affairs and | ||
a master's degree in public administration from Texas Southern | ||
University, where she is now a professor of political science; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of her distinguished tenure in | ||
public service, Ms. Adams has contributed her time and talents to | ||
the Houston Housing Authority, the Mental Health Mental Retardation | ||
Authority of Harris County, and the Mayor's Citizens Assistance | ||
Office; moreover, she served for six years on the Houston City | ||
Council, and she was the first African American woman appointed to | ||
the Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Adams has further given back to her fellow | ||
residents by volunteering her time with such organizations as the | ||
Houston Area Women's Center, YMCA, YWCA, Keep Houston Beautiful, | ||
and Meals on Wheels; she is also a proud member of the Delta Sigma | ||
Theta Sorority and a Sunday school teacher and international | ||
missionary at The Fountain of Praise church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among her many honors, Ms. Adams received the | ||
Elected Official of the Year Award from the Houston Area | ||
Association for the Education of Young Children, and she was named | ||
one of the Top 50 Women in Houston by Houston Woman Magazine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Public education is an endeavor in which all Texans | ||
have a stake, and through her devotion to the development of our | ||
young people, Wanda Adams is helping to ensure that the future of | ||
the Lone Star State rests in capable hands; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Wanda Adams on her election as | ||
president of the Houston Independent School District Board of | ||
Education and extend to her sincere best wishes for a successful | ||
tenure; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Adams as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Reynolds | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 418 was adopted by the House on March | ||
9, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||