Bill Text: TX HR542 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2019, as National Speech and Debate Education Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR542 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR542-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 542 |
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WHEREAS, National Speech and Debate Education Day is being | ||
celebrated on March 1, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established by the National Speech & Debate | ||
Association, in conjunction with national and local partners, this | ||
event serves to promote better instruction in speech and debate | ||
across all grade levels and to highlight the pivotal roles those | ||
abilities play in personal advocacy, social movements, and public | ||
policy-making; and | ||
WHEREAS, Speech and debate education helps students develop | ||
important skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity, | ||
and collaboration through the practice of public speaking; | ||
participants learn not only to analyze and express complex ideas | ||
effectively but also to listen, concur, question, or dissent with | ||
reason and compassion; and | ||
WHEREAS, Across the country, countless educators devote | ||
in-school, after-school, and weekend time to supporting their | ||
students in speech and debate practices and competitions, and the | ||
example of hard work and dedication they set has a lasting, positive | ||
impact on their pupils; and | ||
WHEREAS, The skills learned through speech and debate serve | ||
students well throughout their lives, and this occasion presents a | ||
welcome opportunity to recognize such instruction as an essential | ||
component of a well-rounded curriculum; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2019, as National Speech and | ||
Debate Education Day in Texas. | ||
Capriglione | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 542 was adopted by the House on March | ||
13, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||