Bill Text: TX SCR9 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SCR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR9-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Springer | S.C.R. No. 9 | |
| (Shaheen) | ||
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| WHEREAS, Gifted and talented education supports the academic | ||
| needs of students with a high potential for achievement, and the | ||
| observance of Gifted and Talented Students Week in April provides | ||
| an opportunity to celebrate the skills and accomplishments of these | ||
| students and the dedication of the educators who serve them; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The term "gifted and talented" refers to children | ||
| and youth who have excelled in intellectual, creative, or artistic | ||
| endeavors, who possess an unusual capacity for leadership, or who | ||
| show promising ability in a specific academic field; studies have | ||
| demonstrated that such children are capable of mastering a | ||
| curriculum in less than half the time of their nongifted peers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There are more than 400,000 identified gifted and | ||
| talented students in Texas; funding is set aside to help provide | ||
| them with challenging and specialized coursework, and teachers of | ||
| gifted and talented classes are required by Texas law to receive | ||
| additional special training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By encouraging exceptional students to develop | ||
| their individual strengths, we are investing in the leaders, | ||
| scholars, and innovators of tomorrow, and this vital endeavor is | ||
| deserving of the wholehearted support and commitment of all Texans; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented | ||
| Students Week; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
