Bill Text: TX SR476 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Micheal Brown for earning scholarships to 20 universities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-25 - Reported enrolled [SR476 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR476-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Micheal Brown, a senior at Lamar High School in | ||
| Houston, has been rewarded for his stellar academic | ||
| accomplishments by earning full-ride scholarships to 20 | ||
| colleges, including a number of Ivy League universities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This outstanding young Texan gained admittance to | ||
| such institutions as Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, Johns | ||
| Hopkins, and Harvard Universities, along with his longtime dream | ||
| school, Stanford University; he can look forward to having his | ||
| tuition fully covered at whichever institution he chooses; | ||
| moreover, he has been awarded an additional $260,000 in other | ||
| scholarship funds; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Brown has distinguished himself by earning a | ||
| GPA of 4.68 and near-perfect SAT and ACT scores of 1540 and 34, | ||
| respectively; in addition to excelling academically, he has | ||
| maintained a schedule of extracurricular activities that has | ||
| included involvement in the debate program, the Key Club, student | ||
| government, and tennis; he credits his success to the support and | ||
| encouragement of his classmates, his teachers and counselors, | ||
| and his mother, Berthinia Rutledge-Brown, who has inspired him to | ||
| keep pushing himself to greater heights; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Micheal Brown has proven himself to be a young man | ||
| of remarkable intellect, character, and perseverance in the | ||
| pursuit of his goals, and it is a pleasure to join his family and | ||
| friends in recognizing him as he embarks on a future bright with | ||
| promise; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Micheal Brown on earning | ||
| full-ride scholarships to 20 prestigious universities and extend | ||
| to him sincere best wishes for continued success in all his | ||
| endeavors; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Brown as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Miles | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 25, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
