By: Barrientos S.R. No. 880 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased and proud 1-3 to congratulate government and economics teacher Patricia Dobbs and 1-4 David Crockett High School on being selected winners of the National 1-5 Association of Secondary School Principals/John Herklotz award for 1-6 "Outstanding Contributions to Teaching Democracy"; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Crockett was one of eight schools, and the only Texas 1-8 school, to receive the award; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Ms. Dobbs, state director for the '94 National 1-10 Student/Parent Mock Election, recruited about 40 students from her 1-11 government, economics, and health care classes, as well as parents, 1-12 corporate sponsors, and others to spread the news about the election 1-13 and send ballots to Texas schools; and 1-14 WHEREAS, During a mock vote that Crockett seniors helped 1-15 organize, 700 Texas schools phoned or mailed in the votes of more 1-16 than 85,000 students of all grade levels on state and national races 1-17 and issues; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Students chose candidates in the gubernatorial, 1-19 United States senator, and United States representative races and 1-20 voted on how to handle national issues such as health care; the 1-21 biennial National Student/Parent Mock Election has been conducted 1-22 nationwide since 1980; and 1-23 WHEREAS, The students answered phones and tallied results 2-1 on computers during an election night show that was shown on public 2-2 television; and 2-3 WHEREAS, To prepare for the election, the students also 2-4 studied the issues and staged a candidate forum; and 2-5 WHEREAS, The school won the award because the students worked 2-6 to coordinate the state program; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The teacher stated that her goal had been to 2-8 motivate students to become familiar with the voting process, and 2-9 then actually go vote; and 2-10 WHEREAS, Crockett High School, Patricia Dobbs, and numerous 2-11 other sponsors and volunteers also were selected to receive the 2-12 Time Magazine/National Association of State Boards of Education 2-13 award for "Outstanding Leadership in Voter Education"; now, 2-14 therefore, be it 2-15 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-16 74th Legislature, hereby commend Patricia Dobbs, David Crockett 2-17 High School, and the volunteer students on being the recipients of 2-18 these two most prestigious awards; and, be it further 2-19 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-20 school as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 President of the Senate 2-23 I hereby certify that the above 2-24 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-25 on May 1, 1995. 3-1 ______________________________________ 3-2 Secretary of the Senate 3-3 ______________________________________ 3-4 Member, Texas Senate