R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On January 29 and 30, 1997, public school students 1-2 from across the state will attend class in the Capitol Extension 1-3 auditorium as part of the second annual Texas Capitol Schoolhouse 1-4 program; and 1-5 WHEREAS, In what promises to become an exciting annual event, 1-6 students and teachers from 13 schools have come to Austin to 1-7 demonstrate how technology has been incorporated into the 1-8 day-to-day activities of Texas' students; with the many recent 1-9 innovations in computer technology, education techniques have 1-10 undergone rapid change, and educators are eager to develop these 1-11 modern ideas to the best advantage of Texas' young people; and 1-12 WHEREAS, In addition to their regular classroom activities, 1-13 students will participate in an on-line school day and will work 1-14 together on a Texas history project that will be made available 1-15 electronically courtesy of the World Wide Web; the students will 1-16 also receive a visit from Governor George W. Bush, who will meet 1-17 with these future Texas leaders and observe the updated techniques 1-18 being used in our state's schools; and 1-19 WHEREAS, This dynamic event will also be attended by members 1-20 of the legislature, who will be on hand to participate in this 1-21 two-day affair and to gather information that may positively affect 1-22 future legislation in the area of education; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Discourse between teachers, students, and members 1-24 will be encouraged, as each will have the opportunity to ask 2-1 questions and witness one another in action; students and teachers 2-2 will be able to learn their legislators' positions on education and 2-3 technology, and legislators will have a firsthand view of the 2-4 effectiveness of educational innovations; and 2-5 WHEREAS, Technology has become increasingly important in the 2-6 daily lives of most Americans, especially our students, and the 2-7 Texas Capitol Schoolhouse program provides an outstanding forum to 2-8 demonstrate and explore the expanding role of technology and its 2-9 potential in Texas' public schools; now, therefore, be it 2-10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-11 Legislature hereby commemorate the 1997 Texas Capitol Schoolhouse 2-12 program and extend best wishes to the students and teachers who are 2-13 participating in this valuable program. Merritt Laney Gutierrez Ogden Alexander Haggerty Oliveira Allen Hamric Olivo Alvarado Hartnett Palmer Averitt Hawley Patterson Bailey Heflin Pickett Berlanga Hernandez Pitts Bonnen Hightower Place Bosse Hilbert Price Brimer Hilderbran Puente Burnam Hill Rabuck Carter Hinojosa Ramsay Chavez Hirschi Rangel Chisum Hochberg Raymond Christian Hodge Reyna of Bexar Clark Holzheauser Reyna of Dallas Coleman Horn Rhodes Cook Howard Rodriguez Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 60 was adopted by the House on January 30, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House