R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Throughout the nation, Americans are seeking 1-2 innovative solutions to improve our public education system, and 1-3 some of the most successful programs during the past two decades 1-4 have been those implemented by the Association of Texas 1-5 Professional Educators (ATPE); and 1-6 WHEREAS, ATPE has strived to further education as a 1-7 profession since 1980 by promoting the highest standards and 1-8 developing training activities to bolster teachers' expertise; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Formed by a handful of Texas educators, ATPE has 1-10 increased in membership from 18,000 at its inception to more than 1-11 100,000 members today, making it the largest professional 1-12 educator's association in Texas; ATPE has grown and prospered while 1-13 continuing to meet the demanding challenges and expectations of 1-14 educators and of the many children attending school in the Lone 1-15 Star State; and 1-16 WHEREAS, This estimable association has forged partnerships 1-17 with parents, businesses, communities, and the government to 1-18 provide countless services that enable educators and schoolchildren 1-19 to reach their highest potential; and 1-20 WHEREAS, ATPE has benefited greatly from the astute 1-21 leadership of its 2000-2001 ATPE state officers Susie Thrash, Tim 1-22 Fogarty, Sheila Fields, Don Cotten, and Connie Kilday, and ATPE's 1-23 region directors, presidents, and other volunteer officials; and 1-24 WHEREAS, By coordinating efforts to address the serious 2-1 issues that educators and children confront on a daily basis, 2-2 members of ATPE have served as a unifying force in improving 2-3 education, and their initiatives have had a positive impact 2-4 throughout the entire State of Texas; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby recognize January 22, 2001, as Association of 2-7 Texas Professional Educators Day and that it commend the members of 2-8 ATPE for the continued enhancement of education in Texas; and, be 2-9 it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-11 prepared for the Association of Texas Professional Educators as an 2-12 expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Telford Sadler Laney Glaze Menendez Alexander Goodman Merritt Allen Goolsby Miller Averitt Gray Moreno of Harris Bailey Green Moreno of El Paso Berman Grusendorf Morrison Bonnen Gutierrez Mowery Bosse Haggerty Naishtat Brimer Hamric Najera Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Brazos Hartnett Noriega Burnam Hawley Oliveira Callegari Heflin Olivo Capelo Hilbert Pickett Carter Hilderbran Pitts Chavez Hill Puente Chisum Hinojosa Ramsay Christian Hochberg Rangel Clark Hodge Reyna of Bexar Coleman Homer Reyna of Dallas Cook Hope Ritter Corte Hopson Sadler Counts Howard Salinas Crabb Hunter Seaman Craddick Hupp Shields Crownover Isett Smith Danburg Janek Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solomons Delisi Jones of Dallas Swinford Denny Junell Talton Deshotel Keel Telford Driver Keffer Thompson Dukes King of Parker Tillery Dunnam King of Uvalde Truitt Dutton Kitchen Turner of Coleman Edwards Kolkhorst Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Krusee Uher Eiland Kuempel Uresti Elkins Lewis of Tarrant Villarreal Ellis Lewis of Orange Walker Farabee Longoria West Farrar Luna Williams Flores McCall Wilson Gallego McClendon Wise Garcia McReynolds Wohlgemuth George Madden Wolens Geren Marchant Woolley Giddings Martinez Fischer Yarbrough Maxey Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 73 was adopted by the House on January 22, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House