1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 221 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased 1-4 to recognize the fourth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse 1-5 event, which is being celebrated in the Capitol Rotunda 1-6 February 15 through 16, 2001; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event gives students 1-8 and teachers from across the state the opportunity to demonstrate 1-9 how technology is used in their schools and to provide information 1-10 to legislators and state leaders on how these technologies improve 1-11 the learning process; and 1-12 WHEREAS, The fourth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse 1-13 event is being sponsored by Apple Computer, AeA Texas Council, 1-14 AMD, Motorola, M/c/c, Texas Instruments, Intel, National 1-15 Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Advantage Graphics, 1-16 Fulbright & Jaworski, Barrett Kendall Publishing, Internet 1-17 Schoolhouse, and Lightspan; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Approximately 13 school districts are participating 1-19 in the 2001 Schoolhouse, and students will participate in a wide 1-20 variety of activities, including technology demonstrations, 1-21 meetings with state officials, capitol and legislative events, a 1-22 Capitol Assembly with state education leaders, and work on school 1-23 projects and other class assignments; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Largely due to the continuing efforts of the 2-2 Texas Legislature and other state agencies, Texas is one of the 2-3 leading states in the nation in providing financial support for 2-4 educational technology; Texas schools spend more than a quarter 2-5 of a billion dollars every year to plan for and implement 2-6 technology in our public schools; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The fourth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse 2-8 provides an excellent opportunity for legislators and the public 2-9 to observe firsthand how students are utilizing and integrating 2-10 technology in learning, and how technology in the public schools 2-11 today is helping to prepare the children of Texas for the 21st 2-12 century; now, therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-14 77th Legislature, hereby commend the sponsors of the fourth 2-15 biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse on providing the state with 2-16 this invaluable educational event; and, be it further 2-17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in 2-18 honor of the fourth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event as 2-19 an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-20 Bivins, Barrientos, 2-21 Ellis 2-22 ______________________________ _______________________________ 2-23 Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate 2-24 _______________________________ 2-25 Member, Texas Senate 2-26 _______________________________ 2-27 President of the Senate 2-28 I hereby certify that the 2-29 above Resolution was adopted by 2-30 the Senate on February 15, 2001. 2-31 _______________________________ 2-32 Secretary of the Senate