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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 383
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Texas Senate is proud to welcome the
 1-4     participants in the Parents as Teachers program, who have
 1-5     travelled to the State Capitol on Parents as Teachers Day,
 1-6     March 6, 2001; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, An award-winning early childhood parent education
 1-8     program that supports and empowers parents as their child's first
 1-9     and most influential teachers, Parents as Teachers (PAT) is based
1-10     on sound research and is a partnership between home and school
1-11     designed to give to children the best possible start in life;
1-12     and
1-13           WHEREAS, The program was first brought to Texas in 1987 by
1-14     the Mental Health Association in Texas, and there were three
1-15     pilot sites; today there are about 120 sites, mainly in school
1-16     district settings, which serve approximately 10,000 families;
1-17     and
1-18           WHEREAS, Continuing to firmly support the Texas Parents as
1-19     Teachers programs, the Mental Health Association in Texas assists
1-20     by coordinating training, certification, state conferences, and
1-21     technical assistance; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, Parent educators provide childhood developmental
 2-2     information, including the latest in brain research; Parents
 2-3     as Teachers services include home visits, group meetings,
 2-4     developmental screenings, and links to community resources; and
 2-5           WHEREAS, Serving a full range of families from diverse
 2-6     socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, the Texas Parents as
 2-7     Teachers program integrates neuroscience and child development
 2-8     information; and
 2-9           WHEREAS, Some of the Parents as Teachers sites are part of
2-10     a larger program that offers child care, mentoring, drug abuse
2-11     counseling, gang intervention, and English tutoring; and
2-12           WHEREAS, Parents as Teachers is an excellent program in
2-13     Texas, and it is truly deserving of legislative recognition;
2-14     now, therefore, be it
2-15           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-16     77th Legislature, hereby commend the members of the Parents as
2-17     Teachers program and applaud their commitment and contributions
2-18     to the education of their children; and, be it further
2-19           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-20     this outstanding group as an expression of highest regard from
2-21     the Texas Senate.
2-22                                                    West
 3-1           Armbrister           Gallegos            Ogden
 3-2           Barrientos           Harris              Shapiro
 3-3           Bernsen              Haywood             Shapleigh
 3-4           Bivins               Jackson             Sibley
 3-5           Brown                Lindsay             Staples
 3-6           Cain                 Lucio               Truan
 3-7           Carona               Madla               Van de Putte
 3-8           Duncan               Moncrief            Wentworth
 3-9           Ellis                Nelson              Whitmire
3-10           Fraser                                   Zaffirini
3-11                      Ratliff, President of the Senate
3-12                                  ______________________________________
3-13                                          President of the Senate
3-14                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-15                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-16                                  on March 6, 2001.
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3-18                                          Secretary of the Senate
3-19                                  ______________________________________
3-20                                           Member, Texas Senate