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                                                                  H.R. No. 130



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the State of Texas 
takes pride in recognizing the sixth biennial Texas Capitol 
Schoolhouse event, which is being held in the Capitol Extension 
auditorium January 31 through February 1, 2005; and
	WHEREAS, The Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event gives students 
and teachers from across the state the opportunity to demonstrate 
how technology is used in their schools and to provide information 
to legislators and state leaders on how these technologies improve 
the learning process; and
	WHEREAS, The sixth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event 
is being sponsored by American Electronics Association, AMD, Apple 
Corporation, CTB McGraw-Hill, Dell, Edelman Texas, Fast ForWord, 
Freescale Semiconductor, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Hewlett 
Packard, Intel Corporation, Internet Schoolhouse, Microsoft, 
Newsstand.com, NxMove, Promethean Corporation, Questia, Sematech, 
Time Warner Cable, the Texas A&M University College of Education &
Human Development, The Center for Distance Learning Research, and 
Verizon; and
	WHEREAS, The Schoolhouse activities include technology 
demonstrations and presentations by students, a tour of the 
Capitol, observation of meetings of the Texas Senate and the  House 
of Representatives, interviews with state officials, and work on 
school projects and assignments; students will collaborate on a 
Texas history project that will be published electronically on the 
Internet; and
	WHEREAS, Texas is one of the leading states in providing 
financial support for educational technology, and Texas schools 
spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars every year to plan 
for and implement technology in our public schools; and
	WHEREAS, The sixth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event 
provides an excellent opportunity for legislators and the public to 
observe firsthand how students are utilizing and integrating 
technology in learning and how technology in the public schools 
today is helping to prepare the children of Texas for the 21st 
century; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, hereby commend the sponsors of the sixth biennial 
Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event for providing the state with this 
invaluable educational experience; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared in honor 
of the sixth biennial Texas Capitol Schoolhouse event as an 
expression of esteem from the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                      Grusendorf

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 130 was adopted by the House on 
January 31, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House