SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 64

	WHEREAS, The Senate 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 Senate of the State of Texas,
79th 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 Senate.
                                                             Barrientos, Shapiro




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on January 31, 2005.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate