H.R. No. 371
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, KIPP Austin Public Schools is visiting the State
  Capitol on February 16, 2009; and
         WHEREAS, Founded in 1994, the Knowledge Is Power Program was
  developed to better serve Houston's inner-city youth; through the
  years, the program has grown to include 66 schools in 19 states and
  the District of Columbia, and now serves more than 16,000 students;
  and
         WHEREAS, KIPP has achieved notable success with low-income
  students; nearly 80 percent of students who complete the eighth
  grade at KIPP schools go to college, in contrast to a less than 20
  percent rate for low-income youth nationally; and
         WHEREAS, KIPP Austin Public Schools was established in 2002
  by Jill Kolasinski, a teacher at the original KIPP Academy in
  Houston; she founded the institution on the following principles:
  high expectations of students, the choice to join the school and a
  commitment to excellence, more time spent in school, the power of
  the school director to lead, a focus on results, development of
  character to facilitate education, better health through nutrition
  and fitness, and supportive relationships with faculty; and
         WHEREAS, KIPP Austin Public Schools is expanding the
  educational opportunities of a new generation of students in the
  Capitol City, and the success of the program and the achievements of
  the students merit special recognition; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby welcome the staff and students of KIPP Austin
  Public Schools to the State Capitol and extend to them sincere best
  wishes for the future; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Dukes
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 371 was adopted by the House on
  February 17, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House