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  H.R. No. 770
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Vision Academy of Excellence in the Edinburg
  Consolidated Independent School District has helped 135
  nontraditional students earn their high school diplomas since it
  opened in January 2010; and
         WHEREAS, Created by district superintendent Dr. Rene
  Gutierrez, the Vision Academy of Excellence was founded to assist
  students in mastering the competencies they need to graduate and to
  provide an alternative for those whose schooling was interrupted;
  as part of a "no excuses" philosophy, administrators utilize
  district lists of students who have stopped attending class and
  make home visits to inform those individuals of the Vision Academy
  and how it can help them to earn needed course credits or to pass
  state proficiency tests; and
         WHEREAS, The second graduating class at the academy received
  diplomas on January 27, 2011; 92 students, twice the number from the
  previous year, fulfilled the graduation requirements despite the
  challenges they faced; and
         WHEREAS, Currently about 142 students are enrolled at the
  school, ranging in age from 18 to 25, and nearly 40 percent have
  children of their own; academy director Nelda Garza and her staff
  collaborate with ECISD team parent staff, Communities in Schools,
  Workforce Solutions, and the United Way to connect students to
  child care and other resources; and
         WHEREAS, The academy achieves positive results by fostering a
  personalized approach to education and by offering flexible hours
  and scheduling and small class sizes; school district
  administrators have applied for grants, including from the
  organization Jobs for the Future, in hopes of increasing the number
  of students the academy serves; and
         WHEREAS, Public education is an endeavor in which all Texans
  have a stake, and the dedicated work of the faculty and staff of the
  Vision Academy of Excellence is changing many lives for the better;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
  Legislature hereby honor the Vision Academy of Excellence in the
  Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District for helping
  nontraditional students to graduate from high school and extend
  sincere best wishes to all those associated with the campus for
  continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Pena
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 770 was adopted by the House on March 8,
  2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House