86R6713 KSM-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.R. No. 542
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, National Speech and Debate Education Day is being
  celebrated on March 1, 2019; and
         WHEREAS, Established by the National Speech & Debate
  Association, in conjunction with national and local partners, this
  event serves to promote better instruction in speech and debate
  across all grade levels and to highlight the pivotal roles those
  abilities play in personal advocacy, social movements, and public
  policy-making; and
         WHEREAS, Speech and debate education helps students develop
  important skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity,
  and collaboration through the practice of public speaking;
  participants learn not only to analyze and express complex ideas
  effectively but also to listen, concur, question, or dissent with
  reason and compassion; and
         WHEREAS, Across the country, countless educators devote
  in-school, after-school, and weekend time to supporting their
  students in speech and debate practices and competitions, and the
  example of hard work and dedication they set has a lasting, positive
  impact on their pupils; and
         WHEREAS, The skills learned through speech and debate serve
  students well throughout their lives, and this occasion presents a
  welcome opportunity to recognize such instruction as an essential
  component of a well-rounded curriculum; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2019, as National Speech and
  Debate Education Day in Texas.