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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, National Speech and Debate Education Day is being |
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celebrated on March 1, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Established by the National Speech & Debate |
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Association, in conjunction with national and local partners, this |
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event serves to promote better instruction in speech and debate |
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across all grade levels and to highlight the pivotal roles those |
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abilities play in personal advocacy, social movements, and public |
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policy-making; and |
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WHEREAS, Speech and debate education helps students develop |
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important skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity, |
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and collaboration through the practice of public speaking; |
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participants learn not only to analyze and express complex ideas |
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effectively but also to listen, concur, question, or dissent with |
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reason and compassion; and |
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WHEREAS, Across the country, countless educators devote |
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in-school, after-school, and weekend time to supporting their |
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students in speech and debate practices and competitions, and the |
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example of hard work and dedication they set has a lasting, positive |
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impact on their pupils; and |
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WHEREAS, The skills learned through speech and debate serve |
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students well throughout their lives, and this occasion presents a |
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welcome opportunity to recognize such instruction as an essential |
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component of a well-rounded curriculum; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2019, as National Speech and |
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Debate Education Day in Texas. |