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                   WHEREAS, The celebration of Career and Technical Education  | 
         
         
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            Month in February 2021 presents a fitting opportunity to pay  | 
         
         
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            tribute to the importance of career and technical education in the  | 
         
         
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            Lone Star State and to recognize the CTE programs offered by the  | 
         
         
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            school districts in House District 18; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, Encompassing classroom learning, certification  | 
         
         
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            programs, and work-based opportunities, CTE prepares students for  | 
         
         
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            rewarding careers in such high-growth fields as health care,  | 
         
         
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            information technology, advanced manufacturing, hospitality, and  | 
         
         
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            management; in Texas, CTE is delivered at the secondary and  | 
         
         
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            postsecondary levels on the campuses of high schools, magnet  | 
         
         
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            schools, career academies, and community, state, and technical  | 
         
         
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            colleges; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, CTE learning has been a priority for the school  | 
         
         
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            districts in House District 18, with comprehensive programs being  | 
         
         
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            offered in the Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School  | 
         
         
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            District and the Cleveland, Dayton, Devers, Hardin, Hull-Daisetta,  | 
         
         
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            Huntsville, Liberty, New Waverly, Richards, Shepherd, Tarkington,  | 
         
         
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            Trinity, and Willis Independent School Districts; and | 
         
         
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                   WHEREAS, Career and technical education is offering a path to  | 
         
         
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            success in the 21st-century economy while helping to address the  | 
         
         
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            urgent need for skilled labor in high-demand industries, and the  | 
         
         
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            CTE students and teachers of Texas are playing a vital role in the  | 
         
         
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            future prosperity of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | 
         
         
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                   RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas  | 
         
         
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            Legislature hereby commend the career and technical education  | 
         
         
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            programs offered by the school districts in House District 18 on the  | 
         
         
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            occasion of CTE Month in February 2021 and extend to the students  | 
         
         
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            and educators sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it  | 
         
         
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            further | 
         
         
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                   RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be  | 
         
         
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            prepared for the school districts as an expression of high regard by  | 
         
         
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            the Texas House of Representatives. | 
         
         
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            Bailes | 
         
         
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            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.R. No. 83 was adopted by the House on March  | 
         
         
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            10, 2021, by a non-record vote. | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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