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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 93
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ramon Benavides Jr. of the Ysleta Independent |
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School District has been named the 2022 State Teacher of the Year |
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by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the 2022 Texas |
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Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association of School |
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Administrators; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, CCSSO celebrates State Teachers of the |
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Year from U.S. states and their territories, the District of |
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Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity by |
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providing them with a yearlong professional learning program; |
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the TASA Texas Teacher of the Year award is the highest honor that |
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can be bestowed upon an educator in the Lone Star State, and it |
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recognizes teachers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership |
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and excellence in the classroom; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ramon Benavides is the son of migrant farm |
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workers who went on to become South Texas educators; he recently |
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earned his Ph.D. in education leadership policy from Texas Tech |
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University, and he has taught for more than a decade at |
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Ysleta ISD, where he is a biology instructor at Del Valle High |
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School in El Paso; in addition, he is a grant writer for the |
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district, and he has contributed to the Del Valle High campus |
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community by overseeing a Science National Honor Society chapter |
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and sponsoring several school clubs; he is also an adjunct |
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biology instructor at El Paso Community College, and he mentors |
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high school, undergraduate, and graduate students; and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in his field, Dr. Benavides is a member |
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of the Ysleta Teachers Association and the National Education |
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Association; moreover, he is actively involved with a number of |
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community organizations; he holds a biology degree from The |
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University of Texas at San Antonio, a chemistry degree from The |
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University of Texas at Brownsville, and a master of arts in |
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teaching science degree from The University of Texas at El Paso; |
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in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, |
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Dr. Alyssa Cervantes Benavides, and his son; and |
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WHEREAS, A strong advocate for equity in public education, |
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Ramon Benavides is committed to providing opportunities for |
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Texas students, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his |
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receipt of these prestigious accolades; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Dr. Ramon Benavides Jr. on |
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being honored as both the 2022 State Teacher of the Year by the |
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Council of Chief State School Officers and the 2022 Texas Teacher |
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of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; 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 Dr. Benavides as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Blanco |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 24, 2023. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |