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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kacy Debney, an Advanced Placement environmental |
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science and chemistry teacher at Samuel Clemens High School in |
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Schertz, has been named the 2025 Environmental Educator of the Year |
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by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the TCEQ honors achievements in |
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environmental preservation and protection through its Texas |
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Environmental Excellence Awards program, and the Environmental |
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Educator of the Year award recognizes a distinguished educator who |
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has highlighted environmental education; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past 16 years, Ms. Debney has dedicated her |
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career to shaping the next generation of environmental stewards; as |
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the AP environmental science teacher at Clemens High, she teaches |
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all aspects of the curriculum, from biodiversity and population |
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dynamics to the effects of energy and water use, and she has worked |
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tirelessly to provide her students with hands-on, real-world |
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experiences through a variety of projects such as designing |
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sustainable homes, cleaning local parks, and drafting mock |
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legislation addressing environmental challenges; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her work in the classroom, Ms. Debney |
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oversees a number of other initiatives and projects that showcase |
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her willingness to go above and beyond; she takes her students on a |
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field trip each spring to gather water and soil samples as part of |
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an ongoing, yearslong study of a local park, allowing them the |
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opportunity to use professional-quality equipment to collect and |
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analyze data; she also supervised the research of four students |
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tasked with formulating a plan to help school districts become more |
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sustainable, and under her able guidance, the group won the 2024 |
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Siemens Texas STEM Pathways Challenge; moreover, she was awarded a |
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Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District |
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education grant last fall for her initiative, Training Future |
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Loraxes, which involves Clemens High students working |
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collaboratively alongside students from Rose Garden Elementary |
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School to conduct an environmental survey; and |
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WHEREAS, By encouraging her students and other members of the |
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community to preserve and protect their environment, Kacy Debney is |
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helping to ensure the continued health and vitality of the Lone Star |
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State's natural resources, and she is indeed deserving of this |
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prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Kacy Debney on her selection as the |
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2025 Environmental Educator of the Year by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success with her important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Debney as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Lujan |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1026 was adopted by the House on May |
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23, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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