TITLE: Recognizing January 2011 as Communities In Schools Month and January 26, 2011, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing January 2011 as Communities In Schools Month and January 26, 2011, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Communities In Schools of Texas has made a positive difference in the lives of countless youth and their families; and WHEREAS, Part of the nation's largest dropout prevention network, Communities In Schools of Texas was established in Houston in 1979, and through the years it has expanded to include 27 programs throughout the state; and WHEREAS, This worthwhile organization works to create partnerships with local school districts, businesses, and the community in an effort to provide critical services to students at risk of dropping out; and WHEREAS, Helping young Texans to prepare for successful futures, Communities In Schools of Texas is a program of immeasurable importance, and it is a pleasure to recognize it for the support it provides to students in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize January 2011 as Communities In Schools Month and January 26, 2011, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Crownover Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 164 was adopted by the House on January 26, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House