TITLE: Recognizing February 23, 2015, as Association of Texas Professional Educators Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 23, 2015, as Association of Texas Professional Educators Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of the Association of Texas Professional Educators are visiting the State Capitol on February 23, 2015; and WHEREAS, The largest independent educators' association in the nation, the Association of Texas Professional Educators is owned and governed by its members, including all types of public school employees, college students and teacher trainees, retired educators, and members of the public; and WHEREAS, More than 5,000 Texans help lead the ATPE at the local, regional, and state levels, and a full-time staff supports the organization's work; members are provided with protection, advocacy, and resources that assist them in ensuring that Texas' schoolchildren receive the best possible education; and WHEREAS, Committed to the professional rights of their members, the association encourages them to be politically active leaders and to communicate with legislators about current educational issues and conditions; and WHEREAS, By engaging the education community in the legislative process, the Association of Texas Professional Educators is working to improve our schools and is making a tangible difference in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 23, 2015, as Association of Texas Professional Educators Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those in attendance sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and memorable visit. Miller of Comal Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 578 was adopted by the House on February 23, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House