TITLE: Recognizing February 14, 2011, as Texas SkillsUSA Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 14, 2011, as Texas SkillsUSA Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, High school students from across the Lone Star State are gathering in Austin on February 14, 2011, for Texas SkillsUSA Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, Texas SkillsUSA is a nonprofit organization that encourages students in trade and industry education to develop essential skills such as communication and teamwork while also gaining a competitive edge in the job market; teachers benefit as well by enhancing their occupational education programs and gaining local business support and participation; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1948, Texas SkillsUSA now has more than 1,000 chapters at public and trade/technical schools and serves over 15,000 student and professional members who are enrolled in trade, technical, industrial, and health occupation programs; the organization helps coordinate the efforts of educators, administrators, corporations, labor organizations, trade associations, and government agencies in order to meet the nation's need for a globally competitive, educated, and skilled workforce; and WHEREAS, Taking part in Texas SkillsUSA Day are seven of the organization's officers; Austin Scarborough of Duncanville High School is the state president and is enrolled in the Career and Technical Education engineering program, and C. J. DeHart of Westwood High School in Austin is the state secretary and is in the CTE graphic design program; the other officers are all in the CTE criminal justice program; Gabby Espinosa of the Townview Law Magnet School in Dallas is state vice president, Jaime Jimenez, also from the Townview Law Magnet School, is the state parliamentarian, Marco Cavazos of Homer Hanna High School in Brownsville is the state historian, Cristina Lopez, who also attends Homer Hanna High School, is the state reporter, and Samantha Allen of New Braunfels High School is the state treasurer; and WHEREAS, These fine young Texans are doing an exceptional job of furthering the mission of Texas SkillsUSA, and this beneficial organization is indeed deserving of praise for its success in preparing young people to become productive members of the workforce; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 14, 2011, as Texas SkillsUSA Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful visit to Austin. Davis of Dallas 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. 417 was adopted by the House on February 14, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House