H.R. No. 596

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing
	and Visual Arts in Dallas has been named the recipient of a 2015
	Texas Medal of Arts Award by the Texas Cultural Trust; and
	WHEREAS, Presented biennially since 2001, the Texas Medal of
	Arts Awards celebrate the power of the arts to enhance the quality
	of life in the Lone Star State; they recognize those who have
	achieved greatness and those who have opened doors of opportunity
	for others, and Booker T. Washington High School is the first
	educational institution to receive this prestigious accolade; and
	WHEREAS, Booker T. Washington High School was built in 1922
	as the city's first African American high school; a half-century
	later, the Dallas Independent School District transformed the
	campus into an arts magnet high school with a dual focus on the arts
	and scholarship, and it became a prototype for similar institutions
	across the nation; its long list of distinguished alumni includes
	jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Philadelphia Orchestra cellist John
	Koen, visual artists Christian Schumann and Chris Arnold, and
	singers Erykah Badu, Norah Jones, and Edie Brickell; and
	WHEREAS, Since its establishment, BTW has won well over 200
	DeeBee awards from Downbeat magazine, and the National Foundation
	for Advancement in the Arts has designated it as one of five
	Distinguished Schools in the Arts; the campus received the National
	Blue Ribbon Award for Exemplary Education from the United States
	Department of Education, which ranks it among the best eight magnet
	schools; moreover, the school has been named one of the best
	academic schools by Newsweek magazine and one of the top performing
	arts schools by U.S.News and World Report; each year, 99 percent of
	its students graduate, and 90 percent go on to pursue further
	education; and
	WHEREAS, The high standards of excellence maintained by
	Booker T. Washington HSPVA illustrate the degree to which the arts
	can enrich the lives of young Texans, and this noteworthy
	institution is indeed deserving of this outstanding honor; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Booker T. Washington High School
	for the Performing and Visual Arts on its receipt of a Texas Medal
	of Arts Award from the Texas Cultural Trust and extend to the
	school's students, faculty, staff, and alumni sincere best wishes
	for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Meyer
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	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 Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez 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 Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 596 was adopted by the House on February
	25, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House