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      H.R. No. 162       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome is being honored with the 2025   Living Legend Award at the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators   State Conference in Galveston on February 15, 2025; and          WHEREAS, Over the course of an exemplary career spanning four   decades, Ms. Ison-Newsome distinguished herself as a teacher,   principal, and area superintendent, and during her 38 years with   the Dallas Independent School District, she also served as its   first dean of instruction and first chief of staff; under her   leadership, dozens of campuses saw vast improvements in   performance, and she was involved in many initiatives, including   the development of the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A.   Maceo Smith; and          WHEREAS, This respected educator has garnered a multitude of   accolades, among them the Julia Brogdon Purnell Humanitarian Award   from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and in 2017, she was inducted   into the African American Education Archives & History Program Hall   of Fame; in addition, her footprints were installed on the Social   Justice Walk of Fame at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas to   honor her lifelong civil rights activism; and          WHEREAS, Ms. Ison-Newsome holds degrees from Indiana   University, the University of Louisville, and The Ohio State   University; she is a member of such organizations as the Top Ladies   of Distinction, Inc., and the National Council of Negro Women,   Inc., and she is currently the executive director of the Dallas   Regional chapter of the National Alliance of Black School   Educators; and          WHEREAS, Shirley Ison-Newsome has contributed to the   betterment of her community through her exemplary achievements as   an educator, and she has set an inspiring example of public service   to which all may aspire; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby congratulate Shirley Ison-Newsome on her   receipt of the 2025 Living Legend Award from the Texas Alliance of   Black School Educators and extend to her sincere best wishes for the   future; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be   prepared for Ms. Ison-Newsome as an expression of high regard by   the Texas House of Representatives.     Y. Davis of Dallas     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 162 was adopted by the House on   February 13, 2025, by a non-record vote.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House