serve with out of georgetown texas near austin, marsha farney of georgetown to not only increase funding by $300 million, but improve curriculum teacher training and lower student-teacher ratios. in this global economy we live today and tomorrow, students won't be competing for jobs in the workplace of neighboring states but we'll be competing with kids and students from all over the world. mr. speaker, let's do this for texas. let's do the right thing. let's help these children and i yield back my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in rec