Bill Text: TX HR2229 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Amarillo College on its receipt of a 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence from the Aspen Institute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2229-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2229 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Amarillo College is the co-recipient of the 2023 | ||
| Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence from the Aspen | ||
| Institute; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Awarded every two years, this prestigious accolade | ||
| recognizes institutions that have distinguished themselves in the | ||
| critical areas of teaching and learning, certificate and degree | ||
| completion, transfer and bachelor's degree attainment, workforce | ||
| success, and access for all students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Honored with the Aspen Institute's Rising Star Award | ||
| in 2021, Amarillo College was selected as one of only two winners of | ||
| the 2023 Aspen Prize from a pool of more than 1,000 community | ||
| colleges nationwide; among its exemplary efforts, Amarillo College | ||
| developed the Culture of Caring initiative under the leadership of | ||
| president Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart; providing a wide range of | ||
| support to students, the program identifies and removes | ||
| poverty-related barriers and has played a major role in the | ||
| improvement of graduation, three-year completion, and transfer | ||
| rates; additionally, the college has established Business | ||
| Leadership Councils that help provide a pipeline for the regional | ||
| workforce, and it oversees a virtual health care plan that is | ||
| provided free of charge to students and their dependents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Amarillo College has also been honored with the Star | ||
| Award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; in | ||
| addition, it received its first perfect score during reaffirmation | ||
| of its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and | ||
| Schools Commission on Colleges; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through education innovation, a committed faculty | ||
| and staff, and a determination to open the doors of opportunity for | ||
| all students, Amarillo College has become the heart of its | ||
| rural-serving community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Amarillo College on receiving a | ||
| 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence from the Aspen | ||
| Institute and extend to all those associated with the college | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Amarillo College as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2229 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
