Bill Text: TX HR483 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Rose Benavidez on her inauguration as chair of the Association of Community College Trustees Board of Directors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR483-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 483 |
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WHEREAS, Starr County native Rose Benavidez has been | ||
inaugurated as chair of the Association of Community College | ||
Trustees Board of Directors, becoming the first Latina to hold that | ||
position in the group's more than 50-year history; and | ||
WHEREAS, ACCT is a nonprofit educational organization of | ||
governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and | ||
appointed trustees who lead over 1,200 community, technical, and | ||
junior colleges in the U.S.; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Benavidez has served on the board of South Texas | ||
College since 2009; first elected to the ACCT board in 2017, she | ||
represents the group's western region and has previously served as | ||
chair of its diversity committee; throughout her tenure, she has | ||
furthered the organization's mission to increase federal funding | ||
for higher education, align skills training with meaningful wage | ||
employment, and promote student success around the world; in her | ||
new role, she will work with officials from the White House, | ||
Congress, and the U.S. Department of Education to advocate in | ||
behalf of higher education and to champion the students of the Rio | ||
Grande Valley; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of the late Manuel Benavidez, who also | ||
served on the ACCT board, Ms. Benavidez is currently president of | ||
the Starr County Industrial Foundation, a nonprofit founded and | ||
supported by local government and business leaders committed to | ||
developing the local economy; her many honors include being | ||
inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame and receiving a | ||
Woman of Distinction Award from the Texas Association of Mexican | ||
American Chambers of Commerce; she was most recently recognized as | ||
a Woman of Distinction by the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of | ||
Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her leadership, professionalism, and | ||
commitment to excellence, Rose Benavidez has earned the lasting | ||
respect and admiration of her colleagues and the Rio Grande Valley | ||
community, and her experience and expertise are sure to serve her | ||
well as she takes on this challenging new role; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Rose Benavidez on being named chair | ||
of the Association of Community College Trustees Board of Directors | ||
and that she be extended sincere best wishes for a productive | ||
tenure; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Benavidez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Guillen | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 483 was adopted by the House on March | ||
7, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||