Bill Text: TX HR1396 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Lincoln Technical Institute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR1396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1396-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1396 |
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WHEREAS, Lincoln Technical Institute is celebrating its 75th | ||
anniversary in 2021, and this milestone presents a fitting | ||
opportunity to recognize its Lincoln College of Technology campus | ||
in Grand Prairie; and | ||
WHEREAS, Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey in 1946, | ||
Lincoln Technical Institute was initially dedicated to helping | ||
World War II veterans transition into the workforce; today, Lincoln | ||
Educational Services Corporation is a major provider of | ||
diversified, career-oriented, postsecondary education; it offers | ||
degree and diploma programs in health sciences, automotive | ||
technology, skilled trades, hospitality services, and information | ||
technology; across the country, it operates more than 20 campuses | ||
in 14 states; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Grand Prairie campus was initially established | ||
in Dallas as Lincoln Technical Institute in 1966; early curricula | ||
included automotive and diesel technology, and in 1974 instruction | ||
in truck maintenance was added; the school moved to Grand Prairie in | ||
1988, and three years later, it launched air conditioning and | ||
refrigeration service courses; more recently, it has expanded to | ||
offer training in such areas as welding and CNC machining, and it | ||
created an associate's degree program in automotive technology; the | ||
campus has been known as the Lincoln College of Technology since | ||
2008; and | ||
WHEREAS, For the past 75 years, Lincoln Technical Institute | ||
has taught skills that prepare Americans for in-demand careers and | ||
has helped to meet the ever-changing personnel requirements of | ||
industry in an increasingly global economy; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Lincoln | ||
Technical Institute and extend to all those associated with the | ||
school and its Grand Prairie campus sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the institute as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Turner of Tarrant | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1396 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||