Bill Text: TX HR150 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Welcoming representatives of Lee College, College of the Mainland, and Galveston College to the State Capitol on Community College Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-31 - Reported enrolled [HR150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR150-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 150 |
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WHEREAS, Delegations from Lee College, College of the | ||
Mainland, and Galveston College are gathering for Community College | ||
Day at the State Capitol on January 30, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lee College opened its doors to 177 students in | ||
1934; a vocational institute was added two years later, and in 1948, | ||
the school was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges | ||
and Schools; since 1988, the school has added a new science | ||
building, a fine arts complex, a technology center and library, and | ||
a sports and wellness complex; today, the Lee College Foundation | ||
offers more than 275 scholarships a year, and the college enrolls | ||
over 9,000 students in academic, technical education, and | ||
continuing education programs each semester; for over 80 years, | ||
ExxonMobil has partnered with the college to prepare students for | ||
long-lasting and well-paying jobs in petroleum refining; and | ||
WHEREAS, College of the Mainland operated out of temporary | ||
quarters when it was first founded in September 1967, and a new | ||
campus was established in Texas City in 1970; over the years, many | ||
new buildings and programs have been added, including two | ||
industrial education buildings for the automotive and diesel | ||
mechanics technology programs, the Public Service Careers building | ||
for students interested in training as first responders, a learning | ||
center in League City, and the Gulf Coast Safety Institute; the | ||
college serves more than 3,900 credit and 1,000 continuing | ||
education students each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, A comprehensive community college for Galveston | ||
Island and the surrounding region, Galveston College also opened in | ||
September 1967, and over the years, it has built a strong reputation | ||
with such programs as health occupations and culinary arts; it has | ||
also won recognition for its workforce development initiatives, its | ||
innovative fund-raising techniques, its NJCAA athletics, and its | ||
special services for students; today, the college serves 2,300 | ||
credit students each semester as well as 5,000 continuing education | ||
students each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, These three outstanding educational institutions | ||
have provided generations of students with the knowledge, skills, | ||
and inspiration they need to create meaningful and productive | ||
lives, and they are truly worthy of recognition on this special day; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby welcome the delegations from Lee College, | ||
College of the Mainland, and Galveston College to the State Capitol | ||
and extend to them sincere best wishes for a meaningful and | ||
memorable visit. | ||
Middleton | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 150 was adopted by the House on | ||
January 30, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||