Bill Text: TX HR1531 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the grand opening of the Barbara Jordan Career Center on May 15, 2019.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-09 - Reported enrolled [HR1531 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1531-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1531 |
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WHEREAS, The Barbara Jordan Career Center in Houston is | ||
celebrating its grand opening on May 15, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, A vocational training campus of the Houston | ||
Independent School District, BJCC accepts students from nine | ||
partner high schools who receive traditional instruction at their | ||
home campuses for half the day and are then transported to the | ||
center for hands-on career classes; and | ||
WHEREAS, BJCC provides training in a variety of professions, | ||
including automobile technology, construction, cosmetology, health | ||
science, marketing, welding, and the culinary arts; students are | ||
also offered opportunities for local internships, state and | ||
national licenses, and dual credit courses, enabling them to earn | ||
college credit and certifications; and | ||
WHEREAS, Open since January 2019, the facility is named in | ||
honor of the legendary Barbara Jordan; raised in Houston's Fifth | ||
Ward, this dynamic political leader was the first African American | ||
since Reconstruction to hold a seat in the Texas Senate and the | ||
first African American woman from the South to serve in the | ||
U.S. House of Representatives; noted for her eloquence and her | ||
commanding presence, she went on to become a challenging and | ||
inspiring teacher at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin; she died in 1996; and | ||
WHEREAS, A fitting tribute to this remarkable woman and her | ||
passion for knowledge and strength of character, the Barbara Jordan | ||
Career Center offers its students a firm foundation on which to | ||
build fulfilling and productive lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the grand opening of the Barbara | ||
Jordan Career Center and extend to all those associated with the | ||
school sincere best wishes for success in their exciting new | ||
endeavor; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Dutton | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1531 was adopted by the House on May | ||
8, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||