Bill Text: TX HR20 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating El Paso Community College for receiving a 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-07 - Reported enrolled [HR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR20-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 20 | ||
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| WHEREAS, El Paso Community College has received a 2021 Higher | ||
| Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity | ||
| magazine; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The HEED Award recognizes those schools that | ||
| demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion | ||
| through on-campus initiatives, programs, and outreach, as well as | ||
| student recruitment and retention and hiring practices for faculty | ||
| and staff; EPCC has earned the accolade for the ninth consecutive | ||
| year and will be featured in the November 2021 issue of INSIGHT Into | ||
| Diversity; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A champion of inclusion and equity, EPCC fosters and | ||
| promotes cultural awareness and respect among employees and | ||
| students and throughout the community at large; the college also | ||
| works to eliminate educational disparities through its broad-based | ||
| support of academic progress, degree completion, transfer, and | ||
| gainful employment; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By creating opportunities and providing resources | ||
| for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, EPCC | ||
| is helping to expand access to higher education for area residents, | ||
| and in so doing, the school is contributing greatly to the | ||
| prosperity of the El Paso community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate El Paso | ||
| Community College on its receipt of a 2021 Higher Education | ||
| Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine | ||
| and extend to the school's student body, faculty, staff, and | ||
| administration sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for El Paso Community College as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Fierro | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 20 was adopted by the House on | ||
| September 30, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
