Bill Text: TX HR543 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Creative Corrections Education Foundation on its work.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-22 - Reported enrolled [HR543 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR543-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 543 |
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WHEREAS, The Creative Corrections Education Foundation has | ||
helped provide an educational lifeline to many young people in the | ||
Beaumont-Port Arthur area who are considered at risk; and | ||
WHEREAS, CCEF grants scholarships to children of | ||
incarcerated or paroled parents or legal guardians and to students | ||
in financial hardship who wish to pursue higher education or | ||
vocational training; and | ||
WHEREAS, In June 2015, the foundation established the Right | ||
Path Program to assist the growing population of unemployed Golden | ||
Triangle residents in acquiring the skills, education, and other | ||
tools necessary for gaining meaningful employment; the initiative | ||
helps young adults, typically between the ages of 18 and 27, by | ||
providing financial aid for enrollment at the Lamar Institute of | ||
Technology, where they can earn an associate degree or trade | ||
certificate; and | ||
WHEREAS, In keeping with its motto, "Education Versus | ||
Incarceration," the Creative Corrections Education Foundation has | ||
worked to break the cycle of poverty that affects disadvantaged | ||
young people, and the organization is indeed deserving of special | ||
recognition for its significant efforts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the Creative Corrections Education | ||
Foundation on its service to the people of Southeast Texas and | ||
extend to all those associated with the organization sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Deshotel | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 543 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 21, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||