Bill Text: TX HR928 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Western Governors University Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR928-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Western Governors University Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR928-Introduced.html
87R18895 BPG-D | ||
By: Murphy | H.R. No. 928 |
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WHEREAS, Western Governors University Texas is celebrating | ||
its 10th anniversary in 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, A nonprofit, fully online institution, WGU Texas was | ||
established in 2011 as an affiliate of the national Western | ||
Governors University, created in 1997 by the governors of 19 | ||
states, including Texas; WGU Texas partners with the state under a | ||
memorandum of understanding and coordinates with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, Texas Education Agency, and Texas | ||
Workforce Commission; and | ||
WHEREAS, The school's mission is to offer affordable access | ||
to quality education for adults with busy schedules; students take | ||
courses at their own pace and advance by proving competency, rather | ||
than by logging a specific number of hours, and individualized | ||
instruction is supported by program mentors; with more than 60 | ||
accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs, the | ||
university prepares Texans for such high-demand, high value fields | ||
as business, information technology, education, and health care; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Students typically earn a bachelor's degree within | ||
two and a half years, spending less than $17,000, or about a fifth | ||
of the usual cost; moreover, WGU Texas facilitates transfers from | ||
other institutions via a statewide articulation agreement with the | ||
Texas Association of Community Colleges; each year since its | ||
inception, it has received the Military Friendly School | ||
designation; and | ||
WHEREAS, From an initial enrollment of about 1,600, WGU Texas | ||
has grown steadily, and today it serves 14,000 students across the | ||
state; 70 percent are members of one or more underserved | ||
populations; alumni living and working in Texas number more than | ||
18,000; and | ||
WHEREAS, WGU Texas creates pathways to opportunity through | ||
innovation and a student-centric culture, and in so doing, it | ||
improves lives and strengthens the workforce that is the engine of | ||
our state's prosperity; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 10th anniversary of Western | ||
Governors University Texas and extend to all those associated with | ||
the institution sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |