1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108 |
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2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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3 | 3 | | recognize the members of the Texas State Technical College |
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4 | 4 | | delegation, who are visiting Austin on February 27, 2019, to |
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5 | 5 | | celebrate Texas State Technical College Day at the State |
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6 | 6 | | Capitol; and |
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7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, Texas State Technical |
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8 | 8 | | College has served as the state's premier two-year institution |
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9 | 9 | | for technical education and has provided highly specialized |
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10 | 10 | | training in advanced and emerging technology fields; and |
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11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The college's 10 campuses offer more than 120 |
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12 | 12 | | associate degrees and certificates in 67 program areas and help |
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13 | 13 | | to prepare students for high-wage jobs in a broad range of |
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14 | 14 | | technical fields; and |
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15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College provides Texas a |
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16 | 16 | | skilled workforce for Texas industry and is the number one single |
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17 | 17 | | Texas provider of welders, electrical line workers, diesel |
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18 | 18 | | mechanics, and electrical power and control technicians; the |
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19 | 19 | | college is the number two single provider in Texas for |
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20 | 20 | | instrumentation technology technicians and aerospace |
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21 | 21 | | technicians; and |
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22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College students have |
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23 | 23 | | repeatedly demonstrated the quality of the college's programs by |
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24 | 24 | | outperforming thousands of students from across the country in |
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25 | 25 | | Skills USA competitions and bringing home to Texas 21 national |
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26 | 26 | | championships since 2004, more than all other Texas schools |
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27 | 27 | | combined; and |
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28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College, with its |
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29 | 29 | | first-of-its-kind 100 percent performance-based state funding |
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30 | 30 | | formula and its "Money-Back Tuition Guarantee" to students, |
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31 | 31 | | stands as a national model for innovation and technical training |
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32 | 32 | | among all institutions of higher education; now, therefore, be it |
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33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby commend the administrator and leadership of |
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35 | 35 | | Texas State Technical College for their many exceptional |
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36 | 36 | | achievements and extend to the faculty, staff, and students |
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37 | 37 | | sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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39 | 39 | | Texas State Technical College as an expression of esteem from the |
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40 | 40 | | Texas Senate. |
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41 | 41 | | Birdwell, Buckingham, |
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42 | 42 | | Huffman, Hughes, |
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43 | 43 | | Kolkhorst, Lucio, |
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44 | 44 | | Perry, Schwertner |
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45 | 45 | | ____________________________________________________________ |
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46 | 46 | | Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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47 | 47 | | ____________________________________________________________ |
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48 | 48 | | Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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49 | 49 | | ____________________________________________________________ |
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50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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51 | 51 | | ____________________________________________________________ |
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52 | 52 | | Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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54 | 54 | | President of the Senate |
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55 | 55 | | I hereby certify that the |
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56 | 56 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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57 | 57 | | the Senate on February 27, |
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58 | 58 | | 2019. |
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59 | 59 | | ______________________________ |
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60 | 60 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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