SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize the members of the Texas State Technical College
delegation, who are visiting Austin on February 27, 2019, to
celebrate Texas State Technical College Day at the State
Capitol; and
WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, Texas State Technical
College has served as the state's premier two-year institution
for technical education and has provided highly specialized
training in advanced and emerging technology fields; and
WHEREAS, The college's 10 campuses offer more than 120
associate degrees and certificates in 67 program areas and help
to prepare students for high-wage jobs in a broad range of
technical fields; and
WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College provides Texas a
skilled workforce for Texas industry and is the number one single
Texas provider of welders, electrical line workers, diesel
mechanics, and electrical power and control technicians; the
college is the number two single provider in Texas for
instrumentation technology technicians and aerospace
technicians; and
WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College students have
repeatedly demonstrated the quality of the college's programs by
outperforming thousands of students from across the country in
Skills USA competitions and bringing home to Texas 21 national
championships since 2004, more than all other Texas schools
combined; and
WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College, with its
first-of-its-kind 100 percent performance-based state funding
formula and its "Money-Back Tuition Guarantee" to students,
stands as a national model for innovation and technical training
among all institutions of higher education; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
Legislature, hereby commend the administrator and leadership of
Texas State Technical College for their many exceptional
achievements and extend to the faculty, staff, and students
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
Texas State Technical College as an expression of esteem from the
Texas Senate.
Birdwell, Buckingham,
Huffman, Hughes,
Kolkhorst, Lucio,
Perry, Schwertner
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 27,
2019.
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Secretary of the Senate