| 1 | 1 | | 88R21601 BK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Plesa H.R. No. 984 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Collin College Board of Trustees recently voted |
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| 7 | 7 | | to maintain the district's current tuition rate, which is the |
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| 8 | 8 | | lowest in-district rate in the state, through the Fall 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | semester; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, With this decision, the board of trustees has |
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| 11 | 11 | | affirmed its commitment to keeping the cost of education affordable |
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| 12 | 12 | | for Collin College students, even as tuition costs continue to |
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| 13 | 13 | | trend upward at colleges and universities across the nation; its |
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| 14 | 14 | | in-district tuition rate of $62 per credit hour applies to students |
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| 15 | 15 | | earning certificates, associate's degrees, and baccalaureate |
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| 16 | 16 | | degrees, providing an exceptional value to the more than 57,000 |
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| 17 | 17 | | students who are enrolled at Collin College annually; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The cost of tuition has remained low even as Collin |
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| 19 | 19 | | College has experienced significant growth over the past several |
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| 20 | 20 | | years; since 2019, the school has opened new campuses in Wylie, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Farmersville, and Celina, along with other facilities such as a |
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| 22 | 22 | | Technical Campus in Allen, a Public Safety Training Center in |
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| 23 | 23 | | McKinney, and an IT Center at its Frisco campus; the college has |
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| 24 | 24 | | also recently introduced new baccalaureate degree programs in |
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| 25 | 25 | | nursing, cybersecurity, and construction management, adding to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | more than 100 degrees and certificates that it currently offers; |
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| 27 | 27 | | and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Collin College continues to build upon its |
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| 29 | 29 | | reputation as a student-centered institution and an outstanding |
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| 30 | 30 | | educational resource to the community, and it is greatly assisting |
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| 31 | 31 | | tens of thousands of residents of North Texas, Collin County, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | House District 70 in achieving their academic and career goals; |
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| 33 | 33 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby honor Collin College for its commitment to |
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| 36 | 36 | | keeping the cost of tuition affordable and extend to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | institution's administrators, trustees, faculty, staff, and |
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| 38 | 38 | | students sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for Collin College as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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