R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, institutions in the Texas 1-2 State Technical College (TSTC) System have provided essential 1-3 training and education, greatly benefiting students and state 1-4 industries alike; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Created by the Texas Legislature in 1965 as the 1-6 James Connally Technical Institute, this noted precursor to TSTC 1-7 was established to meet the evolving employment needs of Texas 1-8 workers and businesses; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Located at the former James Connally Air Force Base 1-10 in Waco, the school expanded after great initial success, opening a 1-11 second campus in Harlingen in 1967; Amarillo and Sweetwater 1-12 centers were created in 1970, and by 1991, extension centers had 1-13 been established in McAllen, Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and 1-14 Marshall; and 1-15 WHEREAS, The name of the institute was changed in 1991, but 1-16 the schools have maintained their focus on high-priority technical 1-17 skills through strategic links with industry partners and 1-18 employers, providing TSTC students across the state with specific 1-19 education and job opportunities; and 1-20 WHEREAS, TSTC has been recognized as the third largest 1-21 engineering technology institution in the U.S. by the American 1-22 Association of Engineering Societies and has been named among the 1-23 top 50 associate degree and certificate producing two-year colleges 1-24 by Community College Week magazine for six consecutive years; and 2-1 WHEREAS, With nearly 13,000 students in degree and 2-2 certificate programs and 16,000 others in adult, continuing 2-3 education, and industry training programs, enrollment in the TSTC 2-4 System has grown almost 30 percent in the last six years; and 2-5 WHEREAS, The system's network of administrators, educators, 2-6 staff, and students, in tandem with business and industry leaders 2-7 from all regions of the Lone Star State, has accomplished much in 2-8 three decades, and it is justly fitting to honor the many 2-9 contributions and successes of the TSTC System at this time; now, 2-10 therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-12 Legislature hereby recognize April 14, 1999, as Texas State 2-13 Technical College Day at the Capitol and extend to all those 2-14 associated with this prominent educational system warmest best 2-15 wishes for even greater success in the years to come; and, be it 2-16 further 2-17 RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared 2-18 for the members of the TSTC Board of Regents and for the directors 2-19 of the TSTC Foundation as an expression of high regard by the Texas 2-20 House of Representatives. Counts Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 469 was adopted by the House on April 14, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House