H.R. No. 1513



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Texas State Technical College celebrated the 40th 
anniversary of its founding on April 22, 2005, and this significant 
milestone provides a fitting opportunity to take note of the 
history of this important institution; and
	WHEREAS, Forty years ago, Governor John B. Connally signed a 
bill creating TSTC on the 2,100-acre site of a deactivated U.S. Air 
Force base near Bellmead; the establishment of the new school was a 
response to the growing demand for a state-sponsored workforce 
training program in Central Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Initially called the James Connally Technical 
Institute of Texas A&M University, the Waco campus first conducted 
classes in 1966 with an enrollment of 70 students; three years 
later, the school separated from A&M and became an independent 
state system, and today the enrollment has reached more than 10,000 
students in colleges in Harlingen and Marshall, as well as in Waco, 
and in West Texas campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and 
Sweetwater; and
	WHEREAS, In partnership with business and industry, 
governmental agencies, and other educational institutions, TSTC is 
effectively helping Texas meet the high-tech challenges of today's 
global economy while providing superior training for its students, 
who graduate with exceptional skills immediately applicable to a 
productive future; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Texas State Technical College on 
the occasion of its 40th anniversary and extend to all those 
associated with this fine institution sincere best wishes for 
continued success and achievement; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                          Dunnam

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1513 was adopted by the House on May 
20, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House