Bill Text: TX HR628 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the TRIO programs at The University of Texas at Arlington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-19 - Reported enrolled [HR628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR628-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 628 |
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WHEREAS, Generations of students have achieved their dream of | ||
a college degree with the help of the TRIO programs at The | ||
University of Texas at Arlington; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the 1960s, three federal initiatives | ||
designed to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Upward | ||
Bound, Talent Search, and Special Services for Disadvantaged | ||
Students, came to be known as the TRIO programs; today, TRIO's eight | ||
programs help traditional students, displaced workers, and | ||
veterans attend college, and some 840,000 low-income Americans | ||
benefit from TRIO projects at more than 1,000 colleges and | ||
universities across the nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, TRIO at UT-Arlington serves both current university | ||
students and secondary school students who aspire to attend | ||
college; its programs include Educational Talent Search, which | ||
provides free college, career, and financial aid information to | ||
1,000 Texas junior high and high school students each year, while | ||
Upward Bound and the Upward Bound Math and Science Center help | ||
prepare high school students for college work; and | ||
WHEREAS, Once students are admitted to UT-Arlington, they can | ||
count on the assistance of TRIO-Student Support Services, which | ||
since 1976 has offered free academic assistance to low-income or | ||
first-generation students; students who wish to pursue their | ||
education beyond a bachelor's degree may take advantage of the | ||
McNair Scholars Program, which helps undergraduates with the | ||
graduate school admission process and prepares them for graduate | ||
study; and | ||
WHEREAS, Taken together, these worthwhile programs have | ||
helped countless young Texans to pursue the dream of a college | ||
education, giving them the tools they need to achieve a prosperous, | ||
productive, and fulfilling life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the TRIO programs at The University of | ||
Texas at Arlington and extend to the directors, staff members, and | ||
participants in these programs sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for The University of Texas at Arlington as an expression | ||
of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Turner of Tarrant | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 628 was adopted by the House on March | ||
5, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||