IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1242 
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Alamo Colleges District. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2020 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. HURD 
of Texas, and Mr. ROY) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Alamo Colleges 
District. 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District is comprised of a family 
of five colleges and eight regional and neighborhood 
training centers across the greater Bexar County region; 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District is celebrating 75 years 
of providing excellence in education to hundreds of thou-
sands of community residents; 
Whereas the rich history of achievement and growth for the 
Alamo Colleges District began with the founding of St. 
Philip’s College as a sewing school for daughters and 
granddaughters of emancipated slaves in 1898, followed 
by becoming a formal junior college in 1927 as the only 
college open to San Antonio’s Black residents; 
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•HRES 1242 IH 
Whereas, in 1925, San Antonio College was founded as Uni-
versity Junior College under the University of Texas at 
Austin; 
Whereas, in 1945, St. Philip’s College and San Antonio Col-
lege formed the San Antonio Union Junior College Dis-
trict (SAUJCD) becoming the first public, State-sup-
ported institutions of higher education in the region, of-
fering an alternative to private universities, especially for 
the underserved populations in the region; 
Whereas, after the end of legalized segregation in 1955, San 
Antonio College and St. Philip’s College each admitted 
Black and White students; 
Whereas, in 1982, the SAUJCD changed its name to the 
Alamo Community College District; 
Whereas Palo Alto College was chartered in 1983 and began 
classes in 1985; 
Whereas Northwest Vista College was formed and began 
classes in 1995 with the opening of its first building in 
1998; 
Whereas tracing its history back to 1996 when classes were 
offered as part of the Northeast Learning Center, North-
east Lakeview College was officially established in 2007 
and opened its permanent campus on Kitty Hawk in 
2008; 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District holds the distinction of 
having four of our colleges designated as Hispanic-Serv-
ing Institutions (HSI) and one college, St. Philip’s Col-
lege, serving as both an HSI and Historically Black Col-
lege and University (HBCU)—the only one in the United 
States with this designation; 
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•HRES 1242 IH 
Whereas Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Phil-
ip’s College, and San Antonio College have been named 
in the top 150 of community colleges in the Nation by 
the Aspen Institute, with Palo Alto College and San An-
tonio College recently named in the top 10; 
Whereas, in 2018, the Alamo Colleges District was recog-
nized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 
the Nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance 
excellence through innovation, improvement, and vision-
ary leadership; 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District has created the 
AlamoPROMISE program to provide last-dollar scholar-
ships to eligible graduating seniors to make college more 
accessible; 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District has provided strong, 
employer-informed workforce training programs for area 
residents leading to expanded partnerships at a local, 
State, and Federal level; 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District was created by the com-
munity, who saw the need for an affordable college edu-
cation option for all residents and voted to create the dis-
trict, allowing for 75 years of growth and expansion to 
provide economic and social mobility for residents; and 
Whereas the Alamo Colleges District will continue to em-
power our diverse communities for success and economic 
prosperity for the region: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes and celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Alamo 
Colleges District. 
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