; Whereas Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip’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 Antonio College recently named in the top 10; Whereas, in 2018, the Alamo Colleges District was recognized with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and visionary leadership; Whereas the Alamo Colleges District has created the AlamoPROMISE program to provide last-dollar scholarships 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 community, who saw the need for an affordable college education option for all residents and voted to create the district, 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 empower our diverse communities for success and economic prosperity for the region: Now, therefore, be it