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operate in Guadalupe, Comal Counties Governor signs bill clearing the way for a new full campus Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Guadalupe County) – The future no longer has to be miles away for those looking to enroll in one of the 10 Texas State Technical Colleges in the state. Thanks to House Bill (HB) 4997, Texas State Technical College (TSTC) will operate by right in Comal and Guadalupe counties. That’s according to Josh Schneuker, executive director of economic development for the City of Seguin. Schneuker explains this bill that successfully passed both chambers and has now been signed by the Governor. “So, what this bill has done, it has added Comal and Guadalupe County to Texas State Technical Colleges’ service territory. So that has both immediate and long-term implications on Seguin and our region. The most immediate impacts that it creates is that it allows for TSTC to come into Seguin, to Guadalupe County, to Comal County specifically at the Central Texas
Here’s a rendering of what a future Texas State Technical College campus could look like in Seguin/New Braunfels. Courtesy photo.
Technology Center to begin teaching different educational programming and they can now do that without having to seek permission of the existing community college that has service area judication rights over our county at the moment so this give TSTC the flexibility to immediately come in and begin providing their technical training programming without having to seek the approval of the Alamo Colleges, “ said Schneuker. The bill, spearheaded by State Representative John Kuempel and supported by Senator Donna Campbell and Representative Carrie Isaac, was broadly supported, both locally and regionally,
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to include formal resolutions of support by both New Braunfels and Seguin. Schneuker says much of the credit lies with Kuempel who played a huge role in getting this legislation passed. He says without him and the support of his staff, he doesn’t believe this bill would have passed. Now with the governor’s approval, Schneuker says the work of what this all means will now start taking shape. “The next step in this whole process and what this bill also allows, it allows for TSTC... Campus, pg. 3