TSTC

87th LEGISLATURE
VIRTUAL CONTENT

Pay for Performance

Maintain TSTC’s commission rate of 36% under the College’s Returned-Value Formula. The importance of the “Returned-Value Funding Formula” is that the State is measuring and funding the success of an educational institution based upon the demonstrated success of its students.

Fund Capital Needs

Continue to build capacity for new and existing programs to meet the ever-changing needs of leading Texas industries. With many campuses at capacity before the pandemic and the vast number of Texans out of work, TSTC will struggle to meet the training needs of the future Texas economy. Consideration of tuition revenue bonds to expand capacity at our campuses will allow TSTC to continue to meet the growing needs of Texans and the employers that hire them.

Invest in TSTC for Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery

TSTC is essential to a post-pandemic economic recovery. How fast the Texas economy recovers from the pandemic depends on the State’s ability to retrain and upskill Texans who are out of work.

First To Respond, Essential to Recover

Texas State Technical College’s (TSTC) legislatively mandated mission makes the College unlike the rest of the two-year colleges in Texas. Where their focus is academic transferability, TSTC’s focus is workforce employability.

The College maintains high placement rates by working hand in hand with Texas industries to ensure its programs align with their workforce needs. TSTC’s sole purpose is student employment success and, as Texas’ only statewide two-year college system, we are the “Get-a-Job College.”

TSTC is the only college in Texas that operates on a 100% outcomes-based funding formula. With its “Returned-Value Funding Formula,” the College is not funded on contact hours, but rather on the employment outcomes realized by our students. The College relies on the placement of its graduates in great-paying jobs to receive funding from the State.

With 10 campuses across Texas, the College delivers training and technology to industries and communities that need it. TSTC is the first two-year college in Texas to resume on campus teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic. When the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the Texas workforce, TSTC was ready to put unemployed Texans back to work with its Rapid Industry Skills and Employability (RI$E) program. RI$E is a fast-to-work program that offers fast, short-term training to help students earn the skills they need to get back into the job market where Texas industries need them most.

Connect With Us, Virtually

We have a series of virtual events available for you to learn more about the impact TSTC and its graduates have on Texas. Find what TSTC is doing to help strengthen communities across the State, hear from employers who work with TSTC to build a stronger workforce, and even get a birds-eye view of what it's like to be a TSTC student in some of our popular programs.

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TSTC Graduates Rebuild Texas

Our graduates keep Texas working by getting jobs in industry.

Recovery Needs To Be Hands-On

Students choose TSTC for the hands-on skills they learn.

Safety Protocols Keep Us Training

TSTC was first to be back on campus with CDC-recommended safety protocols.

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