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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020
ELGIN COURIER - ELGIN, TEXAS
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Students discuss COVID-19 with officials
CALL TO ACTION!
ACC tuition won’t increase
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On Friday, May 15, stu-
dents and elected offi-
cials from governments
in Bastrop County partic-
ipated in a virtual forum
hosted by Generation
Citizen. The topics dis-
cussed covered COVID-
19 and how communities
are responding. Elected
officials who participated
included Mayor Pro-Tem
Jessica Bega from the
City of Elgin and Mayor
Connie Schroeder and
council member Dock
Jackson from the City of
Bastrop.
Press release
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MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
Press release
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Image courtesy of
Jessica Bega
Bill & Lorri McCrary
McCrary Insurance Agency
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512-281-4260
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Jay Sutton, A A MS® Financial Advisor
100 North Main St • Elgin
512-281-5867
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to all our local business and individuals who are sponsoring the NIE Program!
Your contribution is promoting literacy and journalism in our community's young students.
Without you, this program wouldn't be possible!
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College District
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Literacy Foundation
is proud to support
initiatives that help
others improve their
lives through literacy
and education. Since
its inception in 1993,
the Dollar General Lit-
eracy Foundation has
awarded more than
$182 million in grants
to nonprofit organi-
zations, helping more
than 11 million indi-
viduals take their first
steps toward literacy
or continued educa-
tion.
Advocacy Outreach
is a nonprofit organi-
zation doing business
in Elgin for more than
28 years. The orga-
nization provides a
range of educational
and social services to
meet the many, diverse
needs of the Elgin
community.
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The Dollar General
Literacy Foundation
recently awarded Ad-
vocacy Outreach a
$10,000 grant to sup-
port Family Literacy.
This local grant is part
of more than $8.6 mil-
lion in grants awarded
to more than 950
schools, nonprofits and
organizations across
the communities Dol-
lar General serves.
Advocacy Outreach
serves parents and
their children in a pro-
gram that combines
English as a Second
Language instruction
for adults with Early
Childhood Instruction
for their children and
brings parents and
children together in
literacy classes where
parents learn to be-
administration.
“Letting students
know that the cost
of going to ACC
isn’t going to go up
helps them make
plans for the sum-
mer and fall.”
Students who live
within the district
support the college
through tax dol-
lars and receive
lower tuition and
fees. According to
the Texas Higher
Education Coor-
dinating Board,
in-district students
at ACC save big in
tuition and fees
compared with
other area institu-
tions.
The ACC District
includes the City
of Austin as well
as the Austin, Le-
ander, Manor, Del
Valle, Round Rock,
Elgin and Hays
Austin Commu-
nity College (ACC)
continues to be
the most afford-
able college option
in Central Texas.
For the seventh
consecutive year,
the college recom-
mended that the
Board of Trustees
hold tuition and
fees steady. Trust-
ees approved the
proposed rates for
2020-2021 during
its regular May
meeting.
“Our community
is facing unprece-
dented times and
it is our respon-
sibility to make
sure our students
can find an afford-
able and accessible
path to forward
their education
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of their own children.
“During these ex-
traordinary times, the
Dollar General Lit-
eracy Foundation re-
mains steadfast in its
commitment to sup-
port communities’ lit-
eracy and educational
advancements through
funds that will impact
thousands of students
across the country,”
said Todd Vasos, Dol-
lar General’s CEO
and Dollar General
Literacy Foundation
board member. “We
are proud to support
the meaningful and
impactful work that
each of today’s re-
cipients conduct and
support their ongoing
efforts to help indi-
viduals improve their
lives through liter-
acy and education.”
The Dollar General
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Cost for one
year of college
(30 credits),
2019-2020
• ACC: $2,550
• Texas A&M:
$10,562
• University of
Texas: $10,314
• Texas State Uni-
versity: $11,240
• Huston-Tillot-
son University:
$14,426
school districts.
Summer reg-
istration is cur-
rently underway
for new and cur-
rent students. Fall
registration begins
June 8 for current
and former stu-
dents and June 15
for new students.
For more informa-
tion, visit austincc.
edu/register.
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and careers,” says
Gigi Edwards-Bry-
ant, ACC Board
of Trustees Chair.
“I am proud this
Board is doing its
part to serve our
community and
keep the cost of
education low for
our in-district tax-
payers.”
ACC’s out-of-dis-
trict fees and out-
of-state tuition
also will remain
the same for the
2020-21 school
year.
“We recognize
the importance of
keeping our tuition
and fee rates level
for all of our stu-
dents to alleviate
the financial bar-
riers many face,”
says Neil Vickers,
ACC executive
vice president
of finance and
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Hodges, Julianne. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2020, newspaper, May 27, 2020; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555574/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.