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Houston Community College (HCC), also known as Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, Katy, and Stafford in Texas. It is notable for actively recruiting internationally and for the large number of international students enrolled, over 5,000 in 2014. Its open enrollment policies, which do not require proficiency in English, are backed by a full-time 18-month English proficiency program and remedial courses. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of HCCS includes territory within the following school districts:〔Texas Education Code, Section 130.182, "Houston Community College System District Service Area".〕 *the Houston Independent School District, *the Stafford Municipal School District, *the Spring Branch Independent School District ( *), *the Alief Independent School District, *the North Forest Independent School District, *the portion of the Fort Bend Independent School District located within the territory of Missouri City. ( *)district included in service area by state law, but is not part of the tax base. ==History== In 1927, the Houston Independent School District founded its first community colleges, Houston Junior College (for whites), which later evolved into the University of Houston and the Houston College for blacks (now Texas Southern University). In 1971, the district founded HCCS after HJC's and HCN's evolutions into the University of Houston and Texas Southern University respectively. In its early days, HCCS once used HISD school campuses for teaching facilities with classes during evenings and weekends like its ancestors. Around 1997 HCCS began to transfer operations to community college district-operated campuses throughout the HCCS service area.〔"(TSPR Houston Community College System )." ''Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts''. Accessed September 23, 2008.〕 Jim Murphy, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 133 in Houston, was a HCCD trustee for two terms from 1997 until 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Murphy's Biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houston Community College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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