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River Parishes Community College company history timeline

1998

ACT 151 of the 1998 First Extraordinary Session not only created LCTCS but also moved vocational education under the umbrella of LCTCS as Louisiana Technical Colleges (LTC) reflecting the integration of technical and applied academic education.

1999

The Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) was created in 1999 to bring almost all the state’s community and technical colleges together into one governance body.

Under Doctor Welch’s leadership, the college began offering classes in 1999 to little more than 100 students in the Sorrento Firehouse and a local church.

2005

In 2005, the LCTCS Board of Supervisors, under Act 506, re-organized LTC combining all the LTC entities with the Community College in their respective service areas.

2010

In 2010, RPCC was named the fastest growing community college of its size in the nation by Community College Week.

2012

In 2012 RPCC was authorized to purchase property and build a dedicated campus.

2013

RPCC’s 2013 graduating class of 206 students was larger than the college’s first student body.

2016

The Technical Training facility was completed in 2016 allowing the RPCC technical campus to relocate to the Gonzales campus bringing the college together for the first time.

2021

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