PRINTER'S NO. 1
No. 14 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, DeWEESE, FLICK, BISHOP, GRUCELA, HERMAN,
KIRKLAND, PALLONE, SHANER, STURLA, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, DONATUCCI,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, CAPPELLI,
CRUZ, GOODMAN, HARPER, HERSHEY, JAMES, KOTIK, LaGROTTA,
LEDERER, MAJOR, MANN, McCALL, McGILL, MELIO, PRESTON,
READSHAW, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, B. SMITH, E. Z. TAYLOR,
THOMAS, TIGUE, WASHINGTON, WHEATLEY, WOJNAROSKI, PISTELLA,
BALDWIN, YOUNGBLOOD, MANDERINO, DiGIROLAMO, DALEY, SCAVELLO,
RAMALEY, WALKO, FREEMAN AND MARKOSEK, JANUARY 24, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 24, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of January 2005 as "Financial Aid
2 Awareness Month" and commending the work of the Pennsylvania
3 Higher Education Assistance Agency and the Pennsylvania
4 Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
5 WHEREAS, January is the first month in which students can
6 apply for student financial aid to help finance their
7 postsecondary education; and
8 WHEREAS, The ability of some college students to attend and
9 pursue a postsecondary education is conditional on the
10 availability of student financial assistance; and
11 WHEREAS, Knowledge of the availability of student financial
12 aid to help finance a postsecondary education has been shown to
13 vary across demographic groupings; and
14 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth, through the Pennsylvania Higher
1 Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), has been one of the leading
2 states in the nation, providing need-based State grant financial
3 assistance to eligible Pennsylvania residents and providing
4 other State financial assistance programs; and
5 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial
6 Aid Administrators (PASFAA) has been one of the leading state
7 associations of financial aid professionals in the nation,
8 providing cost-effective products and services to schools and
9 students to, as their motto says, "finance tomorrow's dreams";
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth, PHEAA and PASFAA want to promote
12 the availability of student financial assistance to help finance
13 a postsecondary education, in the form of Federal grants, loans
14 and work-study, State grants and other specialized State funding
15 programs, to help eligible Pennsylvanians pursue their
16 postsecondary endeavors; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
18 month of January 2005 as "Financial Aid Awareness Month," urge
19 all college students seeking financial assistance to apply for
20 assistance and recognize the work of PHEAA and PASFAA in their
21 respective efforts to promote the availability of postsecondary
22 student financial assistance for the residents of this
23 Commonwealth.
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