PRINTER'S NO. 29
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
31
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, LONGIETTI, O'BRIEN, KIM, BAKER, BISHOP,
BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, DUSH, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, HARHART, A. HARRIS,
J. HARRIS, GOODMAN, GROVE, HENNESSEY, KIRKLAND, MILLARD,
KINSEY, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McCARTER, MURT, O'NEILL,
PASHINSKI, ROSS, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, THOMAS, WHEELAND AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 21, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 21, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of January 2015 as "Financial Aid
Awareness Month" and commending the work of the Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency and the Pennsylvania
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
WHEREAS, January is the first month in which students can
apply for financial aid to help finance their postsecondary
education; and
WHEREAS, The ability of some college students to attend and
pursue a postsecondary education is conditional on the
availability of student financial assistance; and
WHEREAS, Knowledge of the availability of student financial
aid to help finance a postsecondary education has been shown to
vary across demographic groupings; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth, through the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), has been one of the leading
states in the nation in providing need-based State grant
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