Bill Text: DE SCR82 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft

Delaware Senate Concurrent Resolution 82

Draft

Bill Title: Recognizing October 18, 2023, As "financial Aid Day" In The State Of Delaware.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-29 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES [SCR82 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2023-SCR82-Draft.html

SPONSOR:	Sen. Brown & Rep. Cooke & Rep. Baumbach & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Rep. K. Johnson & Rep. Minor-Brown
Sens. Gay, Hansen, Pinkney, Sokola, Walsh; Reps. Bolden, Briggs King, Heffernan

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 82

RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 18, 2023, AS "FINANCIAL AID DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

WHEREAS, Financial Aid Day (FAD) is a special day set aside to celebrate and recognize the contribution of all financial aid professionals across the United States for helping students make their college-going dreams a reality; and

WHEREAS, millions of students rely on and benefit from federal student aid each year; and

WHEREAS, assisting citizens of all ages to attain a higher education puts aid administrators among the forefront of this nation’s efforts to compete in the global economy and contribute to the common good; and

WHEREAS, without such dedicated administrators, an untold number of students from diverse financial backgrounds would not be able to continue their pursuit of higher education due to a lack of necessary information and counseling; and

WHEREAS, the National Student Financial Aid Council, the precursor to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (“NASFAA”) was formed on October 24, 1966, just after the Higher Education Act of 1965 was signed into law, because financial aid administrators understood that access to higher education has the ability to change people's lives for the better and recognized the need for an entity to aid in those efforts; and

WHEREAS, FAD was created by Neville R Brown, the President of EASFAA, Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators; and

WHEREAS, the first FAD was held on October 20, 2010; and

WHEREAS, FAD is traditionally celebrated on the 3 ^rd Wednesday in October; and

WHEREAS, on FAD colleagues are encouraged to do something special - have an office party, a potluck, a toast, etc. — to celebrate financial aid administrators' contributions to the profession.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the 152 ^nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, recognizes October 18, 2023, as “Financial Aid Day” in Delaware and encourages Delawareans to recognize the contr ibution of all financial aid professionals.

SYNOPSIS

This resolution recognizes October 18, 2023, as "Financial Aid Day" in Delaware.

Author: Senator Brown