Bill Text: PA HR34 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Designating the month of January 2011 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-01-26 - Adopted (197-0) [HR34 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR34-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  148

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

No.

34

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, HARKINS, M. O'BRIEN, FLECK, MANN, BAKER, BEAR, B. BOYLE, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, HESS, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MAJOR, MILLARD, MUSTIO, REICHLEY, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 25, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 25, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Designating the month of January 2011 as "Financial Aid

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Awareness Month" and commending the work of the Pennsylvania

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Higher Education Assistance Agency and the Pennsylvania

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Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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WHEREAS, January is the first month in which students can

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apply for financial aid to help finance their postsecondary

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education; and

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WHEREAS, The ability of some college students to attend and

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pursue a postsecondary education is conditional on the

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availability of student financial assistance; and

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WHEREAS, Knowledge of the availability of student financial

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aid to help finance a postsecondary education has been shown to

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vary across demographic groupings; and

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WHEREAS, This Commonwealth, through the Pennsylvania Higher

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Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), has been one of the leading

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states in the nation, providing need-based State grant financial

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assistance to eligible Pennsylvania residents and providing

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other State financial assistance programs; and

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WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial

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Aid Administrators (PASFAA) has been one of the leading State

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associations of financial aid professionals in the nation who

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advocate for access to postsecondary education and educate the

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public on financial aid and funding opportunities; and

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WHEREAS, The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

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is the first step in the financial aid process to apply for

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Federal student aid, such as the Pell Grants, student loans and

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college work-study programs; and

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WHEREAS, FAFSA information is also used to award State grants

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to Commonwealth students pursuing postsecondary education; and

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WHEREAS, The Commonwealth, PHEAA and PASFAA want to promote

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the availability of student financial assistance to help finance

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a postsecondary education, in the form of Federal grants, State

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grants, loans, work-study programs and other specialized State

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funding programs to help eligible Pennsylvanians pursue their

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postsecondary endeavors; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the

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month of January 2011 as "Financial Aid Awareness Month," urge

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all college students seeking financial assistance to apply for

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financial aid through FAFSA and recognize the work of PHEAA and

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PASFAA in their respective efforts to promote the availability

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of postsecondary student financial assistance for the residents

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of this Commonwealth.

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