Fall 2009
Committee:
Equity and Diversity Ad Hoc Committee
Whereas, There are an unrecorded number of homeless students attending all of the community colleges throughout the State of California;
Whereas, The current economic climate is forcing thousands of individuals out of their jobs and pushing them on to the streets, with no place to go and no jobs to be found, making the community colleges the only chance to better their lives;
Whereas, The budget for California Community Colleges has been dramatically slashed and will face further cuts until the California budget can be balanced, including programs to assist homeless and struggling students in the community colleges; and
Whereas, If the California community colleges are forced to turn away benefits to the most needy students, this will again show that society turns its back on the homeless community;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with the system partners, such as the Academic Senate for California Community College, to
advocate on behalf of the homeless student population, to attempt to secure funding for the various programs that assist homeless students to attend the California community colleges; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all available resources to conduct research on determining the population of homeless students throughout the 110 California community colleges and the various programs such as food bank and emergency loan programs available to assist homeless students to attend community college.
Whereas, The current economic climate is forcing thousands of individuals out of their jobs and pushing them on to the streets, with no place to go and no jobs to be found, making the community colleges the only chance to better their lives;
Whereas, The budget for California Community Colleges has been dramatically slashed and will face further cuts until the California budget can be balanced, including programs to assist homeless and struggling students in the community colleges; and
Whereas, If the California community colleges are forced to turn away benefits to the most needy students, this will again show that society turns its back on the homeless community;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with the system partners, such as the Academic Senate for California Community College, to
advocate on behalf of the homeless student population, to attempt to secure funding for the various programs that assist homeless students to attend the California community colleges; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all available resources to conduct research on determining the population of homeless students throughout the 110 California community colleges and the various programs such as food bank and emergency loan programs available to assist homeless students to attend community college.
Status
Completed. A letter was sent to Local Senates and Chief Student Services Officers regarding homeless students.