Spring 2017
Committee:
Regional Affairs and Legislative Affairs Committee
Whereas, among students who pursue higher education, student parents are more likely than non parents to drop out, and since most student parents are low income and usually cite caregiving responsibilities and lack of financial resources as their main obstacles to receiving an education, increasing the availability of affordable childcare would help assist student parents in earning advanced degrees and graduating (Shearer, 2013);
Whereas, average childcare for an infant for a year ranges from $4,600-$15,000 which is more than a year’s tuition for a community college student, having access to affordable on-campus childcare is essential and necessary for low income student parents (Shearer, 2013); and
Whereas, fewer than half of community college campuses in the nation have on-campus childcare available, despite the fact that most student parents attend community colleges than four year universities (IWPR, 2011); so be it
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourages each ASO and their respective college administrations to identify and establish on-campus childcare centers on each CCC campus that are accessible and affordable to low income student parents; and be it
Resolved, that the SSCCC advocates to the legislature for the state funding for the on-campus childcare centers including its physical location as well as professional staffing; and be it
Resolved, that the SSCCC empowers ASO’s at all California Community Colleges to enact this resolution immediately, with any effective date(s), and by any committee(s) that it may be referred to for action.
Colleges Need More Child Care to Help Student Parents Graduate — IWPR. (2011, March 22).
Retrieved February 18, 2017, from http://www.iwpr.org/press-room/press-releases/colleges-need-more-child-care-to-help-student-parents-graduate
Shearer, E. (2013, May 16). Community Colleges Are Helping Mothers Go Back to School. Retrieved February 18, 2017, from http://www.aauw.org/2013/05/16/mothers-going-
back-to-school/
Whereas, average childcare for an infant for a year ranges from $4,600-$15,000 which is more than a year’s tuition for a community college student, having access to affordable on-campus childcare is essential and necessary for low income student parents (Shearer, 2013); and
Whereas, fewer than half of community college campuses in the nation have on-campus childcare available, despite the fact that most student parents attend community colleges than four year universities (IWPR, 2011); so be it
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourages each ASO and their respective college administrations to identify and establish on-campus childcare centers on each CCC campus that are accessible and affordable to low income student parents; and be it
Resolved, that the SSCCC advocates to the legislature for the state funding for the on-campus childcare centers including its physical location as well as professional staffing; and be it
Resolved, that the SSCCC empowers ASO’s at all California Community Colleges to enact this resolution immediately, with any effective date(s), and by any committee(s) that it may be referred to for action.
Colleges Need More Child Care to Help Student Parents Graduate — IWPR. (2011, March 22).
Retrieved February 18, 2017, from http://www.iwpr.org/press-room/press-releases/colleges-need-more-child-care-to-help-student-parents-graduate
Shearer, E. (2013, May 16). Community Colleges Are Helping Mothers Go Back to School. Retrieved February 18, 2017, from http://www.aauw.org/2013/05/16/mothers-going-
back-to-school/
Status
Medium -- This could be included in the financial aid or true cost of higher education ask.