Spring 2007
Committee:
SSCCC
Whereas, 75% of financial aid assistance available to college students comes from the federal government, and 39% of college students graduate with unmanageable debt, a percentage that will increase with recent changes to federal loan policies, and in the 2005-2006 school year, undergraduate college students faced over $31 billion in unmet financial need, thus making it essential that Congress invest in access to higher education in the face of the increasing cost of college;
Whereas, The President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2007 recommended the elimination of key higher education programs including: Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), Perkins Loan Program but did not recommend increases to vital student programs including: Work Study, Pell Grant Maximum Award, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Childcare Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS);
Whereas, The President’s proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2007 decreased overall program funding for the Higher Education Programs and the acceptance of these proposals would negatively affect access to higher education; and
Whereas, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, which represents millions of students statewide as the recognized voice for students on Capitol Hill, in the White House and in the Department of Education, is conducting a campaign to increase federal funding of higher education and to overall increase access to higher education, and accountability of our elected leadership;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urges Congress to restore and increase funding for Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), Perkins Loan Program, Work Study, Pell Grant maximum award, Pell Grant program Total, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS) requested by the Student Association of Community Colleges; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges shall join student governments from across the country in actively opposing cuts to higher education through participating in support of higher education.
Whereas, The President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2007 recommended the elimination of key higher education programs including: Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), Perkins Loan Program but did not recommend increases to vital student programs including: Work Study, Pell Grant Maximum Award, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Childcare Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS);
Whereas, The President’s proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2007 decreased overall program funding for the Higher Education Programs and the acceptance of these proposals would negatively affect access to higher education; and
Whereas, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, which represents millions of students statewide as the recognized voice for students on Capitol Hill, in the White House and in the Department of Education, is conducting a campaign to increase federal funding of higher education and to overall increase access to higher education, and accountability of our elected leadership;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urges Congress to restore and increase funding for Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), Perkins Loan Program, Work Study, Pell Grant maximum award, Pell Grant program Total, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS) requested by the Student Association of Community Colleges; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges shall join student governments from across the country in actively opposing cuts to higher education through participating in support of higher education.
Status
Completed. Presented to Consultation Council and the Board of Governors. SSCCC joined the United States Student Association (USSA) and sent the Communications Officer to USSA's Legislative Conference.