PRINTER'S NO. 3548
No. 316 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY STEELMAN, GEIST AND S. H. SMITH, MAY 6, 1992
ADOPTED, MAY 6, 1992
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the Student Literacy Corps of the Indiana
2 University of Pennsylvania for their time, effort and
3 dedication in helping functionally illiterate adults receive
4 a good education.
5 WHEREAS, 12% of Pennsylvania adults 20 years of age or older
6 were reading at or below the fourth grade level; and
7 WHEREAS, 5.7% of the estimated 1.8 million residents of this
8 Commonwealth 25 years of age or older with less than 12 years of
9 formal education were served through programs that provided
10 instructional services or adjunct services and an additional
11 46,210 adults received literacy materials and other information
12 and referral services; and
13 WHEREAS, 6,214 persons have been trained as volunteer tutors;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, The Student Literacy Program at Indiana University
16 of Pennsylvania has developed new curricula and innovative
17 instructional approaches to increase the literacy of adults in
18 Indiana County; and
19 WHEREAS, Since 1990, the Student Literacy Program at Indiana
1 University of Pennsylvania has increased the productivity and
2 employment of certain individuals in Indiana County; therefore
3 be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
5 Student Literacy Corps of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania
6 and recommend that the Student Literacy Program be used as a
7 model for all programs throughout this Commonwealth.
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