PRINTER'S NO. 2908
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
657
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, MURT, KIRKLAND,
READSHAW, TOOHIL, QUIGLEY, SIMS, KINSEY, BOBACK, DiGIROLAMO,
JAMES, NEILSON, DRISCOLL, RYAN, DEAN, J. HARRIS, PEIFER,
CALTAGIRONE, BURNS, SAMUELSON, BULLOCK, COMITTA, DONATUCCI,
MILLARD, ROZZI, MARSICO, PASHINSKI, WARD, V. BROWN, THOMAS,
D. COSTA, J. McNEILL, M. QUINN, SCHWEYER, WARREN, WATSON AND
DeLUCA, JANUARY 23, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 23, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of January 2018 as "Financial Aid
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and commending the work of
the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and the
Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators.
WHEREAS, The ability of some students to attend college and
pursue a postsecondary education is dependent upon the
availability of student financial assistance; and
WHEREAS, Knowledge of the availability of student financial
aid to help finance a postsecondary education has been shown to
vary across demographic groupings; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth, through the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), has been one of the leading
states in the nation in providing need-based State grant
financial assistance to eligible residents of this Commonwealth
and providing other State financial assistance programs; and
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